Anyone read fantasy books?

[locked&loaded]

I was just curious. Right now i am reading a trilogy called the first law by joe abercrombie. I am on the second one of the series, they are pretty good.

Another book i just read that i enjoyed was The lies of locke lamora.

Anyone else?

[Rowdy]

Nope.

[BrAinPaiNt]

When I was young I read the dragon riders of pern and a few other books of that genre. About the only ones I read at that time and still can sit down and read are the Hobbit and the Lord of the ring trilogy.

Now I will read King, Koontz, McCammon, Saul and the like...just not the dungeon and dragons type books.

[The Rawhide Kid]

I like Koontz and King as well but for some reason my favorite read is my Sherlock Holmes collection. I also like Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett; there fantasy but with a good dose of parody.

[Faerluna]

I'm a huge Piers Anthony fan. His stuff is pretty easy to read, entertaining. I

enjoy the Incarnations of Immortality series the most, but also love the Adept series, and the Geodyssey series....and the Xanth stuff. Oh hell, I like it all.

I also like his non-fantasy stuff, too, in particular Tatham Mound.

[Dallas]

I have read Fantasy all of my life. I still do. Here are a few of my favorite things...:)

DragonLance Novels: The Chronicles Trilogy (Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring Dawning)
Authors: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Riftware Saga: Magician, Silver Thorn, A Darkness at Sethanon
Author: Raymond Feist

A Song of Ice and Fire - series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows
Author: George R R Martin

Dark Elf Trilogy
Author: R A Salvatore (Any of this guys books will just suck you in. He is a fantastic writer.)


If you like fantasy and a bit of spell slinging and cleric bashing fun, I suggest reading a few of these books. They continue to be a pleasure for me to read.

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

I never read any Fantasy Books per say, but I would read Penthouse Forum every chance I got in my youth. Lots of good fantasies in there.

I'm also working (very slowly) on a sort of Time Traveling Sniper screenplay type thing. It stinks pretty bad so far, but I've got all the time in the world to get it like I want it prior to submitting it for publication.

[jackrussell]

I was just curious. Right now i am reading a trilogy called the first law by joe abercrombie. I am on the second one of the series, they are pretty good.

Another book i just read that i enjoyed was The lies of locke lamora.

Anyone else?

Yes..might I suggest Super Bowl Champions- An Eagle's Tale.

[PosterChild]

Yes..might I suggest Super Bowl Champions- An Eagle's Tale.

That's just too far out there for me. I guess I lack the imagination it requires to suspend disbelief and enjoy a far flung story like that.

BTW, my dog is bigger than your dog.

[jackrussell]

BTW, my dog is bigger than your dog.

That's because smoking stunted his growth.

[PosterChild]

That's because smoking stunted his growth.

Yes. Dipping is the preferred nicotine delivery system for dogs.

[REDVOLUTION]

Yes..might I suggest Super Bowl Champions- An Eagle's Tale.


An Eagles Tail... hehehe

I tried reading it... couldnt get past the TOC :lmao2:

[ChldsPlay]

A Song of Ice and Fire - series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows
Author: George R R Martin





That is my favorite series I've read. I can't wait for the HBO series to start. I just wish he'd hurry up and get the 5th book finished.

As for other fantasy, I've read quite a few. A recent one I read that was pretty good. I can't remember the name of the series (it was a trilogy with a prequel - Dragoncrown something), but the names of the books are: The Dark Glory War, Fortress Draconis, When Dragons Rage, and The Grand Crusade. Stanback or something was the Author.

[Dallas]

That is my favorite series I've read. I can't wait for the HBO series to start. I just wish he'd hurry up and get the 5th book finished.

As for other fantasy, I've read quite a few. A recent one I read that was pretty good. I can't remember the name of the series (it was a trilogy with a prequel - Dragoncrown something), but the names of the books are: The Dark Glory War, Fortress Draconis, When Dragons Rage, and The Grand Crusade. Stanback or something was the Author.

