Recommendations for Books

[Cops]

got to love al'lan mandragorian

[Capital Knockers]

got to love al'lan mandragorian

:wub: + Thom, Perrin, and Eylas.

[froedrick]

<3 to Mat and Elayne

[Burzum]

Amazing books. Best series I've ever read.

I second that, totally. Winter is coming...
Also, check out China Mieville and his books King Rat, The Scar and Perdido Street Station.

[tahkis]

If you like fantasy books at all, the best series I've ever read is the 4 book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. The 4 books are:

A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Feast for Crows (currently #4 on New York Times best selling original fiction I believe)

AAAAAAAAAAAAA. I'm currently reading the 2nd book and so far it has been amazing.

[Sleepy Weasel]

I'm actually rereading the first 3 (halfway through the 3rd now) since it's been a few years since I finished them and my memory is terrible so I'd forgotten almost everything except the really big events, so it's still really enjoyable. Getting the new one for Christmas.

It really is a great series. If you like Wheel of Time you'll love this series. Everyone I know who has read them both likes the Song of Ice and Fire series a whole lot more than WoT. Myself included.

[Eric is God]

Getting the new one for Christmas.

As am I hehe.

Other fantasy series worth taking a look at:

Dragon Lance- Still my favorite series of all time mostly because I started reading them in grade 6 like 13 years ago. The first 6 books (Chronicles and Legends) are by far the best, followed by any of the books that advance the overall world storyline and anything involving Raistlin :grin: The series has probably topped 150 books by now (I own around 80 of them and yes I'm a fantasy nerd) and although of the newer books arn't all amazing, I'd still recommend the original 6 books to any fantasy lover.

Sword of Truth- up to 9 books now, all written by Terry Goodkind. The first 3 were amazing, the others span from great to mostly boring. The only constant gripe I have about every book is that it takes anywhere from 700 to over 1000 pages for the books to reach their climaxes, which only last about 30-50 pages.

Shannara series- I read the original 4 book series by Terry Brooks about 10 years ago and really enjoyed them. The next 4 book series was also very good and I recently read the newer series entitled "The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara" which I thought was excellant (although I breezed through each book in 2 days). Anything written by Terry Brooks is a good bet.

I have yet to read any of the Wheel of Time series. I'm hoping to save $150 by borrowing them from someone else. When compared to the $10 you pay for seeing a movie that lasts 2 hours a good book is a much better deal, but $10-$12 Cdn for a paper back is still expensive...

[Eric is God]

It really is a great series. If you like Wheel of Time you'll love this series. Everyone I know who has read them both likes the Song of Ice and Fire series a whole lot more than WoT. Myself included.

As I added by edited my original post, I think one of it's biggest appeals is that there are just so many characters to keep track of. Not only that, he manages to actually develope each of them quite a bit (Tyrion is one that really stands out in terms of character development). The only negative thing I can say about the series (without revealing any details) is that it gets somewhat depressing at times, but that's only because it's about war and in real war all the "good guys" don't survive. I like how he titles each chapter by the name of the character it will surround and then he leaves you hanging since it may end up being 4-5 chapters until you read about that again character. Obviously that's the whole point because the author is trying to write about an epic war from as many as 6 or 7 view points at once.

Only other negative I can think of is that the 5th book won't be out until at least mid 2006 I'm betting

[Liquid Blue]

I'm particularly addicted to the Wheel of Time series, and the Icewind Dale series as well.
I get alot of down time at work, so having a book to read is helpful for passing the time.
Also, another good series that I've read is Forge of God/Anvil of the Stars by Greg Bear. Its a very technical sci-fi book, so if you like that kind of book, by all means check it out.

Fuck yes, Icewind Dale/Forgotten Realms represent

[BleakFuture]

Fuck yes, Icewind Dale/Forgotten Realms represent

Heh, I hear ya. I prefer WoT, but there's something that just lets me re-read some of the Icewind Dale books.

[Liquid Blue]

I haven't checked out the WoT series yet, after reading this thread I got "A Game of Thrones", book 1 of the Song of Ice and Fire series. After I'm done with this series, I'll probably check out WoT. I kinda wanna re-read the Narnia books also.

[Lemufa]

Read Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre.

And then tell me if Jesus was a bad mother fucker.