Sci-fi/fantasy book fans - come over and chat!

[Alistra]

Date: 3/2/2010 1:09:48 AM
Author: MisterGypsy
Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan (RIP), Brent Weeks, Brandon Sanderson, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card . . . honestly I try anything, and can get through most.


Of all, Pratchett is the man, though. Absolutely brilliant.

Many good authors mentioned in this thread, but Terry Pratchett is my favorite! I love Discworld!

 

[MisterGypsy]

Date: 3/2/2010 3:49:37 PM
Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl

Date: 3/2/2010 1:09:48 AM

Author: MisterGypsy

Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan (RIP), Brent Weeks, Brandon Sanderson, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card . . . honestly I try anything, and can get through most.



Of all, Pratchett is the man, though. Absolutely brilliant.

+1. My favorite author hands down. I''ve been trying for two years now to get BF o read one - I think I''ll make him try the new one, Unseen Academicals. He likes sports, they talk about sports...hmm...


And welcome MisterGypsy!

I love the Night Watch novels. Vimes, Carrot, Angua, Colon, Knobby, and of course Vetinari stirring the whole pot.

"Throw the book at him, Carrot"

 

[MisterGypsy]

Date: 3/2/2010 4:15:31 PM
Author: Alistra

Date: 3/2/2010 1:09:48 AM

Author: MisterGypsy

Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan (RIP), Brent Weeks, Brandon Sanderson, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card . . . honestly I try anything, and can get through most.



Of all, Pratchett is the man, though. Absolutely brilliant.

Many good authors mentioned in this thread, but Terry Pratchett is my favorite! I love Discworld!

Very few authors actually make me jealous of their talent. He does.

 

[ksinger]

In no particular order...just as they come to mind.

Melanie Rawn - Dragon Prince · The Star Scroll · Sunrunner''s Fire (Dragon Prince Trilogy)
Stronghold · The Dragon Token · Skybowl (Dragon Star Trilogy)
Rawn''s stuff is really a good read. Fun, not too light, not too heavy. Lots of characters.

Patricia A. McKillip - The Riddle Master of Hed Trilogy - I absolutely adore this series. I love the style of writing.

Stephen R. Donaldson - Complex and psychological. Fond of frequent use of uncommon words like "threnody". His writing style at times annoyed - seemed overly pompous, and from a word freak like myself, that''s saying something, but the story was so interesting I could overlook it. Wildly popular back in the day. I read them in highschool.

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
Lord Foul''s Bane – (1977)
The Illearth War – (197
The Power that Preserves – (1979)

The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
The Wounded Land – (1980)
The One Tree – (1982)
White Gold Wielder – (1983)

The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
The Runes of the Earth – (2004)
Fatal Revenant – (2007)
Against All Things Ending – (expected 2010)
The Last Dark – (expected 2013)

LOTR. But that pretty much goes without saying.

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Date: 3/2/2010 8:58:25 PM
Author: MisterGypsy

Date: 3/2/2010 3:49:37 PM

Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl

Date: 3/2/2010 1:09:48 AM


Author: MisterGypsy


Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan (RIP), Brent Weeks, Brandon Sanderson, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card . . . honestly I try anything, and can get through most.




Of all, Pratchett is the man, though. Absolutely brilliant.

+1. My favorite author hands down. I''ve been trying for two years now to get BF o read one - I think I''ll make him try the new one, Unseen Academicals. He likes sports, they talk about sports...hmm...



And welcome MisterGypsy!

I love the Night Watch novels. Vimes, Carrot, Angua, Colon, Knobby, and of course Vetinari stirring the whole pot.


''Throw the book at him, Carrot''

The Night Watch and the Witches are my favorite storylines! I love the part in Witches Abroad when Granny Weatherwax plays Cripple Mr. Onion with the unscrupulous gamblers

I''ve actually been liking the Tiffany Aching storyline too - quite a bit of humor in them, and I love You the cat.

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Date: 3/2/2010 3:51:03 PM
Author: annadragon
I can echo the recommendation for DragonLance but tell you that after about the 6th book loses (for me) its original feel.

I can highly recommend The Amber series from Robert Zelazny, well just about anything Zelazny is pretty awesome. He develops some fantastic characters and his dialogue is untopped.