Ive read all of his books. Excellent excellent reads. Another very good author of Epic Fantasy.

Author was : Michael A Stackpole

I actually did some emails w/ George Martin last year. He is an enormouse NFL football fan. His team: NYFG

I remember at the time he hated Caughlin and Barber. He is an avid fan of the draft also and makes his own board.

Very nice guy.

He does seem to write very slow. I know Feast was orginally 1 book (took like 3 year or so to finish) and he had to half it because there was just to much. The latter is what I am waiting on now.

Great books !

[WDN]

Terry Goodkind is my personal favorite. I highly recommend everyone that hasn't read his books and likes fantasy to delve into his books.

[locked&loaded]

I have read Fantasy all of my life. I still do. Here are a few of my favorite things...:)

DragonLance Novels: The Chronicles Trilogy (Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring Dawning)
Authors: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Riftware Saga: Magician, Silver Thorn, A Darkness at Sethanon
Author: Raymond Feist

A Song of Ice and Fire - series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows
Author: George R R Martin

Dark Elf Trilogy

Author: R A Salvatore (Any of this guys books will just suck you in. He is a fantastic writer.)


If you like fantasy and a bit of spell slinging and cleric bashing fun, I suggest reading a few of these books. They continue to be a pleasure for me to read.


I have read most of salvatores books (drizzt is pretty great.

I have a game of thrones on my shelf, i will read it evenutually.

[DemonBlood]

I don't know if you mean LOTR type books when you say fantasy but I finally bought and read I Am Legend. Awesome book. Short though.

[Dallas]

I don't know if you mean LOTR type books when you say fantasy but I finally bought and read I Am Legend. Awesome book. Short though.

Anything by Ed Greenwood is also excllent. Some of his books:

Elminster: The Making of a Mage
Elminster in Hell
Elminster in Myth Drannor
The Temptation of Elminster

For those who don't know, Elminster is probably the most powerful Mage in the Forgotten Realms worlds. His wife/gf is the God of Magic.

Excellent reading.

Also...Any of the Conan Books.

[ChldsPlay]

Ive read all of his books. Excellent excellent reads. Another very good author of Epic Fantasy.

Author was : Michael A Stackpole

I actually did some emails w/ George Martin last year. He is an enormouse NFL football fan. His team: NYFG

I remember at the time he hated Caughlin and Barber. He is an avid fan of the draft also and makes his own board.

Very nice guy.

He does seem to write very slow. I know Feast was orginally 1 book (took like 3 year or so to finish) and he had to half it because there was just to much. The latter is what I am waiting on now.

Great books !

Ah yes, Stackpole that was it. I've read a couple other of his books. Both of which were the 2nd part in series, so that was a little awkward, especially the last one which isn't really a complete story on it's own and had a ton of characters I had no idea about. The word escapes me, but it was about a family of map makers. The other one had some funny magic shoes.

[Wolfpack]

Michael Moorcock is standard stuff.

Chris Bunch had a good trilogy in Demon King.

Terry Brooks has a great LoTR like adventure in the Shannara series.

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

Yes..might I suggest Super Bowl Champions- An Eagle's Tale.

1201 Alarm

[jksmith269]

I have read Fantasy all of my life. I still do. Here are a few of my favorite things...:)

DragonLance Novels: The Chronicles Trilogy (Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring Dawning)
Authors: Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Riftware Saga: Magician, Silver Thorn, A Darkness at Sethanon
Author: Raymond Feist

A Song of Ice and Fire - series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows
Author: George R R Martin

Dark Elf Trilogy
Author: R A Salvatore (Any of this guys books will just suck you in. He is a fantastic writer.)


