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Hi Lindsey and welcome!I'm with you! I can't stand little twittery faeries. I like grown-up sized, sexy elven types myself, with grown-up appetites, which is why I chose to write about just such elves in my books. My book,Griffin's Daughter is this month's Reading Selection and contains lots of grown-up elven types. I invite you to check out the discussion threads. The ones with spoilers are clearly marked.
Hi all, My name is Kathy and I seem to be reading more fantasy these days. My son introduced me to or encouraged me to read some in the fantasy genre about 10 years ago or so when he was a kid (now almost 22). As I was always active in encouraging and fostering his love of reading, I knew I had to start reading more of his favorite genre. He didna steer me wrong (sorry, I'm reading Outlander now and the Scottish conversation is sticking with me). I especially love time travel, so Outlander is great. My favorite time travel book is Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.
thanks for the welcomes, Becky and Leslie! thanks too for the road sign pointing to Griffin's Daughter. i can't wait to check it outwelcome, Kathy. time travel is a blast - god bless your son for exposing you to the joys of fantasy.
Hi I'm Gabi! I have to say I am pretty much addicted to fantasy books because that's about all that I read. I am writing a book now and I hope to finish by the time I get out of high school. Iposted some of my writing if you'd like to read it! Feel free to criticize!
Welcome all the new peeps!! Just wanted to remind everyone that we still commenting on Griffen's Daughter this month and reading Name of the Wind with discussions to start next month.
Hi Gabi, Lindsey, Kathy, Tracy, Melissa, Joshua, James, Willa, Deanna, and Phil......wheeew....welcome everyone...
Im Kevin im an automotive technician working at a chevy dealer. I am married and have 2 kids and one arriving anyday now. I mainly read fantasy but do dabble in sci fi and some classics from time to time. Some of my favorite authors include but are not limited to. Robert jordan.
R.A. salvatore.
Alexander Dumas.
Brandon Sanderson.
Kevin wrote: "Im Kevin im an automotive technician working at a chevy dealer. I am married and have 2 kids and one arriving anyday now. I mainly read fantasy but do dabble in sci fi and some classics from time t..."Welcome Kevin - I love Dumas!!
Hi there. I am Andrea, mom to five, and married to Superman. I have been writing since I can remember. Within a year(5/2008-2/2009) I have had two books published and released. Other than writing- I do enjoy reading all genres. My family volunteers for Operation Care Package of Michigan. My children all have things going on besides school- ie. swimming, dive, cub scouts, marching band, symphony band, concert band. Therefore, my reading and writing is sometimes on hold... unless, homework counts. Welcome to the all the new members & nice to meet all of the ones that have been here. Robin- I think all your information is GREAT! Thank you for taking the time to inform all of us newbies...
Hey - I'm Meleah and I'm a graphic designer in NC. I've always loved reading and I'm never without a book. I've recently been reading mostly fantasy so this group has provided a lot of great suggestions. Some of my favorite fantasy authors are:JRR Tolkien
Neil Gaiman
Orson Scott Card
Diana Wynne Jones
Ursula K. LeGuin
Patrick Rothfuss
I have a LOT of new stuff in my to-read stack - including the Wheel of Time series, the Sword of Truth series, the Otherland series, Mistborn ... etc. I also just started The Crown Conspiracy which I'm enjoying a lot.
Hello everyone. My name is Manal and I recently joined Good Reads! I've always loved to read and have enjoyed a variety of genres and Fantasy is by far has always been one of my favorites. Its so imginative and compelling. I just wish I had the time to read more! I just had my first baby, a little baby boy, and am already trying to convert him :-) Amongst many, I adore George R. R. Martin & his Throne of Ice & Fire series, Robin Hobb & Jacqueline Carey. I just finished Brandon Sanderson's Elantris & had a rolicking good time. On my to-read list (once I finish my currently-reading list that is) one of the writers I want to read is Joe Ambercrombie. I'm also looking for recomendations from people so please feel free to tell me what I should read!
HELLO!My name is Craig Halloran and I am from charleston WV and I have been ready fantasy since junior high and it is pretty much my reading preference. I like to find stories that are short adventures and not epic and quest riddled. If you have a recommendation let me know. Being that I am picky about fantasy I recently published my own fantasy called, The Darkslayer.www.xlibris.com\thedarkslayer
Writing a book was long and tough, but I did it and I want to know what people think, but most importantly I like to entertain the reader, on paper as well as in person. I hope to make lots of friends here on goodreads. My friend that first got me into fantasy got me into this. I have him to thank.
Welcome Meleah, Manal, and Craig. Craig, since you are a fellow author and have recently published a book, you should come over and join the On Fiction Writing discussion group. There's also the Goodreads Sci-fi/Fantasy Authors group as well.
