Favorite books

[old.Gombur Glodson]

Please dont ruin this post with one line spam, I would like to what books you find worth reading and what it might say about you.

mine are
Lord of the rings/the Hobbit - why? firstly beacuse the world is so detailed, tolkien hasnt left anything out and I find that great, secondly its due to the language this really is english when it is best and to a dane like me it is great.

All the Discworld novels - some of the first english books I ever read after playing the computer game and I must say I was thrilled. Terry Prattchet is a genious when it come to being a writer and the books has to be the most funniest I've ever read and they gave my a somewhat usefull english vocabulary

 

[Damon_D]

Hmmm I'll read any Dragon Lance or Forgotten realms book I can lay my hands on, same goes for books by Tolkien,Terry Goodkind Robert Jordan and Douglas Adams . I read books from Dean R Koontz too , Like him alot better than Stephen King. But generaly I'll read anything thats well writen, be it Tolstoj ,Thomas Mann, Philip K. Dick or William Gibson

 

[ivan_tribbiani]

Terry Pratchett
< Guards series >

David Gemmel
<Drenai Novels>

EU Law < consumer/ commerce related law >

 

[Damini]

Anything by Simon Green, or Robert Jordan... Simon Green being my favourite man ever (except Kenny of course, cough cough... Love you Simon!!!)

I also just found in a shop the book of The Princess Bride. And its fantastic. I didn't even know it existed. I heartily reccommend it.

 

[Fafnir]

Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman their dragonlance books...
Well all dragonlance books..

 

[[Cerebus]]

American Psycho - Probably the weirdest book ever written. You know you're normal and well adjusted if you skip chapters.

Macbeth - If you've never read it, go read it.

 

[kharok]

The Dune series (Frank Herbert) is very good.

Fantasy books I would have to say The Belgariad (David Eddings).

 

[Uncle Sick(tm)]

"The Dragonbone Chair" series by Tad Williams. My all time favorite fantasy. Side kicked LotR from its throne

We also have all the Discworld novels - the last couple of books didn't give me the usual Pratchett feeling, though. "The Truth" just sucked... boring. The Guards "sub-series" is great, though.
Gotta love Detritus policing methods.

Being an avid grognard - any and every book about WW2, of course.

Oh- and Mark Twain. Love the way he 'trolled' people...

 

[- Pathfinder -]

Steven Eriksson's series (Malazan Books of the Fallen) is by far the best fantasy I've read to date. I also hold the Dune series in high esteem, not so much for the actual story as for the concepts. Oath of Empire series is also interesting. I frankly admit that I find the slow pace of Tolkien's epic somewhat tedious; still you have to look hard to find a true epic in today's writing.

I also have some non-fantasy/SF favourites, but I shan't inflict them upon you

 

[Brannor McThife]

Dragonlance Chronicles, Dragonlance Legends, etc.
Any and all Dragonlance...

Forgotten Realms, The Harpers series, etc.

Terry Prachett's Discworld series.

Tom Clancy's NetForce and Jack Ryan series.

Would add JRR Tolkien's books, but he's dead, and there's no new stuff.

-G

 

[SFXman]

The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings... why? Because they have so much depth in the sense that how much JRR Tolkien has created for the background etc. (new language(s) ?!)...

 

[- Pathfinder -]

The Hobbit is written for younger children, and it shows.

Seriously Branny, FR series are mostly written by people of meagre talent . I still read Salvatore as I fancy Artemis and Drizzt (to some extent), but I wouldn't say that many of the books are good.

Dragonlance falls into the same category

 

[Damon_D]

Originally posted by - Pathfinder -
The Hobbit is written for younger children, and it shows.

Seriously Branny, FR series are mostly written by people of meagre talent . I still read Salvatore as I fancy Artemis and Drizzt (to some extent), but I wouldn't say that many of the books are good.

Dragonlance falls into the same category

Bahhh you dont read those books as you would read a book by Tolstoj or Søren Kirkegård , but they still good in there way, its not like I would sit for hours analyzing a FR or DL book , but its fine reading for relaxing

 

[- Pathfinder -]

They are so... limited! I DEMAND a universe to stimulate me while I read, which is why I crave epic tales

 

[Damon_D]

Hehe if you want a univers thats not limited read Douglas Adams then hehe , bloody well no limits in his univers hehe , the first book I read from him , The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy , allmost made me projectile vomit so funny was it

 

[old.tRoG]

i like action/fantasy

discworld is good, funny

i like lotr [TO SELF: Like it?! Youve only read it 13, 267 times!], but the hobbit is a bit too kiddish for me.

hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and the sequel/prequel (cant remember its name or which order they came in ) are strange, but still pretty funny.

this is leaning towards the fantasy end of the scale though, i like me more action orientated books but theyve gone out my head atm

dragonlance? must say ive never read it/them

btw, anyone ever read glue? (no sarcastic comments please sickofit ) - every second word begins with f, i was reading it on the plane once, sitting beside this businessman, who had very obviously been looking over my shoulder and was looking at me in a very strange way

 

[Uncle Sick(tm)]

Well, the problem with the TSR books is, that they start a series with really good authors (like Wise&Hickman)- then ruin it with dime store novel writers...

