I just finished reading GRRM's masterpieces in a Song of Ice and Fire. I'm looking for anything similar(that's good of course). Was also thinking about picking up the series Gentlemen Bastard.

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Conan's chronicles
mistborn
Chronicles of Black Company
Dragonlance chronicles
All Dragonlance series and Forgotten Realms books, that should occupy you for years.

I'm reading A Princess of Mars, I'll let you know how it turns out. I can't shake the feeling that it's like an episode of Futurama.

A big, huge YES to the Gentlemen Bastards. It's different from SoIaF, but hilarious and adventure-ful and all around wonderful. I finished Red Seas Under Red Skies the other day, and actually cried. In the same vein, I strongly recommend the Kingkiller Chronicles (Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear) by Patrick Rothfuss. Beautifully written, heart warming, funny, and once again wonderful. I finished my reread of the series today, and its just as good the second time around. As a bonus, http://patrickrothfuss.com/images/page/photo.jpg has a very entertaining blog and a godly beard. Was thinking of starting a thread, actually.

Other things you can try: Wheel of Time, if you've got a lot of time on your hands. Its not as strong in the character department, and the story is a lot more traditional than SoIaF (though I'd not call it cliche), but it has a fantastic world and a ton of book to keep you occupied. I've also heard Prince of Nothing recommended, though Darkness that Comes Before (book 1 in the series) was a bit too slow paced for me (I'll probably pick it up later on). Its got interesting world building and characters, if you can work your way past the heavy and omnipresent philosophising (think Nitzsche during the Crusades but with an ancient Persian vibe).

Personally, Deadhouse Gates (book 2 of Malazan: Book of the Fallen) is next on my list. I wasn't a huge fan of the first book (Gardens of the Moon), but I liked the world and the premise, and supposedly the first was weakest.

In summary. Read Lies of Locke Lamora. You're not going to regret it. Or, if you do, there's something wrong with you :spotted owl:

I was planning on starting the Malazan series, but most reviews I've read say it's impossible to get into. Like you jumped in halfway through, most things that are talked about you have no idea what they are, etc. I also looked into the Kingkiller Chronicles, I'll probably read GB and then that while I wait for GB's third book(and of course Winds of Winter).

PS: Rothfuss's beard is beardcore.

Its no harder to get into than SoIaF. If anything, I'd say its easier. The cast of characters is much smaller, most of the action takes place in a few areas, history has very little direct bearing on events initially. Erikson does toss you into the middle of the mythology and magic (which is rather prevalent), but I don't think its hard to understand if you keep an open mind. The biggest downside with Gardens of the Moon, for me, was the pacing and plotting of the story. Characters that I thought would be important were left hanging or received a very weak resolution, new plots sprung up towards the end, climixes which I expected to be major turned out to be meh. For all that, it had its share of epic moments, and I liked it well enough. A different board (westeros.org, ironically) convinced me to read on. I'll probably start book 2 tonight.

If you happen to be from any of the Nordic/Scandinavian countries you may wish to look into the books written by Margit Sandemo.

She has written a 82 book epic (out of which I have read 75 of the books) but there is an unfortunate problem where they have not been translated to English and the last 5 books still haven′t been translated to Icelandic which is my home language (believe me if you've ever had a bummer about not being able to continue a book series then it wasn't as big as mine when I found out about this).

But if you know either Norwegian, Swedish or Polish you should be able to read the whole epic. It′s a story with a very alike kind of intimacy and feel to the characters as you find in the song of Ice and Fire and it′s not all too afraid of killing characters off where it is needed.

Anyway a good read if you can handle books that can be a bit over the top weird but only if you know something in Nordic languages. Else this post is pretty much null and void.

Wow 82 books. Thats insane.

Weird to do Polish but not Icelandic.