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Patrick Rothfuss Makes a List
That's a good list. A lot of really amazing books on it.
Scott wrote: "That's a good list. A lot of really amazing books on it."Except "Flatland" by Edwin A. Abbott. That book makes me want to get all 'Men on Books' from In Living Color and yell "HATED IT!"
Don't do it, Pat!
Becky wrote: "Scott wrote: "That's a good list. A lot of really amazing books on it."Except "Flatland" by Edwin A. Abbott. That book makes me want to get all 'Men on Books' from In Living Color and yell "HATE..."
lol
I'm surprised Mistborn isn't on his lists!
I am positively overwhelmed! So much to read and so little time. And all this thing of having to go to work every day definitely interferes with the amount of available reading time!Not to mention I will have to wikipedia half of the titles of lists A, B, C or D.
Ok, I couldn't get past the picture of his library.JEALOUS!!
WHAT??? No Andre Norton. I call shenanigans!!
1. The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher - started3. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury - Started
4. Stranger In a Strange Land Robert Heinlein
7. Dragonriders Of Pern by Anne McCaffrey - started
8. Dune by Frank Herbert
9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
10. The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett
12. Brave New World–Aldous Huxley
13. Wizard of Earthsea By Le Guin – started (ugh)
14. Sandman – Neil Gaiman
15. The Fisher King Trilogy by Tim Powers
18. Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P Lovecraft
19. Neuromancer by William Gibson
20. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
21. 1984 – by George Orwell - started
22. Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson
24. The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, by Barry Hughart
26. The Bloody Chamber – Angela Carter
27. Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
30. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
31. River World Series – Phillip Jose Farmer – started (ugh)
32. One Thousand and One Nights
33. Riftwar Saga by Feist - started
34. The Dark Tower series – Stephen King - started
35. Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams
37. Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson
38. Michael Ende – The Neverending Story
39. The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
1. The Farseer Trilogy – Robin Hobb - started
2. Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais
3. Only Forward by Michael Marshal Smith
4. A Canticle for Leibowitz- Walter M Miller
5. Pretty much Anything by Christopher Moore
6. Time Enough for Love – Robert Heinlein
7. Stardust – Neil Gaiman
8. His Dark Materials – Phillip Pullman
9. Black Company Series – Glen Cook - started
10. Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
11. Lud in Mist – Hope Mirrlees
12. The Red Magician – Lisa Goldstein
13. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
15. Death is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury
16. Declare- Tim Powers
18. Icewind Dale Trilogy – R.A. Salvatore
19. Harry Potter by Rowling (Mostly the first four) – started (ugh)
It's always Ala's fault.Ala did it!!!
Geez. I'm better read in fantasy than one of my fav authors. That's faintly depressing. I suppose that's why he's an author and I'm a reader tho
Tracey wrote: "Sweetie, you're better read than ... everybody."^This
Ya know what I mean though? I don't know how everyone else thinks about it but when I really love an author I kinda hope they'll just kinda know all there is to know about their given field. I suppose there may not be a direct correlation between how well read an author is and how well they write but I just like having the fantasy that my favs are Fantasy geniuses that have read everything, ya know?
☠The Dread Pirate Grant☠ wrote: "Ya know what I mean though? I don't know how everyone else thinks about it but when I really love an author I kinda hope they'll just kinda know all there is to know about their given field. I sup..."Aaawwww! Pinches Grant's cheeks
I just can't believe he hasn't read Martin yet. That just unnerves me for some reason.
But from what I understand, he reads just about as fast as Grant but he writes so much he doesn't have the time to read.
Still though... no ASoIaF? For shame...
But from what I understand, he reads just about as fast as Grant but he writes so much he doesn't have the time to read.
Still though... no ASoIaF? For shame...
Please, he hasn't read any Andre Norton and seems to have no intention to. My opinion of him couldn't really get any lower.
The guy writes fantasy and have not read ASOIF? that's weird, and he has only read the first two books of WOT. I am kind of dissapointed i thought as a fantasy author he would be an expert on the genre but it seem like many of us are more read in the genre than he is.
By the way who is Andre Norton? are his books any good?
