Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

what is your all_time fav fantasy book? post here! mine is land of stories or harry potter

Stormlight Archive. Also Redwall Abby if you count that as a fantasy book.

Can it be a series? I have one in mind

Oops sorry. Ignore that. I had an off day.

My favorite is The Wrath and the Dawn series. ^-^

cool> i haven't read either of those

It varies depending on my mood, so flip a coin. Heads: The Name of the Wind. Tails: The Lord of the Rings

What a tough question. Maybe Deadhouse Gates (Malazan BotF #2)

Angela wrote: "What a tough question. Maybe Deadhouse Gates (Malazan BotF #2)"

This will surprise you........but I'm going to cheat. :)

The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen

I'm shocked. You never cheat Scott. I was tempted to write the same thing, but disqualified it, in that I haven't completed the series.

lol

Never could choose just one, but lately I have been thinking a lot about The Rebel of The Sands by Alwyn Hamilton, one of my favorites.

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The Shadow of the Torturer, as part of the Book of the New Sun series by Gene Wolfe.

It's dense, but I've never enjoyed anything as much as discovering new details that have been hidden in front me the whole time.

I'm a big stormlight archive fan! I can't wait for the new book to come out!

Scott wrote: "Angela wrote: "What a tough question. Maybe Deadhouse Gates (Malazan BotF #2)"

This will surprise you........but I'm going to cheat. :)

[book:The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen..."

I was going to try for that one too... you beat me to it so i'm going to take it as 'allowed'.

Stormlight Archive is my answer as well... new convert... only started 3 months ago

Emma wrote: "I was going to try for that one too... you beat me to it so i'm going to take it as 'allowed'. "

If you're looking to get away with something my suggestion is to ask me rather than the other mods. :)

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula le Guin - in fact I'd add the other two books of the original trilogy, but it was that book more than anything else, even LotR, that drew me into reading fantasy.

I remember the first time I started reading it - I think I was about 11 or 12 - and the excitement I felt when I realised that this was a whole new world for me to discover. Even now, every time I read the first few lines I feel an echo of that excitement.

Oh hard one, um how about: Tower of Dawn

The Black Jewels Trilogy: Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, Queen of the Darkness I used to reread it every year also a short story from Dreams Made Flesh I don't know if I will ever read the rest of the series many people told me they wished they had stopped at book 3.

Scott wrote: "Emma wrote: "I was going to try for that one too... you beat me to it so i'm going to take it as 'allowed'. "

If you're looking to get away with something my suggestion is to ask me rather than th..."

I'll keep that in mind...

Delitealex wrote: "The Black Jewels Trilogy: Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, Queen of the Darkness I used to reread it every year also a short story from Dreams Made Flesh I don..."

Well, me and Laura preffered the 2 book Shalador storyline actually... for me, Heir to the Shadows was one of my least favorite in the series... along with the last book and one of the other middle books...

Iain wrote: "Delitealex wrote: "The Black Jewels Trilogy: Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, Queen of the Darkness I used to reread it every year also a short story from [book:Dreams Made ..."

Is that books 4 and 5 for the Shalador storyline? Quite a few people said they really didn't like the last book.

I think Shalador is 6/7 or 7/8... it's about the descendent of the character from one of the stories in the anthology book (4 or 5 I think)...

The ending was just dissappointing... from what I remember, it was just a catalogue of how (view spoiler)[ everybody dies basically... most books end with a Happily Ever After... this took it and showed it to the very end... (hide spoiler)]

It's so hard to pick one, but for me it's probably "A Song for Arbonne" by Guy Gavriel Kay.

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. Fantastic book.

I've yet to read anything from the Stormilight Archive, so I can't really speak for it, though I do know that Sanderson is pretty darn good. But I do know that A Song for Arbonne is really good. Kay is an awesome author.

I guess part B to the question: favorite fantasy book from before the 90s (that's when fantasy began to gain legitimacy as a literary genre).

Saul wrote: "I've yet to read anything from the Stormilight Archive, so I can't really speak for it, though I do know that Sanderson is pretty darn good. But I do know that A Song for Arbonne is r..."

If I had to choose one from before the 90s I would definitely say Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock.