A Song of Fire and Ice series from George R.R. Martin is a MUST, it''s character crafting evokes so many emotions in you.


I personally wouldn''t read LotR again unless my life depended on it but it floats some peoples boats.

And for the fantasy/horror genre getcha some H.P. Lovecraft!


Larry Niven Ring World books.

Peter F. Hamilton, The Void Trilogy and Reality Dysfunction

I''m also a fan of Phillip K. Dick novels

Ooh Lovecraft - good one!

I have A Song of Fire and Ice but I''m hesitant to start reading it yet since I just started the Belgariad. I don''t like reading two books of similar/same genres at once - too confusing! Plus I need to stock up on Kindle books for my trip - great suggestions on this thread guys!

 

[Tempi]

I agree with a lot of these - just finished the sixth in Carey''s Kushiel series, and I''m on to S.M. Stirling''s Change series that was mentioned in another thread. I wanted to put a plug out there for Connie Willis'' work, especially Doomsday Book and Passage. In something a little more childish, I loved the Lioness Rampant series by Tamora Pierce as a kid, and still do in my thirties. Her others I can enjoy but they don''t hold the same joy.

 

[enbcfsobe]

Many of my favorites have already been named...but here are a few more that I really like: Anne McCaffery''s Dragonriders of Pern books; L.E. Modesitt (various series); anything by Ursula LeGuinn (Earthsea series and The Dispossessed being favorites). I loved the Belgariad, and also liked some of the other series by Eddings -- there''s one about a knight (name escapes me) and one about Athalus. I didn''t like the most recent bunch that he did (Elder Gods or something like that). I also really liked The Name of the Wind (although I''m still desperately waiting for the next book!!).
I loved Dune and I tried really hard to like the other books in that series, but I just couldn''t get into them.

 

[MisterGypsy]

Date: 3/2/2010 11:04:14 PM
Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl

Date: 3/2/2010 8:58:25 PM

Author: MisterGypsy

Date: 3/2/2010 3:49:37 PM


Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl

Date: 3/2/2010 1:09:48 AM

Author: MisterGypsy



Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan (RIP), Brent Weeks, Brandon Sanderson, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card . . . honestly I try anything, and can get through most.





Of all, Pratchett is the man, though. Absolutely brilliant.

+1. My favorite author hands down. I've been trying for two years now to get BF o read one - I think I'll make him try the new one, Unseen Academicals. He likes sports, they talk about sports...hmm...




And welcome MisterGypsy!

I love the Night Watch novels. Vimes, Carrot, Angua, Colon, Knobby, and of course Vetinari stirring the whole pot.



'Throw the book at him, Carrot'

The Night Watch and the Witches are my favorite storylines! I love the part in Witches Abroad when Granny Weatherwax plays Cripple Mr. Onion with the unscrupulous gamblers

I've actually been liking the Tiffany Aching storyline too - quite a bit of humor in them, and I love You the cat.

Heh. How about the Igors? Cheery Littlebottom? The homocidal Luggage? The Silver Horde? So many amazing characters. I could chat all day.

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Date: 3/3/2010 9:36:01 AM
Author: Tempi
I agree with a lot of these - just finished the sixth in Carey''s Kushiel series, and I''m on to S.M. Stirling''s Change series that was mentioned in another thread. I wanted to put a plug out there for Connie Willis'' work, especially Doomsday Book and Passage. In something a little more childish, I loved the Lioness Rampant series by Tamora Pierce as a kid, and still do in my thirties. Her others I can enjoy but they don''t hold the same joy.

I love Stirling''s books - I''ve read both his Nantucket and Dies the Fire series. Love both, but Dies the Fire is particularly haunting. It makes me want to learn how to use a sword just in case

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Date: 3/3/2010 2:57:19 PM
Author: MisterGypsy

Date: 3/2/2010 11:04:14 PM

Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl

Date: 3/2/2010 8:58:25 PM


Author: MisterGypsy

Date: 3/2/2010 3:49:37 PM



Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl

Date: 3/2/2010 1:09:48 AM


Author: MisterGypsy




Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan (RIP), Brent Weeks, Brandon Sanderson, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card . . . honestly I try anything, and can get through most.






