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Looking for "R-rated", gritty, gorey high fantasy 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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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant

Cenotaph Road series by Robert E. Vardeman. More sci fi than fantasy, but fantasy adjacent sci-fi.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/74984-cenotaph-road

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll look into it. I'm a little sc-fi'd out at the moment, but if it's adjacent, it might do. Thanks for the recommendation!

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Covenant is fantasy, so that might be the ticket

[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The Gap Cycle is SciFi, though. Its fairly fuckin dark.