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[url=http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060937262/:24cp7zdo]Imajica[/url:24cp7zdo], by Clive Barker. Dark fantasy à la Lovecraft.[/quote:24cp7zdo]

What is this about? I've heard a tad about it. view post

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Favorite books/series posted 24 January 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by xhaldur, Candidate

I love reading the WoT, though Robert Jordan needs to finish it, but he will hopefully end it in the next book! hopefully...

George R. R. Martin's series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' is good..

David Gemmel, I love the Rigante series.

Raymond E. Feist, though he is in my opinion worse than Robert Jordan on ending something. His Riftwar Saga is good, and so is his Serpentwar Saga, but the new conclave of shadows series is very dissappointing.

J.V. Jones 'Book of Words' Series was really good, her new one 'Sword of Shadows' series is shaping up to be really good too....if she ever finishes it.

Piers Anthony - 'The Apprentice Adept' series, kind of an old series, but awesome.

Stephen R. Donaldson's 'Thomas Covenant' Books are good.

Neil Gaiman books - love this author.

Christopher Moore - I love this guys books. He's not fantasy but he is funny as hell. view post

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Favorite books/series posted 27 January 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by Grallon, Candidate

I suggest this very unusual series (2 books published out of 3):


The Stone Dance of the Chameleon - by Ricardo Pinto


[url:2ty2hauy]http://www.ricardopinto.com/index.html[/url:2ty2hauy]


A fantasy series set in a bronze age era. Be warned though, if such things make you freak out: the main character is homosexual (the author too).



G. view post

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Favorite books/series posted 27 January 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by RedShift, Candidate

Ricardo Pinto is one of my favourite authors. I can't wait for the next book to come out... view post

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Favorite books/series posted 04 February 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by Sharaz Jek, Commoner

Hi all, I'm another Erikson fan. He's by far my favourite writer of fantasy, mainly because of the scope of the world and complexity of the story. His works just amaze me, and often move me as well. Incredible stuff.

I also really like GRRM's ASOIAF series, and Bakker's PON series as well, they're very good. LeGuin's Earthsea books started me off on fantasy fiction about 2 decades ago, when I was 12, and I still find them highly enjoyable as an adult. Amazing stuff considering the brevity of the novels. I also really enjoyed The Silmarillion by Tolkien, a great deal more than I did LOTR, and was a big fan of Narnia in my teenage years as well. I'm continuing to trudge through Jordan's WOT series because Iwant to see how it ends, and I found the first 6 books highly enjoyable. Seemed to go downhill from there, though.

When it comes to sci-fi, my favourite series is Dune, the whole lot. I prefer books 4-6 over books 2 & 3, which isn't common, from what I've seen. Great books though. Simmons' Hyperion cantos were also very, very good, and I'm a fan of Jack Womack's Dryco series of cyberpunk novels, too. The first s-f series I read would have been Asimov's foundation series, way back when, which I enjoyed at the time. view post

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Favorite books/series posted 13 February 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by kremen, Commoner

<!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D --> Just wanted to throw this out since I didn't see it on the list - anything by Matthew Woodring Stover just oozes with awesomeness, even though there are some very gory times.

Start out w/Heroes Die or his Star Wars books [even had one in the New Jedi Order which completely changed Star Wars for me in a great way!] and you'll be hooked!

-Mike view post

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Favorite books/series posted 17 February 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by selfnoise, Commoner

My essential fantasy authors-

Jack Vance - Totally unique and beautiful style, almost always pitch perfect. A delightful distraction from the world. Most of his novels have lasers and spaceships, but are fantasy.

Ursula K. LeGuin - Like Bakker a keen student of humanity, but such a completely different author. The Earthsea books (well, the earlier ones anyway) are simple, beautiful, and as deep as you want to dig.

Avram Davidson - A crazy mother****er, and I mean that in the best possible way. Fantastic short stories and a wide range of novels, some very good. His best is "The Phoenix and the Mirror", which is probably the best fantasy novel I've read for pure enjoyment.

