Top 3 Sci Fi/Fantasy Series of ALL Time

ItalianLegolas · 12-05-2004, 03:10 PM

Here are my top 3 favorite Sci Fi/Fantasy Series of ALL Time
1. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (of course, this includes the History of Middle-Earth Series, the Silmarillion and the like)
2. The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King (this include all books pertaining to the Dark Tower series)
3. Dune Saga by Frank Herbert

If you have any favorite series, post it up!

**Nurvingiel** · 12-05-2004, 07:50 PM

Isn't this the same as the top 5 thread... except 3.

Very cool books you listed though.

ringbearer · 06-29-2005, 10:32 PM

besides what you have mentioned there is also 'The Amber Series" by the late Roger Zelazny!

Finrod Felagund · 06-30-2005, 06:19 PM

Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
Once and Fututre King - T.H. White
Fionavar Tapestry - Guy Gavriel Kay

MrBishop · 06-30-2005, 07:38 PM

Fantasy
The Wheel of Time Series - Robert Jordan
Annals of the Black Company - Glenn Cook
LoTR

SciFi
Giants Novels - James P. Hogan
Mars Books - Kim Stanley Robinson
Odyssey Series - Arthur C. Clarke

Captain Stern · 08-05-2005, 02:25 PM

1. The Lord of the Rings
2. The Conan Chronicles
3. The Elric Saga

brownjenkins · 08-05-2005, 02:57 PM

top three (in order):

1) silmarillion -> hobbit -> lotr
2) original amber series (second lost a lot of focus)
3) dune (herbert's books, not his son's)

cee2lee2 · 08-06-2005, 04:57 PM

The Lord of the Rings, etc. - Tolkien
the Pern series - McCaffrey
the Mars books - Robinson

tomstheman · 08-13-2005, 12:28 AM

My favorites would be
LOTR - Tolkein
Abhorsen - Nix
Necroscope - Lumley

Harad · 09-01-2005, 04:12 PM

I am not sure wot the other 2 r

but you earthlings should catch up with Stephen Donaldson.He recently published a new Thomas Covenant book, Runes of the Earth, which is just great. It is the first book of a tetralogy and comes after 2 terrific trilogies. Having a new book after 20 years in a great series is as if JRRT wrote another LOTR book recently and was committed to writing 3 more.

brownjenkins · 09-01-2005, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harad

I am not sure wot the other 2 r

but you earthlings should catch up with Stephen Donaldson.He recently published a new Thomas Covenant book, Runes of the Earth, which is just great. It is the first book of a tetralogy and comes after 2 terrific trilogies. Having a new book after 20 years in a great series is as if JRRT wrote another LOTR book recently and was committed to writing 3 more.

cool, didn't know that... i love the first series... second was very good, just not quite as enjoyable (for me, at least)

will definitely check it out, thanks!

Elanor · 09-02-2005, 10:45 PM

Well, I'm not going to rate them critically.

My top 3 favorite fantasy (this is so hard):
C S Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia
anything by Tolkien
Raymond E Feist's books tied with Mercedes Lackey's (sorry! I just can't limit myself)

My top 3 favorite scifi:
Anne McCaffrey's Pern series
Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series
Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles

Elanor the Fair · 09-09-2005, 05:55 AM

1. The Lord of the Rings
2. The Axis Trilogy and the Wayfarer Redemption Trilogy by Sara Douglass
3. The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper

cee2lee2 · 09-09-2005, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by brownjenkins

cool, didn't know that... i love the first series... second was very good, just not quite as enjoyable (for me, at least)

will definitely check it out, thanks!

I liked the first Thomas Covenant series too and felt the same way about the second series. Probably won't check out the new stuff, though.

cee2lee2 · 09-09-2005, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elanor the Fair

3. The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper

Don't know how I forgot Cooper's series. It's on my list of books which I reread every few years.

