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It's my only genre these days. Right now I'm reading Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore.
I do believe I'll go into shock if George R.R. Martin ever finishes book 5. And I hope to have HBO before his series is aired. |
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I LOVE the R.A. Salvatore series... I read most of them. Once you get past streams of silver, it REALLY gets good! I do like George R.R. Martin as well.
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Oh, he pretty much sucked me in from the book that preceded it, which is the first one by him I read. My son-in-law is a big fan, so he's feeding them to me in what he perceives to be the logical order.
Do you like anybody else? I like Jacqueline Carey. Terry Pratchett is new to me, I love him (thanks to my best friend). |
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The Terry Goodkind series Sword of Truth is good times.
As of late I've been plowing through the Wheel of time series. |
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I am going to re-read the first 9 books of Wheel of Time, and continue through. I sort of wandered off in honor of the Salvatore books.
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Torgo70
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Thu 12/16/10 06:29 AM
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Some favorites:
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever- Stephen R Donaldson : The First Chronicles 1. Lord Foul's Bane (1977) 2. The Illearth War (1978) 3. The Power That Preserves (1979) The Second Chronicles 1. The Wounded Land (1980) 2. The One Tree (1982) 3. White Gold Wielder (1983) The Last Chronicles 1. The Runes of the Earth (2004) 2. Fatal Revenant (2007) 3. Against All Things Ending (2010) 4. The Last Dark (due for release 2013) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Covenant Majipoor series(starting with Lord Valentine's Castle)- Robert Silverberg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majipoor_series The Dark Tower series- Stephen King : The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three he Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Tower_series#Books The Unexpected Dragon Trilogy - Mary Brown : Pigs Don't Fly Master of Many Treasures Dragonne's Eg The Elric series - Michael Moorcock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elric Xanth series - Piers Anthony http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanth The Chronicles Of Amber - Roger Zelazny : The Corwin Cycle Nine Princes in Amber (1970) The Guns of Avalon (1972) Sign of the Unicorn (1975) The Hand of Oberon (1976) The Courts of Chaos (1978) The Merlin Cycle Trumps of Doom (1985) Blood of Amber (1986) Sign of Chaos (1987) Knight of Shadows (1989) Prince of Chaos (1991) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicles_of_Amber Pellucidar series - Edgar Rice Burroughs : At the Earth's Core Pellucidar Tanar of Pellucidar Tarzan at the Earth's Core Back to the Stone Age Land of Terror Savage Pellucidar |
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I really enjoyed Jaqueline Carey's Kushiel Series. I also enjoyed her GodSlayer/BaneWrecker duology. I haven't grabbed her book on Naamah, as I'm waiting to see if that will be a series, or what.
Sara Douglas is another good author. Anne Bishop as well. Love C.J.Cherryh, Glen Cook, Stephen Donaldson, Kate Elliot, Jennifer Fallon, Terry Goodkind, Elizabeth Haydon, Robert Holdstock, etc.... Honestly, I'm a huge fan of the sci-fi/fantasy genre, so labeling specific authors is kind of hard! LOL! I'm hoping I get all the books I'm missing in the Dresden files by Jim Butcher for Yule, so I can get started there. I'm wanting to get into the Malazon Empire series by Steven Erikson, but I'm holding off till he finishes the main thread. |
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Some favorites: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever- Stephen R Donaldson : The First Chronicles 1. Lord Foul's Bane (1977) 2. The Illearth War (1978) 3. The Power That Preserves (1979) The Second Chronicles 1. The Wounded Land (1980) 2. The One Tree (1982) 3. White Gold Wielder (1983) The Last Chronicles 1. The Runes of the Earth (2004) 2. Fatal Revenant (2007) 3. Against All Things Ending (2010) 4. The Last Dark (due for release 2013) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Covenant The series that you led off with is the one that got my nephew and I started in the whole RPG reading/gaming mindset. He has finished and is shopping his first fantasy novel, and I have one in mind but have nothing done with it. I read Lord Foul's Bane, and the two books that followed. He read them, and started RPG gaming - then got me started. From there, my daughter got started, and she started HER nephew. My best friend can't stand Donaldson's work but we don't let that stand between us. She's the one who got me started on Pratchett. |
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I'm hoping I get all the books I'm missing in the Dresden files by Jim Butcher for Yule, so I can get started there. Oh, good luck! He's amazing.  That's another one where I started reading, and my daughter just ran with it.
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Big fan here....In fact, it is what I want to base my writing career on once I get published. Been fine tuning for years because I realized I had a lot more to learn before I would ready to write for publication. Now I'm only just starting to write my first novel.
