Kevin's Watch

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!!

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.

Hmm, I'll take the Sorrow, Memory, and Thorn (aka Dragonbone Chair) books by Tad Williams.

I'm sticking with the Earthsea books of LeGuin. Five novels, one novella, and several short stories. (So far?)

The A Song of Ice and Fire Series by George R. R. Martin! wooohooo!

I'm with Danlo - yay!
Sylvanus, you should pop over to Ahira's Hangar and meet up with Earthblood - he runs a discussion forum over there for Tad Williams books!
pub40.ezboard.com/bahirashangar

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.

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.

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. )

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.

oh cool .. I really want to read some Janny Wurts .. I have the Grand Conspiracy .. I think its called .. but just havent had the time to read it yet .. is it any good?

Skyweir, I've only read the three books she set on Kelewan during the Riftwar - Daughter of the Empire, Servant of the Empire, and Mistress of the Empire. I liked all three quite a lot.

You really should start with the first book in the series. It is called the Curse of the Mistwraith. I do not know if I have actually managed to read the Grand Conspiracy yet, but hopefully I will soon.

I'd take the Amber books (well I'd have to wouldn't I)

The first few or so of the Riftwar books were pretty good, but after that they just became detailed role playing campaigns.

I'd have to go with Gene Wolfe's Sword of the Concilliator or Julian May's Many Coloured Land series. Of course I'd need to buy them and read them first (again)

Some impressive fantasies in the Society, very impressive.

No more suggestions for the society? No more fantasies?

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.