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Then there is also the Wheel of Time, by Jordan. It seemed a hair long winded to me, but I had only just started the first book.

There is also the Song of Fire and Ice. That one starts with A Game of Thrones. I've only heard the author read some of it, but that part was good.

I like Brian Jacques' Redwall series a lot, and Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books, too. Tamora Pierce's and Anne Mcaffrety's series are also good.