Orbit Website Guest Post: David Gemmell and the Depiction of the Hero

3 responses to “Orbit Website Guest Post: David Gemmell and the Depiction of the Hero”

• jasonite75
  June 20th, 2013 at 10:01 pm

  I enjoyed your post very much. I’m not quite as big a fan of Gemmell as you appear to be, but it was an enjoyable read 🙂

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• Brandon Erwin
  October 5th, 2013 at 11:44 pm

  Love your book! Love it! I’m a long time fan of David Gemmell and I enjoyed your post. I have a very difficult time finding books similar to Gemmell’s. I also enjoy Patrick Rothfuss and I am so happy to have discovered Blood Song. It’s just so damn hard to sift through all the fantasy books to find genuine “heroic fantasy”. Do you have any recommendations? If so it’s truly appreciated. Thank you for your literary contribution. Your writing excites my soul!

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  • Anthony Ryan
    October 6th, 2013 at 12:47 am

    Thanks Brandon. My favourite (non-Gemmell) fantasy list currently reads as follows:
    The Farseer Trilogy – Robin Hobb
    The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant – Stephen Donaldson
    A Song of Ice and Fire – George RR Martin
    The Prince of Nothing & The Aspect Emperor – R. Scott Bakker
    The Dark Tower – Stephen King
    Memory, Sorrow & Thorn – Tad Williams
    The Sandman – Neil Gaiman
    The Prydain Chronicles – Lloyd Alexander
    The Belgariad – David Eddings

    In terms of ‘heroic fantasy’ though you might want to check out Michael J. Sullivan’s Riyra Chronicles. Also, not fantasy but Conn Iggulden’s historical novels have a decidedly Gemmellian feel to them.

    Thanks Again,
    Anthony

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