Not at all. There are so many books and we pick and choose the ones that appeal. I think the only thing I'd be surprised about is if he hadn't read LOTR.
No, but you should have read the most influential and important works in the genre to see what the standards are. That does not mean that an author should read every book that is labeled fantasy but atleast the successful ones. That is good for the author too, then he can see for himselves what people want.
So here we go:1. The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
2. The Last Unicorn By Peter S. Beagle
3. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
4. Stranger In a Strange Land Robert Heinlein
5. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
6. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
7. Dragonriders Of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
8. Dune by Frank Herbert
9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
10. The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett - some of them
11. The Chronicles of Amber–Roger Zelazny
12. Brave New World–Aldous Huxley
13. Wizard of Earthsea By Le Guin
14. Sandman – Neil Gaiman
15. The Fisher King Trilogy by Tim Powers
16. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy by Douglas Adams
17. The Riddlemaster of Hed series by Patricia McKillip
18. Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P Lovecraft
19. Neuromancer by William Gibson
20. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
21. 1984 – by George Orwell
22. Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson
23. Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare
24. The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, by Barry Hughart
25. The Princess Bride – William Goldman
26. The Bloody Chamber – Angela Carter
27. Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
28. The Odyssey by Homer
29. The Last Herald-Mage trilogy – Mercedes Lackey
30. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
31. River World Series – Phillip Jose Farmer
32. One Thousand and One Nights
33. Riftwar Saga by Feist
34. The Dark Tower series – Stephen King
35. Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams
36. Belgariad series by David Eddings
37. Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson
38. Michael Ende – The Neverending Story
39. The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
40. The Shannara Trilogy – Terry Brooks
Culled:
1. The Farseer Trilogy – Robin Hobb
2. Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelaisv
3. Only Forward by Michael Marshal Smith
4. A Canticle for Leibowitz- Walter M Miller
5. Pretty much Anything by Christopher Moore
6. Time Enough for Love – Robert Heinlein
7. Stardust – Neil Gaiman
8. His Dark Materials – Phillip Pullman
9. Black Company Series – Glen Cook
10. Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
11. Lud in Mist – Hope Mirrlees
12. The Red Magician – Lisa Goldstein
13. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
14. A Wrinke In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
15. Death is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury
16. Declare- Tim Powers
17. Legend- David Gemmel
18. Icewind Dale Trilogy – R.A. Salvatore
19. Harry Potter by Rowling
20. Beowulf
From his summer reading list:
1 The Doomsday Book – Connie Willis
2 Fafhrd & Gray Mouser books – Fritz Leiber
3 Watership Down – Richard Adams
4 The Gormenghast series – Mervyn Peake
5 Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham
6 The Glass Book of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist
7 A Song of Ice and Fire – Martin
8 The Forever War – by Joe Haldeman
9 House of Leaves – Mark Z Danielewski
10 The Mote in God’s Eye – Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
11 Nova – Samuel R. Delaney
12 Dhalgren – Samuel R. Delany
13 The Uplift Trilogy – David Brin
14 The Hollows series – Kim Harrison
15 The Fionavar Tapestry – Guy Gavriel Kay
16 The Vorkosigan Saga – Lois McMaster Bujold
17 The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Le Guin
18 Conan stories – Robert E. Howard
19 Little, Big – John Crowley
20 Lensman Series – E.E. “Doc” Smith
21 Malazan Books of the Fallen – Steven Erikson
22 Wheel of Time – Jordan and Sanderson The 1st 4 or 5, and I got PO'd
23 Tripod Trilogy – Samuel Youd
24 Flatland – Edwin A. Abbott
25 Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
What I've read from his lists:Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
Dragonriders Of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Sandman – Neil Gaiman
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy by Douglas Adams
The Riddle-master of Hed by Patricia McKillip
Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P Lovecraft
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
1984 – by George Orwell
The Princess Bride – William Goldman
The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Stardust – Neil Gaiman
His Dark Materials – Phillip Pullman
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Watership Down – Richard Adams
House of Leaves – Mark Z Danielewski (well, I tried to anyway)
Machavelli wrote: "By the way who is Andre Norton? are his books any good?"*Throws rotten fruit at Machavelli*
Sad, so so sad.