Of all, Pratchett is the man, though. Absolutely brilliant.

+1. My favorite author hands down. I''ve been trying for two years now to get BF o read one - I think I''ll make him try the new one, Unseen Academicals. He likes sports, they talk about sports...hmm...





And welcome MisterGypsy!

I love the Night Watch novels. Vimes, Carrot, Angua, Colon, Knobby, and of course Vetinari stirring the whole pot.




''Throw the book at him, Carrot''

The Night Watch and the Witches are my favorite storylines! I love the part in Witches Abroad when Granny Weatherwax plays Cripple Mr. Onion with the unscrupulous gamblers

I''ve actually been liking the Tiffany Aching storyline too - quite a bit of humor in them, and I love You the cat.

Heh. How about the Igors? Cheery Littlebottom? The homocidal Luggage? The Silver Horde? So many amazing characters. I could chat all day.

I love Cheery! The first book she appeared in (was it Feet of Clay?) and her gradually increasing femininity over the course of the book was pretty hilarious. Oh the Igors and the Luggage...also great characters.

It''s hard for me to pick a favorite book from the subseries, though I particularly like The Fifth Elephant from the Watchmen storyline and Witches Abroad from the Witches storyline. I found Night Watch to be rather dark, and it''s my least favorite of all the Watchmen books. How about you?

 

[MisterGypsy]

Date: 3/3/2010 6:07:15 PM
Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl

Date: 3/3/2010 2:57:19 PM

Author: MisterGypsy

Date: 3/2/2010 11:04:14 PM


Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl

Date: 3/2/2010 8:58:25 PM



Author: MisterGypsy

Date: 3/2/2010 3:49:37 PM




Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl

Date: 3/2/2010 1:09:48 AM



Author: MisterGypsy





Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan (RIP), Brent Weeks, Brandon Sanderson, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card . . . honestly I try anything, and can get through most.







Of all, Pratchett is the man, though. Absolutely brilliant.

+1. My favorite author hands down. I''ve been trying for two years now to get BF o read one - I think I''ll make him try the new one, Unseen Academicals. He likes sports, they talk about sports...hmm...






And welcome MisterGypsy!

I love the Night Watch novels. Vimes, Carrot, Angua, Colon, Knobby, and of course Vetinari stirring the whole pot.





''Throw the book at him, Carrot''

The Night Watch and the Witches are my favorite storylines! I love the part in Witches Abroad when Granny Weatherwax plays Cripple Mr. Onion with the unscrupulous gamblers

I''ve actually been liking the Tiffany Aching storyline too - quite a bit of humor in them, and I love You the cat.

Heh. How about the Igors? Cheery Littlebottom? The homocidal Luggage? The Silver Horde? So many amazing characters. I could chat all day.

I love Cheery! The first book she appeared in (was it Feet of Clay?) and her gradually increasing femininity over the course of the book was pretty hilarious. Oh the Igors and the Luggage...also great characters.


It''s hard for me to pick a favorite book from the subseries, though I particularly like The Fifth Elephant from the Watchmen storyline and Witches Abroad from the Witches storyline. I found Night Watch to be rather dark, and it''s my least favorite of all the Watchmen books. How about you?

I''d have to pick "Guards Guards" out of the Watchmen books (although also fond of Jingo and Leonard of Quirm), and "Witches Abroad" as well. Rincewind has been a near constant source of cowardly amusement fir me as well, primarily in "Interesting Times". Night Watch was very dark, and gets a bit into the psyche of the characters which is kind of odd (maybe an attempt to play around with the psychological thriller genre?). Still a great read, though.

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

So exactly one week after picking up the first book of the Belgariad, I''m done with the series - and I LOVED it. The only thing I''m mad about is that The Mallorean isn''t in e-book format so I can''t get it on my Kindle and read it over spring break (I wasn''t planning on taking actual books with me since I''ll be traveling with a backpacking bag).

I''m a fast reader and I have hours at the airport to kill, plus all the bus-traveling and a week at the beach, so I''m tempted to just buy a few series and load it onto my Kindle (Song of Fire and Ice, Sword of Shannara) but I''m afraid I won''t like them

) I don''t have the global version so I can''t really get books there and I would hate to start the first book and love it, and be unable to get the others! Reassure me please!

