RECOMMENDED FANTASY BOOKS

[singleserving friend]

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Has anyone here read the His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman? This includes, The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. What do you all think? What do you think of the philosophical/religious overtones and message of the book? Or did you enjoy it as just a good story?Critiques, reviews, discussions?

[anotz]

HI ISTORYANS!!

I'VE BECOME ADDICTED TO FANTASY BOOKS ESPECIALLY HARRY POTTER SERIES, BOOKS BY CHRISTOPER PAOLINI AND BY NANCY FARMER. LINGAW JUD. MAKA LIMOT KA SA IMONG PROBLEMS.

WHO ELSE DO YOU RECOMMEND NA SUPER NICE AND SUPER ENTERTAINING FANTASY BOOKS?

TY.

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The mother of all fantasay books The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien and the sequel The Lord of the Rings. Also check out The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien
CS Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia. I especially liked The Magicians Nephew, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian and The Last Battle
Lord Dunsany - The King of Elflands Daughter, The Charwomans Shadow, The Book of Wonder
Terry Brooks writes a bunch of fantasy books. Start with Wishsong of Shannara, then go from there.
Mervyn Peake - The Gormenghast Novels
TA Barron's Merlin series
Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl
Katherine Paterson - Bridge to Terabithia (my personal favorite)

[splendid moonlight]

don't forget The Wheel Of Time Series by Robert Jordan. kani super! gyud.
matud nila, Robert Jordan dominated the world Tolkien began. hehe. this one's my favorite after Tolkien.

other fantasy authors:
David Eddings
Terry Goodkind

[jumps_zilla]

Terry Goodkind: The Sword of Truth books. A bit hard to find in the bookstores but I'm sure there are a lot of people willing to lend a copy. Start with "Wizard's First Rule"

[abuot]

Terry Brooks' are very nice and entertaining!!

[galenostiel]

David and Leigh Eddings! You just gotta start on them, the books are fun and entertaining. David Eddings injects a lot of humor into his characters. You'll love them. There's the Belgariad and Malloreon, two consecutive series of 5 books each. There's also the Elenium and Tamuli, another two consecutive series of 3 books each. And there's the Dreamers, the latest series published. If you haven't read Eddings yet, I'd suggest you start with the Belgariad.

The Belgariad
Pawn of Prophecy
Queen of Sorcery
Magician's Gambit
Castle of Wizardry
Enchanter's End Game



I'm trying to collect all Eddings' books. My sister, meanwhile, collects Terry Brooks -- another good fantasy author.

[Metz]

yep all listed here are all very good books

Playboy is also a good fantasy book jk

Belgariad
Malloreon
LOTR
Wheel of TIme

must reads ni

[abuot]

it might be surprising but Stephen King writes very nice fantasy book..
my all-time favorite of his is EYES OF THE DRAGON..maybe Stephen King's best,in my point of view..

..his Dark Tower Books were also nice..

[vanceloma]

Books by Neil Gaiman