Help!!!!!!!!!

[Lady Ravyn]

I'm going through book withdrawl! Help me! I need suggestions as to what to read next! PLEASE! i grow weak...must...have...fantasy...must...have...book. ..

[cee2lee2]

I like a lot of fantasy written for children. Not sure if it would suit your taste. Just a few suggestions off the top of my head :)

by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time and the books following it

by C.S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia (7 books)

by Susan Cooper
The Dark is Rising series

not written for children:

surely you've read Anne McCaffrey's Pern books?

C.S. Lewis' space trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength)

Barbara Hambly's Dragonsbane

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Chronicles of Thomas covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson

for humorous fantasy, Piers Anthony's Xanth books

[Elf Girl]

I cannot recommend Mists of Avalon enough. It rivals LotR in its pure good-ness.

[Falagar]

Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".

[Melko Belcha]

A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin
1. A Game of Thrones
2. A Clash of Kings
3. A Storm of Swords

Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams
1. The Dragonbone Chair
2. Stone of Farewell
3. To Green Angel Tower part 1
4. To Green Angle Tower part 2

Demon Wars Saga by RA Salvatore
1. The Demon Awakes
2. The Demon Spirit
3. The Demon Apostole
4. Mortals
5. Ascendence
6. Trancendence
7. Immortals

The Shannara Series by Terry Brooks
1. The Sword of Shannara
2. The Elfstones of Shannara
3. The Wishsong of Shannara
4. The Scions of Shannara
5. The Druid of Shannara
6. The Elf Queen of Shannara
7. The Talisman of Shannara
8. The First King of Shannara
9. The Ilse Witch
10. Antrax
11. Morgawr
12. Jarka Ruus

[Lady Ravyn]

Originally posted by Melko Belcha
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams
1. The Dragonbone Chair
2. Stone of Farewell
3. To Green Angel Tower part 1
4. To Green Angle Tower part 2
ooh! I read the War of the Flowers by him and finished it just yesterday before i posted that; i didn't know he had written more! cool!
and with the RA Salvatore books, are they the kind of books where you have to read every one in the series in the exact order in which they were published?

[Melko Belcha]

Originally posted by Lady Ravyn
ooh! I read the War of the Flowers by him and finished it just yesterday before i posted that; i didn't know he had written more! cool!
and with the RA Salvatore books, are they the kind of books where you have to read every one in the series in the exact order in which they were published?

I have not read War of the Flowers yet, but Williams is one of my favorite authors, along with Tolkien and Martin. Williams also has a Science Fiction trilogy called Otherland, I can not remember the names of the books since I have not read them, not much into sci-fi. Williams also has a short story in the Legends book that takes place around 100 years before Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn.

Legends also contains short stories from Stephen King (Dark Tower series), Ursula LeGuin (Earthsea series), George RR Martin (A Song of Fire and Ice), Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time), Terry Goodkind (The Sword of Truth), Terry Pratchett (Disc World), and many other top selling fantasy authors. Legends 2 just came out and has a short story from Williams Otherland series. It also has stories by Martin and Terry Brooks (Shannara series).

The Salvatore books have to be read in order, all seven books are centered around the same characers. Mortals could be a stand alone book, but it would be hard to follow everything that is going on.

[Lady Ravyn]

cool! so do the RA Salvatore books have anything to do with the Icewind Dale trilogy and the Darkelf series? should i readthem first? (sorry; so many questions...)

[ArwenEvenstar]

Tad Williams is an amazing author and so is George RR Martin. (Does anyone know when A feast for Crows is supposed to come out?) Another really good book by Tad Williams is Tailchasers Song. The Otherland books are:
1. City of Golden Shadow
2. River of Blue Fire
3. Mountain of Black Glass
4. Sea of Silver Light

If you like the Forgotten Realms books you should try The War of the Spider Queen and Starlight and Shadows.

The Princess Bride is also really good.

[Melko Belcha]

Originally posted by Lady Ravyn
cool! so do the RA Salvatore books have anything to do with the Icewind Dale trilogy and the Darkelf series? should i readthem first? (sorry; so many questions...)

No the Icewind Dale and Dark Elf Trilogies are separate from his Demon Wars Books. IWD and Dark Elf take place in the Forgotten Realms AD&D world while the Demon Wars takes place in Corona, Salvatore's own world.

Salvatore's Forgotten Realms Books.

The Icewind Dale Trilogy
I.The Crystal Shard
II. Streams of Silver
III. The Halfling's Gem

The Dark Elf Trilogy
I.Homeland
II.Exile
III.Sojourn

The Legacy of the Drow
I.The Legacy
II.Starless Night
III.Siege of Darkness
IV.Passage To Dawn


Paths of Darkness
I. The Silent Blade
II.Spine of the World
III.Servant of the Shard
IV.Sea of Swords

The Hunter's Blade Trilogy
I.The Thousand Orcs
II.The Lone Drow
III.The Two Swords (Not yet released)

The Cleric Quintet
I.Canticle
II.In Sylvan Shadows
III.Night Masks
IV.The Fallen Fortress
V.The Chaos Curse

Non - Forgotten Realms Books

The Spearwielder's Tales
I.The Woods Out Back
II.The Dragon's Dagger
III.Dragonslayer's Return

The Crimson Shadow
I.The Sword of Bedwyr
II.Luthien's Gamble
III.The Dragon King

Chronicles of Ynis Aielle
I. Echoes of the Fourth Magic
II. The Witch's Daughter
III. Bastion of Darkness

The Demon Wars Trilogy
I. The Demon Awakes
II. The Demon Spirit
III. The Demon Apostale

I. Mortals

The Second Demon Wars Trilogy
I. Ascendence
II. Trancendence
III. Immortals

The Highway Man (Coming in March. Based in the same world as the Demon Wars books, but an entirely seperate story).

[Lady Ravyn]

oh good; i knew he wrote a million books in the forgotten realm series and i was hoping i wouldn't have to read them all to get to the one i really wanted to read.
i always do that; pick up a book, say "oh, this looks cool!" and then realize that i have to read the first nine or whatever in the series first. :rolleyes:

[ArwenEvenstar]

I haven't even heard of half the F.R. books I just started reading the ones about the Drow and Evermeet. I don't really care, I understand what's happening in that series and I think that's all that matters.

[crickhollow]

I'm typically more of a classical lit. person myself, but I'm learning to like fantasty.
Have you tried the "Myst" books? i just finished The Book of Atrus, and really liked it.

[Lady Ravyn]

no, i didn't know there were Myst books. i've played the comp. game, but the books sound cool, too!