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Posted: May 9, 2011 08:13 pm  | |||||||
      IRC Nickname: His Lordship Group: Founder Posts: 6029 Member No.: 1 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 129    |
BOOK TOTAL: 176 And on my wishlist of future purchases:
Have you guys read any of these, and do you recommend any? And have I missed any epic fantasies? If you say "Betrayal at Falador", I will ban you from WG --------------------  | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 08:17 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: jaredspurr Group: Guardian Posts: 325 Member No.: 2674 Joined: April 7, 2011 Total Events Attended: 18 | na dude i dn't read sorry but heard rs books r the shit --------------------    | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 08:17 pm | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: James|i2ipperz Group: Guardian Posts: 348 Member No.: 2438 Joined: October 25, 2010 Total Events Attended: 46 | Harry potter /thread xD -------------------- | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 08:23 pm | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 |
 --------------------  [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 08:24 pm | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: [JC] Group: Emeritus Posts: 3320 Member No.: 23 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 147 |
I've read one of them, but generally I don't read many fantasies..... I thought it was pretty damn from what I can recall, though I haven't read it for a while so it is only faint memories  --------------------  Old awards wat Most Mature & Most Honourable Most Dedicated|IRC Freak|Best Emeritus Placeholder lolz | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 08:32 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 |
Don't you mean Christopher Paolini? That Inheritance trilogy is Eragon, Eldest, Brisingir, not sure if same thing. If not, I do recommend them A lot of criticism over it, but I found them enjoyable anyway. Other Recommendations: The Wardstone Chronicles by Joseph Delaney The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis (Books are MUCH better than the films) -------------------- [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 08:36 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: His Lordship Group: Founder Posts: 6029 Member No.: 1 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 129 | Oh I have Narnia too. Inheritence is a Cycle by Paolini and there's an earlier one by Jemisin which I consider to be better. -------------------- | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 08:37 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: jaredspurr Group: Guardian Posts: 325 Member No.: 2674 Joined: April 7, 2011 Total Events Attended: 18 |
my buddies read that series eargon eldest and the other one they said it was awesome almost read them but cba to read -------------------- | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 08:37 pm | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: Espen11 Group: Guardian Posts: 367 Member No.: 2656 Joined: April 5, 2011 Total Events Attended: 16 | Of those books you have, I have only read the ones from Tolkien. Anyway, nice collection mate. --------------------    | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 08:44 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: DG_Keanu Group: Council Posts: 4782 Member No.: 2033 Joined: August 25, 2009 Total Events Attended: 173 |
It is good, sadly we gotta wait till November this year for book 4  -------------------- [05:42] <+WG_Keanu> I think I got a semi just looking at the pic [05:42] <%kat> same | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 08:49 pm | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: Armybuilder Group: Raid Leader Posts: 1468 Member No.: 2173 Joined: December 6, 2009 Total Events Attended: 227 | "The Silmarillion" J.R.R. Tolkien Still need to get that. Maybe the Garth Nix series that includes Sabriel might tickle your fancy ai know i love them. NOt the most grown up of books but there a good read. In addition the Phillip Pullman books with The golden Compass etc are worth a good read tbh. There not exactly kids books tbh. CHronicles of the Raven you might like bound a random group of heroes D&D kinda style quest but its a whole series. I love them. I did notice you did not have any James bond books at all.. --------------------     | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 08:50 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: His Lordship Group: Founder Posts: 6029 Member No.: 1 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 129 | Yeah I want to build my fantasy collection. I love all types of books but fantasy is my one true passion. -------------------- | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 09:14 pm | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: Mtoise Group: Ex-Member Posts: 715 Member No.: 1691 Joined: February 5, 2009 Total Events Attended: 60 | I once read a book. Once I stress, once! -------------------- "Do not believe everything that is written on the internet; for it may just be a bag of lies" - George Washington 1873 - On the long winding road to 99 slayer. 98 to 99 Slay without killing a thing. 22/28 effigy's PM me if you can assist Construction Effigy's | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 09:24 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: ZurvivorMan Group: Emeritus Posts: 1098 Member No.: 1528 Joined: December 6, 2008 Total Events Attended: 99 | Here's some good books that i recommend. - Percy Jackson & the Olympians collection - The Road - The Magicians - The Host - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins All of them are very good books. I strongly recommend the The Saga of Darren Shan series. They're amazaing! -------------------- You don't have to feel like a waste of space You're original, cannot be replaced If you only knew what the future holds After a hurricane comes a rainbow Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road  | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 10:05 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Elite Guardian Posts: 7306 Member No.: 47 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 343 |
It's spelled Kanye /facepalm I've read all of the Wheel of Time books, Songs of Fire and Ice and some of the Dark Tower series. I'd recommend checking out "The Name of the Wind" and "The Wise Man's Fear" both part of the Kingkiller series (he's a slow writer) -------------------- July 5, 2007 - June 27, 2011 | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 10:50 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Armybuilder Group: Raid Leader Posts: 1468 Member No.: 2173 Joined: December 6, 2009 Total Events Attended: 227 |