Machavelli wrote: "No, but you should have read the most influential and important works in the genre to see what the standards are. That does not mean that an author should read every book that is labeled fantasy bu..."I'm not bothered that he hasn't read current & new release authors. That would clutter his brain with their stuff. Not seeing Norton or Heinlein....that bothers me.
Machavelli wrote: "No, but you should have read the most influential and important works in the genre to see what the standards are. That does not mean that an author should read every book that is labeled fantasy but atleast the successful ones. That is good for the author too, then he can see for himselves what people want."I'd rather the author write what *he* wants.
*Wipes fruit juice of my face* So Andre Norton is a woman, damn she has written ALOT of books it seems. If my tbr read list had been smaller i might i have read her books, but i just don't have the time, sorry mrs J.
He don't need to read them to write a good book but i personally think that everyone that read's fantasy should read these books, because I consider them to be some of the best in the genre.
Haaaa, I have a lot of catching up to do:The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher - started
The Last Unicorn By Peter S. Beagle
Dragonriders Of Pern by Anne McCaffrey - started
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett - started
Brave New World–Aldous Huxley
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy by Douglas Adams - started
1984 – by George Orwell
The Princess Bride – William Goldman
The Odyssey by Homer
The Farseer Trilogy – Robin Hobb - started
His Dark Materials – Phillip Pullman
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Harry Potter by Rowling
The Doomsday Book – Connie Willis
A Song of Ice and Fire – Martin
The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Le Guin
Malazan Books of the Fallen – Steven Erikson - started
Arshad wrote: "Rothfuss' work is a joy to read because it's original, not because it's like ASOIF, so why should he have read it? "
Word.
Here's the ones I've read, BTW (I had to drop the Tripods Trilogy, because I thought he meant the one by John Cristopher):Best
1. The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
2. The Last Unicorn By Peter S. Beagle
3. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
4. Stranger In a Strange Land Robert Heinlein
5. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
6. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
7. Dragonriders Of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
8. Dune by Frank Herbert
9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
10. The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett - some of them
11. The Chronicles of Amber–Roger Zelazny
12. Brave New World–Aldous Huxley
13. Wizard of Earthsea By Le Guin
14. Sandman – Neil Gaiman
15. The Fisher King Trilogy by Tim Powers
16. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy by Douglas Adams
17. The Riddlemaster of Hed series by Patricia McKillip
18. Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P Lovecraft
19. Neuromancer by William Gibson
20. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
21. 1984 – by George Orwell
22. Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson
23. Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare
24. The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, by Barry Hughart
25. The Princess Bride – William Goldman
26. The Bloody Chamber – Angela Carter
27. Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
28. The Odyssey by Homer
29. The Last Herald-Mage trilogy – Mercedes Lackey
30. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
31. River World Series – Phillip Jose Farmer
32. One Thousand and One Nights
33. Riftwar Saga by Feist
34. The Dark Tower series – Stephen King
35. Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams
36. Belgariad series by David Eddings
37. Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson
38. Michael Ende – The Neverending Story
39. The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
40. The Shannara Trilogy – Terry Brooks
Runner-ups:
1. The Farseer Trilogy – Robin Hobb
2. Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelaisv
3. Only Forward by Michael Marshal Smith
4. A Canticle for Leibowitz- Walter M Miller
5. Pretty much Anything by Christopher Moore
6. Time Enough for Love – Robert Heinlein
7. Stardust – Neil Gaiman
8. His Dark Materials – Phillip Pullman
9. Black Company Series – Glen Cook
10. Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
11. Lud in Mist – Hope Mirrlees
12. The Red Magician – Lisa Goldstein
13. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
14. A Wrinke In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
15. Death is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury
16. Declare- Tim Powers
17. Legend- David Gemmel
18. Icewind Dale Trilogy – R.A. Salvatore
19. Harry Potter by Rowling
20. Beowulf
His To Read List:
1. The Doomsday Book – Connie Willis
2. Fafhrd & Gray Mouser books – Fritz Leiber
3. Watership Down – Richard Adams
4. The Gormenghast series – Mervyn Peake
5. Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham
6. The Glass Book of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist
7. A Song of Ice and Fire – Martin (partially)
8. The Forever War – by Joe Haldeman
9. House of Leaves – Mark Z Danielewski
10. The Mote in God’s Eye – Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
11. Nova – Samuel R. Delaney
12. Dhalgren – Samuel R. Delany
13. The Uplift Trilogy – David Brin
14. The Hollows series – Kim Harrison
15. The Fionavar Tapestry – Guy Gavriel Kay
16. The Vorkosigan Saga – Lois McMaster Bujold
17. The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Le Guin
18. Conan stories – Robert E. Howard
19. Little, Big – John Crowley
20. Lensman Series – E.E. “Doc” Smith
21. Malazan Books of the Fallen – Steven Erikson
22. Wheel of Time – Jordan
23. Tripod Trilogy – Samuel Youd
24. Flatland – Edwin A. Abbott
25. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Oh, I thought he meant Christopher's Tripods, too. I didn't notice the other name. I never read them, but I remember watching the TV series.
