Here I go
Sara Douglass
1. Axis Trilogy
2. Threshold
really good fantasy - just awsome!
Michael Moorcock
the "Elric" books
good characters, not a tiny bit of longbreathed (is this the right word in english?)
Mark Anthony
"The Last Rune"-Series
Liked it for the characters and the storyline
C.S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia
of course!!
Phillip Pullman
His Trilogy about Lyra is really great
Sure there more good writers but at the moment I like these best
What about the Dune series?
Oh, I do too! I was so sad when I finished the book, I was no where near done with those characters or that world. I would love for him to write sequel.Originally Posted by Dickensian
I'm not well-versed in the fantasy genre but what I've read, I've loved. I've read everything Tolkien published...and everything he didn't, thanks to his son, and I've read all the Discworld books, I just love those stupid Wizards...and DEATH...and the Watch, everyone except the Witches, for some reason, I they never really clicked for me and Gaiman of course but the only real technical series he's done, the Sandman series, I've never read. And would the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series be considered fantasy or science fiction, I don't want to mix my genres.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
I would add Robert Jordan and his Wheel of Time series to this list. His books are well written and you get to feeling like the characters are almost your neighbors because he has a good hand on developing the characteristics and temperaments of each of them. And each of the various "ethnicities" are made real and each is special in their own ways.
I liked Piers Anthony's Xanth series when i was a kid. I read them all because I can't not finish a series but the first three were the best I got pretty bored with the others.
I'm a Xanth fan as well. The series has gone downhill in the last few years, but the first 10 books or so are fantastic. They're also full of humor, and that's always a plus.
Hmmm...I've been trying to read Robert Jordan, but I can't stick with it, jut not my style I guess.
My first fantasy books were the Chronicles of Narnie by C.S. Lewis, and they are forever engraved onto my list of favorites.
I then became addicted to Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series, and I don't care what anyone says it's not horror just because it has vampires and wereanimals in it...
Now I am waiting for Christopher Paolini to hand over his third book in the Eragon series so I can stop dreaming about dragons and the Elven language...
Mary Stewart - Merlin
Guy Kay - Fionovar Tapistry
Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth
Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time
C.S. Friedman - Coldfire Trilogy
Ann McCaffrey - Pern
Stephen Donaldson - Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
Timothy Zaun - Thrawn Trilogy (Star Wars)
Last edited by jim1961; 11-03-2006 at 07:04 PM.
i dont know weather it is fantasy or si-fi or both but i love orson scott card his bean and ender books
i have to also agree with many of you terry pratchit's disk world is so great
-jimi
i just read the lost treasure of talus scree by adam osterweil and i feel obligated to broadcast this book to everyone. it almost works as a parody, making fun of the most cliched cliches in serious fantasy works.
it's for kids, though.
i really liked the first book, but the the other two came across as, uh, pointless. what is up with the weird creatures and whatshername in the last book?
My favorite fantasy books was the Eragon series, although there's still one book left to read these 2 books were great. Christopher Paolini is who I wish more fantasy authors were like (not including Tolkein, Eddison, etc.), the Eragon books were captivating and very interesting books. Can't wait till the 3rd one comes out!
If anyone likes Eragon, or has a different opion tell me
Obsessed reading =
Still the Harry Potter series. Nothing beats it. Lord of the Rings was great too but I think I have to read it one more time to refresh my memory, and who knows...a switcharoo might happen....
But nahh, not a chance....
"You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."
To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's" - Dostoevksy
You've got a point...
Obsessed reading =
Well, We still prefer "Song of Ice and Fire" to HP and to "Eragon" which we have not read more than the first words on the first page - which was enough to put it back to shelf in the bookstore.
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