Fantasy Book Club discussion
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Hi Shawn, welcome. Agree with lots of your choices, I'm also a big Dresden fan. Have you found Elizabeth Moon's Paksenarrion books?
I'm Liberty, from Seattle. I'm a blogger/Mom/and tryer of things. ;-) My favorite fantasy authors are Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Harry Potter, and (my hubby). But I won't go into that here. I spend most of my time caring for my kids, taking photos, and creating my own little world. =D
Hi Haydensdad, if you like Narnia, you may like the novel by the writer/illustrator who incidentally designed key sequences for the Narnia movies, David Russell. See his book website on www.enchantersbook.com and watch the book trailer. Enjoy.
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Welcome."Thanks for the welcome, Paladin. Do you know how we can post videos so that the whole group can see it?
No not really. I've posted a few music videos by simply posting a link. I think there's a way to post hotmail but not sure how...someone else can tell you I'm sure.
Thanks, I'll ask around. In the meantime, if you wish, you can see the trailer I wanted to share on You Tube here: http://youtu.be/S8WxpI809OM Hope you like it.
Hi, welcome. I'm sure you'll get more book recommendations than you can ever read here, LOL.
Hi! Juan here. Spanish/swedish boy (29 years old can still be considered a "boy"?). I love to read and write. Its my passion. But Im new to fantasy. I havent read enought fantasy books and I was afraid that the Fantasy genre was a little... I dont know, boring? childish? Oh men I was wrong. I began reading Game of thrones and now Elantris and I love it. I really love it. I should read more fantasy books, but the problem is that I dont know much about this genre. A good book recomendations from you doesnt hurt ;)
Derrik wrote: "Two of the main characters (Tanis Half-Elven and Sturm Brightblade) became my role models (something at the time my childhood was absent from my childhood.) They both had qualities that I found admirable; characteristics I was able to adapt and model myself after. I will be the first to admit I have my flaws, but I always try my best to live with honor. "This is such a wonderful story! I always knew reading was important, but this is a great example of why.
I do worry sometimes about the current trend for gritty realism, with protagonists who are unrepentant thieves, assassins, rapists and the like. Not many honourable role-models there.
Welcome to the group Derrik. Hope you enjoy the discussions.
Hi Dedalo83...just finding fantasy you have all the classics and "standards" still before you. I sort of envy that in a way. Have you read The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy? Believe me, we'll all have books to recommend, LOL.
Hi, I joined today but I am going to be active after my holiday break. Why I joined? Believe it or not but just because I saw PaulineMRoss posting here. She writes a blog with great reviews (no, it is not advertising, it is truth) so I decided to get to know her a bit closer. And I like fantasy. My first love was Tolkien, some years ago; now I read pretty much everything, constantly looking for something new. :)
I'd say you'll find lots of people here ready to give you many recommendations... :)
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I'd say you'll find lots of people here ready to give you many recommendations... :)"I do hope so! :)
Okay...Have you (and all my friends know what I'll recommend first, LOL) The Deed of Paksenarrion? This edition says it's volumes 3 through 5 but that's misleading. What they call the first 2 are prequels and don't effect this trilogy (they're not quite as good either, though not bad I suppose). The Paksenarrion trilogy is one of my all time favorites.
I like the Dresden books and liked the first one better than you did. Just for info, a lot of people agree that the books get a lot better around book 3 or 4.
The Green Rider series is good to.
Have you read Roger Zelazny's Amber books?
Just a few. I'll check your book shelves and see if I can get an idea what you like. Feel free to look at mine.
Anachronist wrote: "Hi, I joined today but I am going to be active after my holiday break. Why I joined? Believe it or not but just because I saw PaulineMRoss posting here."Hi, Anachronist, welcome aboard. This is what I love about Goodreads - making friends, finding new discussion groups, getting great ideas for books, bumping into Mike and hearing how wonderful The Deed of Paksenarrion is... ;-) (It's on my to-read shelf, honest, Mike!).
I can only spread the word. Reading it is up to those I tell....I wonder how much money I've helped Elizabeth Moon make?
Oh well.
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I can only spread the word. Reading it is up to those I tell....I wonder how much money I've helped Elizabeth Moon make?
