Other fantasy

[Majsju]

Ok, RJ rules the world etc...But what other fantasy do you read?

My other personal favourites are George R.R. Martin - A Song Of Ice And Fire, Robin Hobb - The Assassin series, J.V. Jones - A Sword Of Shadow and Raymond Feist - The Serpentwar Saga.

Take the opportunity to take and give advice of good reading [would've been a goodol' smiley here, but they're all dead *sniffsobs*]

[Minya Collowen]

Fantasy, hmmm the Mists of Avalon, um...I've read Shannara...but they were really bad (don't read them!) George R.R. Martin is good, I have a bunch of books in my room I haven'te read yet...

[Majsju]

I totally agree with Shannara, I had problems finishing even the first trilogy, since it bored me so much.

[Minya Collowen]

Yeah, and if you pay close attention, it's basically a complete copy of Lord of the Rings.....only they replaced the ring with the sword and replaced the allonon (however you spell it ) for gandalf...eh you know what i mean...and the fire pit...gandalf falling...etc. etc.

[Majsju]

Eh...Every fantasy gets accused of copying someone else once in a while, basically because there's a simplistic concept where good faces evil, and everything around that...So, however much I dislike Shannara, it's not copying Lotr. Just as Goodkind isn't copying Jordan, even if people happily accuses him of it.

[Viviane]

i have read: Sabrail, Lyrrael and Abhorsen (i spelt every one of those wrong); Forest House, Lady of Avalon, Priestess of Avalon and Mists of Avalon; a Chronicles series; a Danemark series ( i have forgotten the names of the indivigual books); the end of the Return of the King; Alanna, In the HAnd of the Goddess, Woman WHo Rides Like a Man, Lioness Rampant; Wild Magic, Wolf Speaker, Epmerer something (forgot the rest of the title), In the Realms of teh Gods; First Test, Page, Squire, Lady Knight; Ticksters Choice; and a lot more that i cant think of (im at my grandmas, at homei ould just go up to my library and check)

[Dallandra]

I almost only read fantasy books, because they're th greatest books ever! Here are some favorites of mine:
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
The Belgariad by David Eddings

[Caellyra]

dont worry Viviane, you spelled Abhorsen correctly... and all the books i have read and liked are listed here... strange... im a big marion zimmer bradley fan.

[MatrimCauthon]

JRR Tolkien-Silmarrilion, Hobbit, LotR, Books of lost tales, basically everything.
Terry Brooks-All Shannara stuff(a bit childish) and magic kingdom stuff.
Dave Eddings-Everything! Belgariad, Malloreon, Tamuli, Elenium, all the add on bits about polgara and belgarath, redemption of athalus,...Everything!!
Maggie Furie-Dhiammara series
Weis & Hickman-lots of dragonlance stuff...
Loads of other stuff- goodkind, gemmell etc., basically anything in the least fantasy


I think I have a problem! ;D

[Caellyra]

if you have a problem then we all do, considering this seems to be a site for people obsessed with fantasy.

[Minya Collowen]

*laughs* i would hope so

[Tinker]

Most have been mentioned but I can add:

Tad Willams - Otherland
Stephen Donaldson - Cronicles of Tomas Covenant (or someting like that)
Douglas Admams - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Per Jorner - Efter lägereldarna (Swedish author)
Steven Erikson - A Tale Of The Malazan Book Of The Fallen

[Allison]

*loves Douglas Adams*

Erm, Anne McCaffrey isn't bad, either. My favourites have already been mentioned (Tolkien, Brooks, Jordan... Adams ;D ), but some of the classic stuff is good, too. H.G. Wells, for example...