In reply to Slackboot:
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
> I loved reading books like LOTR, and A Wizard of Earthsea, and The Wierdstone of Brisingamen but havn' t been able to get away with newer stuff by the likes of Neil Gaiman , Patrick Rothfuss etc. Has anyone any recommendations for books similar to the ones mentioned? I know its a very subjective thing.
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
The Cats of Seroster by Robert Westall
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Many Coloured Land by Julian May
Fionavar Tapestry trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay
All '80's fantasy that's stood up well I think. Mythago Wood won all the awards and is still unlike anything else.
Chris Wooding just wrote an old school style book called the Ember Blade which I didn't love but a lot did so you might like that.
How about 'Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell' by Susanna Clarke?
David