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02-13-2004, 10:03 PM
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Elven Warrior
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Your Fantasy Top Five?
Who are your top five fantasy writers? Here are mine in the order that I first read them:
J.R.R. Tolkien David Eddings Terry Brooks Terry Goodkind George R.R. Martin
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02-16-2004, 06:36 PM
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Elven Warrior
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OK... was five too many? Then list your favorite(s) anywhere from one to five. Top one? Top two? Top three? Top four?
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02-17-2004, 10:18 AM
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Elven Warrior
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In no order.
JRR Tolkien Tad Williams George RR Martin
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02-17-2004, 08:03 PM
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Elven Warrior
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tolkien and pratchett, i guess. haven't got around to goodkind yet, although my friend is encouraging me to read the books. another friend also encouraged me to read eddings, which i only read recently (belgariad and mallorean) but it didn't really satisfy me the way tolkien does. (gods that sounds wrong...
 )i also really love some children's fantasy, like the co prydain, co narnia, and alice in wonderland and through the looking glass. i also have a soft spot for hp. the first three dune books are also in my "best of" list, but i guess that doesn't count as fantasy  |
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02-17-2004, 08:29 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli
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these are the ones i reread the most (not all fantasy in the strict sense):
jrr tolkien oscar wilde lewis carroll stephen king edgar allen poe hp lovecraft shakespeare
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03-08-2004, 04:37 PM
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Enting
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Robert Jordan Philip Pullman Not a big fan of Terry Goodkind's books. I couldn't really get into them and I thought they were sort of overwritten. Katie |
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03-08-2004, 04:41 PM
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Terry Pratchett
JRR Tolkien Neil Gaiman Lord Dunsany Philip Pullman Of people considered Fantasy, not Sci-Fi.
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03-08-2004, 05:18 PM
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JRR Tolkien, David Eddings, Terry Pratchett. They're the best of all Fantasy writers.
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03-08-2004, 10:48 PM
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my toop five are:
jrr tolkien sara douglass elizabeth haydon tamora pierce and.....i can't think of anyone else right now; but those 4 are the authors i read the most
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03-09-2004, 07:46 AM
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My top five-
J.R.R. Tolkien (obviously!) Philip Pullman. Christopher Paolini Adrian Cole C.S. Lewis. Mx
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03-13-2004, 03:52 PM
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Elf Lord
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J R R Tolkien (The Sil., LOTR)
Roger Lancelyn Green (King Arthur And His Knights of the Round Table) Piers Anthony (Incarnations of Immortality) Terry Brooks (Shannara Series) Michael Moorcock (The Corum books) |
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03-13-2004, 09:36 PM
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Tolkien
G.R.R. Martin Terry Brooks Stephen King Anne McCaffrey Margaret Weiss
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 she lives where i live she worked out at the Uni with my mum but im not sure if she does anymore, my friend tried to do work experiance with her but she wouldnt hmmm my fav fantasy authors Tolkien and George RR Martin have gotta head the list, Robert Jordan for WoT (even though i did sorta lose interest around the 6th book  ) i went to re-read one of my childhood favs The Eye of the Dragon by Stephen King so ill put him in there too, and Sara Douglass (coz she lives near me )
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03-15-2004, 04:34 PM
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Thief Queen of Entmoot
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that is SO cool! you should ask her why she hasn't published her other wayfarer redemption books in the us yet! (sinner, pilgrim, and crusader) i have to order them online in order to get them!
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03-15-2004, 09:02 PM
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Elven Warrior
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in no real order... (and yes, i know it's only four)
tolkien philip pullman anne mccaffrey and i have to put in a word for douglas adams
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04-07-2004, 12:39 AM
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JRR Tolkien
C.S. Lewis Lloyd Alexander Stephen Lawhead Brian Jacques
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04-08-2004, 09:43 AM
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1. R.R. Tolkien
2. R.R. Martin (coincidence? I think not.  )3. Philip Pullman 4. Jordan (only read the two first books) 5. Pratchett (6. C.S. Lewis) And that's as far as I have reached into the Fantasy-genre. Just started reading Steven Erikson's Gardens of the Moon, planning to buy the third WoT-book soon, hoping to get my hands on one of Robin Hobb's books and waiting eagerly for A Feast of Crows. Also considered Feist, is he any good?
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04-08-2004, 09:14 PM
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No order here folks,
Tad Williams Guy Gavriel Kay Mervyn Peake Dunsany Neil Gaiman (LeGuin, Tolkien, Alexander, and Beagle would follow too) |
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04-27-2004, 11:25 PM
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Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008
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Jabberwock and Fal, I strongly recommend you look for books by Stephen R. Lawhead
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05-17-2004, 05:26 AM
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In set order,
1. George R.R. Martin. 2. Tolkien. 3. Tad Williams 4. Susan Copper 5. Ursula Le Guin/Robert Jordan
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