Oh well."
:D. I like your enthusiasm for this series.
Joined a few days ago, finally getting around to introducing myself, lol. I'm Emily, been a huge fantasy fan for many years now.Favourites authors include Robert Jordan, George RR Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, JRR Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, David Eddings, NK Jemisin, JK Rowling and Guy Gavriel Kay. Got Steven Erikson's Malazan books on my to-read list.
Hey there! I am a PhD student of anthropology from Denmark and an avid fantasy reader. Fantasy is my escape from the real world - something that has come very much in handy when doing fieldwork in Northern Uganda in the last couple of years... :)Some of my favourite fantasy authors are: George R.R. Martin, C.s. Lewis, Trudi Carnavan, Phillip Pullman, Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling, Patrick Rothfuss and of course J.R.R. Tolkien.
I look forward to becoming inspired by this treasure chest of fantasy goodness!
Hi all! I live in northern Indiana and love to read and write fantasy. Epic fantasy is my favorite, but I'll go for urban or contemporary also.My favorite authors are Brandon Sanderson, Kate Elliott, Kristen Britain, and the great Robert Jordan.
Hi everyone, my english isn't the best so please be nice lol. I'm from Pembroke ON Cananda. How I got into reading fantasy was through my best friend. He introduced me to the world of Dungeons and Dragons and he was reading The Hobbit. I was about 10 yrs old then now I'm 41. My fav authors are JRR Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, David Gemmell, R.A. Salvatore and more. I've always dreamed of being a writer but it takes alot of time, patience and discipline. I've attempted to write a few times but have given up to easily now I have a son so my time is very limited.
Hi. I am 29 and live in Lithuania. I started reading (actually listening more often :)) fantasy while nursing my newborn son. I found it very good for escaping boring and tiresome reality. Before that, i used to watch fantasy and sci-fi movies. My favorite authors are J.R.R. Tolkien, Ursula Le Guin, George Martin, Susanna Clarke, Brandon Sanderson, Neil Gaiman, Andrzej Sapkowski and Lord Dunsany.
I also read alternate history, historical fiction and magical realism.
P.S. Sorry for my terrible English, I'm still learning.
Alma wrote: "Hi. I am 29 and live in Lithuania. I started reading (actually listening more often :)) fantasy while nursing my newborn son. I found it very good for escaping boring and tiresome reality. Before t..."Welcome! I remember those days . . . did a lot of knitting. :D
And, your English is so much better than . . . . my whatever language you speak in Lithuania? :D
Hi All,I just started getting into reading this year. I'm currently increasing my drawing skills and was looking for a way to pound sci-fi and fantasy info into my brain. I came across an Episode of Feng Zhu's Design Cinema where he recommended Perdido Street Station and thought that it was a good place to start...it was EXCELLENT!
Anyhow, I researched and found PSS belongs to a sub genre called the New Weird, found that book list online, and made a commitment to read the most interesting (to me) on that list. I'll have to admit though, I'm getting pretty tired of "decadent urban fantasy".
For now, after being fully entertained by James Barclay's Dawnthief and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Empire in Black and Gold, I think i'm not interested in the New Weird anymore, and just want to read something fast paced and good, that also brings forth new sci fi / fantasy ideas.
I have stowed away Viriconium for when I run out of books to read. And have also packed away China Mieville's The Scar, only because Perdido Street was so excellent, i found it made subsequent books i read not seem as good. I don't want that to happen again after reading The Scar. I've seen online reviews that sometimes praise The Scar even higher than Perdido Street Station, so I will save it as my secret weapon for when i really run out of books. I did, though, read Mieville's Iron Council since it didn't get as high reviews as the other 2 books.
I look forward to reading the reviews from this groups memebers, thanks for having me here!
Sonja wrote: whatever language you speak in Lithuania? :DLithuanian. We really do have lots of languages here in middle Europe. ;))
Hi, I'm sometime artist living in the rolling hills of Landenberg, Pa.
Some old favs of mine are..
Jennifer Roberson ( I'm reading her now...getting ready for Karavan's 3...
:)
Patricia McKillip
Robin McKinley
Anne McCaffrey
New favs...
