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 Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 3:43 pm
Hm, I am a little surprised there's not a sticky for this popular fiction category. I guess I'll create a thread.
Who's your favorite fantasy author and why? What book or series do you return to again and again?
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 3:49 pm
that is a good point. I have a crew that used to do some great writing contest in here they were very popular I should start it up again. May I sticky your thread?
My favorite Fantasy book is
Lord of the Rings by (J.R.R Tolkien)
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 4:19 pm
Well, this will take a while. xd
J.R.R. Tolkein. I re-read The Lord of the Rings every year, yet I still seem to learn something new each time I do. I have read it more than 30 times now. I still recommend it.
Ursula K. LeGuin. Her Earthsea Cycle (The Wizard of Earthea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea, The Other Wind) has recently been re-released with matching covers and new introduction material. She also writes great short stories (The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Orsinian Tales, The Compass Rose, The Birthday of the World).
Charles Williams. A lesser-known Inkling (more famous members are Tolkein and C.S. Lewis), Williams created seven strange yet compelling novels (War in Heaven, Many Dimensions, The Place of the Lion, The Greater Trumps, Shadows of Ecstasy, Descent into Hell, All Hallows' Eve).
Diana Wynne Jones. I most enjoy her Chronicles of Chrestomanci (Charmed Life, The Lives of Christopher Chant, Witch Week, Magicians of Caprona, Conrad's Fate, The Pinhoe Egg), Dalemark Quartet (Cart and Cwidder, Drowned Ammet, The Spellcoats, Crown of Dalemark), Howl's Moving Castle and its sequels (Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways), Hexwood, Fire and Hemlock, A Tale of Time City, The Homeward Bounders, and Enchanted Glass.
Terry Pratchett. There are now 40 Discworld novels, so I won't list them all, but they are fun, engaging, and thought-provoking.
Robin McKinley. I enjoy her worlds and her works. Some of her works are retellings of old favorites (Beauty, Rose Daughter, Spindle's End) and some are entirely new (The Blue Sword, The Hero and the Crown, Sunshine, Chalice).
Mervyn Peake. His Gormenghast books (Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone) should become classics. The TV series had excellent casting and styling.
Cornelia Funke. Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath.
C.S. Lewis. The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 4:20 pm
angelic snow angel that is a good point. I have a crew that used to do some great writing contest in here they were very popular I should start it up again. May I sticky your thread?
My favorite Fantasy book is
Lord of the Rings by (J.R.R Tolkien)
Yes, feel free to make this a sticky.
What a great favorite~! It's my favorite, too. 
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:19 pm
Chocobo Princess angelic snow angel that is a good point. I have a crew that used to do some great writing contest in here they were very popular I should start it up again. May I sticky your thread?
My favorite Fantasy book is
Lord of the Rings by (J.R.R Tolkien)
Yes, feel free to make this a sticky.
What a great favorite~! It's my favorite, too. I have read it so many times. And I will read it again too. And I never thought about how much I like C.S. Lewis. I used to have quite a few Terry Pratchett books around but they disappeared when we moved last.
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 9:39 pm
I used to read a lot of fantasy when I was a teenager. Most of it was single books rather than series and not all of it super memorable. I liked The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and I own a copy of The Children of Hurin and The Silmarillion but have found those more difficult to focus on. I have to be in a particular frame of mind to successfully read dense or heavy books.
I've read a few Terry Pratchett books and enjoyed those a lot. I used to read a lot of Piers Anthony's Xanth series; the puns were delicious. And Dragonlance was my other favorite series. I haven't read the entire series but have read a few of the trilogies and one or two of the short-story collections. It's been so long since I've read any of them, though, that I can barely remember anything about the books except that I liked them at the time. xd
I know a guy from another forum site who has self-published a few fantasy books over the last few years, too. His name is Steve Thomas, and he's been working on the Kalharia series, so far consisting of An Exercise in Futility (a piece of my review of this one is on the back cover of the printed book xd ) as well as its sequel, Harbingers of Mortality, and another unrelated series about Klondaeg the Monster Hunter. I have yet to read Klondaeg, but I thought Kalharia was quite good. He seems to have shelved it for now and started focusing on Klondaeg, which he said is lighter and sells better.
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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 9:20 pm
I love C.S. Lewis and Tolkien.
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:11 pm
Oh fantasy...where do I begin?
I have too many epic fantasy series on my list. I don't know how I'll ever finish them all.
