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[Condwiramurs]

William wrote: "Adaraschia wrote: "*rolls up sleeves* Hi! I'm fifteen as of this month, a complete fantasy lover (griffins and dragons being on my favorite animals list), and an author wannabe. I'm not exactly sur..."

Thanks! I'll go have a look.

[[deleted user]]

im hannah im 13 years old i have 3 other family members a dog 14 chickens & 2 rosters

[William]

Hi, Hannah. Welcome to the group! What do you enjoy reading?

[[deleted user]]

any good sci-fi or fantasy

[William]

As a young person, you might want to check out my series. The main characters are a twelve-year-old girl and a thirteen-year-old boy. The first book is called The King of the Trees. There are six (almost seven) books in the series so far. Have a fun summer of reading!

[[deleted user]]

I'll try to get the books

[William]

You can also go to: http://www.greencloaks.com.

[[deleted user]]

Hey Everyone, I'm Jon. I'm 31 and live in Knoxville, TN. I work in the medical field and am a total book addict. I read all genres, but Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Horror are probably my favorites. Some favorites or mine are:

- The Name of the Wind
- The Lord of The Rings
- Dune
- George RR Martin
- The Acacia Trilogy
- Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy
- Joe Abercrombie's Firs Law series
and many others I'm sure.

Anything else you want to know, just ask!

[stormhawk]

What kind of medicine, Jon? I work in psych.

[[deleted user]]

I work in the Lab side... I'm a Laboratory Consultant - I help docs with their Microbiology, Pathology, Cytology, etc..

[stormhawk]

Sounds interesting!

[Cary Lee]

Good day, I've been up for 30 hours so if I spell anything wrong that's the reason why. I'm a 50 year old comic book artist and writer, married, 3 boys and I feel there is not enough time in the day to get the things I need done, done. I suffer from ADHD but I try to read 2-3 books a month. Haven't read any new Sci-Fi but I did re-read (the 1st time in 1982) Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? and I liked it better this go-round. I'm old school so my favorite authors are:

P.K. Dick
Alfred Bester
Robert Heinlein
Frank Herbert

I did enjoy Dan Simmons Hyperion series a few years back and the series about the gods whose title escapes me now.

I also dig Science Fiction movies.
Blade runner and 2001 being the two films I never get tired of watching.

Well more about me as we go along. Have a good 'un as we say in Louisville.

[PaNdORa (gökçe)]

Hi everybody I am a literature student at university this is my last year.As time is limited at school ,we dont have plenty of time to read non fiction novels there are many authors whom I am not familier with.I want to have enough information about well known non fiction authors who are mostly read in literature class.As I am new member may you add me as friend I just registered yesterday

[[deleted user]]

cool

[PaNdORa (gökçe)]

thanks :)

[[deleted user]]

yep

[Robby]

Hi,guys,my name is robby,22 years old,come from GUANGDONG,CHINA;reading is my favorite,desire to sharing the impression after reading a good books.

[[deleted user]]

nice to meet you

[PaNdORa (gökçe)]

Robby wrote: "Hi,guys,my name is robby,22 years old,come from GUANGDONG,CHINA;reading is my favorite,desire to sharing the impression after reading a good books."
nice to meet you

[[deleted user]]

ok

[[deleted user]]

Ummm hi my name is shayne (im a female even though i have a male's name). i am 13 years old and i live in victoria, melbourne in australia. I love to read,dance,listen to music,hang out with friends and i like to draw anime. My background is maltese and i was born in australia. umm its nice to meet you guys.

[Condwiramurs]

Nice to meet you Shayne! What sort of dancing do you do?

[PaNdORa (gökçe)]

hi shayne

[Rhubarb]

Hi hi. just finished college, where I mostly drew pictures for four years. I'm just Getting back to fantasy and sci-fi novels after the four year dry spell of college where all reading time was consumed with academic texts D:

I've been re-reading all my Robin Hobb books over the past month and falling back in love with the characters. Now I'm almost done with those, I'm looking forward to reading some NEW authors :D I like Fantasy/Sci-Fi that's super character driven - any recs would be appreciated!

[Condwiramurs]

Hey Rhubarb, have you ever read Neil Gaiman's books? They're pretty good. I'm not sure what genre they're in though. Brian Jacques is also pretty good.

[[deleted user]]

hay

[Rhubarb]

Adaraschia wrote: "Hey Rhubarb, have you ever read Neil Gaiman's books? They're pretty good. I'm not sure what genre they're in though. Brian Jacques is also pretty good."

Ah hey! Yes I read Brian Jacques when I was younger, I really enjoyed them. Neil Gaiman I've only read American Gods and Sandman. I enjoyed them but not to the point of obsessing over characters... although I suppose that's an unfair measuring stick of a book ^^ What Gaiman books are your favourites?

[[deleted user]]

I have not read any of that person

[Condwiramurs]

I've only read Coraline so far, and a bit of The Graveyard Book. What I've read of the later makes me want to read all of it. ^_^

[[deleted user]]

I love that book

[kembot]

Hi. I am Kay. Loved reading books since i was little (i have a flashlight under my blanket when my mom turns off the light at night). Because of my chosen profession, i was forced to read very thick books (not for pleasure) and put aside the books for pleasure. And now, i have finished studying (thank God), it's time to go back and read just for pleasure......

[kembot]

Hi. I am Kay. Loved reading books since i was little (i have a flashlight under my blanket when my mom turns off the light at night). Because of my chosen profession, i was forced to read very thick books (not for pleasure) and put aside the books for pleasure. And now, i have finished studying (thank God), it's time to go back and read just for pleasure......