Leslie Ann
author of Griffin's Daughter and Griffin's Shadow
Hi. My name is Brandy. I am 27 and live in Kansas City MO. I have enjoyed Fantasy/SciFi since I was 10. My mother is a big reading and tv watcher of SciFi...So needless to say I grew up with it.I am a first time mom, and a gradute student trying to get my MBA. I also work full time. During all this I am also writing. I won't go into details about it since it is just in the beginning process. Yet through writing,school and family life. I find that my break is reading. It helps me escape and I love IT.
Brandy wrote: "Hi. My name is Brandy. I am 27 and live in Kansas City MO. I have enjoyed Fantasy/SciFi since I was 10. My mother is a big reading and tv watcher of SciFi...So needless to say I grew up with it...."Welcome Brandy! I'm also from the Kansas City metro area. I work on the Country Club Plaza but living in Lansing, Kansas. Great to have you here among us.
Leslie wrote: "Welcome Meleah, Manal, and Craig. Craig, since you are a fellow author and have recently published a book, you should come over and join the On Fiction Writing discussion group. There's also th..."
Thanks Leslie Ann. I will do it.
I'm sorry I missed welcoming you, too, Brandy!! My eyes are getting really bad in my old age!!
Welcome, Brandy, Meleah, Manal, and Craig....good to see lots of people joining in...
I want to jump on the welcome wagon too! You're doing such a great job at it, Chris. :~)Welcome, everyone...
That has to be a drive for you. I do not go to the Palza much in winter but in the spring and summer I occasionaly will venture out that way. Since I live north of the river I do most of my shopping up here
Hi people!!! I'm Yuki. I love all books especially fantasy and gory ones. I don't know if you'd call manga books but, I love them too. I usually read 2 or 3 books at a time. Literature is one of my best subjects in school.
Okay. I'm Samantha Foster (I go by Samie for short) and I am a total book worm. I've love reading since I was a teenager. I love sci-fi and fantasy. NOt a real big fan of horror unless there is some sort of story to them rather than just trying to be scary.I also have been a eccentric writer since I was ten years old, and when I graduacted from highschool I started self publishing my work which is currently available at http://www.freewebs.com/lelue/ I love to write a little bit of everything sci-fi, horror,fantasy, whatever. I also love to mix genres
Welcome all the new people glad to have you on board. We are discussing Name of the Wind and reading "The Crown Conspiracy and Princess Bride for discussion in April. Love to hear from you!
Welcome Yuki and Samie!And thanks, Andrea. I try to be friendly...most of the time
Welcome new people. Your very welcome, Chris... it's nice to meet someone who seems genuinely "nice".
Y'all are trying to make me blush now......
Chris blushing? Now that's something I'd like to see *winks at him* Hello everyone. Name's Tanya Tungilik, from The Great White North of Canada :) I love fantasy books. Right this moment I'm listening to The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan. I've read the book once before, but I wanted to revisit it. I'm also reading Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, it's not bad so far. I also love horror and thrillers, and only love the best of authors from those genres, Stephen King and Dean Koontz.
Welcome, Tanya. Took you long enough to join up. I guess it took my blushing to bring you out....Seriously though. It's a great group and you'll love it...
Thanks Chris, but this was the first group I signed up for when I created my Goodreads account. I think you may be right though, it took your blushing to bring me out to say hello ;)Hello Robin, *smiles* I look forward to receiving your husband's book.
Here's me waving hello to all you newbies!! So glad you all decided to join our now-no-longer-so-little group. Tanya--you have such an interesting surname. Are you of the First Nations?
Leslie, no, I'm an Inuk from Nunavut.And thank you for the welcome :)
I'm Todd. I live in Maryland.I just got interested in sci-fi/fantasy in the last couple of years after reading lots of mysteries and thrillers. I still enjoy them, but after a while, they were all starting to read like the same book over and over.
I've been reading mostly fantasy lately, with a couple mysteries still thrown in from favorite authors:
My favorite fantasy books, so far:
Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Name of the Wind by Pat Rothfuss
Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
Codex Alera by Jim Butcher
Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson.
I just finished The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon.
Next up is Lamentation, by Ken Scholes, on recommendation from a couple of the blogs that I read.
I'd love to read A Game of Thrones, but I put it down after 200 pages because it was requiring more of my attention that I could give it at that time. It is a future vacation book now.
Hello everyone. My name is Eric and I hail from Columbus, Ohio (Hi Robert) and am married to my wonderful wife Angela, who is also an avid reader. I am a mild mannered Accountant by day (ok, maybe not so mild mannered…lol) and an avid reader the rest of my waking time. I am fairly new to the fantasy genre having only been reading it the last couple of years…so I have a lot of catching up to do. I started off reading stuff like Weis/Hickman’s Dragonlance series and R.A. Salvatore’s stuff involving the Forgotten Realms. Yes…I used to be a big role-player back in the day:-)
Reading those books has re-fueled my interest in the Fantasy genre and I am ready to move on to the “big people books” now. Although I have to say, I do love Drizzt!
