[CausticGnostic]

Yeah, Wolf. It's the damned dragons. What is it about dragons that fantasy authors love so much?!

And I'd very much appreciate any list of your favorite books/series/writers. Like the wonderful MissMels, I'm always on the lookout for new things to read.

[Wolf MacCanine]

CausticGnostic on May 8 2009, 05:45 PM, said:

Yeah, Wolf. It's the damned dragons. What is it about dragons that fantasy authors love so much?!

And I'd very much appreciate any list of your favorite books/series/writers. Like the wonderful MissMels, I'm always on the lookout for new things to read.

Heh,I don't mind a few stories here & there that involve dragons,but Dragonlance tends to overdo it.

Ok,a few of the best authors and series written by them from the Realms:

Ed Greenwood:

Elminster series: The Making of a Mage, Elminster in Myth Drannor, The Temptation of Elminster (these are the best of the 5 books in this series,although the last,Elminster's Daughter,is a very fun read)

The Shadow of the Avatar series: Shadows of Doom, Cloak of Shadows, All Shadows Fled (I'm not sure if these are still in print,but I'm pretty sure you might be able to find them...these also deal with Elminster and a few other great characters)

The Knights of Myth Drannor series: Swords of Eveningstar, Swords of Dragonfire, The Sword Never Sleeps

Shandril's Saga series: Spellfire, Crown of Fire, Hand of Fire

The Cormyr Saga series: Cormyr - A Novel (Greenwood with Jeff Grubb), Beyond the High Road (by Troy Denning), Death of the Dragon (Greenwood with Troy Denning)

Stand-alone books: Silverfall - Stories of the Seven Sisters, Stormlight

Various short stories contained within compilations: Realms of Valor, Realms of Infamy, Realms of Magic, Realms of the Underdark, Realms of the Arcane, Realms of Mystery

Elaine Cunningham:

Songs & Swords series: Elfshadow, Elfsong, Silver Shadows, Thornhold (haven't read any of the others yet)

Starlight & Shadows series: Daughter of the Drow, Tangled Webs (haven't read the third,Windwalker,yet)

Stand-alone books: Evermeet - Island of Elves (fantastic book that also involves two characters from the Songs & Swords series)

Kate Novak & Jeff Grubb:

The Finder's Stone series: Azure Bonds, The Wyvern's Spur, Song of the Saurials

Stand-alone books: Masquerades (deals with characters from the Finder's Stone series,was originally part of large series called "The Harpers" )

Scott Ciencin (as Richard Awlinson) - Troy Denning (as Richard Awlinson) - James Lowder

The Avatar series: Shadowdale, Tantras, Waterdeep (these three made up a trilogy before the story was continued in the next two) , Prince of Lies (James Lowder) , Crucible - The Trial of Cyric the Mad (Troy Denning)

R.A. Salvatore:

The Cleric Quintet series: Canticle, In Sylvan Shadows, Night Masks, The Fallen Fortress, The Chaos Curse

Of course,all of the Salvatore novels (which there are a lot of) featuring Drizzt Do'Urden and his friends,but especially the first three (Homeland, Exile, Sojourn).

You can find a lot of the ISBN numbers for all of these books here: http://en.wikipedia....n_Realms_novels

The PDF file I had previously posted doesn't contain all of these novels,so I had to use the old standby (Wikipedia) for some of them. I'd say that if you can find them,get all of the old Harpers series. There were a lot of great novels in that series,written by many different authors. I have a bunch of them,but have read all of them at some point. One of these days I'll have to see if I can find them all in an old used bookstore,since I'd love to have the complete original collection.

Oh,I'm currently reading a newer novel that is really good so far...it's "Blackstaff Tower" by Steven E. Schend. All of the above series that I have mentioned are,I'd say,the best examples of "Realmslore" around.

[Lucy Smith]

I Just Love Books ,I used to Read books regularly,Normally i get time to read books is at Night Before I used to Sleep,the Books which you have Mentioned is really Nice I had read that book already,Recently I had finished the Book "Twilight" It's really a one of the best story book which I have ever read I had also Watched the Movie also But I didn't Like Movie that Much as I Like the Book.

[MissMelsWell]

Lucy Smith on May 9 2009, 03:01 AM, said:

Recently I had finished the Book "Twilight" It's really a one of the best story book which I have ever read I had also Watched the Movie also But I didn't Like Movie that Much as I Like the Book.

