01-12-2008, 12:35 AM | #81 |
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I read those and really enjoyed them.
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01-12-2008, 12:39 AM | #82 |
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Ever heard of this dude named JRR Tolkien? I LOOOOVE his stuff...
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01-12-2008, 12:45 AM | #83 |
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Huh uh, I aint. What did he write?
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One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons |
01-14-2008, 03:04 PM | #84 |
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Greetings
Nothing is better than JRR Tolkien's works.
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01-14-2008, 04:16 PM | #85 | ||
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My favourite fantasy series, aside from the works of the good professor of course (), is "The Winter King" by Bernard Cornwell. It is the best Arthurian legend series I've ever read.
I'm also very fond of Stephen Lawhead's "The Song of Albion," though I'm disappointed in his Arthurian legend "The Pendragon Cycle" (too much preaching). However, it still has the funniest passage of any book I've ever read, wherein Cai is describing a brilliant assault on an enemy fortress where they are insanely outnumbered, so they use clever tactics instead...
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02-13-2008, 07:14 PM | #86 |
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Surprised I haven't posted here
1. LotR ~JRRT 2. Inheriatance ~ Christopher Paolini 3. His Drak Matrials ~ Philip Pullman 4. Ranger's Apprintance ~ Don't remember the author's name 5. I'm not sure if the series officially has a name, but Stephanie Meyer's vampire series is great. One of the best series to come around in a while. The books are Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse with a new book coming in August.
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04-12-2008, 02:45 PM | #87 |
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Most of these have been mentioned before, but:
- Anything by Tolkien, obviously - A Song of Ice and Fire - Dragonriders of Pern - The Dark Tower series by Stephen King - The Riftwar books, particularly the Empire Trilogy - The Rai-Kirah trilogy by Carol Berg (well...what I've read of it, anyway) - Dune (but it *is* sci-fi rather than fantasy)
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04-19-2008, 03:59 AM | #88 |
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oh i like fanasty!
lets see i liked... lotr's of course! his dark materials orcs wind on fire and this series with a long name that i cant remember but i remember the last book was called the firebirds reverage. very good!
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04-23-2008, 08:48 PM | #89 |
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I like
The Narnia series |
04-24-2008, 10:21 AM | #90 |
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Ive only read The Magician's Newphew and LWW. Thought the others a bit tedious.
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09-14-2008, 10:35 AM | #91 |
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^They're okay until you get to the whole "Oh, this is a Christian allegory" thing... and the whole "problem with Susan" thing...
Anyway... favorite fantasy series... in no particular order... A Song of Ice and Fire by GRRM The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey And, not series, but incredible nonetheless... Anything by Neil Gaiman, especially American Gods Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (though I suppose that could really count more as sci-fi) I'd like to read more Zelazny when I get a chance, as well |
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But I agree with you on the Death gate series, they were rather good. The best I have read of Weiss and Hickman so far.
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09-14-2008, 01:34 PM | #93 |
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Loved Death Gate... I really liked the main character being such an antagonist, and the different world settings gave the books such a rich landscape to work with.
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05-23-2009, 11:48 AM | #94 |
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I have to say 'The Chronicles of Narnia' are the best!
Then: LOTR The Prydain Chronicles The inheiritance Cycle (Eragon, Eldest,Brisingr) Wheel of Time The Inkheart series The Land of Elyon Harry Potter.^_^ Last edited by nasuada : 05-23-2009 at 12:01 PM. |
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