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Post by Misha on Aug 12, 2012 10:30:31 GMT -7
What're some of your favorite books?
Mine are the entire Valdemar/Velgarth books by Mercedes Lackey. ^^ If you're a fan of medieval fantasy and high fantasy, I strongly recommend them. I'd also recommend starting with the Last Herald Mage trilogy (Magic's Pawn, Magic's Promise, Magic's Price) to get a strong baseline knowledge of the 'verse. Only thing -- the main character, Vanyel, is kind of a whiny little bit for the first half of the first book. When it takes the turning point and he begins to change, though, it becomes a strong, heart-wrenching story, so... Stick with it. ^^
I also love Tamora Pierce's Tortall books. My favorite set is the newest, the Beka Cooper trilogy. It's a bit darker than most of the others, and the author tried a different style that worked really well. I got into her books when I was a kid, and over 10 years later I'm still enjoying what she puts out.
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Post by thrythlind on Aug 12, 2012 19:11:56 GMT -7
Let's see. I enjoy the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, certainly. Up there at the top. Romance of the Three Kingdoms, though haven't managed to finish it yet. Same with Journey to the West. Also like the Illiad. The Dresden Files series is pretty awesome. The Stand is a favorite. Count of Monte Cristo...man has that book influenced so many of my characters. Have fond memories of RA Salvatore's Icewind Dale Trilogy, plus the Dark Elf trilogy....Drizzt started to wear thin sometime after Legacy though. Dragonsinger, Dragonsong from Anne McCaffery's Dragonrider's series are great...the third of the series is not so interesting...Menolly is a favorite character, Peimur...as a supporting character, awesome....main character...not so much...pretty much any Pern book with Master Harper Robinton (forgive me if I've forgotten the proper spelling) in a major role is guaranteed to be awesome. My first Pern book was Renegades of Pern which is a great story about bandits and such...not as good as Menolly's private story, but oh well. For independents. The Prodigal Foole is pretty cool. The Central series by Zachary Rawlins is one I keep suggesting to people. Whateley Academy is a good bit of free to read superhero online fiction here: www.crystalhall.org/ Be warned, the main characters are all trans-gendered to varying degrees, but its handled really well. There's also a really heavy amount of Lovecraft. One of the characters that gets introed later is basically a Demon Princess from the Great Old One line. Of course, I'm going to suggest my books because, seriously, I write what I want to read.
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Post by thekumatei on Aug 12, 2012 19:13:51 GMT -7
I'm bad with names so its hard to just remember which books I liked.
Tom Clancy's books, some of them, whenever he has an idea that hasnt already used before.
Count of Monte was nice. Dune, Ringworld, Ender's Game
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Post by MikaMika on Aug 13, 2012 8:01:08 GMT -7
I'll read almost anything as long as it holds the promise of a good story, but I'm a total sucker for Christine Feehan's 'Dark Series'.
They would have to be some of the best supernatural romance novels I've ever read, and each one was in some way connected to the other. She presented the idea that there was a mix-up in our classification of those that walk the night, saying that the crazed, bloodthirsty creatures that would literally tear their victims to pieces were the real Vampires, and that the immortals who had still retained their humanity and went out of their way to not kill were Carpathians. She wrote really good action scenes for them too. Darius is the very definition of deadly sexy ^___^
I also hold 'The Looking Glass Wars' pretty high up there. They work under the pretense that 'Alyss' was a young princess of Wonderland, and was forced to flee when her evil 'Aunt Red' attacked and killed her parents. The result of living in our world then gave birth to the story that Charles Dodgson wrote, which was supposed to have been a memoir of her home, and he turned it into a fanciful story instead. It was a very awesome trilogy indeed ^__^
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Post by mousuke on Aug 13, 2012 14:32:53 GMT -7
I mostly read science fiction, some fantasy (but not series that have tons of books) and I like young adult fiction. I love anything set in a post apocalyptic world. Some of my favourite writers are Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter, Russell Hoban, Ursula Le Guin and Peter S Beagle. Recently though I don't seem to have much time for fiction apart from comics (quick reads!) so I have been reading more factual books - going through a phase reading lots about the space race between USSR and USA at the moment, all pretty interesting
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Post by gylentia on Aug 24, 2012 16:01:52 GMT -7
I like Margaret Atwood too. Especially her poetry collections.
I like Marion Zimmer Bradley, P.C. Cast, Anne Bishop, and Diana Wynne Jones.
I'm a Harry Potter nut. I like the Battletech series.
I like sci-fi and fantasy mainly. Most of my reading lately has been about South Indian history and costuming.
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Post by bontakun117 on Aug 24, 2012 22:03:28 GMT -7
I've got to say that my favorite novel series to date is The Acts of Caine series written by Matthew Woodring Stover. So far the series contains four books - Heroes Die, Blade of Tyshalle, Caine Black Knife, and Caine's Law - and with each one, the author presents more reasons to love the universe he's created. Somewhat difficult to place in a specific genre, the novels combine post-apocalyptic dystopian science fiction with dark fantasy. The books feature excessive violence, gore, sexual imagery, spectacular storylines, almost as much cussing as I hear on a daily basis at work (which is a LOT), and a main character that would make Gauron give His best attempt at a paternal smile. But then, what do you expect? The main character calls himself "Caine."
Another great series is the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik. Currently composed of seven novels, the Temeraire series offers an alternate history retelling of the Napoleonic Wars in the early 1800s. Here's the catch: dragons. Not only do they exist in this altered timeline, but they are used heavily in combat. The story centers around British Captain William Laurence and his dragon companion, Temeraire, as they brave the trials and tribulations of the time. Unfortunately, the last two books in the series have been rather dull compared to the previous five, so that's one downside. The counterbalance of that is that each dragon has their own unique personality and, in some cases, are more interesting than their human captains.
And finally, if you're a Star Wars fan, I can't recommend the Republic Commando series enough. Written by Karen Traviss and composed of five novels, the series focuses on the Clone Commando unit Omega Squad. If you're looking for some fresh new insight into the Clone Wars, then read these books.
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