A friend of mine recently gave me Twilight, I've tried to start it three times now and can't seem to get into it. Which is really goofy since it's set in a town I've been to dozens of times (Forks, Wa). usually I like reading novels that are set in places I've been and know, if only because they paint a more vivid picture for me. I think my real problem with it is that I don't like young/teen reader novels in general. I didn't read them when I was a teen, and I think that causes me to have a hard time with them now. I felt the same way about Harry Potter; couldn't get through them either. lol.

[CausticGnostic]

Thanks for the reading list, Wolf! I'ev got Salvatore's Cleric Quintet series in an Omnibus edition, but I haven't started it yet. Somebody I met recommended it to me, so I bought it and added it to my "To Read" pile, which is starting to get out of control. My cats have taken to knocking down that little wall of books while I'm trying to sleep. (Although they're only six months old, they've figured out that messing around with my books is a sure-fire way to wake me up so that they'll get fed.)

This post has been edited by CausticGnostic: 10 May 2009 - 08:39 AM

[Wolf MacCanine]

CausticGnostic on May 10 2009, 04:34 AM, said:

Thanks for the reading list, Wolf! I'ev got Salvatore's Cleric Quintet series in an Omnibus edition, but I haven't started it yet. Somebody I met recommended it to me, so I bought it and added it to my "To Read" pile, which is starting to get out of control.

You're welcome.

The Clerics Quintet moves a bit slow at some points,but the rest will probably keep you from putting down the book.

[my_psychosis]

For fantasy lovers I recommend anything by Terry Brooks, but most escpecialy his Shannara series. They are by far my fav fantasy books and Terry is my fav fantasy author. For horror Try Dean Koontz. He is my fav for that genre. Try his Odd Thomas books.

[Mohzer]

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazney Excellent series. Loved this series

[karl 12]

'The Road' by Cormack Mcarthy is a great,great book.

'Mr B Gone' by Clive Barkers not bad either.

[CausticGnostic]

my_psychosis on May 12 2009, 07:01 PM, said:

For fantasy lovers I recommend anything by Terry Brooks, but most escpecialy his Shannara series. They are by far my fav fantasy books and Terry is my fav fantasy author. For horror Try Dean Koontz. He is my fav for that genre. Try his Odd Thomas books.

I never really got into Brooks' books, but I just finished "Brother Odd," the third in Koontz's Odd Thomas series. Loved all three books. For some reason, I'm always surprised at how excellent Koontz's books are!

[CausticGnostic]

Mohzer on May 13 2009, 04:05 AM, said:

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazney Excellent series. Loved this series

Zelazny's one of my all-time favorite authors, and the Amber series is probably my all-time favorite fantasy series, for sheer imaginative fun. I've read them all numerous times. Zelazny's early death was a terrible tragedy for all of us who love his works. I bought my first collection of Zelazny short stories back in the late 70s, and I bought every one of his novels as soon as they came out in paperback. Truly, he was one of the great storytellers of the 20th century--of any genre!

[CausticGnostic]

Mohzer on May 13 2009, 04:05 AM, said:

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazney Excellent series. Loved this series

You ought to read "Donnerjack" and "Lord Demon," too, Zelazny drafts finished by Jane Lindskold--another talented fantasy writer. She's got a really entertaining "wolf-girl" series out.

This post has been edited by CausticGnostic: 13 May 2009 - 08:09 AM

[Mohzer]

I'll have to look through the bookshelves to see if I have them. With over 10,000 + books......I sometimes miss the gems. Thanks Caustic.

Also....Howling Mad by Peter Davis. Short read. Awesome story. It's about a wolf that is bitten by a werewolf. When the full moon rises, he (the wolf) turns into a human. I actually laughed out loud while reading it.

[pippamich]

A Great And Terrible Beauty- Libba Bray
Rebel Angels- Libba Bray
The Sweet Far Thing- Libba Bray

from first to last! Those are some really good ones that I've read recently.

The Blue Girl- Charles De Lint

The Foreshadowing- Marcus Sedgwick

The Blue Bloods series by Melissa De La Cruz

ooh!
and my favorite series that I love with ever fiber and being of my heart and soul has to be The Little Goddess series by Amy Lane
books are as follows
1. Vulnerable
2. Wounded
3. Bound

The fourth one should be coming out soon but she's taken a lot of the R rated stuff out of it so if you want an actual good copy you have to special order it.
enjoy!

[Claizen]

The Song Of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin....


FOR HOUSE BARATHEON!