Here's my list... ** are books that I have and need to read (or ones I've read but have since forgotten, like the Pern books). Underlined books are ones I've read. Rothfuss Recommends:
**1. The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
2. The Last Unicorn By Peter S. Beagle
**3. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
**4. Stranger In a Strange Land Robert Heinlein
5. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
6. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
**7. Dragonriders Of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
8. Dune by Frank Herbert
**9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
**10. The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett
**11. The Chronicles of Amber–Roger Zelazny
12. Brave New World–Aldous Huxley
**13. Wizard of Earthsea By Le Guin
**14. Sandman – Neil Gaiman
15. The Fisher King Trilogy by Tim Powers
16. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy by Douglas Adams
17. The Riddlemaster of Hed series by Patricia McKillip
18. Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P Lovecraft
**19. Neuromancer by William Gibson
20. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
21. 1984 – by George Orwell
22. Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson
23. Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare
24. The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, by Barry Hughart
25. The Princess Bride – William Goldman
26. The Bloody Chamber – Angela Carter
27. Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
**28. The Odyssey by Homer
29. The Last Herald-Mage trilogy – Mercedes Lackey
**30. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
31. River World Series – Phillip Jose Farmer
32. One Thousand and One Nights
33. Riftwar Saga by Feist
34. The Dark Tower series – Stephen King
35. Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams
**36. Belgariad series by David Eddings
**37. Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson
**38. Michael Ende – The Neverending Story
39. The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
**40. The Shannara Trilogy – Terry Brooks
Rothfuss Runner-ups:
**1. The Farseer Trilogy – Robin Hobb
2. Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais
3. Only Forward by Michael Marshal Smith
**4. A Canticle for Leibowitz- Walter M Miller
5. Pretty much Anything by Christopher Moore
6. Time Enough for Love – Robert Heinlein
7. Stardust – Neil Gaiman
8. His Dark Materials – Phillip Pullman
9. Black Company Series – Glen Cook
10. Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
11. Lud in Mist – Hope Mirrlees
12. The Red Magician – Lisa Goldstein
13. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
**14. A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
15. Death is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury
16. Declare- Tim Powers
17. Legend- David Gemmel
18. Icewind Dale Trilogy – R.A. Salvatore
19. Harry Potter by Rowling
**20. Beowulf
Rothfuss To Read List:
**1. The Doomsday Book – Connie Willis
2. Fafhrd & Gray Mouser books – Fritz Leiber
3. Watership Down – Richard Adams
4. The Gormenghast series – Mervyn Peake
**5. Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham
6. The Glass Book of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist
7. A Song of Ice and Fire – Martin
8. The Forever War – by Joe Haldeman
**9. House of Leaves – Mark Z Danielewski
10. The Mote in God’s Eye – Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
11. Nova – Samuel R. Delaney
12. Dhalgren – Samuel R. Delany
13. The Uplift Trilogy – David Brin (I’ve only read one so far…)
14. The Hollows series – Kim Harrison
**15. The Fionavar Tapestry – Guy Gavriel Kay
16. The Vorkosigan Saga – Lois McMaster Bujold
**17. The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Le Guin
18. Conan stories – Robert E. Howard
19. Little, Big – John Crowley
20. Lensman Series – E.E. “Doc” Smith
**21. Malazan Books of the Fallen – Steven Erikson
**22. Wheel of Time – Jordan and Sanderson
23. Tripod Trilogy – Samuel Youd
24. Flatland – Edwin A. Abbott
25. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Machavelli wrote: "He don't need to read them to write a good book but i personally think that everyone that read's fantasy should read these books, because I consider them to be some of the best in the genre."I haven't read a lot of the "standard" fantasy books, and most of the ones I have read have made me decide that reading books because other people think I should doesn't usually work out well for me... so there's a crapload of books on this list that I haven't read, have no interest in reading, and probably never will read. *shrugs*