I have reserved from my local library The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan and The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I look forwarding to reading them and discussing with everyone my thoughts. I am excited about my journey and I am glad to have all of you as my travel mates.
Cheers,
Eric
Hello and welcome Eric! You'll Love The Eye of the World :)
Welcome, Todd and Eric.And yes, you'll love tEotW. But you'll also love The Name of the Wind...
Hi Eric. It's a pleasure to meet you. It's always fun to meet a retired role player, lol. I also like R.A. Salvatore, but it has been a while since I have read one of Salvatore's books.
My name is James Daniel Ross. I am an avid reader of fantasy. I began in the fourth grade with the hobbit, and went on to gaming novels and so forth. I got a job in the gaming industry writing Children of the Sun. I started writing my first fantasy and (surprise) it turned into a military science fiction novel! I have written The Radiation Angels: The Chimerium Gambit, co-wrote Snow and Steel, The Radiation Angels: The Key to Damocles (release in April), and a horde of short stories. I'm almost done with my first fantasy novel, and then I'm back to military science fiction for the next. I usually read whatever is the most different from what I am writing. That means a lot of fantasy as I work on RA books, and a lot of science fiction as I'm writing this fantasy novel.
Good to meet everyone!
James Daniel Ross
www.radiationangels.com
Welcome Henry and James! Henry, I have and still do Roleplay (online), and I enjoy it very much. I have The Crown Conspiracy in the mail, and can't wait to read it. I like to write as well, only Chris Haught can tell you what my writing is like. I like drinking tea too, especially when I'm 'out on the land'.
James, military science fiction? I'd love to read it! I have always wanted to be in the military, and I love fiction.
Maybe one day I will write my own short story or even a novel. I'm not quite there yet though...
What role plays do you participate in Tanya? I role play too! Just love it. I participate in some groups on IMVU, and I have one on Yahoo.
Hello! I'm from the mountains of western North Carolina. I've always read fantasy. I remember wandering through my library and only looking for books that had the purple unicorn sticker on the books that meant they were fantasy. I've branched out a lot since then, but fantasy is still my first love. My very favorite author is Charles deLint. I'll be glad when he starts writing adult books again. I do not enjoy his young adult books. Anyway, I've recently gotten hooked on A Song of Fire and Ice and The Black Jewels trilogy. I loved The Name of the Wind and I'm eagerly waiting for the sequel. What else?... I also love Guy Gavriel Kay, Neil Gaiman (although he can be hit or miss for me), Kushiel's Legacy series, Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series (I somehow have never picked up his Storm Front books, but they are on my list), you get the idea. If it's well-written fantasy, I probably love it. I have very little patience for bad writing or for books where I have to learn a whole new language and/or culture. I think I've seen quite a few of you guys around in other groups, but it's nice to find other people who love fantasy.ETA: I love how organized you guys are with your discussion threads!
JG, I've read 3-4 books by Charles deLint and absolutely loved them. I think I'm about due to read another one, thanks for the reminder.
Welcome, Henry, James, and JG......now that I have this 'friendly' tag associated with my name.....
OMGI've been away dealing with some late breaking Avempartha stuff - and look at how this group has expanded! I LOVE the new introductions getting a great group of people with some good reads under their belt to share. I'm very excited....
Thanks Henry and JG for the "Crown Conspiracy Nod" - and Welcome TNBBC'er JG!
Hello to all the new members! I noticed a few people mentioning they are either currently into RP gaming or are retired RP gamers. I'm in the latter category--just not enough time for it these days, but back in my *sigh* youth, I was pretty hard core into AD&D. My dearest college friends and I all met originally because I went looking for someone to teach me how to play D&D. I found a guy, and along with his roommate, and several other dorm mates, we started a D&D group that stayed together for a single campaign that lasted--I kid you not--10 years. We all got our bachelor's degrees and several of us also got advanced degrees in that time, all the while spending huge chunks of week-end time gaming. What a bunch of geeks we were! I still am-- a geek, that is-- and proud of it!! And yes, I have more than adequate social skills!
Hi everyone,My name is Heather and I'm from the Pacific Northwest, although I moved to Brooklyn recently. I've been a devourer of books my entire life, especially science fiction and fantasy.
Some of my favorite scifi/fantasy authors are:
Orson Scott Card
Steven Brust
Illona Andrews
Kim Harrison
Neil Gaiman
Charles de Lint
Sherwood Smith
I'm looking forward to reading along with all of you.
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4 years ago i read Onion Girl, by Charles De Lint, and have been hopelessly addicted to his urban fantasies ever since. i also dearly love when Orson Scott Card straddles the line that divides sci-fi and fantasy, like he did in Songmaster.
i'm a sucker for books about dragons, enchantments, certain doom, curses, legends, and magic. i'd rather have my faeries be grown up sized and male with sex appeal and a mischievous streak a mile wide than be miniature, girly wish-granters. not there's a thing wrong with Tinkerbell
*claps hands together
just saying...