Books like The Black Magician Trilogy

[Wife_of_satan]

Hi everyone,

My apologies if this has been asked before, but I couldn't spot anything by searching for it:

I adore the storyline of the Black Magician Trilogy, particularly the mysterious dark brooding Akkarin and the development of the characters into the romance. Are there any other books out there that have a similar plot line?

Also, does anyone know of any plans to make it into a film?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Redthing]

hmmmm...I think that the View From the Mirror quartet by Ian Irvine is quite similar. It's a fantasy series, with some SF and romance elements mixed in.

I loved the Black Magician trilogy, and if they made them into film that would be awesome!

 

[manephelien]

Trudi Canavan is working on a sequel to The Black Magician trilogy, The Traitor Spy trilogy, set a generation after The Black Magician. The first book, The Ambassador's Mission, is already out, the second is set to be published in 2011 and the third in 2012. There's also a stand-alone, set centuries before TBM, called The Magician's Apprentice. I've only read The Black Magician but I enjoyed it so much that I certainly plan to look into the other books.

And yeah, it would be great to see TBM on film.

 

[Boneman]

I might suggest borrowing The Ambassador's Mission - I found it very disappointing, took about 80 pages of telling before any decent showing, and I'm afraid (unlike the first trilogy) her characters are completely unconvincing, especially the raltionhsip between mother and son. I'm hoping book 2 will rescue the story, as there are simply too many threads to hold on to at the moment.

 

[dwndrgn]

You could always try The Glasswright's Apprentice by Mindy Klasky
or the the Opal Cowan series by Maria V. Snyder beginning with Storm Glass (yes they both have glass in the titles and no they are not related in any way. But both good series' with similarities to the Black Magician trilogy.

 

[Brenyth]

hmmmm...I think that the View From the Mirror quartet by Ian Irvine is quite similar. It's a fantasy series, with some SF and romance elements mixed in.


I loved this series, some people dont like it because its long winded, and it can be in places, but i kinda like that. Also the second Quartet after called 'The well of echoes' starting with 'Geomancer' is very good and you dont have to read the first to enjoy it.

 

[Brenyth]

hmmmm...I think that the View From the Mirror quartet by Ian Irvine is quite similar. It's a fantasy series, with some SF and romance elements mixed in.

I loved this series, some people dont like it because its long winded, and it can be in places, but i kinda like that. Also the second Quartet after called 'The well of echoes' starting with 'Geomancer' is very good and you dont have to read the first to enjoy it.

 

[Pedro Del Mar]

Never read any Trudi Caravan although seen her stuff in the bookshop and been tempted. Any good? Is it adult reading or younger? Just finished reading Fiona McIntosh's Quickening Trilogy and it wasn't adult enough for me, should have read it years ago. Silly happy ending and bit too far fetcxhed even for a fantasy novel in my opinion. So ..... would you recommend to me or am I best steering well clear?

 

[Mouse]

Never read any Trudi Caravan although seen her stuff in the bookshop and been tempted. Any good? Is it adult reading or younger? Just finished reading Fiona McIntosh's Quickening Trilogy and it wasn't adult enough for me, should have read it years ago. Silly happy ending and bit too far fetcxhed even for a fantasy novel in my opinion. So ..... would you recommend to me or am I best steering well clear?

When I bought it, it was in the adult fantasy section in the bookshop, but I've since seen it moved to the YA section.

I'd say it was for older people than Garth Nix's stuff, or possibly Harry Potter (though I've not read that, so I don't know!), but younger reading than your Robin Hobb's and Neil Gaiman's.

Been a while since I read Trudi Canavan, but I remember being a little surprised at seeing it in the YA section.

 

[Redthing]

I certainly enjoyed all of Trudi Canavan's books, and I think most fans of fantasy would enjoy them.

I loved this series, some people dont like it because its long winded, and it can be in places, but i kinda like that. Also the second Quartet after called 'The well of echoes' starting with 'Geomancer' is very good and you dont have to read the first to enjoy it.

I want to read that series, but they're not available in the US, so I'd have to order them online. I have Geomancer, but that cost me $18 for a cheap paperback!