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Hi! Thanks for all the welcomes! I'm excited to get to know everyone and get to reading. The Warcraft story isn't as exciting as it should be, however we both have played enough that I wish it was more interesting.
Carrie wrote: "Hi! Thanks for all the welcomes! I'm excited to get to know everyone and get to reading. The Warcraft story isn't as exciting as it should be, however we both have played enough that I wish it wa..."
I am an old warcraft player form the other end of the spectrum (RTS, not MMO). I have read a few books and they have been hit or miss kind of mostly. Just today I finished "The Sunwell Triology" from Warcraft.
Hello all,My name is Ronny, and I'm a life-long lover of SFF. I'm a Goodreads author as well (pseudonym listed: B.E. Priest), but don't worry! Other than my book's single thread, I plan on having normal-people discussions and not spitting promotions everywhere.
Cheers!
Ronny
Hey all, my name's Andy Peloquin, and I'm a lover of fantasy--less so of sci-fi.My favorite authors are:
Scott Lynch
Brandon Sanderson
Robert Jordan (RIP)
Glen Cook
E.R. Burroughs
Joe Abercrombie
I'm sure I'm forgetting more, but let it be known that the darker it is, the better! Any recommendations, PM me and let me know what books you think I should be reading.
Hi, welcome.... You look familiar.
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Hi, welcome.... You look familiar."Heh, I guess I am. You're over here too, huh? What's your favorite fantasy book?
Well.... I feel somewhat obligated to list Lord of the Rings, but it's kind of a stand alone. LOL.There are a "bunch" but I'd say The Deed of Paksenarrion is very close.
Ok. I did Paksenarrion, and I have to say I really enjoyed the three books. One that I really liked was by David Weber, a series called the War God.
Oath of Swords is one of them, and there are a few more.
I have Oath of Swords, just haven't gotten to it yet. I find there are works by Weber that I like and others not so much. I'll get to this one. The Riyria Chronicles by Sullivan is good.
Seems to me you mentioned you like darker fantasy. I tend to like "heroic fantasy". Waylander is a bit of both. There are 3 books about the character though they aren't strictly a series as they are stand alone novels.
Nice. I find myself straying away from heroic or epic fantasy. There are lots of good books that are fun, but I'm not a huge fan of all of them.I have Theft of Swords in my list of to-reads, or more accurately to listen to on audiobook. A friend of mine is a huge fan of his.
I got them from Audible. The Audios are good.
Hi,I'm Brian D. Anderson, author of The Godling Chronicles series and life long sci-fi/fantasy lover.
Hey everybody! I'm Raymond, a fantasy and science fiction addict. I write primarily fantasy, and have a published ebook (the first of a series), but I'm always eager to experience more of both genres. There's nothing better than a rogue mage trying to incinerate the world, only to realize that he's lost his spell book. I recently discovered the Brent Weeks' "Night Angel" series. I'd have to say it's my favorite series at this moment in time, but I will always have a soft spot for Lord of the Rings and anything by Terry Brooks.
Anyone have any thoughts on the 'Mistborn' series?
Greetings and Salutations!I'm Mike and I'm a Sanderson-aholic.
I am a big fan of space operas and epic fantasies but enjoy most sci-fi and fantasy genres as long as they are well written and internally consistent.
I was raised on Xanth (since outgrown) and golden age sci-fi writers (love them to death but they couldn't write female characters to save their lives).
I am always looking for a good discussion about books with folks who are passionate about them.
Hey everyone!First things first: I'm fairly new to goodreads (been here a few weeks), so needless to say I have no idea what I'm doing! :)
I have not got around to add all the books I've read previous to joining so my bookshelf is very incomplete at the moment...
I'm from Norway, but I have also lived in England and Denmark not long ago. Just recently moved back home.
I had a bit of a slow few years when it comes to reading until about a year ago when I got my Kindle which kind of kick-started my interest in books again :)
goodreads has also had a positive impact on my reading as I'm now able to find lots and lots of books that seem interesting! (in fact there are now too many and I struggle to settle on which one to read next! Luxury problem!)
My favorite genres are fantasy, scifi and horror. Although I will read other stuff if recommended by people I trust :)
Not going to list fav authors as there are too many and I would be annoyed if I forgot anyone! Hehe :)
I'll just end here I think, looking forward to being a member of this group as it sounds like a good one and perfect for my tastes!
Hi again, welcome here to. :)
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Hi again, welcome here to. :)"
Hello!
I thought I'd seen your name before! :)
Thank you!
Yeah, a lot of us are in all the major fantasy and sci-fi groups, so you'll see a lot of redundancy lol.
Luke...are you saying we're redundant?
