Your opinion please

[Ragnarok]

I finished The Hobbit, LotR, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. I'm not sure that I want to get HoME yet so what other fantasy books would you recomend? (Just a few that you really enjoyed)

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Brooks "Shannara" books, or Eddings "Belgariad" series; after that, the "Malloreon". That's my recommendation. :)

[Lief Erikson]

Or The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. Those books are really awesome.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Or you can read MY books. Once I write them, that is. :p

[Linaewen]

The 'Bitterbynde' series by Cecilia Dart-Thornton. I love it, and the critics love it too. She gets compared to JRRT so much.

Or you can read MY books. Once I write them, that is.

Ahhhh... So that's why I could find any books in my library by Gwaimir Windgem! :D

[Grey_Wolf]

Originally posted by Ragnarok
I finished The Hobbit, LotR, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. I'm not sure that I want to get HoME yet so what other fantasy books would you recomend? (Just a few that you really enjoyed)

Pierce Anthony's 7-part-series Incarnations of Immortality.
(Fantasy/scifi)

[Melko Belcha]

RA Salvatore: Demon Wars Saga (favorite next to Tolkien), The Icewind Dale Trilogy, The Dark Elf Trilogy

Terry Brooks: The Shannara Series

[Spock]

How about the "witch world" trilogy by Andre Norton. The first two are fine while the last is a bit much but hey we're talking far out type stuff here.:D

[Ninquelote]

Read something by Elizabeth Haydon.

[Aralyn]

If you like Japanese type Fantasy, Wind Child, Dragon Sword was Very good. It's a little bit hard to explain but its about a boy and a girl and one Serves the supposedly all powerful light god until she is challenged. Then she finds out she's is the bearer of the Dragon Sword held by the Light. V Good.

[Ninquelote]

The Redwall series is also horrendously good.

[Agalayth]

I didn't like Shannara as much as some people. A bit too long, and too much happening so soon. Then again, that's just my opinion.

I've only read two of the Redwall books (Martin the Warrior and Mossflower). I remember them being very good, especially Mossflower.

[Elf Girl]

Read His Dark Materials. As long as you aren't strongly religious. Even then, you would find it interesting, even if you don't agree.

[Linaewen]

I love His Dark Materials as well. Yeah, the religious aspects in there kind of shocked me, but they were still good.

If you can get your hands on it, try reading the Heaven and Earth (I think) series by Garth Nix, an Australian author. Dark fantasy- great stuff.

[Lief Erikson]

I really enjoyed His Dark Materials a lot. The religious assumptions and things didn't bother me at all, even though I'm a Christian, because they just seemed so far out! I mean, they ignored most of the Bible and brought back incorrect religious villains from the past. It was only Christianity by a hair, and I didn't mind them twisting around their make-believe Christianity. So it felt like just felt like what it was. Fantasy. And I read it as fantasy and loved it :).

[Anglorfin]

Originally posted by Lief Erikson
I really enjoyed His Dark Materials a lot. The religious assumptions and things didn't bother me at all, even though I'm a Christian, because they just seemed so far out! I mean, they ignored most of the Bible and brought back incorrect religious villains from the past. It was only Christianity by a hair, and I didn't mind them twisting around their make-believe Christianity. So it felt like just felt like what it was. Fantasy. And I read it as fantasy and loved it :).

I agree. And I posted this in some other thread as well concerning the use of Christianity. It isn't anything like blatant Bible-pushing. Pullman just takes an aspect of a well-known folk-tale and creates his own story around it.

[Linaewen]

Originally posted by Anglorfin
I agree. And I posted this in some other thread as well concerning the use of Christianity. It isn't anything like blatant Bible-pushing. Pullman just takes an aspect of a well-known folk-tale and creates his own story around it.

And in doing so, he creates a very interesting and worthwhile read.

[gandalfstormcrow]

Terry Goodkind: Sword of Truth

Stephen King: The Dark Tower

[Elbereth Gilthoniel]

hhmm I don't think someone is really going to read all of those books.

okay, I recommend on the sieri of Amber by Roger Zelazni (or something spelled similar, I can't spell and I didn't read those books in English).

