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jonmack

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Good fantasy books for reading?
« on: February 25, 2004, 01:10:10 am »
Hello everyone :)

I\'m fairly new to the reading of fantasy fiction type books. Last summer a friend recomended, and I consequently read, the first trilogy of the Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist ( \"Magician\", \"Silverthorn\" and \"A Darkness At Sethanon\" ) and I absolutely loved them. In fact it made me look into RPG-ing and I found PlaneShift :P

I was wondering what are other good books of this type that people here have read and enjoyed? I\'m sure there are a range of styles, some more dark etc, but I would love any suggestions for things to read. ( And do many of you read much books of this sort? )

I know there are many other books in the Riftwar Universe, so I\'m going to try a few more of those, but I was looking for other authors who are well known.

Any suggestions would be much welcomed, thanks.

P.S. I\'m half-way through LOTR now. Yeah, I know, I should have read them before the films! :D But exams got in the way...
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« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2004, 01:27:23 am »
The Wheel of Time saga (11bks and rising)
The Farseer Trilogy
The Shannara Saga (4bks)
The Jerle Shannara Trilogy
His Dark Materials Trilogy
The Dark Tower Saga (5bks and rising)
The Slayer Saga (6bks I think)

All are well worth reading.
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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2004, 01:37:55 am »
The Belgariad and The Malloreon  books by David Eddings ( 5 books each series )  A very good story with very good characters.

Any and all Discworld books by Terry Pratchett.  They are are very funny and have a fairly sharp wit about them.

Right now reading Soul Rider series by Jack L Chalker.
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« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2004, 01:45:53 am »
\"Domes of Fire\" by Eddings is also worth reading.
I am now reading little \"forgotten realms\" books, they\'re cool, too.
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« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2004, 02:21:49 am »
Anything by Feist
Anything by Eddings
MYTH Series by Robert Asprin
Dragonlance series

.....tons more
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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2004, 02:26:31 am »
The only pure fantasy I can stand anymore is the ones by Terry Brooks (some put up by Xordan)...I\'m burnt out on all the others though...haha I remember MYTH, that was a while ago I think, weird :P
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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2004, 03:57:23 am »
goodkind books all the way
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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2004, 04:58:45 am »
Definetly have to agree with some of the others anything by Terry Brooks especially the Shannara books. Robert Jordan Wheel of Time series and also Terry Goodkind has some good stuff out there.
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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2004, 04:59:33 am »
I second Terry Goodkind :D

I myself am rather fond of the Wayfarer Redemption saga by Sara Douglass (The Wayfarer Redemption, Enchanter, Starman). And L.E. Modesitt Jr.\'s Saga of Recluce books.

And this isn\'t fantasy but science fiction, -but- .... I really really recommend reading Dan Simmons\' Hyperion books :D
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« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2004, 05:03:52 am »
The first fantasy books i delved into would be the Icewind Dale Trilogy and the Dark Elf Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore and of course the Hobbit and LOTR
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« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2004, 07:41:20 am »
George R.R. Martin has a series called \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" that is hands-down the greatest series ever, in my opinion.

I thought Goodkind\'s \"Wizards First Rule\" was awesome but after about book 3 they get extremely repetitive.  Same with the Jordan series--who can even tell those apart anymore?

Also, anything acraig recommends.  :-)

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« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2004, 01:42:33 pm »
Yes i agree with nearly all the books mentioned!
But what about The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever - Stephen Donaldson

What a read two sets of chronicles!

Great stuff, anyone missed these should quickly get a copy of \"Lord Foul\'s Bane\", the first book i think and you will read the rest belive me! :O
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« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2004, 01:49:11 pm »
Wow, thanks for the replies people. That sure is a lot of books! :D I\'ll see if I can finish them by the end of the week...   :P !

There seems to be some popular names around so I\'ll look into them, I hope my library has some of these...

Cheers.
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« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2004, 04:58:25 pm »
ill be the third to prod and recommend reading from Terry Pratchett and the Discworld, also most of Michael Moore\'s books are quite an interesting read even though not fantasy.
Tom Holt is a good fiction writer, no serious fantasy novels but a good storyteller and hilarious author nonetheless.

I think i saw David Lee Stone mentioned earlier, i totally would NOT recommend any of his to anyone above the age of 12 as they are droll and unoriginal.
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« Reply #14 on: February 25, 2004, 06:16:53 pm »
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Originally posted by Vengeance
George R.R. Martin has a series called \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" that is hands-down the greatest series ever, in my opinion.


Yuh, that would be on my list as well, if I\'d have remembered the name :D
Must read that again, was awsome.  :))
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