Pendra wrote: "Saul wrote: "I've yet to read anything from the Stormilight Archive, so I can't really speak for it, though I do know that Sanderson is pretty darn good. But I do know that [book:A Song for Arbonne..."

Oddly enough, I'd never heard of Moorcock before this year, and now I can't get enough of his stories. That certainly is a good one! I just read it not two weeks past, and I'm now trying to get the chronological second.

Saul wrote: "Pendra wrote: "Saul wrote: "I've yet to read anything from the Stormilight Archive, so I can't really speak for it, though I do know that Sanderson is pretty darn good. But I do know that [book:A S..."

I read it when I was 14 and it's the only book that stuck with me on a deeper level. You should really read the whole series. ;)

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@Panera I really am trying XD but his books are conparatively hard to find in the States.

Abhay wrote: "Words Of Radiance from Stormlight Archives from me. A 1000+ page tome and Sanderson maintains the awesomeness throught out book. Never a dull moment, never a drop in tempo. That is some amazing ski..."

I rate the books 5 stars, but have found minor things to quibble about in each so far... Kaladin in book 1 was mopey at the start, and it made me hard to like him at first... and in the second one Shallan was too good to be true... hopefully Dalinar doesn't have an annoying trait as the main POV of Oathbringer to continue the trend...

I dunno if Urban Fantasy counts here, but if so I pick Written in Red... I read it in a single 10hr stretch the first time, and rate the first 4 books in the series 6 stars...

It seems like Pendra's name changes in every thread I look at :) Panera, Pendragon...

Iain wrote: "It seems like Pendra's name changes in every thread I look at :) Panera, Pendragon..."

LOL, I'm used to that by now. My real life name is Andrea but I decided to use the name of my World of Warcraft main character when I'm online, to keep a bit of privacy. ;)

For a second I thought Pendea was an anagram of Andrea... how clever... stupid P ruined it

Pendra

That's easy! II liked it so much that I read the last half in an average of 1.1 pages per minute, fully immersed. I told Brent Weeks this and told him that it was the best day of my life. He was really honored. he pinned the tweet for a while, and followed me back.

Iain wrote: "I dunno if Urban Fantasy counts here, but if so I pick Written in Red... I read it in a single 10hr stretch the first time, and rate the first 4 books in the series 6 stars..."

That was such a great book Iain. I loved Written in Red.

Angela wrote: "Iain wrote: "I dunno if Urban Fantasy counts here, but if so I pick Written in Red... I read it in a single 10hr stretch the first time, and rate the first 4 books in the series 6 s..."

Urban Fantasy is still fantasy.

Wizards first Rule by Terry Goodkind.
The Lord of the rings by JRR Tolkien.

Meaghan wrote: "Wizards first Rule by Terry Goodkind.
The Lord of the rings by JRR Tolkien."

Wizard's First Rule was my first ever fantasy read! So, naturally, it holds a special place for me. Recently though my favorite fantasy read would be The Final Empire and The Dragonbone Chair. Basically because I can't pick between the two. I love them each for different reasons.

Terry Brooks' Shannara series is my all time favorite.

This is such a difficult question. I feel like the answer is: none yet. I love to read fantasy but there isn’t one book I’d choose to read again and again. Maybe I’ll find one of those soon.

It's tough to narrow down to a single book, since fantasy so often is written in a series. I guess the answer would most likely either be my favorite entry from my favorite series (Memory of Light from Wheel of Time) or favorite stand-alone (Lions of Al-Rassan). I'll give the nod to Memory of Light.

Hmmm...:I’m fairly new to Fantasy (which I can’t believe I’ve waited so long) but I really like the Riyria books by Michael Sullivan. Royce and Hadrian are my two most favorite characters. Granted I haven’t read any Stormlight archive books or Scot Erikson or Game of Thrones yet so this can change.

I adore the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik (I still have three books left to read as I keep putting off finishing because I don't want it to be over)

I also love The Copper Cat trilogy by Jen Williams.

But I think my favourite fantasy has to be the Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo.

I am definitely a 'character over plot' kind of reader. If there is a book with well developed characters, especially well developed friendships/relationship they become instant favourites.

I can't just pick one so here are some of my most loved series, Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Keeper of the Lost Cities, The Unwanteds, Hunger Games, Maze Runner, and The Theif Lord (I know it isn't a series but I still had to put it down).

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