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favorite books

Discussion in 'Booktalk' started by The Fat Egg, Oct 21, 2000.

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    Hey. I liked Harry Potter.
    Micheal Moorcock is awesome. So far I've only read 2 of his compiled works: Von Bek and Elric: Song of the Black Sword.
    The WOT series is another of my favourites. Robert Jordan's work is just amazingly detailed and atmospheric.
    I also liked Salvatore's 'Drizzt' books and Elaine Cunningham's Songs and Swords series and her 2 novels about the lovely drow Liriel (Viconia who?).
    David Eddings writes quite tame novels and you can almost predict his endings. However, his books make for great reading when you're ill and need to recuperate in bed.
    Terry Brooks writes beautifully, although I didn't like his first novel: Sword Of Shannara because it was a total LOTR rip-off. His series about the Knight of the Word are IMO one of the best.
    And I've had the bad fortune to browse through the first chapter of 'Baldur's Gate' . I'm still trying to get over the trauma.
     
    Shura, Jan 11, 2001
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    It took me three tries to get into The Hobbit, I first tried when I was 10, at that age it's difficult to understand what Tolkien is setting up with the "Unexpected Party". But, I pushed past this and it has opened up a vast world for my imagination. I've since read most of Tolkien's works as well as books from other excellent authors. Robert Jordan's Wheel of time is great thus far (I'm in the midst of The Path of Daggers), I've read the first three in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series (I really like his style). Terry Brooks' Shannara series are also very good. David Eddings is one of my favorites, the stories move fast and almost everyone is a smartass of some sort. I've read only a few Dragonlance books (Dragons of Autumn Twilight trilogy) and Dragons of Chaos (which I am also reading at the moment. Robert E Fiest's Riftwar saga is also good. I've read a few of these numerous times now, and I'll probably still come back for more.
     
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    It took me three tries to get into The Hobbit, I first tried when I was 10, at that age it's difficult to understand what Tolkien is setting up with the "Unexpected Party". But, I pushed past this and it has opened up a vast world for my imagination. I've since read most of Tolkien's works as well as books from other excellent authors. Robert Jordan's Wheel of time is great thus far (I'm in the midst of The Path of Daggers), I've read the first three in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series (I really like his style). Terry Brooks' Shannara series are also very good. David Eddings is one of my favorites, the stories move fast and almost everyone is a smartass of some sort. I've read only a few Dragonlance books (Dragons of Autumn Twilight trilogy) and Dragons of Chaos (which I am also reading at the moment. Robert E Fiest's Riftwar saga is also good. I've read a few of these numerous times now, and I'll probably still come back for more.
     
    The Wise The Grey, Jan 15, 2001
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    Whoops, didn't think the first one went through.
     
    The Wise The Grey, Jan 15, 2001
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    Anyone here read any of the Star Wars books?
    The x-wing trilogy is just oh so good....

    The FR books which I have read pretty good as a whole, but i normally prefer read stuff like Tom Clancy or John Grisham.
     
    Wildfire, Jan 15, 2001
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    Tom Clancy's Patriot Games is brilliant
    The rest are pretty boring.

    All of Alistair McLean's are good

    Never cared for Star Wars or any Sci Fi

    Dragonheart: The book of the film is the best book ever.

    HG Wells' are all good.

    So is Stephen Fry's book
     
    hooligan_inc, Jan 17, 2001
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