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A new type of fantasy

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Feastforcrows

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I really like science fiction/ fantasy novels. I really like George R.R. Martin's series, or what it is so far, i loved the chonicles of narnia (basically when i was younger) harry potter, and The Lord of the Rings, but all those books are lacking something I find very important. They do not have any love story to any of them, there may be some but not what I am looking for, and I think that has put an influence on me, I am not an emotional person anymore and I would like to read a book with a good love story to it but one that stays in the whole realm of what I am used to reading. I want something more complicated than a knight and princess, I would like something beyond that. The only book that was like that had to be a Horse and His Boy in the Chronicles of Narnia but that was a long time ago. Someone please help me, any suggestions?? Thanks for your time.
 
You may try "the dragonbone chair" (8 books, I think), by Tad Williams (2 love-stories inside)^^
 
Greetings Feastforcrows! I, too am a huge fan of GRRM's A Song of Ice and Fire. I just re-read A Game of Thrones (best-book-ever). I highly recommend author John Marco. He has 2 trilogies: Tyrants and Kings (The Jackal of Nar, The Grand Design, The Saints of the Sword) and another Trilogy (which doesn't really have a consensus name) but consists of The Eyes of God, The Devil's Armor and The Sword of Angels.
 
Try work by these authors:

China Mieville
Michael Moorcock (and I dont mean just his Elric stuff which he considered necessary projects to fund his more literary works)
Mervyn Peake
M. John Harrison
Jonathan Carroll
Zoran Zivkovic
Edward Whitemore
Neal Stephenson
Jeff VanderMeer
Jeffrey Ford
John. M Ford
Lucius Shepard
Tim Powers
James Blaylock
Brooks Hansen
Jeffrey Thomas
Nick Mamatas
Kelly Link
Paul Di Filippo
Paul Witcover
Sean Stewart
Tim Pratt
L. Timmel Duchamp
Gene Wolfe
Michael Cisco
Haruki Marakami
Kazuo Ishiguro
Rhys Hughes
Cathrynne M. Valente
Steve Aylett
Graham Joyce
Justina Robson
Ian M. Banks
Michael Swanwick
JG Ballard
Thomas Pynchon
Mikhail Bulgakov
Franz Kafka
Italo Calvino
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Samuel Delany
Philip K. Dick
Matthew Stover
Vera Nazarian
Charles De Lint
 
R. Scott Bakker's The Darkness that Comes Before is an excellent book, first of a trilogy. Martin's influence is there, but this author definitely has his own style. Bakker is a new voice in fantastic fiction, and I can't wait to see what he does next.

But sorry - the love stories aren't real prevalent, but they sort of exist. Just gotta plug this guy.
 
R. Scott Bakker's The Darkness that Comes Before is an excellent book, first of a trilogy. Martin's influence is there, but this author definitely has his own style. Bakker is a new voice in fantastic fiction, and I can't wait to see what he does next.

But sorry - the love stories aren't real prevalent, but they sort of exist. Just gotta plug this guy.
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An excellent start to an epic fantasy (one of the best available currently in that sub-genre IMHO), I actually think the second book The Warrior Prophet was better. The third book The ThousandFold Thought comes out in January, a book I'm heavily anticipating.
 
okay well i can also suggest "The ancient future" by Traci Harding it's a sci-fi/fantasy with a definate love story line!
 
What about Steph Swainston's books, there are very strong relationships in those :D
 
I think you would like the His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, & The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman.
 
the dragonlance chronicles (the three main ones - i think there were offshoots, but you can get them together) have two significant love stories in them.

i would also recommend a time travellers wife. it is science fiction based on the premise of the time travelling at least. no dragons or elves or anything like that, though. great book.
 
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Guy Gavriel Kay. Historical fantasy decently written.
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Wow... something definitely has changed here. :)

I understand his upcoming one, Ysabel, is not historical fantasy, and is a major departure from his usual works. I-CAN'T-WAIT.

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Feast,
I would suggest Jonathan Crowley's Little, Big. It's a very tangled and complicated book with a very different take, in my opinion, on traditional fantasy elements. However, it is just as much a love story which takes place over the course of a couple of generations.
 
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if Dragonlance agrees with you, you might also enjoy The Dark Elf Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore. Not much love element but it has an interesting father-son and faithful companion components that has the added flavor.
 
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