Arshad wrote: "But seeing as your tastes are not universally agreed upon (judging by the juice on your face) isn't it a little much to expect an author to tailor his tastes to conform to your opinion of what the best books are?I'm not busting on you, just offering another point of view. I think the Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay is by far the best epic fantasy I've ever read, but I acknowledge I haven't read everything, so I can't say that it is objectively the best. Why would I hold someone else to my own tastes as the standard for good writing? ..."
I am not holding my taste as the standard, i said these are the books that I (once again with a capital so you know that's my opinion) consider some of the best. I think an author should be well read, for no other reason than that they that are writers, but of course that can't always be the case. I am not saying that you have to be well read to be a good author, somethin Rothfuss has proven here.
From his top picks, I've read:1. The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
2. The Last Unicorn By Peter S. Beagle
5. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
6. The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
7. Dragonriders Of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
8. Dune by Frank Herbert
11. The Chronicles of Amber–Roger Zelazny
12. Brave New World–Aldous Huxley
13. Wizard of Earthsea By Le Guin
14. Sandman – Neil Gaiman
16. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy by Douglas Adams
23. Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare
25. The Princess Bride – William Goldman
35. Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams
I obviously have some catching up to do...
From his culled list, I've read:
1. The Farseer Trilogy – Robin Hobb
7. Stardust – Neil Gaiman
10. Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
13. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
18. Icewind Dale Trilogy – R.A. Salvatore
19. Harry Potter by Rowling (Mostly the first four)
20. Beowulf
From his summer reading list, I've read:
7 A Song of Ice and Fire – Martin
8 The Forever War – by Joe Haldeman
14 The Hollows series – Kim Harrison
15 The Fionavar Tapestry – Guy Gavriel Kay
16 The Vorkosigan Saga – Lois McMaster Bujold
21 Malazan Books of the Fallen – Steven Erikson
22 Wheel of Time – Jordan and Sanderson (I’ve only read the first two)
I thought I was fairly well read in fantasy. I obviously have some work to do...
Interesting conversation. I'm still disappointed in his reading but it doesn't make me like him any less. I'm a definite Rothfussian and I'll still be eagerly, painfully awaiting his next book :)
Don't make me turn this thread around you two.
Arshad wrote: "Machavelli wrote: "i personally think that everyone that read's fantasy should read these books, because I consider them to be some of the best in the genre."You stated that you believed that eve..."
I agree whole hardly with U on your first point.
Tracey wrote: "Becky, how have you managed to withstand all the browbeating / jumping up and down about Dresden?! :D "Like this: *plugs ears* LALALALALALA!!
Actually, I want to read them badly, and have them on my Nook to read. So naturally, I've avoided any mention of them in the group because I no likey spoilers. ;)
I've read...Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Dragonriders Of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Dune by Frank Herbert
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
1984 – by George Orwell
Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Riftwar Saga by Feist
Belgariad series by David Eddings
The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
The Shannara Trilogy – Terry Brooks
His Dark Materials – Phillip Pullman
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Harry Potter by Rowling
Beowulf
Fafhrd & Gray Mouser books – Fritz Leiber (one of them)
Watership Down – Richard Adams
A Song of Ice and Fire – Martin
Malazan Books of the Fallen – Steven Erikson (first one)
Wheel of Time – Jordan and Sanderson (11 of them)
Loads to add to me TBR list!