"Elminster- making of a mage" for example.
Ed Greenwood - wow... his style is just fine but the book itself reads like a Midgardian's guide to powerlevelling. Utterly unenjoyable.
I like the Elaine Cunningham ones... she is doing a great job. Her characters are not flawless at least.

There are only a few of the TSR (WotC meanwhile, I know) books worth reading - as sad as it is.
I don't even think Salvatore is such a good writer... he is just as repetitive as Stephen King.

Give the Dragonbone Chair series a shot, people. It's worth it.

 

[- Pathfinder -]

I didn't say i wanted a limitless universe, merely something compassing more than a small band of heroes, a magic item, and this very nasty mage who's trying to kill them.

The Elminster books are poo, I'll confirm your analysis Salvatore isn't a good writer, no (he ran out of fresh ideas during the 80s), but i still like those two characters. Shame the novels aren't worth much

Didn't Cunningham write the Dark Elf books? For TSR, they were ok (best walk off a ledge now).

 

[old.tRoG]

Originally posted by - Pathfinder -
I didn't say i wanted a limitless universe, merely something compassing more than a small band of heroes, a magic item, and this very nasty mage who's trying to kill them.

lotr is just one book explaining one adventure out of many on middle-earth, read all the books and take it all in (ok, you might not be able to take all of it in, tolkein kind of makes that hard, we do have limited memory capibilities you know) it explains more of the universe, which is quite large and varied.

this is just my last ditch effort at trying to persuade you that tolkein is king

--btw, anyone read unfinished tales? that explains one hell uvva lot about the tolkein universe, i especially liked the bit on the isatri - or however you spell it... lets just call them the wizards

 

[Brannor McThife]

Istari.

And are you talking about the Silmarillon (sp?)?

That's a good history lesson. Not trully captivating, but a good documentary about the where and why.

-G

 

[- Pathfinder -]

The word your looking for is "Istari"

I never said Tolkien didn't create an Epic; the problem is that his is a too-glorified World where everything is crystal clear; I find him to be far too Victorian (he'd rather die than admit women exist below the neck, I'd say ). Hé created a working universe, but it's, frankly, all too medival and Victorian for me.

 

[Damon_D]

Bahhh admit it, your just mad cause there aint any lurikeen porn in it

 

[lakih]

Things i enjoy reading and recomend;

Lord of the Rings + Bilbo & Silmarillion (hope i got that right)
The Drizzt saga; Darkelf trilogy, Icewinddale trilogy and so on R A Salvatore
The Belgriad and the Malorean D Eddings
Dragonlance chronicles, and legends M Weiss, T Hickman
The discworld series T Pratchett
Rainbow six T Clancy
And any books of the danish author Ole Lund Kirkegaard, childrens books but they are great (i read them when i was a child long time ago)

 

[Slinker]

Hi

I have read The Hobbit / Lord of the Rings numerous times since my first , around 30 years ago now my children are reading the Hobbit

Terry Pratchett I just love how he makes people laugh out loud

Terry Brooks Shannara series , rereading those has we speak for the umpteenth time

Forgotten realms / Dragonlance always worth a read .

And Anne McCaffrey for the wonderful world of Pern , oh the cold of between .

And anything with a Dragon in it , me loves Dragons

 

[- Pathfinder -]

Why does everyone consider TSR literature good? ARGH!

And no, I don't miss the lack of lurikeen porn in the LotR series The lack of "medieval consequeces" of successfull sieges, the general Victorian feeling and the rather slow pace all conspire against it

I prefer Eriksson by a long shot, though Tolkien deserves all respect for getting the genre going

 

[Fafnir]

Ohhh, Thomas Coventant Chronicles.

 

[- Pathfinder -]

Originally posted by Fafnir
Ohhh, Thomas Coventant Chronicles.

ARGH silence!

 

[Fafnir]

What, because you dont have any taste?

 

[- Pathfinder -]

Originally posted by Fafnir
What, because you dont have any taste?

You betray yourself

 

[~Mobius~]

all of the lotr books of course.

adrian mole books and anything to do with norse mythology