If he really likes GoT, try Kate Elliott's The Spirit Gate and its sequels. It's epic in scope, but only a trilogy; has multiple POV characters; awesome magical creatures (giant eagles that fly some of the protagonists around); and big battles and political conflicts. It's short on the sexual assaults compared with GoT, but I consider that a feature rather than a bug...
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Consuela - Dec 16, 2013 6:08:06 am PST #21756 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Amy - Dec 16, 2013 6:13:54 am PST #21757 of 28370
Because books.
What about the second Jasper Fforde series, the one with the dragon and the ... VW Bug? (I really should have looked this up first ...)
Dana - Dec 16, 2013 6:15:52 am PST #21758 of 28370
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
My first thought was Naomi Novik's Temeraire series, though that might be a bit long on politics.
Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series is an epic series with monsters, elves, and occasional dragons.
Polgara - Dec 16, 2013 9:01:25 am PST #21759 of 28370
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Fantasy: Jim Butcher's Furies of Calderon series. David Eddings' Belgariad series. Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series. Joel Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame series.
megan walker - Dec 16, 2013 9:12:32 am PST #21760 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Thank you for the ideas. I will check those out.
He is the hardest one to buy things for and usually gives me no help on his annual questionnaire (I make my family fill out a modified version of the Buffista gift database form to get ideas). But this time he actually put something for "favorite section of the bookstore" so I don't want to waste the opportunity!
Amy - Dec 16, 2013 4:56:52 pm PST #21761 of 28370
Because books.
Kat - Dec 16, 2013 5:00:05 pm PST #21762 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Sox,
is it the part where Hild notices the weft of the trade routes and how to maintain power in order to control trade? I love how she uses the weaving as an analogy. So beautiful.
hippocampus - Dec 16, 2013 8:05:54 pm PST #21763 of 28370
not your mom's socks.
YES
hippocampus - Dec 17, 2013 7:27:06 am PST #21764 of 28370
not your mom's socks.
Also, Kat, there is more goodness of that vein ahead.
At the risk of being labeled a dirty spammer who spams, I wanted to tell you guys specially that Ann Leckie has made tea blends to go with Ancillary Justice. Even better? I'm giving some away [link]
Kat - Dec 17, 2013 4:07:02 pm PST #21765 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I really loved Hild. I loved the description, early on, of the different languages.