[ArwenEvenstar]

the wheel of time
the earthsea chronicles (sp)
Redwall
Sailing to Sarantium & Lord of Emporers
The Last Unicorn
The Riftwar Legacy

[Mark of Cenla]

I was in the same predicament, so I found these writers:

Terry Brooks
David Eddings
Robert Jordan

Each one has written many books and is still writing. There are many others as well. So many good books, so little time. Peace.

[druss]

raymond e feist is an author to look out for, read magician and you'll be hooked. there is also on rpg for the pc called return to krondor(or something similar).
also tad williams books of memory,sorrow and thorn(see my post).:D .
the farseer trilogy is also pretty cool

[Ragnarok]

thank you all for your suggestions :) I'll look a few of those authors up.

[Raistlin]

the dragon riders of pern or anything related to pern also robert jordans eye of the world or the swords trilogy

[Mari]

There are so many books here I read and loved! :D:D:D
I loved the Bitterbynde series by Cecilia Dart-Thornton. I like Elizabeth Haydon, I've read the Amber-series by Zelazny (bit weird, but fairly interesting) I am a huge fan of Raymond E feist and the joint books of David and Leigh Eddings are also very good (I didn't like the books written by David though, too dry).


One writer that hasn't been mentioned yet:
Laurell K. Hamilton.
Her books are for the more adult readers among us as it's contents contain violence and sex and it usually represents the more dark side of fantasy, but I think it is really really good. :)

[D.Sullivan]

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin - one of my very favorites. I would be a great exaggeration to say I spend more time reading it then not, but not that great. :p

[bropous]

Get your hands on the early Michael Moorcock Eternal Champion series(es), especially the Elric of Melnibone series, the Corum series, and the Dorian Hawkmoon series. Most are available on Ebay and Amazon.com. Not anywhere near as detailed as LotR, but very enjoyable, and characters that will stick with you for a lifetime.

Stay away from the Robert Jordan crap. He will get you hooked, you will buy book after book, bottom out in the middle of book seven or eight, and leave you poorer and not really caring what the heck happens from that point on. The guy just milked it far too long.

The George RR Martin series Fire and Ice, starting with "A Game of Thrones", will hook you in and keep you interested through all four books and have you slavering for the fifth, still to be written.

Also, I highly recommend the Dune series, Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and theGrey Mouser books, and Robert Howard's original Conan tales.

[Noble Elf Lord]

How come no one has mentioned Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman? I´ve read many of their books and they were terrifically good. I´ll be going to the library soon, so I might be bringing more names today. :) :D :confused:

[Noble Elf Lord]

A little while ago I finished the Sword of Shannara - trilogy, and it is great. As good as Mr. Tolkien. It´s been written by Terry Brooks. And a greater while ago I read the trilogy written by Garth Nix. The books are Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen. Recommend reading them. Yours,

Noble Elf Lord :D

[Gwaimir Windgem]

For a change of pace, I recommend picking up Gene Wolfe, especially the Book of the Long Sun. Excellent author; far better than most of the stuff cluttering the fantasy genre.

[Mark of Cenla]

How come no one has mentioned Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman? I´ve read many of their books and they were terrifically good.

I agree!

[Curubethion]

Stay away from the Robert Jordan crap. He will get you hooked, you will buy book after book, bottom out in the middle of book seven or eight, and leave you poorer and not really caring what the heck happens from that point on. The guy just milked it far too long.
Haha...too true.
The George RR Martin series Fire and Ice, starting with "A Game of Thrones", will hook you in and keep you interested through all four books and have you slavering for the fifth, still to be written.
Indeed, indeed. Excellent stuff, and I've only read the first two. (Just might want to mention the graphic stuff that pops in there from time to time)

[luvEyowen]

I am reading this really great fantasy series called Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B Jenkins and I really like it. there are like 15 books It will take you a while to read them all but don't start with Left behind start with the rising