12-05-2004, 03:10 PM	#1
ItalianLegolas Tolkien-aholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: somewhere in the solar system... more specifically NJ... Posts: 712	Top 3 Sci Fi/Fantasy Series of ALL Time Here are my top 3 favorite Sci Fi/Fantasy Series of ALL Time 1. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (of course, this includes the History of Middle-Earth Series, the Silmarillion and the like) 2. The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King (this include all books pertaining to the Dark Tower series) 3. Dune Saga by Frank Herbert If you have any favorite series, post it up!

06-29-2005, 10:32 PM	#3
ringbearer Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St. Louis, Mo. USA Posts: 561	besides what you have mentioned there is also 'The Amber Series" by the late Roger Zelazny! __________________ Ringbearer Hide Witch, hide! The Good Folks come to burn thee! Their keen enjoyment hid behind A Gothic mask of duty!

06-30-2005, 06:19 PM	#4
Finrod Felagund King of Nargothrond Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada! eh? Posts: 2,002	Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien Once and Fututre King - T.H. White Fionavar Tapestry - Guy Gavriel Kay __________________ "THE EAGLES ARE COMING, THE EAGLES ARE COMING......AND A MOTH!!!!!"

06-30-2005, 07:38 PM	#5
MrBishop Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 118	Fantasy The Wheel of Time Series - Robert Jordan Annals of the Black Company - Glenn Cook LoTR SciFi Giants Novels - James P. Hogan Mars Books - Kim Stanley Robinson Odyssey Series - Arthur C. Clarke __________________ RPG gamers talk and podcast Chucky and Larry Blog

08-05-2005, 02:25 PM	#6
Captain Stern Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 319	1. The Lord of the Rings 2. The Conan Chronicles 3. The Elric Saga __________________ Then hate overcame Fëanor's fear, and he cursed Melkor and bade him be gone, saying 'Get thee gone from my gate, thou jail-crow of Mandos!' And he shut the doors of his house in the face of the mightiest of all dwellers in Eä.

08-05-2005, 02:57 PM	#7
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	top three (in order): 1) silmarillion -> hobbit -> lotr 2) original amber series (second lost a lot of focus) 3) dune (herbert's books, not his son's) __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

08-06-2005, 04:57 PM	#8
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	The Lord of the Rings, etc. - Tolkien the Pern series - McCaffrey the Mars books - Robinson

08-13-2005, 12:28 AM	#9
tomstheman Enting Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Some where between the ground and the sky Posts: 63	My favorites would be LOTR - Tolkein Abhorsen - Nix Necroscope - Lumley __________________ Why is the word phonetically spelled with a ph? Who's cruel idea was it to put a s in the word Lisp? Why is the word abbreviated such a long word? Why is the latin word for fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia? Yes it is i checked online. Remember Remember the fifth of November Last edited by tomstheman : 08-13-2005 at 12:29 AM. Reason: forgot authors

09-01-2005, 04:12 PM	#10
Harad Hobbit Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 33	I am not sure wot the other 2 r but you earthlings should catch up with Stephen Donaldson.He recently published a new Thomas Covenant book, Runes of the Earth, which is just great. It is the first book of a tetralogy and comes after 2 terrific trilogies. Having a new book after 20 years in a great series is as if JRRT wrote another LOTR book recently and was committed to writing 3 more. __________________ the Gremlin

09-02-2005, 10:45 PM	#12
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	Well, I'm not going to rate them critically. My top 3 favorite fantasy (this is so hard): C S Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia anything by Tolkien Raymond E Feist's books tied with Mercedes Lackey's (sorry! I just can't limit myself) My top 3 favorite scifi: Anne McCaffrey's Pern series Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

09-09-2005, 05:55 AM	#13
Elanor the Fair Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: In the kitchen ...... still! Posts: 228	1. The Lord of the Rings 2. The Axis Trilogy and the Wayfarer Redemption Trilogy by Sara Douglass 3. The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper __________________ Life's too short to eat bad chocolate

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