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Mark of Cenla · 04-24-2003, 07:53 PM

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 · 04-26-2003, 03:13 PM

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).

.
the farseer trilogy is also pretty cool

Ragnarok · 04-26-2003, 11:58 PM

thank you all for your suggestions

I'll look a few of those authors up.

Raistlin · 04-29-2003, 07:37 PM

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

**Mari** · 04-02-2007, 10:55 PM

There are so many books here I read and loved!

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 · 04-09-2007, 11:02 PM

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.

bropous · 04-15-2007, 11:44 PM

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 · 05-25-2007, 10:37 AM

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.

Noble Elf Lord · 06-21-2007, 03:18 PM

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

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-21-2007, 03:29 PM

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 · 07-11-2007, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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 agree!

Curubethion · 07-11-2007, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bropous

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.

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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 · 08-29-2008, 03:49 PM

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

04-24-2003, 07:53 PM	#21
Mark of Cenla Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: central Louisiana Posts: 105	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. __________________ Mark Wellman ><> Last edited by Mark of Cenla : 07-11-2007 at 12:12 AM.

04-26-2003, 03:13 PM	#22
druss Hobbit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: england Posts: 22	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). . the farseer trilogy is also pretty cool __________________ take this ring....for your labours will be heavy; but it will support you....and with it you may rekindle hearts in a world that grows chill

04-29-2003, 07:37 PM	#24
Raistlin Enting Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Krynn Posts: 80	the dragon riders of pern or anything related to pern also robert jordans eye of the world or the swords trilogy __________________ Raistlin Fistandantilus Keeper of the Tower of High Sorcery in Palanthas Maud'ib I am a Bene Gesserit, I live only to serve check this out: http://www.kingsofchaos.com/recruit.php?uniqid=m5699nnk Okay come on and help me some more its different game this time http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=1906371

04-02-2007, 10:55 PM	#25
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	There are so many books here I read and loved! 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. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

04-15-2007, 11:44 PM	#27
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	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. __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

04-26-2003, 11:58 PM	#23
Ragnarok Rohirrim Warrior Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: PA Posts: 590	thank you all for your suggestions I'll look a few of those authors up.

04-09-2007, 11:02 PM	#26
D.Sullivan Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 102	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.

05-25-2007, 10:37 AM	#28
Noble Elf Lord Leaf-Crowned Lord Of Elvenpath Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Heaven by the looks of it. Hell by the feel of it. Posts: 1,052	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. __________________ Hers.

06-21-2007, 03:18 PM	#29
Noble Elf Lord Leaf-Crowned Lord Of Elvenpath Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Heaven by the looks of it. Hell by the feel of it. Posts: 1,052	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 __________________ Hers.

06-21-2007, 03:29 PM	#30
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	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. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

08-29-2008, 03:49 PM	#33
luvEyowen Hobbit Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northeastern PA Posts: 26	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 __________________ Bow down before the almighty library card! International Sprite Leauge: the place for all sprite owners. It's amazing: Sm ppl actlly undrstnd ths!

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