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Alltime best Fantasy book?

Discussion in 'Booktalk' started by kppeanuts, Sep 16, 2002.

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    kppeanuts, Sep 16, 2002
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    Small Gods.

    Pratchett
     
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    Lord of the Rings easily. So long and detailed.

    -Z-
    (A boring answer i know ;) :lol: )
     
    Z-Layrex, Sep 16, 2002
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    Lord Toede by Ed Greenwood -- The best damned Dragonlance novel of all time :D
     
    TheNovak, Sep 18, 2002
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    The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn, Kate Elliott and someone else.
     
    monkey, Sep 18, 2002
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    Anyone of the Dragonlance chronicle books (Sturm's death almost made me cry :o )
     
    Frostmage, Sep 19, 2002
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    Waylander, Waylander 2, & hero in the shadows, all by david gemmel. I like all the Gemmel books, but waylander is such a great character

    [ September 19, 2002, 16:45: Message edited by: Parax The hunter ]
     
    The Kilted Crusader, Sep 19, 2002
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    My favorite is Deathgate series, though it seems not many others like it...
     
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    The silmarillion! and close second the fith elephant
     
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    As Z-Layrex said: Lord of the Rings definitely. :)

    [ September 19, 2002, 19:22: Message edited by: Harkle ]
     
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    I cant beleive i missed out lotr
     
    The Kilted Crusader, Sep 19, 2002
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    I never read Lotr either, and the only fantasy book i ever read was "The hobit" .

    PS: Did i misstyped "hobit" ?

    [It's hobbit.] -Tal

    [ September 19, 2002, 21:07: Message edited by: Taluntain ]
     
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    [​IMG] I liked "On a Pale Horse" by Piers Anthony, and even the second book in that series (With an Hourglass...?) Incarnations of Immortality (or something like that) is the series title. In the first, the main character has the role of Death, in the second, Time. Best of all time? Maybe not... but truly interesing and well written fantasies.

    Heinlein wrote a great story called "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag". There are other stories in that collection which are of similar quality.
     
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    Andrzej Sapkowski - Geralt cycle (5 books serie)

    P.S.: Not counting Lotr
     
    ArrynMorgerim, Nov 15, 2002
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    My answer through roughly my 25th year would have been LOTR. Quite frankly, I re-read it recently and it seemed a little, well, "less" than I remembered. I think the Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny (the first set, not the second) were awesome and held up much better to a re-read.

    Honorable mention - Donaldson's Thomas Covenant books, Feist's Riftwar books, Kay's Fionavar Tapestry, Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame books, Cook's Black Company books, Brust's Jhereg series, and, if in the right mood, Eddings' Belgariad books (they can wear on you after a while, though).

    I have fond memories of children's books as well, which may or may not apply: Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising series, the Chronicles of Narnia, and Patricia McKillip's Riddle of Stars books.

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    Up til now I must answer a Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin, it knocks out any other book I have ever read, fantasy or not. The only thing that comes close are Ender's Game and it is a sci-fi book. I just hope Martin can keep the good work up.
     
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    I agree - Songs of Ice and Fire are hands down the best fantasy books I have read yet (yes, even over LOTR!!)
     
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    LOTR, but if I don't count it... then I say that Death Gate Cycle (especially last books)

    [ November 18, 2002, 14:19: Message edited by: Harkle ]
     
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    I just finished reading A Game of Thrones from the series a Song of Fire and Ice by George R.R. Martin, and it is, if not the best, then at least one of the best fantasy books I've ever read. Unfortunately they don't have the rest of the books in the library here, and I dont have money to buy them. Oh well, it's soon christmas... ;)
     
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    I'll second the Chronicles of Amber. A great book...though originally 10 books. Oh well. It's available in one volume now, thus qualifying for this post.
     
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