I read the first Game of Thrones book so far and the first trilogy in Terry Brooks' Shannara series. I don't love Shannara so far, but I've heard it gets better later, so I'm hoping that's the case. But I also want to get into The Wheel of Time series as well as The Sword of Truth series, so lots of really long books in really long series.
Then of course there are all the trilogies like Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles (read The Name of the Wind so far), a couple of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar Trilogies, Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn and Shadowmarch.
Sigh, so many books so little time, and this is just a small portion of my list. Must learn to read faster! ...or just stop watching TV. xp
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 6:02 pm
preposterousplum Oh fantasy...where do I begin? I have too many epic fantasy series on my list. I don't know how I'll ever finish them all. I read the first Game of Thrones book so far and the first trilogy in Terry Brooks' Shannara series. I don't love Shannara so far, but I've heard it gets better later, so I'm hoping that's the case. But I also want to get into The Wheel of Time series as well as The Sword of Truth series, so lots of really long books in really long series. Then of course there are all the trilogies like Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles (read The Name of the Wind so far), a couple of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar Trilogies, Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn and Shadowmarch. Sigh, so many books so little time, and this is just a small portion of my list. Must learn to read faster! ...or just stop watching TV. xp I felt that the Shannara books were trying too hard to emulate Tolkien's style and never quite getting it right, which always made them feel slightly offputting (Though I do remember liking the character of Allanon). It was years ago that I read it though... my opinion may differ if I tried it again today, though that requires a lot more time than I can dedicate to it now. Mostly my fantasy reading has had to be lighter, something I can pick up easily. My go to author lately has been Terry Pratchett - his Discworld novels are entertaining, funny and thought provoking as well as being well written (and, for that matter, the audio books are well read too!)
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 6:45 pm
Alias Facade preposterousplum Oh fantasy...where do I begin? I have too many epic fantasy series on my list. I don't know how I'll ever finish them all. I read the first Game of Thrones book so far and the first trilogy in Terry Brooks' Shannara series. I don't love Shannara so far, but I've heard it gets better later, so I'm hoping that's the case. But I also want to get into The Wheel of Time series as well as The Sword of Truth series, so lots of really long books in really long series. Then of course there are all the trilogies like Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles (read The Name of the Wind so far), a couple of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar Trilogies, Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn and Shadowmarch. Sigh, so many books so little time, and this is just a small portion of my list. Must learn to read faster! ...or just stop watching TV. xp I felt that the Shannara books were trying too hard to emulate Tolkien's style and never quite getting it right, which always made them feel slightly offputting (Though I do remember liking the character of Allanon). It was years ago that I read it though... my opinion may differ if I tried it again today, though that requires a lot more time than I can dedicate to it now. Mostly my fantasy reading has had to be lighter, something I can pick up easily. My go to author lately has been Terry Pratchett - his Discworld novels are entertaining, funny and thought provoking as well as being well written (and, for that matter, the audio books are well read too!) So far, I feel like the Shannara books are a little too predictable and cliche...following the Tolkien style. He also does this thing where he uses wordlessly, voicelessly, and soundlessly all the time. I'm surprised his editor didn't do something about that. Allanon is the only character I like, it seems like he's the only one with any kind of complexity. But for some reason I feel compelled to stick with it for now. Ah Discworld. I've only read The Color of Magic, and that was years ago but Terry Pratchett is definitely on my list as well. If Shannara gets to tiring I think I might read some Discworld. emotion_dealwithit
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 12:21 am
Daffodil the Destroyer
I used to read a lot of fantasy when I was a teenager. Most of it was single books rather than series and not all of it super memorable. I liked The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and I own a copy of The Children of Hurin and The Silmarillion but have found those more difficult to focus on. I have to be in a particular frame of mind to successfully read dense or heavy books.
I've read a few Terry Pratchett books and enjoyed those a lot. I used to read a lot of Piers Anthony's Xanth series; the puns were delicious. And Dragonlance was my other favorite series. I haven't read the entire series but have read a few of the trilogies and one or two of the short-story collections. It's been so long since I've read any of them, though, that I can barely remember anything about the books except that I liked them at the time. xd
I know a guy from another forum site who has self-published a few fantasy books over the last few years, too. His name is Steve Thomas, and he's been working on the Kalharia series, so far consisting of An Exercise in Futility (a piece of my review of this one is on the back cover of the printed book xd ) as well as its sequel, Harbingers of Mortality, and another unrelated series about Klondaeg the Monster Hunter. I have yet to read Klondaeg, but I thought Kalharia was quite good. He seems to have shelved it for now and started focusing on Klondaeg, which he said is lighter and sells better.
