Your favorite (fantasy) books

Timito · Post by **Timito** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:03 pm

The title says it. What's you're favorite book in the fantasy genre? Ofcourse, the undeniable number 1 is still Tolkiens masterpiece for me. I like the Inheretance trilogy as well (Paolini), working my way through eldest now. One trilogy I really liked was the Rose of the Prophet (my books are all dutch so I might have translated the names incorrectly).
Other books that I like are mainly historical one's like Kevin-Crossley's arthur trilogy. I think that's kind of on the edge between historical and fantasy.
So, what kind of books do you like?

Lady Nerevar · Post by **Lady Nerevar** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:13 pm

well, i have 3. in no particular order:
1) Tolkien(LotR, Silmarillion); for all around coolnes and detail of the world
2) Inheritance Trilogy (by chiris Paolini) Eragon was a very nice beggining, and Eldest kicks some major ass (and hey, you make Eragon elv like, and you got some uber hotnes

)
3) Song of Ice and Fire (GRR martin) all the books -- Game of Thrones, Storm of swords,Clash of Kings, Feast for Crows -- were simply awsome for tehir realistic, gridy, violent, etc. description of the world. no stereotypical "heoes survive all" crap, everything seems uberly real. and Long live Danerys Targaryen!!! (ok, im geeting to geek here)

P.S. the quote in my sig is actualy from song of ice and fire.

Lord Elias · Post by **Lord Elias** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:21 am

Hmmm...LOTR doesn't count, everyone reads that

.Terry Pratchets huge bunch of books...Dunnoo what's my favourite.They'r all ridicolusly funny.Oh, fantasy, huh? Also there's good book "Earthsea" by Ursula Leguin(or something like that).I liked that one very much.Also, I read about 200 SF books...

Lady Nerevar · Post by **Lady Nerevar** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:06 pm

yea, earthsea was good too

Timito · Post by **Timito** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:42 pm

Most american fantasy books don't make it here I guess, I haven't heard of most of them and I've looked everywhere for fantasy books.

The_Warder · Post by **The_Warder** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 6:48 am

I love the wheel of time and LOTR. Also "the dragons canticle"
a d&d book

Vernon · Post by **Vernon** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:42 pm

H.P. Lovecraft

Indoril · Post by **Indoril** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:14 pm

R.A. Salvatore's books in the Forgotten Realms Series.
*Hugs Drizzt*

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:18 pm

The wheel of time was good up to a point until the author started raping the series. Early Drenai series by David Gemmel is just awesome. Currently re-reading the Farseer/Liveship/Tawny Man Trilogy of Trilogies by Robin Hobb. Astonishingly good.

Haj · Post by **Haj** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:45 pm

Withdrawn.

Mogar · Post by **Mogar** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 4:05 am

Forgotton realms
and anything that george bush says

kebra · Post by **kebra** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:56 am

İsidore Ducasse Comte de Lautreamont,the Maldoror songs.(not sure about the english title.original:Les chants de Maldoror.)(and not exactly fantasy.)
Read this,then the Necronomicon,and...

Odowacar · Post by **Odowacar** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:11 am

Lord of the Rings. Harry Potter.

Rian · Post by **Rian** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:25 pm

Lord of the rings, the silmarillion, inheritance trilogy, the earthsea saga, HP Lovecraft, and some of the more epic D&D campaigns.

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:46 am

LOTR sucks.

Orix · Post by **Orix** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:07 pm

It aint fantasy, but I sure love stories written by Philip K. Dick. If you've seen Minority Report, Blade Runner, Screamers or Total Recall, they were based on his stories (although with vastly varying levels of sticking to the original story).

The only fantasy book I've read recently is the Silmarillion, not the easiest read ever because you had to remember about 100 characters, and if you read about them in the appendix to remind yourself, it usually gave away a few plot points.

Apart from that, a load of psychology textbooks... I guess I dont do much recreational reading when I think about it.

The Old Ye Bard · Post by **The Old Ye Bard** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:59 pm

Lotr, any long series of fantasy books (narnia being one of them) also the bartimaus trilogy.

P.S. Lotr is better than air.

The_Warder · Post by **The_Warder** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 7:42 am

Narnia isn't bad.

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Vyvara Araneae · Post by **Vyvara Araneae** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:47 pm

I have always had a love for fantasy, enjoying the "mainstays" (Tolkien, R.A. Salvatore, Pratchet, etc.) many times over. However, two others immediately come to mind that are surprisingly seldom mentioned:

The Dark Tower/Gunslinger Series by Stephen King

The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop

CommonsNat · Post by **CommonsNat** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:00 pm

I'm a big fan of Tolkien, though I couldn't say which book I like the best. I've read The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Simirillion, and The Book of Lost Tales 1, and am currently reading The Book of Lost Tales 2.

I've read the Chronicles of Narnia when I was younger, they were pretty good too. Not many other fantasy series sticks out in my mind... Except maybe the Harry Potter books, I've read those too. They're pretty good too.

The_Warder · Post by **The_Warder** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:12 pm

I do not think this is fantasy but it was written like a fantasy book. the talisman by stephen king

Dexter · Post by **Dexter** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 5:27 pm

Comic books are books, right? Comic book???
The Invisibles. It rules.

Silvone Elestahr · Post by **Silvone Elestahr** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:25 pm

Not my most favorite series, but it is good and is rarely read, so I suggest you check it out

Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials

1. The Golden Compass
2. The Subtle Knife
3. The Amber Spyglass

The_Warder · Post by **The_Warder** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:21 am

o I think I read the first one it was pretty good.

Hazel-grouse · Post by **Hazel-grouse** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 2:54 pm

Tolkien and Zelazny. I didn't like the Narnia books very much myself.

Vholdrian · Post by **Vholdrian** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 3:14 pm

Ofcourse, Lotr is my nr. 1... but very close to LOTR comes the Chronicles of Narnia and "De brief voor de Koning"

Its a dutch book, written for kids but the story is great. I don't know if theres any translation of the book... i'll check that.

Baalzebub · Post by **Baalzebub** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 7:09 pm

Robert Jordan : Wheel of time

Resadyn · Post by **Resadyn** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 7:54 pm

Baalzebub wrote:Robert Jordan : Wheel of time

God I love those books.