Hello all...

I just finished reading Eragon and Eldest.. and I strongly recommend them to everyone... and since the third book of the Inheritance trilogy is not finished yet... I now have nothing to read.. and I am needing something very interesting ...

I could finish reading all 6 Harry Potter books.. for the second time (I have read 1-4 and part of 5 twice) ... but would really like something new...

I like science fiction & fantasy and epic adventures!! Anything with dragons, magic, etc. Any Ideas?

Thanks!
~Nxt

Have you read the His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman? or Lord of the Rings is always good.

Yeah.. read and loved the Lord of the Rings trilogy... never heard of His Dark Materials trilogy... I will have to check it out!!

THANKS!

Jean Auel and the "Earth's Children" series of 5 books. It starts with "Clan of the Cave Bear."

Google any of the three items.

ryk...

No problem
The three books are:
1. Northern Lights
2. The Subtle Knife
3. The Amber Spy Glass
If that's any help.

I have been trying to remember a series of books that were very popular back in the early seventies. They had a lot of warmth in them. I can only remember the title of the first and most popular "The People." I do not remember the author's name.
It was about a group of aliens who had been living on earth for a very long time in a rural area. There was a television movie based on first book or two combined I think.

I had been thinking of trying to find those books as they might be even better now than they were then, as not only will the aliens be sureal but the people of earth from the late sixties and early seventies might seem pretty sureal now too.

WOW... thanks guys!!

I have just found out that I can get the whole "His Dark Materials" trilogy for about $17 at Hastings.

and thanks Rykster...gonna check those out too...

and Bella.. let me know if you find out the names of those books you mentioned

Keep the ideas coming!!!

BTW.. a co-worker just offered to let me borrow his copy of the Ann Rice novel, "Christ The Lord - Out of Egypt"...

Anyone read it or heard anything about it?

Have you read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card and any of those that follow in the series? It is a very good series and should keep you occupied for awhile.

Can't wait till they finish the movie...

The belgariad? a pretty good read imo...

Well if you have about a year to spare there is always The Wheel of Time series, one of the few true rivals to Tolkien when it comes to a fantasy epic in my humble opinion.

Well, it's a bit young-adult-ish, but the Everworld series is pretty much the epitome of fantasy, adventure, comedy, and drama.

In this series, four teenagers find themselves pulled into an unreal realm, known as Everworld. While trying to find a way out, they encounter countless adventures, involving mythical creatures and beings of the old. There's Aztecs, vikings, knights, fairies, mermaids, Atlanteans, dwarves, and of course, gods! Dozens of Greek, Norse, Roman, Aztec, and Egyptian gods make appearances in this series.

I first read the series in seventh grade, and since then, I've read it again at least five times. As a matter of fact, I started reading the series again a month ago. It's that addicting.

I highly recommend this series to anyone with an active imagination. Every time I read it, I feel like I'm in the book. I personally feel connected to the main characters. The author wrote the series flawlessly. I guarantee you'll be hooked once you read the first few pages of the first book.

Everworld
"A thousand years ago humans believed in the Gods of myth, in the great legends, in dragons and trolls and elves and wizards. So, what if they were right? What if all these myths were real? Well, you'd ask, "If Thor and Apollo, dragons and dwarves were all real, where are they now?"

The answer is . . . Everworld.

In the dark past, Zeus and Odin, Huitzilopoctli and Ra, and the other gods of myth decided to abandon the real world. They created another universe where magic rules, where all the mystery and terror of these capricious immortals holds sway. It is a place where Vikings still sail in the name of Thor, where the Aztecs still make human sacrifices to Huitzilopoctli, and where Merlin still weaves his subtle webs.

For a thousand years and more EVERWORLD has existed apart from the real world. But now Everworld is in trouble. The cozy universe created by Earth's ancient immortals has been invaded by the creatures of myths that are no part of human tradition. The gods are under attack, divided, terrified. And in this moment of supreme danger, Loki, Norse god of evil, reaches across the barrier between Everworld and the real world to seize a new power: Senna Wales.

Senna carries with her four ordinary high school kids from the Midwest. David, the insecure hero and Senna's love; Christopher, the joker Senna spurned, who hides his own anger and bigotry beneath a glib veneer; Jalil, cold, calculating and so devoted to rationality he can't even acknowledge his own strange tie to Senna; and April, Senna's half-sister — actress, flirt, and Senna's most dangerous enemy.

Is Senna good or evil or some combination of the two? David, Christopher, Jalil and April may die trying to find out."

I don't read a lot of modern sci-fi or fantasy.
I am obsessed with H. P. Lovecraft stories right know, and they're entrancing.

I'm reading Stephen King's Cell. It's really good so far and it's easy to find.

you should read either the cirque de freak series or some dan brown you know Digital Fortress or Angels and Demons.

yeah stephen kings cell is great i read it

If you've read Lord of the Rings, you should read The Silmarillion. It's also by J.R.R. Tolkien and is kind of the "Genesis" to LoTR.

GOD GENE author DEEN HAMER

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