Fantasy Books Canon
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Not a big Feist fan. I tried reading the Serpentwar series, and I liked the first one, but Rise of a Merchant Prince bored the heck out of me. I gave up after that. But I seem to have a whole bunch of his older books, so maybe I'll give him another shot eventually.
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RocketScientist, have you ever read Jordan's New Spring? I found it at a bookstore a few days ago and I just finished reading it.
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Yes, it is all about how Moiraine meets Lan. I actually quite liked it, although it was short it did have it's moments.
Also, finished Memory of Light yet?
Also, finished Memory of Light yet?
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Yep. The day before yesterday. Great end to the series. I still can't believe it ended. Wow.
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What where your favorite parts in the book?
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ick, a kindle. I only read actual books, not e-books. My little collection is growing all the time and I am going to have to add a new bookcase to continue storing all of my books. Just this last weekend I bought 5 new books, including the Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams.
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Wanna race to see who ends up their first?
I could see the episode now.
"This all began on a forum on the internet. A group of people made a commitment to keep buying physical books until they could no longer get out of their houses. Now, the brave team of Hoarders will enter these houses, along with the fire department, to rescue these poor souls. We will be right back after these messages..."
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Not really. If we stacked the books just right and had a chute so someone could give us food each day we could totally live for quite a while. And it is not like we would ever get bored, with that many books you would think that we could find something to read.
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secondhand bookshops. They do miracles to us, bookhoarders. It might be painful at first, but sometimes necessary (I should know, I went through this phase recently. Now I have room for new books )RocketScientist wrote:If I keep buying physical books, I'll end up on Hoarders.► Show Spoiler
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I'm trying to do this now. I'm dividing the books I don't need into sell/give away/donate piles. Ugh. I've condensed my bookshelves some. They almost all fit on the full length wall shelves now, rather than needing extra shelving as well. This is the spring cleaning from hell, is what it is.
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I'm arranging a flat that I'm soon moving into with my fiancee and we thought of a great idea - a whole wall covered with shelves. It's gonna be one big segment with squares as shelves. It will look a bit like this: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsics ... o1_500.jpg
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That is really rad. I am a huge fan of recessed bookshelves. But depending on the architecture of the walls, it can be a pain to implement if they weren't planned for when the walls went up.
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I love that! I want rooms big enough that I don't have furniture against every bit of wall. I could definitely use a ladder up to my top bookshelf. I have to stand on my desk to move the books around on it.
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So you want a personal library similar to the one in Disney's Beauty and the Beast?
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That would save me from having to throw out books I'm probably never going to read.
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Very cool list (I am way behind, only read 6 of the - I am counting series as just one book)
You made me miss the Mists of Avalon. I must go back to the library and dig them up. Also the Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King is very fun. Oh the tales I could tell you about napkins in that book And not darker than most fairytales. I once got a copy for an 11 year old.
It doesn't really get better for long. The first book wasn't really the most gruesome one, in my opinion. I did read them all but at one point had to put the books down and clear my head for a week or so (not sure which volume, but not one of the first I think). I read very fast and in bulks so the whole thing messed with me a bit.Alavar wrote:Ugh... I despise those. I never really got through Sado-Masochistic rape (-ish?) content of first book, and didn't get "greatness" vibe from it before that. (I was told it gets better, though). Nobody seem to mention this - be warnedSamWiser wrote:Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.
You made me miss the Mists of Avalon. I must go back to the library and dig them up. Also the Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King is very fun. Oh the tales I could tell you about napkins in that book And not darker than most fairytales. I once got a copy for an 11 year old.
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I wonder if anyone has read the series of books that begins with "Goblin Hero"? Thunt and his wonderful comic/characters and humor inspired me to look for more goblins in my reading. The books in this series are a great read, I recommend them to Goblin fans.
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I would like to add to the canon:
Bram Stoker, Dracula
I don't know whether Stoker created a lot of the characteristics of vampires or whether he copied from earlier stories. But either way, his Count Dracula is all-out terrifying, even today. Stoker is good at building suspense and characters for many chapters before a battle breaks loose.
(This makes me feel like writing an article for Cracked.com: 6 things your grandparents liked that mop the floor with this generation's weaksauce.)
Bram Stoker, Dracula
I don't know whether Stoker created a lot of the characteristics of vampires or whether he copied from earlier stories. But either way, his Count Dracula is all-out terrifying, even today. Stoker is good at building suspense and characters for many chapters before a battle breaks loose.
(This makes me feel like writing an article for Cracked.com: 6 things your grandparents liked that mop the floor with this generation's weaksauce.)
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"Dracula" is the landmark, but in Gothic fiction, not fantasyMec wrote:I would like to add to the canon:
Bram Stoker, Dracula
I don't know whether Stoker created a lot of the characteristics of vampires or whether he copied from earlier stories. But either way, his Count Dracula is all-out terrifying, even today. Stoker is good at building suspense and characters for many chapters before a battle breaks loose.
(This makes me feel like writing an article for Cracked.com: 6 things your grandparents liked that mop the floor with this generation's weaksauce.)
But I definitely agree with what you just said - Stoker's magnum opus is amazing!
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I'd say Frank Herbert's is a must read. Surprised it and the sequels are not on the list. The prequels his son did were pretty good too.
Also thought the Eragorn series by Christopher Paolini was a worthwhile read.
Also thought the Eragorn series by Christopher Paolini was a worthwhile read.
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