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I need some reading recommendations... lyringlas Send a noteboard - 03/02/2010 02:15:29 PM
Hi Everyone,

Well, as the subject line entails, I need recommendations from you lovely people on what book/series to pick up and read while I'm waiting for some of my favorite authors to grace me with a new addition. I will list some of my favorites/least favorites here and hopefully that will eliminate some recommendations, and give you a sense of what I enjoy. Thanks in advance :).
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Favorites that I either loved or haven't reread in a long time in order to tell that they are rubbish:

-The Wheel of Time series - Robert Jordan (obviously)
-The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion
The Hobbit
The Children of Hurin
The Lost Tales
(...I like Tolkien, okay?!)
-A Song of Ice and Fire - George R.R. Martin
-The Sword of Truth Series - Terry Goodkind
(I don't really like this series anymore...it was too much of
Goodkind preaching from his pulpit and not enough solid story
telling.)
-The Symphony of the Ages - Elizabeth Haydon
-The Wayfarer Redemption series - Sara Douglass
(I loved this series until she did a complete copy/paste of the
Old Testament into the last 2 books...talk about a buzz kill.)
-The Abhorsen Trilogy - Garth Nix
(This is young adult, but still decent)
-The Belgariad/Mallorean series - David Eddings
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Some of my least favorite series/authors:

-Anything written by R.A. Salvator
(I'm sorry, all of you die hard fans of R.A. Salvatore, but I
feel like his plotlines, characters, worlds, etc are very
generic; I don't like reading D&D campaigns.)
-The Elder Gods, The Tamuli, The Elenium - David Eddings (Basically I dislike everything aside from the Belgariad/Mallorean
that he has written, because it is repetitive and banal.)
-The Assassin's Trilogy/Tawny Man Trilogy - Robin Hobb
(These books had great promise, but I felt like they fell far
short of their potential.)
-The Runelords - David Drake??
(These had potential too...)
-The Eragon series -Christopher Paolini
(I don't really feel like I need to say anything else on this.)
-The Xanth books by Piers Anthony
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There are additional books/series to add on both sides, I just can't recall them right now. I honestly love epic fantasy, and I have a hard time delving into any other genre. I am not very big into the Science Fiction side of things, although 1984 is one of my favorite books (it is sort of Science Fiction...). I was an ancient history major, so I love historical fiction and history in general, so anything that incorporates that would be wonderful.

Any recommendations you have would be wonderful. Thanks! :)



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I need some reading recommendations... lyringlas - 03/02/2010 02:15:29 PM 930 Views
Glen Cook Black Company random thoughts - 03/02/2010 02:40:21 PM 546 Views
Heh. To each their own. I couldn't disagree more with those three. Aemon - 03/02/2010 02:47:44 PM 709 Views
One could question your sanity... Jacob - 03/02/2010 02:51:26 PM 553 Views
Hrrrruuuuh? (that was a surprised Tim Allen noise, for those wondering) Aemon - 04/02/2010 05:46:27 AM 758 Views
I guess if you want to read long flowery descriptions of every room entered thats a valid choice random thoughts - 03/02/2010 06:12:00 PM 707 Views
I tried to read sword of shanara once. LadyLorraine - 03/02/2010 09:53:12 PM 647 Views
I loved sword of shanara random thoughts - 03/02/2010 10:23:42 PM 635 Views
And unoriginal in the extreme. *NM* Legolas - 03/02/2010 10:25:04 PM 317 Views
When you are 14 every thing is original random thoughts - 04/02/2010 05:00:42 AM 515 Views
Re: lyringlas - 07/02/2010 07:07:59 AM 719 Views
no reason to apologize for liking what you like random thoughts - 09/02/2010 04:29:43 AM 519 Views
Pft. I've got your back on Glen Cook, Random. Don't listen to this nutjob *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/02/2010 09:57:44 PM 244 Views
Yeah, you're just crazy. Ghavrel - 03/02/2010 11:06:34 PM 558 Views
The annals of a mercenary company is exactly what it is. Aemon - 04/02/2010 05:30:57 AM 626 Views
Based on your qualifying statements... Jacob - 03/02/2010 02:45:19 PM 686 Views
I think the previous two posters have given you a ton of good stuff already, but a few more... Legolas - 03/02/2010 04:36:02 PM 881 Views
Also good ones... Jacob - 03/02/2010 04:39:58 PM 664 Views
cold fire trilogy random thoughts - 03/02/2010 06:33:31 PM 629 Views
Mmm, yes. Your good taste continues, *NM* lord-of-shadow - 03/02/2010 09:58:53 PM 317 Views
that is what my first wife said about my second wife random thoughts - 03/02/2010 10:24:33 PM 596 Views
I'd not toss all of RA Salvatore out the window. He writes outside DnD LadyLorraine - 03/02/2010 09:51:56 PM 536 Views
Since you love ancient history and majored in it... Larry - 03/02/2010 11:28:40 PM 550 Views
Didn't Gene Wolfe also do something set in Ancient Greece? Latro in the Mist, I believe? Legolas - 03/02/2010 11:41:17 PM 612 Views
Yes Larry - 04/02/2010 01:44:57 PM 685 Views
Thanks everyone for your recommendations. I appreciate the help! lyringlas - 04/02/2010 04:56:13 AM 806 Views
Bernard Cornwell - The Archer's Tale *NM* AgentOrange - 05/02/2010 01:21:23 AM 392 Views
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield Silence_DoGood - 05/02/2010 01:20:42 PM 707 Views
Re: I need some reading recommendations... Bulgakov - 08/02/2010 10:01:30 PM 677 Views
Sadly mine are Lord o' Salv - 09/02/2010 10:15:38 AM 661 Views
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