[thechat] LotR
Quackamoe
quackamoe at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 4 21:56:38 CDT 2001
--- Chris Evans <chris at fuseware.com> wrote:
> A couple of my favorites not yet mentioned:
>
> Any of the series by Barbara Hambly - start with the
> "Silent Tower", "Ladies
> of Mandrygyn", or "Time of the Dark" to start three
> great trilogies ( or
> quadrilogies?)
>
Gonna look those up soon!
> Robert Jordan - Eye of the World. Only if you have
> a lot of time on your
> hands. Great books, but just finished book 9 out of
> God-knows-how-many and
> each is 700 pgs. Good, though.
>
Expected to end with volume 12. Really gives you time
to get familiar with the characters. But I love 'em.
> Raymond Feist - Silverthorn saga. Starts with
> Magician:APprentice. Good stuff.
>
+1 on anything by Feist. There is a parallel trilogy
to the Riftwar Saga, first volume is "Daughter of
Empire", takes place on whatever world the bad guys
in Riftwar came from. A bit grittier than Riftwar.
> I'm glad someone mentioned Thomas Covenenat. Read
> the entire series when I was 16 - hated Thomas,
loved > the series. Probably the most hated
> protaganist I've ever read.
Thomas Covenant != protagonist;
Thomas Covenant == antagonist;
> Probably about time for a re-read to see how
> much my tastes have changed as my life has changed.
> I've got a 12 hour car
> trip to Hilton Head, South carolina for a 10 day
> vacation on Friday.
You might want to look into Mordant's Need, a very
good, mmm, duology. Two thick volumes, but very good.
How about Guy Gavriel Kay? I was blown away by the
Fionavar Tapestry and enjoyed Tigana. Haven't read
any of the newer stuff. Also, I've been reading
Terry Goodkind lately. Sword of Truth series. A
character named Denna is one of the most memorable
people I've ever met. Oooh! How about Tad Williams?
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy. Way good.
Erm, well, I guess it's out of the bag now, I'm
kinda into Fantasy. Yep, I am. So shoot me! heh heh.
Terry
No Roswell on tonight, so what else am I to do, eh?
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