 

[Tuckins1]

Date: 3/8/2010 3:42:17 AM
Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl
So exactly one week after picking up the first book of the Belgariad, I''m done with the series - and I LOVED it. The only thing I''m mad about is that The Mallorean isn''t in e-book format so I can''t get it on my Kindle and read it over spring break (I wasn''t planning on taking actual books with me since I''ll be traveling with a backpacking bag).


I''m a fast reader and I have hours at the airport to kill, plus all the bus-traveling and a week at the beach, so I''m tempted to just buy a few series and load it onto my Kindle (Song of Fire and Ice, Sword of Shannara) but I''m afraid I won''t like them

) I don''t have the global version so I can''t really get books there and I would hate to start the first book and love it, and be unable to get the others! Reassure me please!

I am so excited that you loved the Belgariad!!! Sorry you can''t get the e-books for the Mallorean... Be sure to have them all handy once you start the series, because you WILL NOT want to wait between books!

 

[dragonfly411]

I have to put a word in for Terry Goodkind''s Sword of Truth.... These books are phenomenal, and have such great messages, and are so detailed... I absolutely love them.

 

[somethingshiny]

I just started reading Belgarath the Sorcerer. I love it. Thanks for the great recommendations!!

 

[Tuckins1]

Date: 3/8/2010 1:27:57 PM
Author: somethingshiny
I just started reading Belgarath the Sorcerer. I love it. Thanks for the great recommendations!!

Yay! Another one on the hook!

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Date: 3/8/2010 11:46:35 AM
Author: Tuckins1

Date: 3/8/2010 3:42:17 AM

Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl

So exactly one week after picking up the first book of the Belgariad, I''m done with the series - and I LOVED it. The only thing I''m mad about is that The Mallorean isn''t in e-book format so I can''t get it on my Kindle and read it over spring break (I wasn''t planning on taking actual books with me since I''ll be traveling with a backpacking bag).



I''m a fast reader and I have hours at the airport to kill, plus all the bus-traveling and a week at the beach, so I''m tempted to just buy a few series and load it onto my Kindle (Song of Fire and Ice, Sword of Shannara) but I''m afraid I won''t like them

) I don''t have the global version so I can''t really get books there and I would hate to start the first book and love it, and be unable to get the others! Reassure me please!

I am so excited that you loved the Belgariad!!! Sorry you can''t get the e-books for the Mallorean... Be sure to have them all handy once you start the series, because you WILL NOT want to wait between books!

Hehe no worries. I was smart this time and ordered both volumes of the Mallorean as well as Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress. Despite the fact that I really have no room I may take all of these to Costa Rica with me so I can read them on the beach

I have to say, I started Kushiel''s Dart and I''m not a huge fan. I may move on to Song of Fire and Ice from here.

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Bump!

Over spring break I read all five books of The Mallorean (from the Belgariad series) and Polgara the Sorceress and Belgarath the Sorcerer. LOVED the entire series - what a great find! Thank you to all who suggested it!

I am now about 1/3 of the way through A Storm of Swords - book 3 of the Song of Fire and Ice series. It took me a while to get into it - about halfway through the first book, A Game of Thrones, is when I got hooked. Now I'm racing through them. Unfortunately, I didn't realize when I started it that the series wasn't complete and he hasn't released a new book in like 4 years! Plus I hear that the 5th book will focus on the Northern characters and characters across the sea (Dany, etc.) and while I like those storylines, I love the intrigues in the Southern part of Westeros. So we'll see - hopefully he'll release the 5th book soon!

And I can't remember but I believe someone suggested the Vorkosigan series on this thread? If so thanks! I read the first four books, starting with Shards of Honor, and love them. Unfortunately I can't get them in Kindle format through Amazon so I've been buying the standard e-reader files from Fictionwise. It's a great series!

As you can tell, I did a LOT of reading over break - a week on the beach was definitely conducive to serious reading. I think I went through about 9 books while in Costa Rica!