I liked Fred Saberhagen's fantasy books like Empire of the East, and The Books of Swords. I read all of Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber, plus all of Moorcock's Elric and Corum books. J.R.R. Tolkien is a god. George R.R. Martin I really like, but think he needs to break his newer books down to focus on certain storylines within the series rather than try to cover everything at once. I read all of Thomas Covenant, but Donaldson also wrote Mirror of Her Dreams and One Rides Through which were very good. Terry Pratchett is ****ing hilarious! I love his humor. I could go on and on, but I'll end this with a flashback to a childhood fave: Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles: The Book of Three The Black Cauldron The Castle of Llyr Taran Wanderer The High King I loved these books and spent 20 years looking for a complete set so I could have them on hand for when I have children myself. I finally found a used boxed set (the books are out of print now), and I believe it was well worth the money and the effort! |
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I could go on and on, but I'll end this with a flashback to a childhood fave: Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles: The Book of Three The Black Cauldron The Castle of Llyr Taran Wanderer The High King I loved these books and spent 20 years looking for a complete set so I could have them on hand for when I have children myself. I finally found a used boxed set (the books are out of print now), and I believe it was well worth the money and the effort! Good for you!! I love being part of a family that reads. I have a snapshot of my daughter, lying in my place on the bed, under the Tom Selleck poster, "reading" my book. Upside-down. Now she's an avid reader, and her daughter, who will be three tomorrow, is 'reading' Tiara's books.
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I used to hold on to books that I read just to build a library for the family I planned to have some day. But books get old, the binding falls apart....especially on paperbacks. So, I unloaded most of my books to a local used book store. Anytime I want to build a library, I can go there, and buy a few hundred books for $1 each. A lot cheaper than buying new, and the business is so successful it isn't going anywhere for a loooong time.
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I'm hoping I get all the books I'm missing in the Dresden files by Jim Butcher for Yule, so I can get started there. Oh, good luck! He's amazing. That's another one where I started reading, and my daughter just ran with it. LOL! My family is big on that too. I've gotten mom hooked into the assorted paranormal romances. We jokingly fight over the newest ones that come out, especially by particular authors. She's even smacked me for it, and jokingly blames me for getting her hooked on them. Dad is the same way with the Clive Cussler books I originally got him started on. He ended up buying the ones I didn't have and caught my entire collection up. It's fun when the entire family is involved, makes for great conversations. |
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It's fun when the entire family is involved, makes for great conversations. Off topic: I tried to IM you to say the puppies are adorable and I <3 your profile, but the system refused to connect you, or some such. |
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I used to hold on to books that I read just to build a library for the family I planned to have some day. But books get old, the binding falls apart....especially on paperbacks. So, I unloaded most of my books to a local used book store. Anytime I want to build a library, I can go there, and buy a few hundred books for $1 each. A lot cheaper than buying new, and the business is so successful it isn't going anywhere for a loooong time. That depends on how well one takes care of them. My folks have books that are 30-40 years old, hardcover and paperback, and while there is some wearing, they are still in good shape, no breakdown in the glue and binding. We reread and use many as resources, and are in them fairly consistently, and even with moderately heavy use, they still look good. I fully expect to get them in 30-40 years when my folks pass away. Mom and I after the holidays go through and pull all 3000 books off their shelves, wipe the books down and shelves down and put them back up. Heck, the majority of mine are sitting in plastic containers in a storage shed, and they look terrific. Bugs me no end that I can't get them out, but I go through them often enough looking for things that I can keep an eye on them. |
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It's fun when the entire family is involved, makes for great conversations. Off topic: I tried to IM you to say the puppies are adorable and I <3 your profile, but the system refused to connect you, or some such. Dialup at home, probably causing issues. Dropping you an email. |
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It's fun when the entire family is involved, makes for great conversations. Off topic: I tried to IM you to say the puppies are adorable and I <3 your profile, but the system refused to connect you, or some such. Dialup at home, probably causing issues. Dropping you an email. Sometimes it is a browser setting that just needs to be changed. Originally IM didn't work for me either until I when into Options and created an exception under the Pop-Up Blocker. |
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Edited by
Torgo70
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Fri 12/17/10 12:17 PM
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I used to hold on to books that I read just to build a library for the family I planned to have some day. But books get old, the binding falls apart....especially on paperbacks. So, I unloaded most of my books to a local used book store. Anytime I want to build a library, I can go there, and buy a few hundred books for $1 each. A lot cheaper than buying new, and the business is so successful it isn't going anywhere for a loooong time. That depends on how well one takes care of them. My folks have books that are 30-40 years old, hardcover and paperback, and while there is some wearing, they are still in good shape, no breakdown in the glue and binding. We reread and use many as resources, and are in them fairly consistently, and even with moderately heavy use, they still look good. I fully expect to get them in 30-40 years when my folks pass away. Mom and I after the holidays go through and pull all 3000 books off their shelves, wipe the books down and shelves down and put them back up. Heck, the majority of mine are sitting in plastic containers in a storage shed, and they look terrific. Bugs me no end that I can't get them out, but I go through them often enough looking for things that I can keep an eye on them. Yep, I still have all of my books that I've had since the 70's and 80's. And the ones my parents have passed down to me. And my dad still has books from when he was a kid, he has a copy of a Tarzan book from the early 1900's. I've only had to replace one book from it falling apart. The only other books I've replaced are ones I've loaned out and never got back. |
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I've only had to replace one book from it falling apart. The only other books I've replaced are ones I've loaned out and never got back. Yeah, I don't loan books out anymore. I've gotten tired of having to buy them again. |
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