Books 2 read?

[clivedauthi]

I post this topic one a year or so for those who keep up.
Was wanting to get your all opinions on some good series to read.

I have finished The Dark Tower Series (Stephen King) which I will admit has been my fav series above anything else I have ever read (and will cream myself when the movies come out)

the Belgariad series (and the follow up series) by David Eddings Also very amazing and deserves its own Movie production.

of coarse classics like LotR (which tbh where a bit dragged out to me) And eventually ill get to Harry Potter.

On last chapter of Lord of the Flies right now (mean lil bastards those kids are)

And a host of Zombie Apocalypse books (wwz, survival guide, Moringstar strain, Day by day, ect)

Was wondering if there are any suggestions you all have on some good Summer fantasy reads? I know I won't be able to get to all of them but like to have a good list of books to fall back on. And what has your fav books been this year?

[Aedon Durreah]

Dear and Glorious Physician
Or The Crystal Caves --both by Taylor Caldwell

Doctor to The Stars---Murray Leinster

Earthmans Burden---I believe that is Hogan

[Agustus]

What with all its popularity on HBO GRRM's Song of Ice and Fire is worth reading if you haven't yet. Despite the mixed reviews I quite enjoyed A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons-- decided to revisit the series when they made it into a tv show. I'm reading Gauntlgrym in Salvatore's new Neverwinter trilogy, because Drizzt books never get old. And they help me to be a better drow.

I read outside the fantasy genre too, but I'm sure fantasy/fiction is what you're looking for?

[clivedauthi]

Got them written down and will be giving them a look.

And Yes mostly just Fantasy/Fiction; I'v never been one for murder or mysteries simply because I carry a gun on me and am not really afraid of non-supernatural predators I'm the guy in the movie thats saying "Just turn around and hit the F*#$er with a brick" So I need something Otherwordly to get my blood a pumping.

As for non-fiction... I get enough of that in my RL and through the News lol

[Aneirin]

My reading in the last year has gone completely down the tubes.
I've only read the Sookie Stackhouse books (by the way... don't. Really. Fiction doesn't get pulpier than that.) and A Dance With Dragons (by the way... do... definitely!)

So I'll just go ahead and recommend an old series which you may or may not have read.

The Farseer trilogy from Robin Hobb may be my favorite fantasy series ever. Her Liveship Traders trilogy is right up there too. (The rest of her books are sort of hit-and-miss)

[clivedauthi]

Thankz for the suggestions Aneirin Not read any of those; getting a good list going here now that should keep my Reading itch (And audio book itch) satisfied for a good while

[Sage Aurora]

Anything and everything by Douglas Adams! Dirk Gently's Totally Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul are my favourites. If you can find it anywhere out in cyberspace, Douglas Adams did a single player video game called The Starship Titanic, its hilarious and a lot of fun to play.

I have every Jim Butcher book on Audio Book, I highly recommend them also. Stormfront is the first book.

Thumbs up for the Dark Tower series, I just got it on Audio Book and am currently on The Waste Lands.

Clive if you have an ePub reader let me know.

[clivedauthi]

The Wastelands was a good one I remember!
And thanks for the suggestions; just finished up the last of the Morningstar Sage by Z. A. Recht (survivors) and it was Super-Good!

As for my next book there are so many choices Not even sure where to dig in first!

[Alyssia Kanath]

I had a friend in high school who absolutely loved the Ann McCaffrey Pern series. I couldn't get into it too much but it may be an option.

Honestly I still say the Dragonlance series is one of the best out there. It was the series that got me into Fantasy to begin with back in High School and Margret Weiss is still one of my all time favorite authors. The new Dragonlance books by her are amazing. (A book has never shocked and disturbed me to the point of tears before I read one of her latest. That gets big kudos from me.) Though I'd start with the original trilogy. There's a ton of books, many by different authors (Which can be hit and miss) But I stand by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman until the end. The new ones are just by Margaret Weiss which is fine by me. She was the one who really fleshed out the characters whereas Hickman was more involved in world building.


The two newest trilogies from her are the War of Souls and then the Dark Disciple. They take place about 80 or so years after the original series and almost all the original heroes are dead. However, the new characters are brilliant.

Of the whole series I would recommend the following in this order (I'm leaving out a number of them that really aren't important to story, but they do flesh out some characters)

Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Dragons of Winter Night
Dragons of Spring Dawning

(The following are continuation and in between storyline for the first three)
Dragons of the Dwarven Depths
Dragons of the Highlord Skies
Dragons of the Hourglass Mage

Time of the Twins
War of the Twins
Test of the Twins

The Second Generation (This one is ok, but I recommend it for continuity more than anything)
Dragons of Summer Flame

(These ones aren't awesome, but I'm listing them so you can get an idea of what goes on between the War of the Lance and the Chaos War. They're short and informative. Otherwise it can get confusing because the world changes so drastically. They're by Jean Rabe. They struck me funny because Skie the dragon's new name is the name of one of my characters in Aly's storyline. I was annoyed at first but then I figured it was pretty fitting so it doesn't bother me *laughs*)

The Dawning of a New Age
The Day of the Tempest
The Eve of the Maelstrom

(Alright now I'm listing the two newer trilogies that I really loved. These are a must)
The War of Souls Trilogy:
Dragons of a Fallen Sun
Dragons of a Lost Star
Dragons of a Vanished Moon

Dark Disciple Trilogy: (By far the best imo)
Amber and Ashes
Amber and Iron
Amber and Blood

Now there's tons of books. Here's the wikipedia link that lists all of them: List of Dragonlance Novels

there's tons, some are hits, some are kinda misses. It depends on who's writing as there's a ton of different authors.