I know that feeling Tracey. There are many books I wish I could read again for the first time. *sigh*I'll be trying to get to Dresden soonish, but I just have that little problem of too many books and not enough stinkin' time!
Becky wrote: "I know that feeling Tracey. There are many books I wish I could read again for the first time. *sigh*
I'll be trying to get to Dresden soonish, but I just have that little problem of too many book..."
I have the same problem, Becky! And you read so much more and faster than I do. I have the first Dresden sitting on my bookshelf. I think after the 3rd Farseer Trilogy book I will just suck it up and at least read the first one.
I'll be trying to get to Dresden soonish, but I just have that little problem of too many book..."
I have the same problem, Becky! And you read so much more and faster than I do. I have the first Dresden sitting on my bookshelf. I think after the 3rd Farseer Trilogy book I will just suck it up and at least read the first one.
Pesky work, ruining all my reading plans. *sigh*
Pssst, Ala--will you come beat some sense into a friend that likes to pluralize with " 's"?? If I have to read one more note about her "stopping to pick up some movie's," I'm going to scream.
Carol wrote: "Pssst, Ala--will you come beat some sense into a friend that likes to pluralize with " 's"?? If I have to read one more note about her "stopping to pick up some movie's," I'm going to scream."Are these hand writen or typed? Most of my typos are because the device I'm typing from thinks it knows what I mean. For some reason books have become book's. I have to fix it everytime.
Machavelli wrote: "*Wipes fruit juice of my face* So Andre Norton is a woman, damn she has written ALOT of books it seems. If my tbr read list had been smaller i might i have read her books, but i just don't have the..."Andre Norton is really one of the greatest. You won't feel as if you've wasted your time. Like the best sellers in fantasy today, Andre Norton changed the genre in her time, too.
Scott wrote: "Oh, I thought he meant Christopher's Tripods, too. I didn't notice the other name. I never read them, but I remember watching the TV series."Me too—wonderful YA. They are making another miniseries of the entire trilogy this time, rumor has it.
OK-I pulled out the ones I either have read, or at least own a copy...the following I either dont know about or for whatever reason have no interest in...lol2.The Last Unicorn By Peter S. Beagle
7.Dragonriders Of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
10.The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett
13.Wizard of Earthsea By Le Guin
15.The Fisher King Trilogy by Tim Powers
17.The Riddlemaster of Hed series by Patricia McKillip
18.Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P Lovecraft
24.The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, by Barry Hughart
26.The Bloody Chamber – Angela Carter
27.Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
29.The Last Herald-Mage trilogy – Mercedes Lackey
30.Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
31.River World Series – Phillip Jose Farmer
35.Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams
36.Belgariad series by David Eddings
38.Michael Ende – The Neverending Story
39.The Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
40.The Shannara Trilogy – Terry Brooks
2.Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais
3.Only Forward by Michael Marshal Smith
5.Pretty much Anything by Christopher Moore
6.Time Enough for Love – Robert Heinlein
8.His Dark Materials – Phillip Pullman
12.The Red Magician – Lisa Goldstein
14.A Wrinke In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
15.Death is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury
16.Declare- Tim Powers
17.Legend- David Gemmel
1.The Doomsday Book – Connie Willis
2.Fafhrd & Gray Mouser books – Fritz Leiber
3.Watership Down – Richard Adams
4.The Gormenghast series – Mervyn Peake
5.Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham
6.The Glass Book of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist
10.The Mote in God’s Eye – Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
13.The Uplift Trilogy – David Brin (I’ve only read one so far…)
17.The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Le Guin
18.Conan stories – Robert E. Howard
20.Lensman Series – E.E. “Doc” Smith
23.Tripod Trilogy – Samuel Youd
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Not going to copy the list here, since it's pretty long, but was wondering what you all thought about it. There's plenty there I've never read yet.
Also, I am disappoint at his list of books he hasn't read yet but plans to. Namely, ASoIaF. Really, Pat?