Discuss Fantasy novels here. From Lord Of The Rings to Jeanne Duprau.
I recently finished reading Kushiel's Dart, a book in which the main protagonist is a masochist. It got me thinking back to a series I read by Anne Bishop called The Black Jewels Trilogy which involves rape, paedophilia, sadism and masochism. Are these themes a growing trend in the genre? Or has it...
If you're reading a good fantasy book, tell us about it as you're going along. I'm reading Ian Irvine's "A Shadow of the Glass" - it's pretty good so far. Has anyone read it? It's sort of half-fantasy, half-genetic science-fiction.
The Twilight Saga By Stephenie Meyer Twilight From Booklist *Starred Review* Gr. 9-12. In the tradition of Anne Rice and YA titles such as Annette Curtis Klause's The Silver Kiss (1999) comes this heady romance that intertwines Bella Swan's life with that of Edward, an alluring...
This sci-fi and fantasy website has been running a "cage match" tournament where you can vote for which fantasy characters would win in a fight (there are some on there that could be characterized as sci-fi, but most are fantasy). Although many of the characters have been reworked in film and other...
I don't obsess over the genre as much as others do. I don't get excited about Harry Potter, Eragon, Narnia... let alone Twilight. But I do want to give this genre a go. By doing that I mean reading some books in this category. I was wondering if J.R.R. Tolkien's books will do. I don't know whether...
Is anyone here a fan of Mercedes Lackey? I have recently gotten into her books, and find them a, generally, easy and enjoyable read. At the moment I have read Brightly Burning, Take A Thief, Tiger Burning Bright (co-written with Andre Norton and Marion Zimmer Bradley), The River's Gift, and am...
For fantasy fans New Moon isn’t all about Bella and her emotional pain. The rogue vampires Laurent and Victoria return to Forks. They are looking for revenge against Edward but they only find Bella. The Quileute werewolves are an exciting addition to the story and it will be interesting to...
Lord of the Rings was a book that was belived only to have been read by geeks. Now, due to the recent films, it has gained a wider range of reader. How has this affected you?
Well, this is probably going to be quite broad-ranging, but here we go for starters- what's your favourite Discworld novel? I like Night Watch for the depth of character and the overall 'feel' of the book.
The bookstores in my area all have lareg selections of anime books. Does anyone here read them? Which are your favorites?
I was starting the series that Robert Jordan wrote, I am almost done book one, and I was wondering if anyone else has read them?
Are there any Neil Gaiman fans out there? He wrote Good Omens with Terry Pratchett, which I highly recommend and he's written quite a few of his own as well, of which Neverwhere is my favorite although American Gods and Anansi Boys are also very good. He's also written some graphic novels but I'm...
Has anyone read any of the Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan. These are highly reccommended by many of my friends but I've never read any and don't know if I should take the plunge and just buy them and read them. Anyone know? :idea:
Hi, I'm not normally into fantasy, I'm more of a sci-fi person, but on the recommendation of my brother I read Eragon, and I couldn't put it down. Then I read Eldest and Brisingr, all in about two weeks. The books were amazingly great and now that I'm finished and the fourth book in the...
Years ago when I was at Primary School (ok, to some people that may not seem like it was a very long time ago, as I'm only 17) I read a book from my school library but I can't now remember it's name or author. I'm pretty sure it's a fantasy novel, and I'm hoping someone will recognise it. I'm also...
As ever, I wasn't quite sure where this one should go, but I tend to think "Something Wicked This Way Comes" at least is fantasy, and that's the only one of his I've read to date, though "Fahrenheit 451" shall be accompanying me home from the library today. I very much enjoyed "Something Wicked...
Has anyone read a lot of David Eddings? I read LOR, Magician series, a lot of D&D, and Tad Williams before I found Eddings. Eddings to me was the pinnacle of the Fantasy Genre. I liked the characters, the world, and especially the humour. Just wondering if anyone else is a fan as I couldn't...
Just wondering if anyone have had the pleasure of reading some of Tad Williams' great books. Just a few recommendations: Otherland (4 book series) The "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" trilogy He is a very talented writer. Very imaginative and the stories are so captivating you can't put them down.
Hello everybody, I watched this movie "13th Warrior" directed by John McTiernan based on the novel "Eaters of the Dead" by MC. I wish I had read the book before the movie. The movie was nice but heard that the novel was even greater. Movies tend to kill many things offered by a book. What...
Just curious; Has anyone ever read any of her fantasies? I find them particularly colorful and vivid. One of my sisters had read Winter Rose, and upon one long, boring, afternoon, I picked it up and read it. Gorgeous. I then went on to read a few more of her books, such as In the Forests of Serre....
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