Robin Hobb
Brandon Sanderson
Charlaine Harris
Patrick Rothfuss
and of course many more of both.
Hi, I'm sometime artist living in the rolling hills of Landenberg, Pa.
Some old favs of mine are..
Jennifer Roberson ( I'm reading her now...getting ready for Karavan's 3...
:)
Patricia McKillip
Robin McKinley
Anne McCaffrey
New favs...
Robin Hobb
Brandon Sanderson
Charlaine Harris
Patrick Rothfuss
and of course many more of both.
Alma wrote: "Sonja wrote: whatever language you speak in Lithuania? :DLithuanian. We really do have lots of languages here in middle Europe. ;))"
Oh, I know you do! This is why I never make assumptions. :)
Hi, I'm a college student from westchester, New York. My first experience with fantasy was having the hobbit read to me by my father when I was maybe 7. I read through narnia and LotR. In middle school I truly became an avid fan, first with ender's game and the following books, and then with game of thrones. Since then it's been almost nonstop fantasy reading. My favorite authors are Martin, Rothfuss, Sullivan, Cook, and Abercrombie
Hi Tz,I'm new to the group, also...
I too remember my dad reading the honor to me. Narnia and The Dark is Rising series, were some of my first books.
Oh, I just can't write. The Hobbit is what my dad read to me. ( shaking my head..)
I'm new to the group as well. Living in ND, so there isn't much to do besides play video games. Like a lot of people my age (graduated from college about a year ago) I got into fantasy via Harry Potter. After that series, I devoured all of the Shannara books (though I'm a couple of books behind now),Terry Goodkind's series (I made it to Chainfire and couldn't take it anymore), and TA Barron's Merlin books. Now I've been reading The Dresden Files, Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy, and now I'm starting the Iron Druid Chronicles.
Hi my names pete, from the uk and work in the social servives sector. I have just come back to reading after a long time. I enjoy reading fantasy mostly, my first book being lord of the rings shortly followed by ravenheart by David gemmell, a great recommendation to anyone by the way. I have recently built a bookcase in my house transforming my dining room into a library, hence getting back into books and am now looking to fill it.
My most loved authors
David gemmell
RA salvator
Terry prattchet
Tolkien
Stan Nichols
Any recommendations will be happily revived
Pete
Hi everyone! I'm Benjamin, and I'm brand new to Goodreads. This is the first group I've joined, so I hope I can participate in some interesting conversations here. Nice to meet you all!
Hi All, I'm Jess. I'm just getting around to introducing myself as my newborn is six weeks now. I'm looking forward to being a part of the group.
Welcome everyone! I hope you have fun here and find lots of good books to read. Feel free to join the discussions!
Hi everybody!I'm Katie, I’m 17 and from Connecticut! I was just scanning through some fantasy book clubs (as I'm a fantasy junkie) and as soon as I saw you guys were reading Elantris by Brandon Sanderson, I just had to join! He's one of my favorite authors, and I absolutely love this book!
I first got hooked on fantasy when I was very little and the Harry Potter books first came out, but soon after fell in love with J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit, followed by Lord of the Rings ; I was so in love with the depth of the worlds that he had created, I just couldn’t get over it.
While my favorite fantasy genre has to be high fantasy (I’m a sucker for epics and the amount of detail that usually goes into those worlds) I read anything I can get my hands on from dragons to wizards to vampires; I’m not too picky and I love to explore.
My favorite authors include JK Rowling, J.R.R Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, G.R.R. Martin, Robert Jordan, and Alison Croggan (though I feel like I’m forgetting someone), and my favorite series are Harry Potter, A Song of Ice and Fire, Wheel of Time, Mistborn Trilogy, Books of Pellinor and Lord of the Rings.
Anyway, it’s great to be here and I’m so glad to have an excuse to re-read Elantris!
Hiya, I'm Jed, mid-30s, and living on the west coast of the united states. I'm a life-long fantasy reader, starting with D&D books (Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance), then quickly moving into Tolkien and haven't stopped in the past 25 years... pretty much.I'm not really interested in much young adult fiction right now, but I did recently read and enjoy The Hunger Games. In that vein, I'm searching out post-apocalyptic futures, though not necessarily dystopian (in which there is an extreme class difference). I thought this group might be a good place to find interesting points of view.
