For Fantasy I loved the Thieves' World shared universe. The first 4 books were my favourites. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thieves'_World While some of his work hasn't aged well, I am still quite fond of several of Michael Moorcock's Elric novels and the first Corum trilogy. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elric_of_Melniboné http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corum_Jhaelen_Irsei
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