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How can I put this without antagonising you? hmm... ...Reading Edding makes me want to batter myself with a shovel. The plot is ... sorry, wait, there is no plot. The worlds he creates are some of the most poorly developed I have ever had the mispleasure of reading. The characters have...

Is the first one the one with witches and Han owning his own planet. If so then I have read that one and it is the best Star Wars book I have read.

Veniss Underground - Jack Vandermeer. Jeff VanderMeer explores the limits of love, memory and obsession in a far-future SF novel that combines the grotesque and the sublime with a compelling mystery. On a far-future Earth, where vast deserts - ecological disaster areas - surround walled...

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson is what you're looking for.

I loved them, truely enjoyable, fasinating and quite mind-boggling. Love them.

Perdido Street Station - China Mieville An excellent book, crampacked with interesting and original concepts. This book well deserved the world fantasy award and I really can't find the words to do it justice. Mind-blowing.

Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey. One of my favourites of last year. I love Carey's writing style and the very interesting world. The end third of the novel is weaker but still, a very enjoyable read. I recommend it to anyone, unless you've got something against explicit sex scenes.

Echoes of the Great Song - David Gemmell Personnally my favourite Gemmell novel, something a bit different from his standard hero story. Interesting characters and setting. Very tradgic feel and well worth reading.

The Barbed Coil

Ever read Lord of the Flies? Just be confident with the words and no-one will question you. I regularly make up words (though not actually in writing, but in conversation).

For the missing W: Warlock by Wilbur Smith

The Veil of One Thousand Tears.

The Two Towers - JRR Tolkien (it actually took me quite a while to think of one.)

The Ring of Five Dragons - Eric Van Lustbader.

Yea, Fortress doesn't begin with K does it. Well, they're similar...no they're not. Just me being stupid. *sigh*

A Fortress of Grey Ice - JV Jones

Gormenghast - Mervin Peake

The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverburg.

The Standing Dead - Ricardo Pinto The Briar King - Greg Keyes House of Chains - Steven Erikson Son of the Shadows - Juliet Marillier The Scar - China Miéville The Veil of One Thousand Tears - Eric Van Lustbader The Portrait of Mrs Charbaque - Jeffory Ford

Starting with great characterization is one way to really get my attention. Keyes did such a wonderful job creating a cast of characters in this story that a lot of the background wouldn't have even matter. With the strength shown by his characterization, the plot and story probably could have...