grimwerk: I recently finished The Rain Wilds Chronicles (4 books) by Robin Hobb. I've read all her stuff, hoping for something as marvelous as the Farseer books. No luck yet. If you're looking for a fantasy series of which a significant portion is devoted to gay male characters, this would be it.
jjsimp: I have the first Rain Wilds book in my backlog. That is disappointing to read your review. Like you, I loved the Farseer books (all three trilogies) and the Soldier's Son was okay but slow.
Looks like she has a new Fitz and the Fool Trilogy with the first book, The Fool's Assassin, came out in August (according to wikipedia)
Edit: Looks like as of Nov 11th she is still working on the final edits for the Fool's Assassin
Hopefully, you'll find something in the Rain Wilds that I didn't! That's great to hear there's another Fitz book coming.
Years ago, I read that Hobb had written under another name, Megan Lindholm. By the time I got to the bookshop, I couldn't quite remember that name. I wound up buying a few books by Melanie Rawn, thinking she was Hobb. They were okay, but too romantic for my taste, and again, didn't come close to Farseer. In looking up Fool's Assassin, I only just discovered my mistake. Ha. Six books I wouldn't otherwise have read.