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I'm asking that because I'm so sick of those illicit romance... The last three books I read were all about it. Two lovers whose love is foiled by their environment... yea, history was not appeasing to women - I get it!
Now looking back I remember how I missed epic sagas like the Lord of the Rings. I'd appreciate if you could list your favorite or recommend me some. :)
Fango, Paradox-free since 2005.
Hmmm, a few of my favorites that come to mind:
John Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained,
Dante Alighier's Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso of The Divine Comedy,
The Oedipus trilogy of Sophocles,
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll,
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
I know I have more in this weary brain of mine, but cannot think of them presently; I will come back when I regain my thinking. :p
Good luck!
I quite enjoyed First Test, Page, Squire, and Lady Knight (also known as the Protector of the Small Quartet) by Tamora Pierce. Her most recent duo, Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen were very good as well.
The Silmarillion, The Hobit, The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien.
Discworld series by T. Pratchett.
The Hitchhiker's "trilogy"
If your going to read Tamora Pierce then start with the firts Quartete in that world "Lioness rampant" Although I think neither the Lioness or the Protector sagas were half as good as "The immortals" quartet.
I didnt like LOTR much so I dont know if this will do but it is quite epic
The War of The Flowers by Ted Williams ( I think but could be mistaken about his first name:))
Patricia A Mckillips Riddle master trilogy is very LOTR-ey which is why I never fininshed it but it supposedly her best book -- Personaly I prefered the Forgotten beasts of eld.
Oh and the Magician by Raymond E. Feist (again not quite sure if this is his exact name) fantastic book.
Well I hope that helps and happy reading.
All of those are good and to that I will add The Lord of the Rings, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Nibunglied, and The Tale of Genji. I'm sure that there are a few more I'm leaving out...Quote:
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes "aka The Canon" (56 short stories, 4 novels) by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Empire Trilogy (3 volumes) by Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts
The Sarantine Mosaic (2 Volumes) by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Farseer Trilogy (3 Volumes) by Robin Hobb
A Song of Ice and Fire (currently 3 volumes, projected 7 volumes) by George R.R. Martin
Hyperion (2 Volumes) by Dan Simmons
The Baroque Cycle (3 Volumes) by Neal Stephenson
Otherland (4 volumes) by Tad Williams
The Book of the New Sun (4 Volumes) by Gene Wolfe
oh i like the lord of the rings most. you have only to read the vivid the descriptions of the landscape in the book to comprehend my partiality. the story itself is fantastic, and i really admire the imaginative quality of the author. just think of creating an entirely fictious land, an non-existent people and then tell a story about them in a way as if they really had happened! but there still is a drawback in the book, as all the sagas have. and that is, unsurpringly, there are too many names in it!
For me the descriptions were the boring parts. I mean, the story can be immensely entertaining through some passages (My favorite was "Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit", but it's hard to pick since there are so many good ones), although some passages were, for me, burdensome.
Anyway, I'm currently after "A Song of Ice and Fire". It's, by all account, the most recommended saga.
The Boat of a Milllion Years by Poul Anderson
The Earth Children Series Jean Auel
im reading the dark tower series by stephen king and despite not liking the first book, im now reading the second one and enjoying that. looking forward to reading the other 5 in the series.
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The best Saga I've ever read has to be Mervyn Peake's: Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone. Though the last book isnt as good as the first two, they really are amazing. Even though the TV series is good, it really doesn't give much justice to the books. Amazing stuff...
The Lord of the Rings without a doubt!
Not necessarily fiction, but I forgot to mention the Cosmic Trigger Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson - somewhat difficult to read, especially that the third of the series seems so hard to find, but enlightening. :)