If you like fantasy and a bit of spell slinging and cleric bashing fun, I suggest reading a few of these books. They continue to be a pleasure for me to read.
not sure if you knew but Weis and Hickman have gone back and written the "lost chronicles" which details with the time inbetween the original Chronicles books thus far they have 2 published and the third out soon. It's good to see the old characters back together B4 Flint died.

Also R.A. Salvatore is the best Fantasy writer today, I mean you have to be good to have George ask you to write the first two novels of Star Wars...

[Kangaroo]

I read

Robert Jordan Wheel of time up to book 8 they have hired someone to finalize his last book yay I will reread them all

David Eddings
Bell Garion series 5 books and the second set of 5 based off that
Read his complete Spar Hawk Series 2 3 book trilogy

Michael Moorcock
Count Brass series
Elric series
Corum Series
and a couple other off branch books on the toons he did

Raymond Feist
Orginal 4 books Magician Darkness Seathon etc (Rift War saga)
Daughter of the Empire series he wrote based on the other side
Fairy Tale
and a couple of the Prince of Blood series

Dragon Lance Chronicles
Tracy Hickman and Marget Weiss
The 6 books on that

RA Salvatore
The Dark Elf 2nd Trilogy about Dritz
The Crimson Shadow series
A few other of his forgotten realms

Loyd Alexander (The series that got me on this path)
The Book of Three; Black Calduron etc etc (Taran Series)

Lousie Cooper
The Time Master Trilogy

Barbara Hammley
The Darwath Trilogy

Terry Goodkin
The Wizard 1st rule series

Terry Brooks
Shanara Series (1st 4 books and the series with Walker Bow after words)
the Magic Kingdom for Sale (1st 6 books only about that world)

Tolkin
Hobbit
Lord of the rings

Daniel Hood
Dragon Fimilar Series (all 5 books)

David Gemmell
Hero in the Shadows

Jack Chalker
Dancing Good Series (1st 3 books he added others later)
Ring Of Masters

Gary Wright
The Road West


Ok I will stop there I could add a ton more books and authors but I will end it all there for now

[Shady12]

If you haven't read a Song of Ice and Fire by GRR Martin. Run, RUN! to the bookstore and pick up the first book.

Terry Goodkind is HORRID IMO and well many others opinions as well.

[Rack Bauer]

I'm a huge Piers Anthony fan. His stuff is pretty easy to read, entertaining. I

enjoy the Incarnations of Immortality series the most, but also love the Adept series, and the Geodyssey series....and the Xanth stuff. Oh hell, I like it all.

I also like his non-fantasy stuff, too, in particular Tatham Mound.

I've read the first 6 books of that series so far. It's cool how the first 4.9 books he has you hating Satan, then in the 6th book you find out Satan was really the "Good guy". lol


Piers Anthony likes to put a lot of sex in his books. My fiance told me that book 8 of the series was pretty much nothing but sex.

[WDN]

I liked George Martins books but I just wished he would finish his song of fire and ice series before he wrote other stuff.

[locked&loaded]

I read

Robert Jordan Wheel of time up to book 8 they have hired someone to finalize his last book yay I will reread them all



The new author is brandon sanderson. I read the first wheel of time book, i admit i liked it alot i was 12 and i remember alot of it. I heard the series really slows down though..

[Kangaroo]

The new author is brandon sanderson. I read the first wheel of time book, i admit i liked it alot i was 12 and i remember alot of it. I heard the series really slows down though..


Book 1-7 where great 8 slowed down I did not read the others decided to wait for the last one then he died this last year but he had his outline ending and basic story line written out and recorded and part of it written they have hired Brandon Sanderson to finish it.


Goodkin is ok i think he is decent but that is the hard part of recommending books sometimes.

I hate Mercedes Lackey :ralph: but a lot of people love her writing
Fred Saberhagen is another I read a couple books that where ok but he is popular writer

David Gemell was a really good read Hero in the Shadows is great he is a dark hero

I always recommend Salvatore if you like Fantasy he has lots of series and even 1 book stories in the forgotten realm.