Fail Troll is fail -------------------- | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 11:13 pm | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: Jenny Group: Emeritus Posts: 1967 Member No.: 19 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 56 | I have a lot of those, I found a really good book and sequel by Patrick Rothfuss its The Kingkiller Chronicle. They are excellent. The Silmarillion is one of my favorite books of all time. I deeply regret ever even getting started on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series (since he died before writing the final book) I understand another author wrote the final but after so many of them I just couldn't be bothered. --------------------   | ||||||
Posted: May 9, 2011 11:38 pm | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Wayshow Group: Higher Guardian Posts: 733 Member No.: 2584 Joined: February 6, 2011 Total Events Attended: 41 | Twilight It teaches us that stalking people is acceptable And that falling in love with a little baby is romantic W0t --------------------
3rd for Heavens Slayer Challenge :) All join WG Asia Unit <3 | ||||||
Posted: May 10, 2011 12:30 am | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: xGod_Fath3Rx Group: Ex-Member Posts: 125 Member No.: 2670 Joined: April 6, 2011 Total Events Attended: 21 | The Inheritance Cycle- Christopher Paolini Harry Potter- JK Rowling Read both of these book series like 4 times each, yeah they're that good  --------------------  | ||||||
Posted: May 10, 2011 12:58 am | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: COMRADE|COLIN Group: Ex-Member Posts: 125 Member No.: 2712 Joined: April 22, 2011 Total Events Attended: 1 | If you like mid evill times books. i read "La motre de Athur" about Knights and King Arthur one of my favorites. By Sir Thomas Mallory. --------------------  | ||||||
Posted: May 10, 2011 06:16 am | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Zooby Group: Guest Posts: 1669 Member No.: 1464 Joined: November 12, 2008 Total Events Attended: 109 |
WHY AREN'T WE FUCKING RIGHT NOW? -------------------- A Revolution without dance is a Revolution not worth having at all Lightbulbs die my sweet, I will depart | ||||||
Posted: May 10, 2011 06:42 am | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: creeper975 Group: Higher Guardian Posts: 625 Member No.: 2422 Joined: October 4, 2010 Total Events Attended: 93 | DARREN SHAN --------------------  | ||||||
Posted: May 10, 2011 07:04 am | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: Lady_Wildflame Group: Guardian Posts: 40 Member No.: 1833 Joined: April 8, 2009 Total Events Attended: 9 | Robin Hobb - I have not read any of Hobb's books, but Tony recommends them highly. Daniel Abraham - no idea. Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time - A very lengthy and convoluted fantasy epic. I read about six of the books, and to be honest, cannot recall what happens at all - but it was enjoyable. Terry Goodkind - I've seen the name many times, but not read any of Goodkind's books. J. V. Jones - no idea. Brandon Sanderson - no idea. Tad Williams - Read a few, wasn't hugely enthusiastic about them, but that must have been back in year 9 or so. C.S. Friedman - no idea. K.J. Parker - no idea. Brent Weeks - no idea. David Eddings, The Belgariad - I read this series maybe a hundred times over my lifetime, and thoroughly enjoyed it each and every time. The finest work of fantasy I have ever read. Even better, if you like it Eddings has produced another twenty or so novels of equal brilliance. Disregard his last series, though (I can only recall the name Crystal Gorge). It was a little too self-indulgent. George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones - Recently made into a HBO series, I read the first book but was somewhat overwhelmed with the constant changes of setting. Upon reflection I suspect the purpose was to unify multiple perspectives into one vast epic conflict, but it was too much for me. Again, this was many years ago. I shall give it another go sometime. Stephen King - The master of horror, apparently. I have read one or two of his books, and they lived up to that moniker. Definitely worth a shot. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion... Well. Let me just say there is a reason most authors don't publish their background material. The Silmarillion is a rambling story that reads like a history book, with characters appearing for a paragraph or three, then vanishing. I could not keep up with the quantity of information presented to me, and gave up somewhere around page 120. Steven Erikson - I only vaguely recall reading a book by Erikson, but my impression is that I enjoyed it. Raymond E Feist, The Riftwar Saga: Along with Eddings, Feist defined my reading habits from childhood. A brilliant story with plenty of depth. If you like this I strongly recommend his collaboration with Janny Wurts, the "Mistress of the Empire" series, as I found that trilogy to be superior even to the Riftwar Saga (though as that series references this one, definitely read this one first). He has also written maybe fifteen more books in the same world, so there's plenty of further material for you there. Fiona McIntosh - No idea. ______________________________ As regards further reading suggestions, I cannot recommend Eddings or Feist sufficiently to express my admiration for those two authors. Beyond that, I'll have to dig through my reading history... We'll chat about it when you come over. I really have read WAY too many books... --------------------  Thanks, Luke. | ||||||
Posted: May 10, 2011 10:55 am | |||||||
| IRC Nickname: His Lordship Group: Founder Posts: 6029 Member No.: 1 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 129 | Updated my booklist to show my further purchases. Recommendations I did not buy after looking into: Wardstone Chronicles - Looks like it's for kids Paolini's Inheritance Cycle - Maybe, once the last book is released and I can buy the set Percy Jackson Series - Just not to my taste, a little to kiddish Darren Shan - Not into vampires La motre de Athur - Will get after I finish The Once and Future King, the definitive Arthur story The Road, The Magicians, The Host - Too many hits. Couldn't narrow it down to a specific book. Hunger Games - I'm thinking about it. Looks a bit childish. -------------------- | ||||||
Posted: May 10, 2011 10:59 am | |||||||
 IRC Nickname: Flame_Reece Group: Emeritus Posts: 626 Member No.: 133 Joined: January 20, 2008 Total Events Attended: 34 | I'd recommend Hunger Games, I enjoyed it. Unfortunately the movie adaption seems to be toning down the violence A LOT, which imo, made it such a good book. -------------------- - Going MIA 31/03/2011 - - Avid-Gamers Unit - | ||||||
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