Fantasy is my favourite genre of novels. If I read 100 books in my life, then I would estimate 70 of them being fantasy.
I read:
Dragon Lance 10/10
Forgotten realms 9/10
The demon cycle 9.5/10
Anyone? Where my geek squad at?
I’m a huge Tolkien fan, and am looking forward to getting my hands on The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth this Christmas.
I also read GRR Martin but prefer to read historical fiction over fantasy.
I'm somewhat intimidated by the selection. Go into a Barnes & Noble and the Fantasy section is just enormous. So I end up with nothing in hand. As it is, I haven't read much in the genre. I remember enjoying some of the Gor novels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gor
I stumbled on the Gor novels fairly recently and then I googled and found a whole community who try to live the lifestyle - funny old world but quite readable books.
shareI love the movies but could never get into the novels. I’m more of a sci fi and horror reader.
shareIs that the one with Tasslehoff Burfoot?
shareYeah. I just re-read the whole shebang, and damn it's great fun! The writers just threw in every single cliche and trope they'd ever seen, duct-taped it all together without taking it too seriously, and the result is totally enjoyable. Recommended for fans of the genre!
But BTW, I still hate Tasselhoff. Okay, he had a couple of good moments, like when he shut his eyes when a dragon glared at him and started to draw breath, and then he opened them again because he was only going to be able to see a dragon's fire coming at him once! But mostly he's annoying, and I hated the sequel books because they were all about Tas and the co-dependent Caramon.
I admit my passion for fantasy has largely faded to a fondness over the years, and I'm reading less new fantasy since there's so much crap in the genre. But I'll love "Lord of the Rings", the "Gormenghast" books, and the "Discworld" series until I die! In lieu of music, they can play Discoworld audiobooks at my funeral.
And yeah, I loved the "Dragonlance" trilogy back in the day... the sequels not so much. And an even better trilogy from that era was the Darwath books by Barbara Hambly, but it's hard to find now.
I just googled Discworld and the images are a Disc world, on top of Elephants on top of a turtle…
Explanation please?
Lmao!!!
That is indeed what the world looks like from a distance!
Up close, it's all hilarity, adventure, a huge variety of memorable characters, fantasy, mystery, witches, satire, and awesomeness. Let me recommend "Guards, Guards", as a great place to start.
I’m more of a sci-fi nerd.
shareI read the odd science-fantasy as part of my science-fiction consumption - I'm never quite sure where the boundary lies.
shareYes
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
The Riftwar Saga trilogy by Raymond E Feist
Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey ( I read and enjoyed some of them )
Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson
A Song of Ice and Fire by George Har Har Martin ( the first three books only )
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan - This series of 14 books and a prequel novel are half great and half excruciatingly awful. There is a great story half buried under a mountain of god awful filler. The series desperately needs an abridged version to cut out all the crap. I found it unreadable and could only get through it by listening to the audiobooks.