I'm not very much into arguing the admirable characteristics of any authors -- people like what they like and that's about all there is to say about that. One person's trash is another's treasure, and so on.
Jed wrote: "Hiya, I'm Jed, mid-30s, and living on the west coast of the united states. I'm a life-long fantasy reader, starting with D&D books (Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance), then quickly moving into Tolki..."Hi Jed and welcome. I have just read Pure by J Baggott which is a post apocalyptic novel. I thought it was different from a lot of the dystopian stuff around at the moment. Just a suggestion :)
Hi everyone,I'm from Italy.I love reading,fantasy and I love your group.I read in italian and in english, sometimes more in english.The last fantasy book I've read is "The traitor queen" by Trudi Canavan and finaly I've finished the saga, I enjoyed it.
Hi all,Joined a few days go. Am fairly new to reading fantasy, mostly I've read Pratchett, Gaiman, Rowling, Fforde, Tolkein and some Goodkind.
Joined because I want to read more of the genre and honestly it's difficult to know where to start!
Currently reading Fforde's latest 'The Woman Who Died a Lot' and next up is A Song of Fire and Ice: Game of Thrones and, since joining, His Majesty's Dragon.
Laura wrote: "Hi all,Joined a few days go. Am fairly new to reading fantasy, mostly I've read Pratchett, Gaiman, Rowling, Fforde, Tolkein and some Goodkind.
Joined because I want to read more of the genre an..."
after ASOIAF, the next thing I would recommend, if you like really challenging reads, is Malazan book of the fallen by Steven Erikson, and the Malazan novels by I.C. Esslemont... Forge of Darkness by Erikson should also be good, although havent gotten to that one yet :) :P
Hi everyone. I'm new here, but I feel right at home. I see lots of authors and series listed in previous comments that I've read and loved. I'm currently reading the Outlander series and Karen Azinger's Silk and Steel Saga and loving both.
Razmatus wrote: "...after ASOIAF, the next thing I would recommend, if you like really challenging reads, is Malazan book of the fallen by Steven Erikson..."Cheers! Have added Gardens of the Moon to my read list - sounds really interesting.
Welcome all. Hope you enjoy your time with us.
Laura wrote: "Hi all,Joined a few days go. Am fairly new to reading fantasy, mostly I've read Pratchett, Gaiman, Rowling, Fforde, Tolkein and some Goodkind.
Joined because I want to read more of the genre an..."
I like Jasper fforde too! Recently read The Eyre Affair.
Barbm1020 wrote: "I like Jasper fforde too! Recently read The Eyre Affair."He's brilliant isn't he? I've just finished the seventh Thursday Next book so have officially read everything he's had published!
Have you read his Dragonslayer books yet? Well worth a look if not. They're some of the best children's books I've read in a long while.
Hello!I stumbled across goodreads only last week and found this group today.
I'm a stay-at-home mum to 3 young children, I'm from Belfast in Northern Ireland and I feel very guilty everytime I buy a book since I'm spending my husbands money :D
I have a serious book addiction which I blame on my aunt who introduced me to David Eddings Belgariad series at the age of 8. I have memories of lurking in the adult sci-fi/fantasy section of my local library when I was 9 or 10 and getting very odd looks from the adults who were there!
Favourite authors include Anne & Todd McCaffrey, David Eddings, Terry Pratchett, Brent Weeks, Brandon Sanderson and Michael J Sullivan plus many more.
Just finished the Riyria Revelations series this week - fantastic! Read Rise of Empire and Heir of Novron in 2 days, just couldn't put them down. My house was a complete shambles due to small children left to run riot and I burnt the dinner but I haven't read something that pulled me into another world so completely in a while.
Looking forward to finding more amazing books to read.
Debs
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My Favs were...
Weis & Hickman
JRR Tolkein
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RA Salvatore
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My absolute favorite current series/books at the moment are the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. I agree that his style is more simple than many but I am becoming a fan of the simple over the compex and excessively embellished styles. I'm always looking for new sugestions of books and authors!