Favorite Book, Anyone?
Favorite Book, Anyone?
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Istan quete ya merin, ar la hanyuvatyen.
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I love Lotr most, but some honourable mentions would be:
The Black Company
The first law trilogy and its standalones
The swan wars trilogy
The Intiate brother *must read in my opinion*
The Black Company
The first law trilogy and its standalones
The swan wars trilogy
The Intiate brother *must read in my opinion*
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Forgive my ignorance, but I do not know what these things you call "books" are?
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My fav books are many-
The robin hood
The 3 musketeers
The adventures of tom sawyer
and any asterix obelix books
Also enid blyton's mystery series!
The robin hood
The 3 musketeers
The adventures of tom sawyer
and any asterix obelix books
Also enid blyton's mystery series!
BEWARE!!!!The long lost empire of phoenicia is rising- The world is but just near the golden age,wherein men played and frolicked,without any worries at all
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Three Musketeers was hard to start at first, but I liked it. I loved Tom Sawyer(and Huckleberry Finn, and Tom Sawyer Detective.... ). Robin Hood had a sad, sad ending
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tom sawyer was one of my favorite in my chilfhood (i read it 8-10 times, and Winnetou)
now i can say:
- Cathedral
- Shogun
- brave new world
- 451 fahrenheit
- 1984
- asimov robot books
- yes, the LOTR was fairly good
i have many more...
now i can say:
- Cathedral
- Shogun
- brave new world
- 451 fahrenheit
- 1984
- asimov robot books
- yes, the LOTR was fairly good
i have many more...
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The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion
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Lord of the Rings, and the Wingfeather Saga.
These are just my Very Favoritest books, I love books.
These are just my Very Favoritest books, I love books.
Namárië!
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Hi,
Too many to to count them
There was a nice samurai triology.
A waterloo version, Faust 2 (yust a joke xD), LOTR, GOT (read all)
A few other books from got and lotr author.
A ton of Books where i only know the german title
(And am to lazy to search the english)
Atilla was quiet AMAZING.
Hmmmm thats it
Patroid
Too many to to count them
There was a nice samurai triology.
A waterloo version, Faust 2 (yust a joke xD), LOTR, GOT (read all)
A few other books from got and lotr author.
A ton of Books where i only know the german title
(And am to lazy to search the english)
Atilla was quiet AMAZING.
Hmmmm thats it
Patroid
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You guys ever read books by Jules Verne? A lot of good books there.
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how come you are not into AOF then?COOLguy wrote:All things Tolkien
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Anyone animal lover? Black beauty is one of my favs too
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Because it is different I don't do a lot into mainline modern fantasy - just Tolkien and a few classics.Daniel (the dev) wrote:how come you are not into AOF then?COOLguy wrote:All things Tolkien
Ah that is good tooTheBluePhoenix wrote:Anyone animal lover? Black beauty is one of my favs too
Thanks!
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but there is mainly LOTR things there, even a campaign of LOTR (in early stage tough)Because it is different I don't do a lot into mainline modern fantasy - just Tolkien and a few classics.
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Same. Also love The Black Stallion series.COOLguy wrote:Because it is different I don't do a lot into mainline modern fantasy - just Tolkien and a few classics.Daniel (the dev) wrote:how come you are not into AOF then?COOLguy wrote:All things Tolkien
Ah that is good tooTheBluePhoenix wrote:Anyone animal lover? Black beauty is one of my favs too
Istan quete ya merin, ar la hanyuvatyen.
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Yup. I especially liked Around the World in Eighty Days.COOLguy wrote:You guys ever read books by Jules Verne? A lot of good books there.
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Darkknight wrote:The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
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A man of my taste...Daniel (the dev) wrote: now i can say:
- Cathedral
- Shogun
- brave new world
- 451 fahrenheit
- 1984
- asimov robot books
- yes, the LOTR was fairly good
i have many more...
Asimov's Robot/Empire/Foundation (ESPECIALLY Foundation) series are by far my favorite fictional work. I have read all 6 of Asimov's foundation books 4 times.
Second is dystopian sci-fi of many authors but 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 are probably the top 2 (I've read 1984 3 times... such a powerful story). I have actually been writing an homage to 1984 to try and bring the same message into a more modern/applicable context.
I'm currently reading Stephen Baxter's Xeelee Sequence. For those people that like hard sci-fi, I highly recommend this also.
It's funny though because I actually love fantasy novels. I've read far more fantasy than I have sci-fi, but I can't always remember what they are called.
If there are any fantasy novel enthusiast here, please message me as I have been trying to find a fantasy novel I read almost 20 years ago.
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Have you read Jonathan Swift, First-Speaker? His satire is at places like Dystopian Fiction.
Thanks!
Josh
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Oh, well it is difficult to explain. It's a worldview thing - Tolkien has a very specific worldview in all of his writings, and it is all clearly laid out; but in all the mainstream fantasy the worldviews are all jumbled up (like WoW and D&D and all). And everything is all confusing and mixed around. So that's why I don't like it so well.Daniel (the dev) wrote:but there is mainly LOTR things there, even a campaign of LOTR (in early stage tough)Because it is different I don't do a lot into mainline modern fantasy - just Tolkien and a few classics.
Thanks!
Josh
Josh
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Or ASOIAF I assume
Talk about a jumble of worldviews.
Talk about a jumble of worldviews.
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The difference is Tolkien built the world, then wrote a story around it, hence why it's so solid and thick with lore. Not many other authors have done as Tolkien did. All of his work on middle earth is beyond what many others could even dream of producing. The fact that he created and scripted dozens of languages for the peoples of his world says it all.COOLguy wrote:Oh, well it is difficult to explain. It's a worldview thing - Tolkien has a very specific worldview in all of his writings, and it is all clearly laid out; but in all the mainstream fantasy the worldviews are all jumbled up (like WoW and D&D and all). And everything is all confusing and mixed around. So that's why I don't like it so well.Daniel (the dev) wrote:but there is mainly LOTR things there, even a campaign of LOTR (in early stage tough)Because it is different I don't do a lot into mainline modern fantasy - just Tolkien and a few classics.
I don't particularly like his writing style, but I cannot deny that he is one of the greatest writers of all time. I have profound respect for him as a writer and world-builder.
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Wut?DoomCarrot wrote:Or ASOIAF I assume
Talk about a jumble of worldviews.
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If there are avid fantasy readers out there, I read a fantastic fantasy novel many, many years ago that I have been trying to find. I cannot remember what it was called, but I remember there was "ancient ruins", one of which was a castle that moved its rooms and only one old man understood the castle.
The main character was a male warrior. I think there was some kind of power animal symbology too (the man talked often of eagles from memory).
If someone can help me, I will give you an internet high five.
The main character was a male warrior. I think there was some kind of power animal symbology too (the man talked often of eagles from memory).
If someone can help me, I will give you an internet high five.
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Sorry.COOLguy wrote:I'm having a hard time with that acronym
ASOIAF = A Song of Ice and Fire
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Oh. I never read it (it seemed over-commercialized)DoomCarrot wrote:Sorry.COOLguy wrote:I'm having a hard time with that acronym
ASOIAF = A Song of Ice and Fire
Thanks!
Josh
Josh
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I too love animal (especially horse) books. Has anyone read King of the Wind, by Marguerite Henry?TheBluePhoenix wrote:Anyone animal lover? Black beauty is one of my favs too
Namárië!
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Yes, that is because the show adaptation honestly.COOLguy wrote:Oh. I never read it (it seemed over-commercialized)
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