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Orion · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:31 pm

I want to start reading some fantasy stuff. What do you guys suggest i start out with? Something exciting and action packed would be nice.

PhyrWolf · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:42 pm

Orion wrote:

I want to start reading some fantasy stuff. What do you guys suggest i start out with? Something exciting and action packed would be nice.

Dragonlance.

Tlaloc · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:44 pm

There is an absolutely awesome 3 book series by Harry Harrison called West of Eden. It's about dinosaurs not becoming extinct but instead evolve into a bio-technologically advanced race called the Yilane. But as the Ice Age sets in they are forced to migrate south and encounter humans for the first time. Then of course war breaks out. Great stuff.

PyroMan · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:48 pm

PhyrWolf wrote:

Orion wrote:

I want to start reading some fantasy stuff. What do you guys suggest i start out with? Something exciting and action packed would be nice.

Dragonlance.

Fvck Dragonlance. :twisted:
Go for The Icewind Dale Trilogy and all books by R.A.Salvatore for that matter.

PhyrWolf · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:00 pm

PyroMan wrote:

PhyrWolf wrote:

Orion wrote:

I want to start reading some fantasy stuff. What do you guys suggest i start out with? Something exciting and action packed would be nice.

Dragonlance.

Fvck Dragonlance. :twisted:
Go for The Icewind Dale Trilogy and all books by R.A.Salvatore for that matter.

Well unlike you I'm not saying anything bad from either one. Both are great for someone just getting started in fantasy books. Dragonlance has a bit more humor which I like but it doesn't suit everyone.

Caligula_K · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:56 pm **Posts:** 3561

Orion wrote:

I want to start reading some fantasy stuff. What do you guys suggest i start out with? Something exciting and action packed would be nice.

A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin (first book is called A Game of Thrones). Greatest books ever. Icewind Dale trilogy is definitely good too, but compared to A Song of Ice and Fire...

valefor · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:46 pm

Re-reading "The Bachman Books" by, err, Richard Bachman ...
his style bears an uncanny resmblance to Stephen King, though.
V.

unknownkadath666 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:58 pm

hmmm...i wonder why :lol:

for the fantasy go with the dark elf trilogy then go for icewind dale

otakon · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:10 pm

Chronicles Of Narnia

PyroMan · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:41 pm

PhyrWolf wrote:

PyroMan wrote:

PhyrWolf wrote:

Orion wrote:

I want to start reading some fantasy stuff. What do you guys suggest i start out with? Something exciting and action packed would be nice.

Dragonlance.

Fvck Dragonlance. :twisted:
Go for The Icewind Dale Trilogy and all books by R.A.Salvatore for that matter.

Well unlike you I'm not saying anything bad from either one. Both are great for someone just getting started in fantasy books. Dragonlance has a bit more humor which I like but it doesn't suit everyone.

I was joking so i didn't mean to put it this way.There really isn't anything bad to say about each of them.
I still prefer Forgotten Realms though.

WinterIsComing · **Joined:** Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:23 am **Posts:** 1025

Orion wrote:

I want to start reading some fantasy stuff. What do you guys suggest i start out with? Something exciting and action packed would be nice.

action packed? What are you 12?

WinterIsComing · **Joined:** Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:23 am **Posts:** 1025

Brahm_K wrote:

Orion wrote:

I want to start reading some fantasy stuff. What do you guys suggest i start out with? Something exciting and action packed would be nice.

A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin (first book is called A Game of Thrones). Greatest books ever. Icewind Dale trilogy is definitely good too, but compared to A Song of Ice and Fire...

this is probably too advanced for these kids.

Metalhead_Bastard · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:09 pm

valefor wrote:

Re-reading "The Bachman Books" by, err, Richard Bachman ...
his style bears an uncanny resmblance to Stephen King, though.
V.

very, very good stuff...
my favourite is rage, but theyre all cool, i heard that bachman has a long-going fued with king, eh?

Orion · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:10 pm

Alright thanks for the help guys i'll check some of those out. Too bad WIC didn't have any recommendations. Guess he must not read much.

WinterIsComing · **Joined:** Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:23 am **Posts:** 1025

Orion wrote:

Alright thanks for the help guys i'll check some of those out. Too bad WIC didn't have any recommendations. Guess he must not read much.

just don't read what you probably call action packed. my recommendations are:

don't read any crappy ADnD books

instead read A Song Of Ice And Fire by George RR Martin or Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay.

PyroMan · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:50 pm

WinterIsComing wrote:

Orion wrote:

Alright thanks for the help guys i'll check some of those out. Too bad WIC didn't have any recommendations. Guess he must not read much.

just don't read what you probably call action packed. my recommendations are:

don't read any crappy ADnD books

instead read A Song Of Ice And Fire by George RR Martin or Lions of Al-Rassanby Guy Gavriel Kay.

Crappy from your point of view of course.
Just give Orion a chance to make up his own mind about D&D books.

valefor · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:52 pm

metalhead wrote:

valefor wrote:

Re-reading "The Bachman Books" by, err, Richard Bachman ...
his style bears an uncanny resmblance to Stephen King, though.
V.

very, very good stuff...
my favourite is rage, but theyre all cool, i heard that bachman has a long-going fued with king, eh?

Rage is my fav as well, though as you mentioned they are all very good. Am on The Long Walk as of now.
I think they resolved that feud awhile back... wasn't it chronicled in The Dark Half?
V.

Metalhead_Bastard · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:59 pm

valefor wrote:

metalhead wrote:

valefor wrote:

Re-reading "The Bachman Books" by, err, Richard Bachman ...
his style bears an uncanny resmblance to Stephen King, though.
V.

very, very good stuff...
my favourite is rage, but theyre all cool, i heard that bachman has a long-going fued with king, eh?

Rage is my fav as well, though as you mentioned they are all very good. Am on The Long Walk as of now.
I think they resolved that feud awhile back... wasn't it chronicled in The Dark Half?
V.

im not sure...that is one of the few i havent read...hehe, i heard that King actually organised a funeral for Bachmen and attended, hehe.

valefor · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:08 pm

metalhead wrote:

valefor wrote:

metalhead wrote:

valefor wrote:

Re-reading "The Bachman Books" by, err, Richard Bachman ...
his style bears an uncanny resmblance to Stephen King, though.
V.

very, very good stuff...
my favourite is rage, but theyre all cool, i heard that bachman has a long-going fued with king, eh?

Rage is my fav as well, though as you mentioned they are all very good. Am on The Long Walk as of now.
I think they resolved that feud awhile back... wasn't it chronicled in The Dark Half?
V.

im not sure...that is one of the few i havent read...hehe, i heard that King actually organised a funeral for Bachmen and attended, hehe.

It is quite good... hmm, there is a similar scene concerning a certain mock-funeral in The Dark Half, so perhaps my facetious remarks bore some truth.
V.

Dead Machine · **Joined:** Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:24 pm **Posts:** 2527

A masterwork.

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