What kind of fantasy books do you think are good

Nasuke · Post by **Nasuke** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:35 pm

Ive read Tolkien and other books but theres more out there and I want to read one that is as wonderful as Tolkiens work. Im reading a series called Dragon Lance and so far its good. But I still want REALLY GOOD ones to read.

jopperm2 · Post by **jopperm2** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:49 pm

I like Cormyr: A Novel. Really cheesey, not so great writing. Im' into history though and that's the focus. THe history of cormyr in like a narrative form. Also, I like Magic kingdom for sale: SOld! by terry brooks. Man, I like cheese-ball fantasy. I'm more of a sci-fi guy.

Raumoheru · Post by **Raumoheru** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:58 pm

i like Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms books

and when i was younger Redwall was a great series

Darth Zenemij · Post by **Darth Zenemij** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 9:53 pm

The Ender sieries is a very good collection of books.It absolutly moved me and I loved the two and a half that I read.I lost Xenocide.

oozae · Post by **oozae** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:11 am

The ones by Terry Prattchet.

Bakunin · Post by **Bakunin** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:36 am

Micheal Moor****'s "Elric of Melnibone" series is great...Fritz Leiber,Robert E Howard, Tolkein of course...Harlan Ellison, while not the "sword and sorcery" type, is the greatest...I just finished R.A. Salvatore's "The Thousand Orcs" and loved it. For some dumb reason I avoided all the "Forgotten Realms" book but now I'm hooked...

Grimar · Post by **Grimar** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:58 am

raymond E feist is a great author, he has written the riftwar trilogy, which is great

janny wurts is also great, and has written the farseer trilogy

think it was janny wurts that wrote a trilogy named the cycle of fire, which was different and great

the wheel of time is worth mentioning(robert jordan), but it's get kinda boring after book 7

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:18 am

[QUOTE=Grimar]janny wurts is also great, and has written the farseer trilogy
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Actually, the The Farseer Trilogy was written by Robin Hobb. She also wrote The Liveship Traders Trilogy and The Tawny Man Trilogy.

These are the best fantasy book I ever read. I liked Feist's first 2 trilogies and read some others too, but Hobb is just excellent. I've been meaning to read the Wheel of Time books, so I can't compare it to that yet.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:31 am

I've only read the first one, but I like The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Steven Donaldson.

I quite enjoyed the Belgariad series by David Eddings, but when I started reading another of his, it seemed formulaic.

*waits for Fable to rave about The King of Elfland's Daughter, The Worm Ouroboros and Jurgen*

Grimar · Post by **Grimar** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:29 am

[QUOTE=Rob-hin]Actually, the The Farseer Trilogy was written by Robin Hobb. She also wrote The Liveship Traders Trilogy and The Tawny Man Trilogy.[/QUOTE]

aarg!! how could i forget

moltovir · Post by **moltovir** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:03 am

If you like "realistic" fantasy, there's only one serie I can recommend you: Steven Erikson's The Malazan Empire series. In the creation of worlds, peoples, and histories he is second only to Tolkien himself. He has built a complete universe with socio-economic evolutions, different races with their own languages, technology, background and legends, and a very inventive magic system. After that, he has used this world as a base to make a story, epic in scope, with hundreds of characters you'll start to love. Erikson doesn't tell sword and sorcery stories; he tells the complete history of three continents over a 200 000 years span. This is simply the best fantasy story I've ever read (and I've read a lot

)

Alternatively, if you like magic realism, you should read Susanna Clark's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It tells the story of two wizards in England in the 19th century, where they help the Brithish government to defeat Napoleon. It's very well written and pleasant to read because it isn't hardcore fantasy: no fireball spitting wands, no giant dragons from hell, just normal, secular history with some magic tricks thrown in.

Xcaliber · Post by **Xcaliber** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:14 am

forgotten realms rules!!

salvatore in paticular....

Nasuke · Post by **Nasuke** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:22 pm

Thanks for the ideas . Ill look into some of those, especially more R.A. Salvatore books and The Malazan Empire series.

CM · Post by CM » Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:27 am

Ok be warned Thomas Covenant is an adult themed book. If you are younger than 13 or so i wouldn't advise reading it.

Personally i like Terry Brooks, Terry Prachket and Stephen Lawhead he did some fine books on the Arthur Mythos. I believe they were:

Talisen
Merlin
Arthur

But don't quote me on that.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:26 am

CM wrote:Ok be warned Thomas Covenant is an adult themed book. If you are younger than 13 or so i wouldn't advise reading it.

True, but I suppose it's part of the attraction that it deals with more grown-up themes than a lot of fantasy.

Personally i like Terry Brooks, Terry Prachket and Stephen Lawhead he did some fine books on the Arthur Mythos. I believe they were:

Talisen
Merlin
Arthur

But don't quote me on that.

Yeah, Taliesin, Merlin, Arthur, Pendragon, Grail. I think I read three or four of them. Taliesin is my favourite, I think. In the latter books it becomes obvious that Lawhead is a Christian writer and is pushing the theme of Christianity taking over from paganism too much for my liking. They're well-written books though.

CM · Post by CM » Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:02 am

Oh there are two more? I need to get me those. I read those nearly 7 years ago or was it 5. Either way they are good books and very very long. Georgi have you read the second chronicles of TC? They any good?

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:24 am

[QUOTE=CM]Oh there are two more? I need to get me those. I read those nearly 7 years ago or was it 5. Either way they are good books and very very long. Georgi have you read the second chronicles of TC? They any good?[/QUOTE]

I think it was initially a trilogy, but obviously he just couldn't stop writing them.

Nope, I've only read the first book... The second is sitting on my shelf waiting to be read.

Macleod1701 · Post by **Macleod1701** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:48 am

Well I suppose they are a fantasy genre, I quite enjoy the warhammer books, never bothered with the game but like the storylines and plots.

Darth Zenemij · Post by **Darth Zenemij** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:04 am

[QUOTE=Macleod1701]Well I suppose they are a fantasy genre, I quite enjoy the warhammer books, never bothered with the game but like the storylines and plots.[/QUOTE]
Too bad,The games are pretty good.

Yeltsu · Post by **Yeltsu** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:52 am

My favourite is the Dune series by Frank Herbert. They are just incredible!

The Ender books as Darth said are also quite good. They are written by Orson Scott Card.