Born in 1989 lived in the states my whole life I'm currently an engineer. I really got into sci-fi/fantasy proper in highschool, I try to read at least 2 books a week. This site has completely exploded my backlog.Favorite Authors are
Lois McMaster Bujold
WildBow (J.C. McCrae)
David Weber
Yu Wo
Jim Butcher
Authors I really like
China Mieville
Nisio Isin
E.E. Doc Smith
Brandon Sanderson
Terry Pratchet
Jack Campbell
Garth Nix
Mamare Touno
Hopefully goodreads will add more to that list.
Hi all,My name is Paul and i'm from Brighton on the South coast of the UK. I was born in the 70's and grew up in a tiny village in Sussex, with little to do but read (when not adventuring in the oograh).
Someone gave me David Eddings' Belgariad series when i was twelve, and i instantly fell in love with it, moving on to Raymond Feist and then discovering Heinlein and Asimov.
I'm also an author, usually of crime (being an ex-copper) but more recently of Sci-fi which is strangely doing better than the crime!
My favourite authors are:
Brandon Sanderson
David Gemmell
Chris Bunch
Joe Haldeman
Mick Farren
Richard Morgan
Terry Pratchett
Hugh Howey
And about two dozen more!
I'm really looking forward to getting to know you all and getting involved in some interesting discussions :)
Forgot to mention in my initial hello that I almost took a free online Sci Fi/Fantasy Literature course with a pretty classical reading list, but didn't end up doing it because I'd rather spend the time writing than writing mini-papers on what I'd read. I did read some of the books.But I'm more excited to be a part of a community like this instead, and just read and informally chat. Dr. Moreau is queued up, and I SHOULD be finally finishing Clash of Kings tonight so I can start on it tomorrow. But I also picked up my next 3 books after that from the library today. Books are going to fly by after reading one of Martin's behemoths.
Hello, all. I'm an author who just joined and am looking forward to interesting discussions and recommendations.
Hi, I'm Ash and I love basically any sci-fi, YA, adult or classic. My favourite sci-fi novel is Brave New World, which just completely blew my mind. I've always been a sort of fantasyphobe, probably due to reading a lot of bad teen fantasy post-Harry Potter, and found it hard to get into books with lots of magic or mythical creatures, so hopefully I'll get over my fear and find some good fantasy here.
Welcome Killian! And top o' the mornin' to you! ;)
Hello all,My name is Brian Burke and I am a fantasy writer. Just stopping by to say hello and I'm looking forward to meeting you.
Welcome Ash, Killian, Brian!Ash - Give the "Warlock" series by Christopher Stasheff a try. SF, but everybody on the planet thinks there is magic because there are fairies and leprechauns and whatnot running around the countryside.
Hello everyone,My name's Brian. I'm 33 years old. I am from Ireland and, during the day, I work in a medical factory.
I've been writing for about 15 years, on and off. Mostly fantasy.
I love the work of Stoker, Tolkien, Hill, Thompson, King, and Lewis.
I haven't been able to read much lately but I hope to remedy that. That's why I signed up to this site. So far I'm loving what it has to offer.
Looking forward to meeting some interesting readers/authors here too. Feel free to add me to your friend's list.
All the best,
Brian.
Sorry, I just realized I introduced myself twice. Still trying to figure this site out. Sorry again.
Brian wrote: "Sorry, I just realized I introduced myself twice. Still trying to figure this site out. Sorry again."Welcome again! :)
I've lived in NYC and it's environs most of my life, minus my time in the US Coast Guard. I've been a SF fan since I was child, THEM! being among my favorite films. I'm also a published author (check my amazon page, so I don't break any rules). Favorite authors? Heinlein, Niven, Pournelle, Campbell, Asimov, Clarke, Haldeman to name a few. Favorite cinema, Movies and TV? Far too many to simply list here.
Hello. My name is Amber. I began reading Nancy Drew books as a child and now I mostly read fantasy books. I love fantasy books. I began trying to write my own whenever I would run out of books to read. Finally, I am working on books that I want to self publish in the near future.
Robert wrote: "Heinlein, Niven, Pournelle, Campbell, Asimov, Clarke, Haldeman"Sounds like you enjoy specultive sci-fi: I would try
China Miéville The City and the City would be a good start. John Scalzi starting with Old Man's War I would try too.
Flipping though your book list you also like Miltary stuff. I would give David Weber another shot this time with either The Honor of the Queen or Off Armageddon Reef
Hello, my name is Alex. I am trying to get back into reading and less into TV or video games. I really like SFF so this group was a no brainer to join.
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Carrie wrote: "Hi, my name is Carrie and I'm 30 years old from Canton, GA. I'm married to my wonderful husband whom I met on World of Warcraft 8 years ago."
It wasn't even that many posts ago..sheesh. ^_^ "
You know when you're searching for your glasses and they're on your face? Ja, this was like that, only worse cause I could have just used the find function. I'm not braining good today :P Welcome Carrie :)