Terry Brooks there is some stuff I love other stuff that is ok.

The list I have is short heck just this last year I added over 3 more trilogy I read that i did not even list one being Curt Benjamin. I could maybe list another 20+ authors if I sat down and really thought about it.

[locked&loaded]

Book 1-7 where great 8 slowed down I did not read the others decided to wait for the last one then he died this last year but he had his outline ending and basic story line written out and recorded and part of it written they have hired Brandon Sanderson to finish it.


Goodkin is ok i think he is decent but that is the hard part of recommending books sometimes.

I hate Mercedes Lackey :ralph: but a lot of people love her writing
Fred Saberhagen is another I read a couple books that where ok but he is popular writer

David Gemell was a really good read Hero in the Shadows is great he is a dark hero

I always recommend Salvatore if you like Fantasy he has lots of series and even 1 book stories in the forgotten realm.

Terry Brooks there is some stuff I love other stuff that is ok.

The list I have is short heck just this last year I added over 3 more trilogy I read that i did not even list one being Curt Benjamin. I could maybe list another 20+ authors if I sat down and really thought about it.

Salvatore is great, but i really burned out reading him. Drizzt is an awesome character but i read 8 or so of his books and got bored.


Dragonelance by wies and hickman never really caught my eye, they all just look.... I dont know something turns me off about it.

Robin hobb is an author who is sitting on my shelf (Assassins apprentice etc)

Scott lynch: lies of locke lamora (gentleman *******s trilogy) I read the first one and the 2nd one is on my shelf, great books.

Joe abercrombie: The first law, im about done with the second one. These books are very good and seem to get better and better every page. I would gladly read any books by him in the future.

I may go back to the wheel of time books. who knows.

[zrinkill]

All the "Ring" books
All of R.A. Salvatore's books
All of Weis and Hickmans books, the Dragonlance Novels and the Deathgate Cycle.
All of Weis and Perrin's books, The Raistlin Chronicles and Kangs regiment.
All the "Ravenloft" books
All the Star Wars books
Most of Ed Greenwoods novels.

[The Rawhide Kid]

My personal favorite: The Patriots: America's Team:D

[joseephuss]

I've read and enjoyed the already mentioned Piers Anthony's Xanth series. I also enjoyed Robert Asprin's Myth series and Christopher Stasheff's Warlock series.

[The Rawhide Kid]

I've read and enjoyed the already mentioned Piers Anthony's Xanth series. I also enjoyed Robert Asprin's Myth series and Christopher Stasheff's Warlock series.Totally forgot about the Myth series; I loved those books. Also, the Phule's Company series, another one by Robert Asprin.

[ROMOSAPIEN9]

Originally Posted by jackrussell
Yes..might I suggest Super Bowl Champions- An Eagle's Tale.


1201 Alarm

NO ONE?

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

I haven't been able to read much in many years so my thoughts would be a little outdated. I liked Barbara Hambly quite a bit. Jordan and Anthony were always good as well.

It's really more Sci-Fi/Horror but I liked reading Brian Lumley stuff as well.

[locked&loaded]

Another great book is the name of the wind, by patrick rothfus.

I am reading a book called a shadow in summer, im about 50 pages in but it sseems like a dud...

[trickblue]

Never really got into the fantasy genre per se, but I did enjoy the Chronicles of Narnia series when I was a boy...

[Dallas]

Never really got into the fantasy genre per se, but I did enjoy the Chronicles of Narnia series when I was a boy...


Loved those books..


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6745_narniarap_music :D

[The Rawhide Kid]

Loved those books..


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6745_narniarap_music :D:lmao2: Knew what it was before I clicked the link. Cracks me up every time.:lmao:

[zrinkill]

All you fantasy geeks need to check out this website ..... its nerd friendly

http://www.d20neufell.com/forum/index.php

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[PosterChild]

I don't read them. I'm more an historical romance guy;)