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« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2005, 03:31:48 pm »
LOTR series.
Wheel of Time series.

fantasy books are just great! Maybe thats why i play planeshift :P
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« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2005, 08:15:07 pm »
The Redemption of Althalus was David Eddings best book by far, anyone who hasnt read it should get themselves a copy... i like most of his other stuff too
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« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2005, 08:30:14 pm »
I too think that the silmarillion was easy to understand, you just had to remember that it wasn\'t a book, but a collection of stories and historical fragments. I agree with altharion, I *really* don\'t like the harry potter series. The books are stupid, and badly written in my opinion, but what are kids who haven\'t read classic literature to do? They don\'t know better. I also like the artemis fowl series, rather kiddish, but cool nonetheless. Another \"series\" I like are the [insert color here: green, red, yellow, etc...] fairy books by Andrew Lang, these where a collection of fairytales from around the world. I will add some more later.

Note: Notice War and Peace and Crime and Punishment are not on my list! I have read both, an they are really boring! :D And I am only 13!
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« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2005, 08:42:30 pm »
David Gemmel for his Drenai series is easily my favorite writer

John Marco is also very good

Turtledove is also an amazing writer

Shakespear has Macbeth...R&J was terrible...he also has some of the best sonnets ever.

There are too many to name...
as for Tolkien, his LOTR series was a great dissapointment, I had heard of them a lot and when I did get ropund to reading them 8-9 yrs old, I found that they were only famous for his creativity...not his writing.
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« Reply #19 on: February 04, 2005, 08:47:50 pm »
of course, but you must also read the background material, like the silmarillion, and unfinished tales.
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« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2005, 12:43:24 pm »
hmm...i truthfully couldnt give you a favourite book...and if i tried to give yyou a list of favourite authors id be typing for a LONG time...
so heres the best book ive read recently...

Jonathon Strange & Mr. Norrell

By: Susanna Clarke
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« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2005, 06:22:49 pm »
I\'ve read alot of truly good books by truly good authors.  Among those is anything I\'ve read by Timothy Zahn, Star Wars books, Tad William\'s Otherland series, The Circle Opens quartet by Tamora Pierce, and of course LOTR.  I\'ve tried Silmarillion a couple times, but I\'ve always gotten confused because I\'ve never been able to sit and read it for over 5 minutes at a time.  Not a good way to read any work by Tokein...
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« Reply #22 on: February 05, 2005, 08:01:36 pm »
My favourite book is the Silmarillion.
What I find incredible in Tolkien, and yes, I have been reading all the side stories (Unfinished Tales, Tree and Leaf, Lost tales I, Lost tales II, Roverandum, etc.etc.) , is his capability of creating a world coherent and new, in witch english myths and traditions can find a place.

The Silmarillion was not a trouble to be read, I found quite heavy Lost Tales I and II.

I liked a lot also all the Avalon Saga of Marion Zimmer Bradley, especially the Lady of Avalon and the Mists of Avalon. Really nice. Even if, when I read it the first time (I was 19 then ) I got completely different sensations.

Sense and sensibility of Jane Austen. A pure romantic classic.

Harry Potter series.

But, if I should be completely honest, I am a big reader and I hardly find something that I don\'t like.
For fantasy people I would also suggest the books on Merlin from Mary Stewart, a really wonderful way of writing another point of view of the story.

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« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2005, 02:16:45 am »
This is an impossible request, and now you have unleashed the flood:

(not in order of preference)

Amber series by Roger Zelazny
Pern books by Anne Mccaffrey
Heinlein\'s books
Orson Scott Card\'s books
Deryni series by Katherine Kurtz
Robot/Empire/Foudation/shorts by Issac Asimov
Castle series and Starrigger trilogy by John DeChancie
Fortress Series by C. J. Cherryh
Ray Bradbury\'s books
The Riddle Master of Hed trilogy by Patricia A. McKillip
Master of the Five Magics Series by Lyndon Hardy
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams
Earthsea series by Ursula K. LeGuin
Darkover series by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Belgariad/Mallorean series by David Eddings
Merlin books by Mary Stewart
Tolkein\'s books

obviously I am missing some of my favorites but I cant remember now...

[Edit] Ack! How could I forget C.S. Lewis.  As well as Stephen Donaldson.  Now of course I am missing some great authors and books but I have just not read them yet :D [/Edit]
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« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2005, 04:03:28 am »
I guess i may as well ad this.  If I find a book, Sci-Fi or Fantasy, even if it isn\'t very good, it makes one of my favorites.  What I really loved about Otherland by Tad Williams is the way it takes alot of todays problems and shows what they can become tomorrow, and tells a very intricate tale from all kinds of different points of view.  I forgot to mention some stuff.  I like almost everything by Kevin J. Anderson, although I\'m having trouble getting into Assemblers of Infinity.  I also liked the Seventh Tower series and the Keys to the Kingdom series; I think both are by Garth Nix.  Right now I\'m trying to wright my own Fantasy story, but it\'s really really hard to do that while juggling schoolwork...
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« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2005, 05:10:22 am »
Thomas Harris - Red Dragon

Yeah, it is 100 times better than both movies, Red Dragon and Manhunter. I love Mystery and Suspense novels more than I do Fantasy. To me, if you read one Fantasy book, you\'ve read \'em all. :-/

Now, I don\'t really have a list of authors, but any book with Crime, Mystery, Suspense, or a combination of the three will be in my hands when I read.
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« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2005, 05:44:56 am »
....I saw we kill Faldrok now !!!!  :P


But yeah, I do love well written mysteries...though many are terrible...most even
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« Reply #27 on: February 06, 2005, 05:50:12 am »
Yeah, that\'s why I only listed one book (although it isn\'t a mystery) and no authors. Not many books catch my fancy. Right now I am reading the war book, Catch-22. I heard it was a classic, so I will stick to it and read all of it. I don\'t agree much with what the author has to say, but I think I can survive. ;)
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« Reply #28 on: February 07, 2005, 08:35:17 pm »
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William Gibson is probably my favorite author.  Neuromancer was a masterpiece.  Almost read all his stuff, just need to finish his new one.


I just started reading Neuromancer, love it so far.  I\'m a CyberPunk freak :rolleyes:

And of course the Hitchhikers Guide Trilogy.  It changes the way you think about towels.

I liked most of the Dan Brown books (Angels and Demons... etc)  But I might have just been going along with the crowd.
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« Reply #29 on: February 08, 2005, 11:44:54 am »
ya lotr and silmarillion were ok. i loved harry potter

wow hitchhikers guide to the galaxy movie? i read the entire trilogy. its the trilogy of not 3, not 4, but 5 books. hehe funny use of english
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