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Looking for "R-rated", gritty, gorey high fantasy books (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world

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I wanna read something that's fucking brutal with fighting and sex and all the things, but also WELL WRITTEN (so NOT George R.R. Martin, I can't stand his shit). I want Lord of the Rings on crack and steroids.

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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you like swords and sorcery? Sounds more like that genre than high fantasy. Not that I'm the genre police.

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I didn't even know that was a thing, so yes, I'll take it!

[–] dumples@midwest.social 3 points 14 hours ago

Check out the work of Fritz Lieber especially his Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Series. They are short stories but compiled into books now. Great intro to sword and sorcery.

Also the book series as a huge influence on DnD since Gary Gygax was a big fan

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Cool. It's mostly older stuff but here's some info:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_and_sorcery