the High Fantasy Society
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the High Fantasy Society
Im creating the High Fantasy Society, where you can nominate great works of fantasy, and you will represent that fantasy here. People may ask about your fantasy, and you can explain them. Basically, this thread is an exchange of great fantasies!
There are many I could nominate, many I havent finished, or havent read in a while, so Im going to make the safest pick- the Chronicles of Narnia!!
There are many I could nominate, many I havent finished, or havent read in a while, so Im going to make the safest pick- the Chronicles of Narnia!!
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Hmm, I'll take the Sorrow, Memory, and Thorn (aka Dragonbone Chair) books by Tad Williams.
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I might have mentioned some of these before but still:
The Chronicles of Amber; Roger Zelazny (first five)
The Witches of Wenshar; Barbara Hambly
The Chronicles of Alvin Maker; Orson Scott Card
The Curse of Chalion; Lois McMasters Bujold
Nobody's Son; Sean Stewart
Mairelon the Magician; Patricia Wrede
Lord Darcy; Randall Garrett
I also would tend to agree with most of the suggestions made above that I know anything about. Especially Tad Williams.
The Chronicles of Amber; Roger Zelazny (first five)
The Witches of Wenshar; Barbara Hambly
The Chronicles of Alvin Maker; Orson Scott Card
The Curse of Chalion; Lois McMasters Bujold
Nobody's Son; Sean Stewart
Mairelon the Magician; Patricia Wrede
Lord Darcy; Randall Garrett
I also would tend to agree with most of the suggestions made above that I know anything about. Especially Tad Williams.
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I just wanted to say that in my opinion Feist is quite good, but I think that A Darkness at Sethanon was a bit...much. Magician and Silverthorn is brilliant, though, and you really need the third book for completion so what is one to do. (Read them all anyway of course. )Michael Giantfriend wrote:Hmm, nice choice! I could go for LOTR, but that would be too ... predictable, I suppose is the word I'm looking for. So, instead I'll opt for Feist's Riftwar Saga and the follow-ups.
But writing about this makes me think about Janny Wurts. She wrote a triology with Feist set in his Kelewan universe, about this woman who becomes a clan lord. Very good stuff. But most of her other stuff is very good too. Especially the Curse of the Mistwraith series, which as far as I know is still ongoing.
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The first few or so of the Riftwar books were pretty good, but after that they just became detailed role playing campaigns.
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Well, since no one else was willing to take them, I'll gladly throw in The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarrillion.
And I don't know if I'd call them "great fantasy", but the book I read from Pratchett's Discworld series was a lot of fun!
And I also have to thow in Guy Guvriel Kay's The Fionavar Tapestry!
And McKillip's The Riddlemaster of Hed series.
And I don't know if I'd call them "great fantasy", but the book I read from Pratchett's Discworld series was a lot of fun!
And I also have to thow in Guy Guvriel Kay's The Fionavar Tapestry!
And McKillip's The Riddlemaster of Hed series.