I have finally made it through The Silmarillion but have not yet attempted The Children of Hurin (I know I should, though sweatdrop ).
I haven't read any Xanth books and tried some Dragonlance once but was not in a suitable place in life for it to fit.
Your review got published? Excellent~! heart I have not heard of this author before; what elements would you say characterize his tales?
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 12:21 am
fangirl101 I love C.S. Lewis and Tolkien.
They are definitely some of the greats. 3nodding
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 12:23 am
preposterousplum Oh fantasy...where do I begin? I have too many epic fantasy series on my list. I don't know how I'll ever finish them all. I read the first Game of Thrones book so far and the first trilogy in Terry Brooks' Shannara series. I don't love Shannara so far, but I've heard it gets better later, so I'm hoping that's the case. But I also want to get into The Wheel of Time series as well as The Sword of Truth series, so lots of really long books in really long series. Then of course there are all the trilogies like Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles (read The Name of the Wind so far), a couple of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar Trilogies, Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn and Shadowmarch. Sigh, so many books so little time, and this is just a small portion of my list. Must learn to read faster! ...or just stop watching TV. xp
It sounds like you and I have the same problem: More books than time. xd I think this is a good problem to have.
I have not read any of these except the Wheel of Time series, which I burned through one summer.
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 12:26 am
Alias Facade Mostly my fantasy reading has had to be lighter, something I can pick up easily. My go to author lately has been Terry Pratchett - his Discworld novels are entertaining, funny and thought provoking as well as being well written (and, for that matter, the audio books are well read too!)
I agree about the great value of the Discworld novels. Have you read any of Pratchett's other works? I have checked Dodger out from the library and plan to read it soon. I thought Nation was interesting and enjoyed it.
Pratchett's works tend to read well aloud; I read about half of them aloud to my significant other. whee
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 1:51 am
Chocobo Princess Daffodil the Destroyer
I used to read a lot of fantasy when I was a teenager. Most of it was single books rather than series and not all of it super memorable. I liked The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and I own a copy of The Children of Hurin and The Silmarillion but have found those more difficult to focus on. I have to be in a particular frame of mind to successfully read dense or heavy books.
I've read a few Terry Pratchett books and enjoyed those a lot. I used to read a lot of Piers Anthony's Xanth series; the puns were delicious. And Dragonlance was my other favorite series. I haven't read the entire series but have read a few of the trilogies and one or two of the short-story collections. It's been so long since I've read any of them, though, that I can barely remember anything about the books except that I liked them at the time. xd
I know a guy from another forum site who has self-published a few fantasy books over the last few years, too. His name is Steve Thomas, and he's been working on the Kalharia series, so far consisting of An Exercise in Futility (a piece of my review of this one is on the back cover of the printed book xd ) as well as its sequel, Harbingers of Mortality, and another unrelated series about Klondaeg the Monster Hunter. I have yet to read Klondaeg, but I thought Kalharia was quite good. He seems to have shelved it for now and started focusing on Klondaeg, which he said is lighter and sells better.
I have finally made it through The Silmarillion but have not yet attempted The Children of Hurin (I know I should, though sweatdrop ).
I haven't read any Xanth books and tried some Dragonlance once but was not in a suitable place in life for it to fit.
Your review got published? Excellent~! heart I have not heard of this author before; what elements would you say characterize his tales? Elements? I'd say fire and air. whee
I am actually a terrible person to ask about stuff like this, because when I read something or even watch a movie, I usually don't retain a lot of it. I always ran into trouble on literature tests in high school because I'd read the assignment and all I'd know aside from the characters' names and very basic plot points was whether or not I liked it. All the stuff I was actually supposed to know for the test was nowhere to be found. xd It was agonizingly difficult and time consuming for me to write a simple Amazon review of his first book, and then he chose just a sentence from it to put on the back cover. rofl
I still haven't read Klondaeg (maybe that should be my next fiction project).. Kalharia involves armies and empires, a youth with a magical artifact, a murderous deity, etc. xd It's one of those series where you have to have a dictionary and an appendix to explain how the calendar works. The first one starts off with a fairly boring section of the history of the region, but it picks up after that part is over.
It's been 4 years since I've read the first one and 3 since I've read the second one, so I'm probably really terrible at explaining them; you may be better off reading the descriptions here on his Smashwords page.
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