John Crowley - Not a pure fantasy author, but he sneaks in due to having written Little, Big. Which I find difficult to describe, but I do think it's sort of the keystone in terms of understanding what's possible in the genre. Also, his short novels (collected in Otherwise) are excellent.

Jeff Vandermeer - A new guy, but everything he's written so far (City of Saints and Madmen, Veniss Underground) has totally blown me away. Kinda like Bakker! view post

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Favorite books/series posted 12 March 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by glaz, Peralogue

currently, Martin and Erikson are my faves.

also David Gemmel's books have some kind of &quot;pull&quot; on me. view post

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Favorite books/series posted 12 March 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by Warrior-Poet, Moderator

Dune view post

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Favorite books/series posted 01 April 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by glaz, Peralogue

currently, i love Erikson. just pure action.

i also like Gemmel and his &quot;sacrificial heroism&quot; stories.

of course, Martin is on top of my list.

and Bakker. <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D --> view post

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Favorite books/series posted 01 April 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by Entropic_existence, Moderator

Bakker (obviously) and Erickson are number one on my list with Martin running a close second. Gemmels books are good in that classic pulp sword and sorcery style so they are always a good afternoon read. I've always loved the Wheel of Time, even the books that were slow. The world he created is just too good to not enjoy every little tidbit I get revealed to me. view post

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Favorite books/series posted 01 April 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by glaz, Peralogue

WoT also has a soft spot in my heart. it's one of the first fantasy series i've read, and i do hope that in would end as well as it started. view post

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Favorite books/series posted 02 April 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by Entropic_existence, Moderator

It definitly wasn't the first I read, but was one of the earlier ones anyway. (I read The Hobbit and LoTR when I was in grade 4 or something. What can I say I started early, I was ripping through adult novels about the same time) And I think it will finish strong, after all the last book, Knife of Dreams was probably the best since book 7 or so, it was actually quite good with lots of stuff happening. We'll see what Memories of Light, the final installment, shall bring. Although it is of course going to be delayed somewhat with RJ's health. view post

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Favorite books/series posted 02 April 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by glaz, Peralogue

yeah, i've read (and bought, actually) book11 when it came out, and it does have a lot of promise. but do you really think it will be over in just one more book? i mean, there's still a lot of storyline threads not closed... view post

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Favorite books/series posted 02 April 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by Entropic_existence, Moderator

Yes, he's said on the record that there is only one book left to finish off the main story. Personally I don't think there is that much left to resolve. Of course he's also said the book will be as long as it needs to be, so it could get hefty.

Book 11 I think made a nice job of setting up a few things in very neat domino like style, I can see how a few events will actually end up resolving multiple plot arcs in a single blow, and done in a very nice and satisfying manner as well. I also think there are more minor plotlines and arcs that may be left unresolved on purpose as well, to have some mystery still around the whole thing and I'm fine with that. view post

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Favorite books/series posted 10 April 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by swazond, Commoner

Jordan, Tolkien, Bakker, Rawn, Terry Brooks. view post

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Favorite books/series posted 10 April 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by gierra, Sorcerer-of-Rank

anything by robert rankin. i've only read 'the hollow chocolate bunnies of the apocalypse' and 'the witches of chiswick' so far, and working my way through 'the brightonomicon' as i type.. but he is awesome. provided you like twisted british humour. view post

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Favorite books/series posted 10 April 2006 in Literature Discussion ⟩ Favorite books/series by Entropic_existence, Moderator

Quote: &quot;gierra&quot;:n0gu77pk

anything by robert rankin. i've only read 'the hollow chocolate bunnies of the apocalypse' and 'the witches of chiswick' so far, and working my way through 'the brightonomicon' as i type.. but he is awesome. provided you like twisted british humour.[/quote:n0gu77pk]

I'll have to check it out, I generally prefer british humour above anything grown in North America. It's always so much more cerebral and witty. view post

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