ETA: For Mr Gypsy if you're still around and other Discworld fans, I FINALLY got BF to read a Discworld book! He read the newest one, Unseen Academicals (mostly because it's the only one I have on our Kindles, but I also figured he'd like the sports stuff too). He really liked it though he really doesn't read sci-fi and stuff that requires you to suspend disbelief. He liked Terry Pratchett's writing and sense of humor though. I'm going to try to get him to read either Making Money (he's really into investing and stuff) or one of the night watch books!

 

[ladypirate]

LOL about Kushiel's dart--it's pretty much ****...and kind of kinky **** at that!

ETA: BEG, has he read Good Omens? That's another great one for getting people into Pratchett.

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Date: 4/10/2010 1:40:22 AM
Author: ladypirate
LOL about Kushiel''s dart--it''s pretty much ****...and kind of kinky **** at that!


ETA: BEG, has he read Good Omens? That''s another great one for getting people into Pratchett.

LP it totally is! I was surprised, haha. I haven''t finished it actually - got sidetracked by Song of Fire and Ice. The first person POV and the huge cast of characters took me a while to get into but I really appreciate how Martin keeps the story moving despite the large number of perspectives he''s telling the story from. Great writing.

BF hasn''t read Good Omens but I have the book (though not with me, I think it''s back at my parents'' house). I have most of the Discworld books with me though and I''m hoping he''ll pick another up. He also read Lamb, by Christopher Moore, a while back and liked it, so I''m still hopeful that I may convert him to sci-fi/fantasy!

What have you been reading lately?

 

[mrscushion]

I just finished reading "Acacia: War with the Mein," the first book in the Acacia trilogy by David Anthony Durham, and just bought the second part for my Kindle! I love a good fantasy read.

I also like Neuromancer and love all the George R. R. Martin books ("Clash of Kings," etc.)

 

[somethingshiny]

Just finished The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (first in the Inheritance trilogy) by NK Jemisin. Wonderful. The way the story is told is a bit unusual but once you get into it, you can''t put it down. There are gods and mortals and the way the gods came into existence, what they''ve done, how they''ve been manipulated by each other and mortals are completely new ideas. Unfortunately it was just released, so the remainder of the trilogy is not yet available.

 

[delayedreaction]

For people that like history AND sci-fi, read The Company Series by Kage Baker, and the 1632 series by Eric Flint and various authors (the two books co-authored with Virginia DeMarce are pretty weak however).

The Company Series is centered around time travel and takes place across the scope of history. The basic idea is that a group of people in the 24th century stumble across time travel technology and discover a means to make immortal cyborgs that can survive time travel. Since recorded history cannot be changed (they tried, it doesn't work on major recorded events), these cyborgs are sent into the distant past to make sure that cultural artifacts that are "lost" are able to be "rediscovered" in the 24th century. The catch is that they can't jump forward in time, and their record of history stops at 2355 (i.e. no contact with anyone traveling back from dates beyond 2355 at all).

So the various factions of this wealthy and powerful company are conspiring to make sure that their faction is in power or well positioned in the days leading up to 2355 to ensure their survival. The books in the series are structured around the central figures in the conflict and how their lives are affected by living through (and salvaging priceless artifacts, plants, etc) of the great periods of human history from South American lost empires to Egypt and other places.

For literary sci-fi, Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun series is excellent; if you like challenging books these are some of the best. The series an "autobiography" of Severian, a disgraced torturer (it's like a profession that's more like a combination of judge, interrogator, and executioner), and how he saves Urth (Earth). At this point in time, humans have already established and lost an empire in space in the distant past. Society is basically one giant medieval set of conflicts interspersed with relics of ancient civilizations and traditions. It's written on the scale of LOTR, but it's definitely much more challenging than Tolkien's writing style.

The series won a raft of awards and nominations (Hugos, Nebulas, British Sci Fi etc etc).

And one last literary Sci-Fi rec: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller. It's a great novel on how human civilization rebuilds itself after nuclear war. Much in the same way that monasteries in the Middle Ages preserved knowledge, a monastic order was founded to preserve 20th century books from the Simpletons. Simpletons were a moblike faction formed from the survivors of nuclear winter who destroyed every educated/literate person, book and technology to stop the chance of another nuclear war. The novel covers 3 periods over 1800 years as civilization is slowly rebuilt.

