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video vertigo 
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 Posted: March 05 2006 at 03:15 |
 video vertigo wrote:
Martin is my favorite. ASoIaF is excellent  |
 sorry, I post on a fantasy message board too so I forget that not everyone knows ASoIaF. It is the series A Song of Ice and Fire, it is now 4 books long, and in my opinion the best written fantasy I've read. I am currently re-reading the series and I am still shocked by the plot twists.
Anyway I would definitely recommend the books the first one is called "A Game of Thrones" it takes some time to get into, but then "It grabs hold and won't let go"
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BaldFriede
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Posted: March 05 2006 at 03:07 |
Moogtron III wrote:
BaldFriede wrote:
I read "Lord of the Rings" and the "Elric" Saga by Michael Moorcock. Also most discworld books by Terry Pratchett. And "Die Unendliche Geschichte" ("The Neverending Story") and "Momo", both by Michael Ende. And the "Borribles"-trilogy by Michael de Larrabeiti, which is highly recommended. |
"Momo" is one of the best books I ever read. The story, the deeper significance behind the story: I love it! As it comes to German "all ages" masterpieces, don't forget Otfried Preussler's Krabat story (I don't know the original title).
As it comes to fantasy in the more strict sense of the word: except for Tolkien, I like Lewis' Narnia books and I love Jack Vance: he's a good storyteller and has a great sense of hunour. The Eyes Of The Overworld is his best IMHO. I also like C.J.(Caroline) Cherryh: The Dream Stone is fabulous, rather Tolkienesque, but very good nevertheless. |
"Krabat" scared me to death when I was 12. I'm not sure I would call it "Fantasy" though, though there are some elements in it. But if that counts as fantasy, then you have to read "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher" ("The City of Dreaming Books") by Walter Moers. I don't know if it has been translated yet, but the imagination of Moers seems to be endless. He has some very original ideas (though the idea for the "Booklings" borrows from Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"). Just looked it up, and it was translated indeed and published by Random House.  Moers is his own illustrator, by the way; he started as a comic book writer. And definitely read "The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear" by the same author. It was highly praised even by literary reviewers who usually only review "serious" books. Just read that the English translation is not published yet. It well get out on Apr 25th. You can already order it from Amazon though.
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KoS
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 20:50 |
Drew wrote:
BaldFriede wrote:
And what, pray, does "ASoIaF" stand for? |
want to know the same thing............ |
Probably Georgr RR Martin's A song of Ice and Fire
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Moogtron III
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 19:56 |
BaldFriede wrote:
I read "Lord of the Rings" and the "Elric" Saga by Michael Moorcock. Also most discworld books by Terry Pratchett. And "Die Unendliche Geschichte" ("The Neverending Story") and "Momo", both by Michael Ende. And the "Borribles"-trilogy by Michael de Larrabeiti, which is highly recommended. |
"Momo" is one of the best books I ever read. The story, the deeper significance behind the story: I love it! As it comes to German "all ages" masterpieces, don't forget Otfried Preussler's Krabat story (I don't know the original title).
As it comes to fantasy in the more strict sense of the word: except for Tolkien, I like Lewis' Narnia books and I love Jack Vance: he's a good storyteller and has a great sense of hunour. The Eyes Of The Overworld is his best IMHO. I also like C.J.(Caroline) Cherryh: The Dream Stone is fabulous, rather Tolkienesque, but very good nevertheless.
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JayDee
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 19:04 |
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Drew
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 18:53 |
BaldFriede wrote:
And what, pray, does "ASoIaF" stand for? |
want to know the same thing............
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daz2112
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 18:01 |
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love em'! i'm going through the Harry Potter books at the moment, on last one! I suppose that's fantasy is'nt it?
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In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole
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BaldFriede
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 17:29 |
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And what, pray, does "ASoIaF" stand for?
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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video vertigo
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 17:10 |
Martin is my favorite. ASoIaF is excellent
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"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa
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BaldFriede
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 16:44 |
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I read "Lord of the Rings" and the "Elric" saga by Michael Moorcock. Also most discworld books by Terry Pratchett. And "Die Unendliche Geschichte" ("The Neverending Story") and "Momo", both by Michael Ende. And the "Borribles"-trilogy by Michael de Larrabeiti, which is highly recommended.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 16:08 |
I am a sc-fi and fantasy nut,I eat that stuff up.
Besides Tolkein,who rules the genre.....Terry Brooks' Shannara books,Goodkind's Sword of Truth series and Donaldson's Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever books are some favorites.
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sleeper
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 15:32 |
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Hell yeah, check my discworld poll.
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Drew
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 15:00 |
 - I do- pretty enjoyable.
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