[Rose]

Hello, I'm Rose! I'm a 30-something software developer in the Seattle area. Some of my favorite scifi/fantasy authors are G.R.R. Martin, Kate Elliott, Ursula Le Guin, Kurt Vonnegut, and Lynn Flewelling.

I also enjoy comics and graphic novels (classic Deadpool, Watchmen, The Tick; right now I am reading David Petersen's Mouse Guard). I like coffee, gardening, and baking, and I'm currently looking to make some new face-to-face friends in western WA.

[William]

Shayne wrote: "Ummm hi my name is shayne (im a female even though i have a male's name). i am 13 years old and i live in victoria, melbourne in australia. I love to read,dance,listen to music,hang out with friend..."

Nice to meet you, Shayne. It's great to communicate with someone from Down Under. You must be going into your winter season now.

[[deleted user]]

cool

[Thom]

Hello there, I like classic SF,Doctor Who and alternate history.

[William]

Doctor Who (w/ Tom Robbins, I believe) was one of our favorites.

[Rhubarb]

Sue wrote: "Rhubarb wrote: "Hi hi. just finished college, where I mostly drew pictures for four years. I'm just Getting back to fantasy and sci-fi novels after the four year dry spell of college where all read..."

thanks, i'll check it out! :)

[John]

Hello everyone, I'm John. I'm 27 years old and about a year ago I found that I was grossly under read. In response to this I have begun a "well-read" project in an attempt to catch up. To catch up to what, I do not know but I will continue on to satisfy this urge! I have gone through many books so far and found that I love science fiction and fantasy. please feel free to check out the list of books that I have read or have to read and if you can think of some suggestions then I would be happy to have them. I'm really happy to have joined this group and hope that I can be of some use to it in the future.

[Jenny]

Hi Everyone My name is Jeny and reading s a large part of my life. I am 53 andhave been married for 33 years. I have 3 children and I am soon to be a grandmother. I am looking forward to joining challenges and discussions. ScFi and Fantasy make up a large amount of waht I read, some paranormal romance as well.

[PaNdORa (gökçe)]

Hi Jeny

[Amber]

Hi all. Live in Adelaide, South Australia, and am happily engaged to my partner of 2 years. My first book has just been published. It's called Enchantment's Deception,and it's available on Amazon or you can buy it at: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.c.... It's Fantasy/Sci-Fi, and started out as a book for my then 6 year old nieces. Now it's a 527 page novel for adults and older teens.

So far this year I've read at least twenty Stephen King novels, Brandon Sanderson, Peter V. Brett, James Herbert, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child and Celia Friedman to name a few.

[William]

John wrote: "Hello everyone, I'm John. I'm 27 years old and about a year ago I found that I was grossly under read. In response to this I have begun a "well-read" project in an attempt to catch up. To catch up ..."

Welcome to the group, John! I can empathize with being "under-read." I have a lot of catching up to do, too. Summer is a good time for that.

[William]

Jenny wrote: "Hi Everyone My name is Jeny and reading s a large part of my life. I am 53 andhave been married for 33 years. I have 3 children and I am soon to be a grandmother. I am looking forward to joining ch..."

Hi, Jenny. I hope you enjoy becoming a grandmother! That may not leave you much time for reading, except for reading aloud to your grandchild.

[[deleted user]]

Well, I suppose I should post here. Hi, I'm Beth, 18 years old and hoping to go into a career for comics and graphic novels. That will come later.

Book-wise, I feel like I'm yet another person who is under-read, with plenty of books on my to read list. For genres, I prefer reading fantasy or horror, though I can enjoy a well written book from any genre. I think discussing books in a group will help me understand it better and will give me a well rounded opinion of it.

[Amber]

Beth wrote: "Well, I suppose I should post here. Hi, I'm Beth, 18 years old and hoping to go into a career for comics and graphic novels. That will come later.

Book-wise, I feel like I'm yet another person ..."

Hey Beth, I like fantasy and horror but I can't find a good horror book that will scare the hell out of me! Can you recommend anything? And if you like fantasy, check out Enchantment's Deception. It's new...

[Alessandra]

Hi, everyone!
My name is Alessandra, and I've not been drinking for five days... Joking, joking!! I'm a 19 year old Italian girl, I'm studying Literature at university and I love reading and writing! If you asked me which my favourite author or book is I'd really be quite at a loss, but I guess I could come up with some names, such as Diana Wynne Jones, Tolkien, J.K.Rowling...

So...pleased to meet You!!

[Sven]

hi everybody,
i'm sven from germany, born 1st november '90.
i just graduated from german highschool last week, and are currently applying to a dutch university.
hobbies are reading(^^), waterpolo+swimming and listening to music.

due to my fathers influence i consider myself an old-school scifi and fantasy reader.
my favourite writers are:
C.J Cherryh
Alan Dean Foster
Frank Herbert (Dune is best)
Robert Jordan (what a shame the guy had to die...)
John Norman

but i also read books from authors such as
Terry Goodkind, Michael Crichton and Lois McMaster Bujold.

i'm waiting for a lot of good advices of books i should read.

[Jon]

Welcome to the group, Sven. Say hi to my daughter, who is visiting and studying in Leipzig until 3 July. :)

[William]

Sven wrote: "hi everybody,
i'm sven from germany, born 1st november '90.
i just graduated from german highschool last week, and are currently applying to a dutch university.
hobbies are reading(^^), waterpolo+s..."

You could try the first book in my series, The King of the Trees. It's kind of old-school fantasy, and each book has a glossary/pronunciation guide at the back. There are 7 titles so far in the series.