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Date: 2/28/2010 1:37:05 PM
Author: Hest88
Lois McMaster Bujold''s Vorkosigan series - funny, romantic, soooo well-written


Sharon Shinn''s Samaria and the newer Twelve Houses series


I do love the Ender series, and my favorite Orson Scott Card is Songmaster, but I do find some of the rest uneven.


Oh, for something great and literary, Mary Doris Russell''s The Sparrow. And Guy Gavriel Kay uses such gorgeous language.


For hard SF, Iain M. Banks can be a difficult slog, but some are just brilliant. My favorite is Use of Weapons.


I have to admit, the older I get the less willing I am to commit to a long series. I''m really more interested in stand-alone books.

I just finished the last book (until November!) of the Vorkosigan saga (all the books and novellas) and I feel SO bereft right now - I want the new book to be out already! What an incredibly good series - I felt so invested in the characters, and scenes from A Civil Campaign had me laughing out loud. Sigh...must go find another series now...

 

[Blackpaw]

oooh i missed this first time round.....

YAY for the belgariad/mallorean etc

i

that series and i

Garion - no really, that guy was my fantasy for a good five years

and Sparhawk too i might mention, Tuckins

this is great, im gathering inspiration.

Another series i loved, not already mentioned, is Mervyn Peake''s Gormenghast Trilogy

 

[brazen_irish_hussy]

I read almost exclusively humor sci-fi fantasy, but there are a few others I like.

Maybe I missed it, but did no one mention Douglas Adams!?! I think he was about the funniest person who ever lived and I loved every one of his books. Most people only know his hitchhiker''s guide books, but my favorite was long dark teatime of the soul about Norse gods trying to survive in the modern world. I actually fell off my bed laughing the first time I read it.

I also love Neil Gaiman. He does some cool short stories and I just love good omens. If that is how the world ends I am all for it!

One very few people know is Jasper Fforde. He has 3 series at the moment, all arguably fantasy, but not traditionally so. The Thursday next series is about a woman who jumps in and out of her parallel universe and great books as she polices the behavior of fictional characters. He has a services called nursery crimes. They are nior with the main characters being nursery rhyme characters or "people of dubious reality" as they preferred to be called. The newest is Shades of Gray about an alternate universe where people are classed based on what color they can see, since they cannot see them all like they can here.

Of the serious stuff, I loved a book called the poison tester which was a fantasy and the only book so far by the author. I also love Robert Heinlein. He writes a combination of deep, philosophical thought and pulp action that I have never found in another author.

Not quite sci-fi fantasy, but I am currently reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and it is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. They even have a section of study questions in the back that was funnier than almost anything I have ever seen.

 

[Lady_Disdain]

Date: 4/27/2010 9:15:58 PM
Author: brazen_irish_hussy

One very few people know is Jasper Fforde. He has 3 series at the moment, all arguably fantasy, but not traditionally so. The Thursday next series is about a woman who jumps in and out of her parallel universe and great books as she polices the behavior of fictional characters. He has a services called nursery crimes. They are nior with the main characters being nursery rhyme characters or ''people of dubious reality'' as they preferred to be called. The newest is Shades of Gray about an alternate universe where people are classed based on what color they can see, since they cannot see them all like they can here.

I love him! I am reading the Thursday Next series and I loved Shades of Grey. It has so much in it! The first time I read the library scene, I kept reading the name of the books out loud to identify them - but, then again, I am crazy like that. The "friending" and feedback was another great little touch.

I am just a little upset that it is a series, so it ends with a lot of loose ends. I wasn''t aware it was going to be a trilogy and I so like nice, tight endings.

 

[somethingshiny]

I love Douglas Adams. I guess I don''t really classify his as sci-fi (although obviously they are!) I just file them under hilarious. I don''t think I''ve read anything by him that hasn''t had me literally shaking with laughter at midnight.

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Date: 4/27/2010 8:11:24 PM
Author: Blackpaw
oooh i missed this first time round.....


YAY for the belgariad/mallorean etc

i

that series and i

Garion - no really, that guy was my fantasy for a good five years

and Sparhawk too i might mention, Tuckins

this is great, im gathering inspiration.


Another series i loved, not already mentioned, is Mervyn Peake''s Gormenghast Trilogy

Such a great series! I was sad when it ended - I love the humor present in it too.