What other fantasy books do YOU read?

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Galadriel

Do you not despise it when people are like 'Wait, LotR is a book??' It makes me want to cry.

I haven't experienced that, but I have run into a lot who mix up the movies and books quite badly, even after reading them. I think that's the way things tend to go, with adaptations in general: the version you encounter first becomes, for you, the "true" one, and it can be hard to accept that certain things weren't part of the original.

[Galadriel]

Originally Posted by Nerwen

I haven't experienced that, but I have run into a lot who mix up the movies and books quite badly, even after reading them. I think that's the way things tend to go, with adaptations in general: the version you encounter first becomes, for you, the "true" one, and it can be hard to accept that certain things weren't part of the original.

True. But for the life of me, the Bakshi film just didn't settle into my brain as a 'true' version
It's just that people like the films /so/ much, sometimes they have difficulty reading the book, because it's much less action-packed, and more like something that has to be savoured.

[Blind Guardian]

I like Terry Goodkind's "Sword Of Truth" series and Tad Willam's "Otherland" and I might read Robert Jordan's "Wheel Of Time".

[Galadriel]

Originally Posted by Blind Guardian

I like Terry Goodkind's "Sword Of Truth" series and Tad Willam's "Otherland" and I might read Robert Jordan's "Wheel Of Time".

Is 'Sword of Truth' any good? I've been thinking about reading it.

[Thinlómien]

I have almost finished Neil Gaiman's American Gods and I have to say the guy is genius.

[Galadriel]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

I have almost finished Neil Gaiman's American Gods and I have to say the guy is genius.

You do? Then you MUST read 'Good Omens'. It's a collab between Gaiman and Pratchett.

[Kitanna]

I read Games of Thrones by George R.R. Martin recently. At first I liked it...that quickly changed and I refused to stop reading it because I had come too far. I could go on for hours as to why I can't stand Martin or his work, but I'll stick to the fact the man has an interesting idea, but ruins it by having boring characters who are almost all the same in ambitions and personality. I really liked Ned Stark, but for those who have read well... I watched the first two episodes of the show and found it as boring as the book.

So to cleanse my literary palette by reading copious amounts of Terry Pratchett. I got into a few books because of Downs recommendations, but lately I've pretty much solely been living on the Disc. I must thank this site for pointing me in that directions because my life is greatly enhanced with Rincewind, Vimes, and Vetinari in it.

[McCaber]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

I have almost finished Neil Gaiman's American Gods and I have to say the guy is genius.

If you haven't read Sandman yet, you need to. The single best book I've ever read. If you have, Anansi Boys is set in the American Gods universe and I enjoyed it even better than the first one.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by McCaber

If you haven't read Sandman yet, you need to. The single best book I've ever read. If you have, Anansi Boys is set in the American Gods universe and I enjoyed it even better than the first one.

Nice to see you around Cabbie! And I'll have a look at Sandman (been meaning to, for ages) and borrow Anansi Boys from Aganzir.

[Blind Guardian]

Originally Posted by Galadriel

Is 'Sword of Truth' any good? I've been thinking about reading it.

I think it was great, and I'm on the seventh book now GO READ IT!

[Oddwen]

Originally Posted by Blind Guardian

I think it was great, and I'm on the seventh book now GO READ IT!

While I, on the other hand, couldn't choke my way through the second book.

Recently I read two and a half books of Mercedes Lackey's "500 Kingdoms" books, twists off of old fairy tales. The twist? The progatonistas are all quirky, headstrong and always right! Ho ho! Also they were romance novels! I was TRICKED!

[Galadriel55]

I just finished reading a book called Polgara the Sorceress. It is...OK, I guess. Nothing brilliant. I like the philosophy behind the fiction, though.

*I don't know how that book got into my hands. Aparantly it's 12th in a series.*

[Galadriel]

Originally Posted by Blind Guardian

I think it was great, and I'm on the seventh book now GO READ IT!

Lol oh really? Maybe I'll give it a shot By the way, has anyone read 'Politically Correct Bedtime Stories'? It's a spoof on all the fairytales like Cinderella and Snow White. I think it's hilarious (and so true!).