Hi Im GUNNARYSEARGENTHARTMAN, and I started this thread with the basic intrest of what you believe is the best fantasy book of all time, oh and if you can give reasons and a mark out of ten. We wanna know why that book is either special to you, is deep, chilling or a generally good read.

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P.S Please don't forget to give a mark out of TEN for your book, and try to give bad as well as good points, whether there is room for improvement, or where it's just right!!!

Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart!!! 9/10

The daddy of Fantasy, Lord Of The Rings 10/10 and the next best after that the Dragonlance chronicles 9/10. Not sure what the new stuff is like but the first three books are great.

Lol, I totally agree with lord of the rings, 10/10, I thought that because it had a good range of characters, which you could relate too, while, having a good adult style of writing immersed into the novel.

Ive never heard of the dragonlance chronicles, so im definitely gonna check them out if someone with your taste has reccomended them

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The Silmarillion is the greatest Fantasy/myth ever written i believe.

Silmarillion Link

Actually, I'd never heard of the silmarillion. Ive read the lord of the rings and the hobbit numerous times, but never knowing about the novel by j.r.r tolkein, the silmarillion.


How would you rate this book, what aspects are good and bad?

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Gasp! You have never heard of the Silmarillion ?! I have read this book more times then i can remember. Besides the Silmarillion proper there are about 12 or so more books that delve into the history of Middle-Earth beforet he days when Sauron begun his hunt for the One Ring. You learn of the days when he was known as Annatar and Thu and Gorthaur, the many different terrible anf fair guises he took on on his travels through middle earth. He had hoped to gain control over the elven Lords by giving them rings of power and after they accepted and put on the rings he forged the great ring and put it on his finger in hopes of controlling them. The elves though percieved his hidden malice and took off the rings.

You will have a whole new perspective of the Lord of the Rings after reading the Silmarillion. Then if you Really want to delve deep you will read the further books about the ancient days.

I rate this book 10/10 for sure.

Histories of Middle earth

Here is a list of some of the books i reccomend you start reading with Silmarillion being the first one.

Take for instance the Island of Numenor. If you read the Book of Lost Tales you will read a story about a man and women in Numenor. A rare thing since it is the only story that's about people other then the most high.

But most amazing is the mention of the first bithplace of The second born. An amazing read when you discover it. An elf discovers this place before even Melkor came and cast a shadow of darkness over the lords of men.

I have read the histories of middle earth, but not silmarillion. will check out what you put down though.


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My favourite of recent, and perhaps all time as these novels are fantastic to me, is The First Law - by Joe Abercrombie, a Brit too .

His triligy of The First Law are;

The Blade Itself - 8/10, due to it being hard to get into Glakta's role, for me anyway.
Before They're Hanged - 9/10, due to everything evolving and evolving very nicely and being believable.
Last Argument Of Kings - ?/10, Ordered it last Friday, appariently from reviews it does not let the triligy down. Something I was hesitant
about before buying.

It is hard to dispute the Lord of the Rings series is the great grandaddy of all fantasy fiction.

Besides those.... (can I vote for my own - ha ha?)

I like the Chronicles of Amber by Zelazny, Laurence Wyatt Evans, and Robin Hobb's Farseer series.

The Trilogy written by the great Jack Vance:

Book 1: Lyonesse
Book 2: The Green Pearl
Book 3. Madouc

Unbelievably good! Easily 10 out of 10. A truly spectacular work of fantasy, the very best.

(Having said that -- All Hail to Lord of the Rings and Silmarillion) Total Tens!

Dragonriders of Pern 9/10
Dune 9/10
Elric Saga 8/10
Mysts of Avalon 8/10

Hmm, I think that the Da Vinci code is a good book, it may not be a fantsay book, but it is a good book nontheless. I would rate this book 8/10, it's good, but it lacks something, I don't know what but it's just missing something....


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The Cup of the World by John Dickinson and of course the Wheel of Time series though I have only read through half of it or so.

I am madly in love with the cheap trashy but funny as hell Southern Vampire series.
It is a female thing.
Don't try to understand it.

The wheel of time series by robert jordan-10/10
The holy bible by various authors-7/10
Lotr by tolkien-9/10.

Although it isn't a book, Dan Brown is an awesome writer in my opinion

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Has nobody mentioned The Darktower Series? Is it that bad?.... I kind of love that series....

I guess Isaac Asimov's Foundation series really impacted me. His character Hari Seldon and the concept of PsychoHistory really caught a nerve. It gave me a world systems view when I was nine years old.

I had the same experience although i first read Foundation as an adult. Everyonce in a while i think that PsychoHistory is possible to some degree if only some genius out their would be willing to think about it.

Google for "quantum computing" or "quantum computer"

Researchers claim that they are developing quantum computers for ciphers and to safeguard data encryption.

But think of the possibilities. A computer that is not limited to binary, but could conceivably run through and determine the likely probability of a given event. Corporations today already use marketing and psychology to buy their stuff. And GPS (in our cars), marketing surveys, and credit card transactions lets them track our movements (i.e. how did people respond to the movie adverts; or how many people went to Macy's for the sale). Combine those data streams with computer technology that can run in a probabilistic quantum mode rather than basic binary.

Political polls and PR data lets politicians assess how to spin their views for mass appeal, etc.

Seems to me we've been headed toward Hari Seldon and PsychoHistory since the Roman Empire (mass popularization of religion). But we are on the verge of the technology whereby the "powers" will really be able to move the herd.

Google for "quantum computing" or "quantum computer"

Researchers claim that they are developing quantum computers for ciphers and to safeguard data encryption.

But think of the possibilities. A computer that is not limited to binary, but could conceivably run through and determine the likely probability of a given event. Corporations today already use marketing and psychology to sell us their stuff. And GPS (in our cars), marketing surveys, and credit card transactions lets them track our movements (i.e. how did people respond to the movie adverts; or how many people went to Macy's for the sale). Combine those data streams with computer technology that can run in a quantum probability mode rather than basic binary (yes or no).

Today, political polls and PR data lets politicians assess how to spin their views for mass appeal, etc.

Seems to me we've been headed toward Hari Seldon and PsychoHistory since the Roman Empire (mass popularization of religion). But we are on the verge of the technology whereby the "powers" will really be able to move the herd at will and foresee the probability of consequences with high degrees of certainty.

If you are talking about Ann Rice's series, I love them, too. I'm sure a lot of posters like Ann Rice.

My mistake. I just realized that there actually is a series called Souther Vampire series. Well, I'll look for the torrent. I'm sure it's not for sale in the bookstores in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia...