Can anyone recommend a good multi-volume fantasy series a la LOTR [View All]

[Mike Daniels]

Just wondering if anyone can give me a name or two of a good serial style fantasy series.

After finishing LOTR I started on the "Wheel of Time" series but found the astral projection/reincarnation angle to be tiresome around Part 4 and I now would need to start all over from Part 1 if I wish to pick the series up again since I'd be lost if I started up from where I quit the first time around.

I just started George R.R. Martin's "A Game of Thrones" and am enjoying the political/faction elements of the story and where it promises to lead with the other books of that plotline.

Are there any other series out there that cover similar territory that may be good choices for future reading. I prefer the D&D style fantasy genre more than Sci-Fi and would prefer something with a sprawling story line vs. one volume but am open to suggestions of either type.

Thanks.