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Re: Other Books

Oh, I had forgotten about Narnia. I love those books! I now feel that my two bookshelves of sci fi is not excessive. Thanks for putting it into perspective, Amandil.

-*-The X Phial-*- "Yet more fair is the living land of Lorien, and the Lady Galadriel is above all the jewels that lie beneath the earth!"</p>

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Re: Other Books

Another bibiophile confesses <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

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Re: David Gemmell

Just to shock everybody: The only other book I reread like I do with Tolkiens books is .... dont laugh .... The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams - I dont know why, but it makes me laugh over and over...

<img src=smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> Telchar

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Re: Douglas Adams

And, of course, Douglas Adams just died of a heart attack the other day at the early age of 49. He'll be missed.

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TH White

I'm surprised no one has mentioned &quot;The Once and Future King&quot; by T.H. White. If you haven't read it, do, it's one of those I read over and over. I have also read some of the other authors mentioned, including C.S. Lewis and Ursula LeGuin. The Tolkien books are the only ones I still like just as much as an adult as I did when I first read them, though. <img src=wink.gif ALT=";)">

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Re: Douglas Adams

Yes Aldaron. I just heard couple of hours after my post. It truly is sad. <img src=frown.gif ALT=":(">

In his tribute I can only say: &quot;It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes... &quot;




</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000018>Telchar</A> at: 5/15/01 8:29:08 am

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Re: Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams DIED??? Now that's a loss. His books really make me laugh.
while we're on the subject of other books has anyone noticed the blatant similarities between Jordan and Tolkien? The Ogiers are just Ents with a different name. Just commenting....

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in moments of tranquility.</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000038>the Lorien wanderer</A> at: 6/11/01 11:25:32 am

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Re: Terry Brooks

I've just skimmed through this entire discussion and am impressed at some of the recommendations. I was surprised that there was only one mention of Terry Brooks and that was negative. Granted that Terry himself acknowledges that the first novel was heavily influenced by Tolkien, but we are now up to nine Shannara novels and the tenth will be out in September. Obviously there are a lot of people who are buying them. I've not read them all, but the ones I have read suggest that Brooks only got better and more original as he went along.

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Re: Other Books

Actually,I prefer Tolkien and Tamora Pierce.Terry Brooks isn't bad,either.I tried reading Katherine Kurtz,but I couldn't get into it.I think I'll try her again,though.<img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

-to her friends she is Eowen,White Lady of Rohan;to her enemies she is the Lioness....</p>

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Thomas Covenant

I recently saw a similar thread on this topic. How about Stephenson's Thomas Covenant series? It's very difficult for an epic fantasy series to not emulate Tolkien, but this series is very good (it has a much heavier focus on character development). It is extremely dark, however. The good guys in LOTR get away relatively unscathed by comparison.

I also always liked the Xanth series of books just for something light.

Maglor

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Re: Thomas Covenant

Tolkien writes my favorite fantasy, but Brian Jacques comes in a close second. His books are edxciting and easy to read.

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I have started reading The Black Company which is the first book in this series.

Tamora Pierce writes good books
Also David Eddings-Belgariad
Robin Hobb-The farseer

I personally enjoyed The Sight, by David Clement-Davies. Here's a list of some other authors:
Tamora pierce
Kara Dalkey
Rinaidran Warrior (fanfiction.net)
yah so that' all.

yes i agree, Lewis, Rowling, and Jacques are great ( i started with Martin the Warrior by the way) but a few more great ones are the Silverwing series by Kenneth Oppel and Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. there great! anyways i also agree that Tolkien was the best for all!
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Dunno does it show somehow but I kinda like Shakespeer (don't make an image of people only knowing what he reads) and ofcoursley J.R.R. Tolkien . And I really like books about mystical things , mysteries and mysterious forces beyond . And allways I can't remember which books I liked . Well , when I will remember I will let you know ... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]