|
Post by Desi Baggins on Nov 19, 2007 10:07:21 GMT -6
Great link!
|
|
|
Post by Andorinha on Nov 21, 2007 9:52:20 GMT -6
I'll add my thread to the tapestry of Welcome here: "Hi, Illadria, welcome back from the shadows!"
|
|
|
Post by Fangorn on Nov 23, 2007 11:34:32 GMT -6
Here is a short list of my favorites:
The Amber series by Roger Zelazny (very adult intrigue and complex treatment of magic)
The Xanth series by Piers Anthony (light hearted with lots of word play and puns, but characters are very likable)
Weaveworld by Clive Barker (dark fantasy and a parallel world)
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (the ultimate in metaphysics and conspiracy theories...very like DaVinci code)
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson purportedly between 1969 and 1971 (It remains a seminal work of conspiracy fiction, predating Foucault's Pendulum and The Da Vinci Code by decades.)
All very good reading IMHO. Let me know if anyone reads these and what they think.
Fang
|
|
|
Post by Andorinha on Jan 16, 2008 9:27:28 GMT -6
At last, there is now a cheap paperback version of "The Marvelous Land of the Snergs," by E.A. Wyke-Smith. It is one of the source-books JRRT listed as an influence on his The Hobbit. www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486452557Has GREAT reviews.
|
|
|
Post by MerlintheMad on Jan 21, 2008 10:47:10 GMT -6
Hi Fangorn. I've read all of those except the last one. I liked Ecco's "The Name of the Rose" better than "Foucault's Pendulum", though. I recommend "Prince Ombra" by Roderick Macleish
|
|
|
Post by Stormrider on Jan 21, 2008 19:57:54 GMT -6
Merlin! Good to see you! How have you been?
|
|
|
Post by Stormrider on Feb 24, 2008 7:50:13 GMT -6
I've just started a really great series of books called A Song of Fire and Ice. So far there are four books written and the author George R. R. Martin is trying to finish up the fifth book with hopes to have it done this Fall. The four books written so far in this series are: A Game of ThronesA Clash of KingsA Storm of SwordsA Feast of CrowsThe fifth book will be called A Dance with DragonsAll I can say is, don't get attached to any character because they may not survive the story! The people in this story are very devious and coniving. No one is safe if you get yourself into the wrong hands. Here is the author's website: www.georgerrmartin.com/
|
|
|
Post by Andorinha on Feb 24, 2008 19:47:49 GMT -6
Just checked 'em out, looks good! Thanks Stormrider!
|
|
|
Post by Desi Baggins on Feb 24, 2008 20:41:33 GMT -6
I will be borrowing those once I am done with the Artemis Fowl series....which I begin book 1 tonight!
|
|
|
Post by Stormrider on Apr 7, 2008 17:31:27 GMT -6
Well, I finished the four published books by George R. R. Martin: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast of Crows. The fifth book will be called A Dance with Dragons and is supposed to come out this Fall/Winter.
I tell you it is a very interesting story. All the Lordships are fighting for the big Throne of the whole land. These people in the story are devious, coniving, untrustworthy, and evil! Anything goes in the fight for the throne! You don't dare trust anyone or get attached to any character because you can't be sure that they will survive the entire tale.
Some of the topics covered in these books: incest, marriage alliances, jousting tourneys, reviving dead, huge beasts such as direwolves, mammoths, giants, kinslaying, kingslaying, patricide, a variety of religions and gods, dwarves (as in little people in real life--not Tolkienish dwarves), eunics, doctor-types with some magical knowledge, dragons, fighting, fighting, fighting, deception, cunning, back-stabbing, lust...and the list goes on an on! (and I've probably forgotten something else that would be interesting to relate here)
And now I can't wait for the fifth book to come out and I am not even sure that will finish the tale...it seems there is so much more that needs to be told. And this author takes forever between books getting published. The agony of the wait.
|
|
|
Post by Stormrider on Oct 9, 2008 20:50:18 GMT -6
One of the ladies on the drill team has been feeding me a book series that she has read and it is very good. It is The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. There are 11 books in it and I am almost to the end of the 3rd book. They are:
The Eye of the World The Great Hunt The Dragon Reborn The Shadow Rising The Fires of Heaven Lord of Chaos A Crown of Swords The Path of Daggers Winter's Heart Crossroads of Twilight Knife of Dreams
|
|
|
Post by Stormrider on Oct 9, 2008 20:58:08 GMT -6
|
|
|
Post by Androga Erindalant on Oct 10, 2008 14:15:42 GMT -6
It's really sad that Robert Jordan died. I've read the Wheel of Time until the 10th book, and has been one of my favourites! When talking to a friend, a while ago, he told that there would be another author who would finish the last book, while trying to keep the same style. I haven't looked for any sources on the net for comfirmation though. Perhaps I should do that once, because I really want to finish reading the whole story.
|
|
|
Post by Stormrider on Oct 10, 2008 17:27:12 GMT -6
Yes, It will be finished by Brandon Sanderson. Here is a link about it. www.bookspotcentral.com/2007/12/news-final-wheel-of-time-novel-to-be-completed-by-brandon-sanderson/From this link: Thanks goodness Robert Jordan did not keep the ending a secret and told someone how this story will end! I had hoped that there was some kind of outline or notes like Tolkien always kept but it sounds like he actually told his wife and editor, Harriet, and his cousin, Wilson, the whole ending. That is even better!
|
|
|
Post by Stormrider on Mar 5, 2009 7:07:33 GMT -6
A Memory of Light - the 12th and LAST book in the Wheel of Time series written by Robert Jordan (the last book was written by Brandon Sanderson based on all of Jordan's notes as mentioned above) will be published in November 2009! Here is the link: www.dragonmount.com/News/ Woo Hoo! I'm starting the 8th book now so I should finish up with the 11th book ending not too far from November. (I have tons of other things that get in the way of finishing a book quickly these days.)
|
|