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RPGS books I saw some discussion in the ff3 item about books so here's an item to talk about them or mabe fantasy in general, do you guys like D&D knovels? what are your favorites this is the place!
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Yes! I'm first!! Too bad I have nothing to say on the subject at this time :(
Yup, I like almost all fantasy and science fiction type books. Especially anything by R.A. Salvatore. In the science fiction genre, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is one of the best.
this ought to be linked to fantasy plork.
Yes it should, kain.
No thanx, at Fantasy, we have our own. At Fantasy, we talk about fantasy, however here you're free to talk about all you wan't. As FW of fantasy, I would say no, but I'll ask my fellow *EQUALS!!!!(kain....)* Fw's. They may or may not like it, I'll ask though.
okay maybe after it's a bit more developed, anyone out there read wies and hickman?
Occasionally. Anyone ever read "Mutineer's Moon"? / ooops
nope sorry
Word is in, we at Fantasy won't link this item, to keep our books item specifically about fantasy, no sci-fi, etc. Anne is still thinking and we haven't heard from Lando, I'm entering an item to see what everyone else thinks.
Books are good. Gaming derived books are bad. Some exceptions allowed, on both counts.
What dost thou mean by 'gaming devired books'?
Novels written about a game world, like the AD&D Novels, the Shadowrun and Magic the Gathering and Vampire and Rage books, et.
Myself, I like AD&D-derived books....'specially those by R.A.Salvatore and Douglas Niles.
Do people prefer "High Fantasy" Lord of the Rings, Lord FOuls Bane, the Deryni series etc, or (Idon't wnat to call it Low Fantasy) non-epic scale fantasy books, short stories or novels ?
I like very long epics
For instance ? Which ones have you read and why did you enjoy them ? One of my favorite 'epic' series was David Edding Belgariad. Humor, action, adventure, magic and mayhem, all with really enjoyable characters. SOme of my favorite 'low fantasy' has been the Hawk and Fisher books by Simon Greene. They are basically mystery/horro/detective stories set in a really gritty and grim fantasy setting. Not exactly great literature, but really fun reading.
I like tolkien, weis and hickman rock, ROBERT JORDAN RULEZ!!!!!!!
IMD, high fantasy is stuff that deals with sweaping events and powerful
people (like royalty). Low fantasy (which I won't shy from, since I like
it far better than the high, given a random book) deals with "comon" folk,
kitchens and such, and interpersonal relationships. Then there's "bad
(but popular) fantasy" into which goes such as Eddings, Brooks, and Anthony.
My fabes? Mckillip (great stuff - low fantasy tat is often high
fantasy
as well), Brust, Pratchett, and Paxon.
I'm re-reading the Lord of the Rings for about the 5th time now. I read them 1st in like the 4th grade, but I got bored, so I decided to give 'em another go...
Enjoy, I first read the trilogy when I was 11, since then I've read it about 20 times.
I'm saying this just because it must be said in this topic. The Hitchkhicker's trilogy (even though it's 5 books) is great.
Only 5 books in the trilogy ? Piers Anthony must have at least a dozen books in his Xanth 'trilogy' by now.
Over a dozen, but who cares? It's excretable. Now, the Riddlemaster of Hed trilogy, that's good.
An excellent triology. I wish there were more, it was too short. Saberhagens Empire of the East and Swords trilogies were also excellent reading, along with the followup books of Lost Swords.
triolog??
Trilogy - a collection (usually used to refer to books or movies) of 3 stories of some variety, usually a continuation of the same story.
yes I Know I was pointing out that it was spelled wrong
Ah, sorry.
s'alright, your not the only one who cnat tpe tody ;)
what?
*This* is the item bjorn's using?
No, as you have already been informed. I'll have one of the fws create a "linkfrom gr 38" link.
Oops.
will be linked
I like the extended trilogies.....the Hitchhiker series and the Xanth series, which is most definately more than a dozen...last I checked it was somewhere around 18 or 19 books..... The Belgariad was definately good, though....Also, Orson Scott Card's Homecoming series, though it isn't exactly fantasy, is good. I'd recommend onlt reading the first three, perhaps four books. Two of my friends, my brother and I have all read it, and all agree that the last book, and about the second half of the fourth book (there are five, BTW) are not worth reading. They are all VERY well written, but it sort of loses the plot and our interest round about the middle of the fourth book.
<kain likes the wheel of time>
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