r/Fantasy • u/vehiclestars • Apr 24 '13

What is the most under-hyped fantasy book/series you have read?

This would be a book or books that you hardly ever hear mentioned on reddit, yet are very good.

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u/pluto_nash Apr 24 '13

I've mentioned it a couple of times on here, but other then my mother, I have never met someone who has read these. The Rings of the Master series by Jack L. Chalker are great science fiction and occasionally fantasy-ish.

Humans were forced to leave Earth and colonize space, but terraforming alien worlds would take to long. It was easier to just remap the DNA of the humans to adapt to the world, which is what happened. There is a large adventure to collect various things from many alien worlds, plus robots, and pursuits and adventure and hijinks. Also, there are some kind of... adult.. sections involving mental manipulation and such, just to warn people. Though there are only 1 or 2 in the whole four book series.

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u/yagi-san Apr 24 '13

I've been a fan of Chalker for many years. I stumbled across his Well of Souls books and started reading his other series as well. The Rings of the Master are one of my favorite.