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Elven Warrior
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HI!!
I was wondering if there are any Fantasy books, series, etc. that people recommend to me to read. Because I'm bored and need some books to read. Sorry if there is already a thread like this. If there is, mods, you can close this. ~Siri
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02-10-2004, 12:49 AM
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If you'd like something that's pretty dark, try 'Perdido Street Station' by China Mieville. I just finished it today, and it's easily one of the best and most fulfilling books I've read in years. It's not your typical fantasy novel--imagine a cross between Clive Barker's 'Imajica' and Neal Stephenson's 'Snow Crash' and you get pretty close to the feel of this book. There's also a "sequel" to it, 'The Scar,' which I own but haven't yet read. It sounds really darn good, too.
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I recommend "The Lives of Christopher Chant" by Dianna Wynne Jones, and the other books in that series. Very excellent.
I also recommend "The Mists of Avalon", "The Forest House", and "Lady of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
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02-10-2004, 08:56 AM
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Thanks
 I did read the Chrestromanci books, Nurv. I liked them too 
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Gimli: It was already dead Legolas: It was twitching! Gimli: It was twitching...because it's got my axe embeded in it's nervous system!! -Two Towers extended DVD I'm wearing black for Black. Well, then, I confess, it is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out!~Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean |
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02-10-2004, 12:05 PM
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Re: Recommendations
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02-10-2004, 12:09 PM
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I quite enjoyed Stephen Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever.
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02-10-2004, 03:18 PM
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I didn't...
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Was he the guy who wrote the Shannara books??
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02-10-2004, 10:05 PM
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No. Piers Anthony wrote a whole bunch of sci-fi, plus there's a comedic-fantasy series called the Xanth series - which is moderately funny (gets progressively worse in terms of punning as the series progresses, but the first few are excellent.)
Terry Brooks wrote the Shannara books, I think. I'm not sure - haven't bothered reading 'em as they're supposed to be blatant Tolkien rip-offs.
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02-11-2004, 09:14 AM
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Yeah, it kind of is. I read one, and didn't like it, and I kinda thought Piers Anthony wrote them, becausae they were near his shelf (Anthony, Brooks, a small fantasy section...you can imagine why I thought that). So I didn't want to read Piers Anthony if he wrote Shannara. It is definatly Tolkien-esque.
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Gimli: It was already dead Legolas: It was twitching! Gimli: It was twitching...because it's got my axe embeded in it's nervous system!! -Two Towers extended DVD I'm wearing black for Black. Well, then, I confess, it is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out!~Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean |
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02-11-2004, 10:07 AM
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i enjoyed roger zelanzy's amber series quite a bit... not quite up to the level of tolkien, but good
stephen donaldson also has two-book series... mirror of her dreams and a man rides through... that's also pretty good and much lighter than the covenant stuff ursula k. le guin's wizard of earthsea trilogy is also fairly good... as is robert jordan's wheel of time stuff... though the series starts to decline after book six or so and gets progressively more stagnent... at this point, it may be quite a few years before it is actually finished
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02-11-2004, 07:06 PM
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A long time ago I started reading the Earthsea novels, but I didn't like them...
Of course, I also started reading the Hobbit a long time ago and didn't like it, so my interests have changed. maybe I'll try Earthsea again to see if I like it now.
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Gimli: It was already dead Legolas: It was twitching! Gimli: It was twitching...because it's got my axe embeded in it's nervous system!! -Two Towers extended DVD I'm wearing black for Black. Well, then, I confess, it is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out!~Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean |
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02-11-2004, 07:49 PM
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I tried to read A Wizard of Earthsea, but I couldn't get past the first five chapters. It just didn't interest me. The Sword of Shannara was all right, but it didn't interest me enough to read the sequels.
I would recommend Enchantment by Orson Scott Card. The Ender books by Orson Scott Card are very good as well (though they're more science fiction than fantasy). The second book in that series, Speaker for the Dead, is one of the best books I've ever read.
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02-11-2004, 08:00 PM
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Elven Warrior
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You guys are great!!! *virtual hugs all around* Thanks so much for these suggestions!! It'll take me a while to get thro all of these!
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02-11-2004, 10:29 PM
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The first Wizard of Earthsea book *is* hard to get into. I really like the ones that come after though in the Quartet.
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The Song of Albion trilogy, by Stephen R. Lawhead
The Paradise War The Silver Hand The last book, The Endless Knot, is quite hard to come by though...
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 I thought it was great. Though not as good as some I admit. I'm reading The Gormenghast Trilogy at the moment. That's good. You should give it a go.
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02-12-2004, 03:09 PM
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Next to Tolkien's work my favorites are
A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin (Not for younger readers due to language and strong sexual situations) I - The Game of Thrones II - The Clash of Kings III - A Storm of Swords IV - A Feast for Crows (Forthcoming) Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams (Actually I like this more then LotR, but not The Sil)I - The Dragonbone Chair II - Stone of Farewell III - To Green Angel Tower (Paperback is in two volumes, hardback is around 1,600 pages) For more action paced stories Demonwars by RA Salvatore I - The Demon Awakes II - The Demon Spirit III - The Demon Apostale IV - Mortals V - Ascendence VI - Trancendence VII - Immortals
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 Another reccomendation I have is the Sword of Shadows trilogy by J.V. Jones. The first book is called A Cavern of Black Ice, and I'm currently reading the second book, A Fortress of Grey Ice.
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