i am looking for books, where there are themes of fantasy in a mythical sense.
just like LOTR(Lord of the rings etc.)
thanks
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i am looking for books, where there are themes of fantasy in a mythical sense.
just like LOTR(Lord of the rings etc.)
thanks
there are dozens
u better start with Dragonlance in my opinion ;)
That are epic in scope? A Song of Fire and Ice by George R.R. Martin.
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thanks for that
David Eddings-
Start with Pawn of Prophecy. Then theres nine of those that follow (worth it) and if your still enthused after that, there Polgara the Sorceress- and Belgarath the sorceror, and the Rivan Codex :) I'm assuming, by lord of the rings, you mean fantasy epics- the unwilling young thing who's forced by fate into a role he doesn't want to have, on a long and difficult journey with a sorceror with a long white beard in robes (I kid you not, theres serious similarities. In this lot though, its not a ring, its the Orb, a rock with magical powers)
have fun :)
The Talisman by Stephen King is one of the best cont. Fantasy's I've ever read.
I've read The Chronicles of Thomas Covennant the Unbeliever 2 trilogies in all twice now and I think they are fantastic. Stephen R. Donalson wrote them definitely worth a read. Also The Dragonriders Of Pern Trilogy by Anne McCaffrey was quite good. I agree that the Tailisman is good but I also think that his Gunslinger/ Dark Tower books are the best books Stephen King has written. You may also want to try Piers Anthony start with A Spell for Chameleon and go from there. :D
The books from Feist are really good. I actually like them better than LOTR.
Ask Rat Faced for more info about them, he has them all :)
Does he have the new ones (King of Foxes, for example)? They aren't being sold where I'm at, currently. :(
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Given the nature of your request, you really cannot go past Silmarillion. Whihc is actually a book by Tolkien detailing the mythology of the LoTR world, that is it's history, religion, source of magic etc
Personally I find Silmarillion better than LoTR.
How about you PM him and find out MN? :lol:
It'd be more work. ;)
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Last i got was "Tallon of the Silver Hawk".
Book one in the "Conclave of the Shadows" series
(That's the Secret Society to fight the nameless one set up by Pug in "Shards of a Broken Crown")
There are more, but im waiting for them to come out in paperback, coz im skint
:(
Anyone wishing to get into Feist:
The 1st Book of all the differing Series (which all fit together...) is: "Magician"
In my opinion, a hell of a lot better than Tolkien....
Silmarillion, never thought about that, what other works are there of Tolkien's
Talon of the Silver Hawk any good?
Tolkien's other popular work is The Hobbit.
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By memory: Book of Lost tales and/or Forgotten stories 1 & 2.
Adventures of Tom Badabil (sp), Probably something else.
Silmarillion also details elements of Elven language, which is useful for naming characters in your role playing games. For example in morrowind I have a female redguard named Maegwen - meaning "Sharp Maid" i.e. Battle Maid. Her class being Faerun (Wandering Spirit).
Book of Lost Tales by Christopher Tolkien (JRR's grandson)
Adventures of Tom Bombadil
I'd recommend the Silmarillion and The Hobbit (its strictly a children's book, not an epic)
Terry Pratchett - Disc World Series (alot more humor though)
Tolkien's 'Farmer Giles of Ham'. Its by no means epic but still damn good.
The Dark Tower series.
These were great:
http://www.malazanempire.com/
The best I've read in that direction in a long time.
Otherwise there's always Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time"/"Dragon Reborn"-series.
I guess you could have a go at Lloyd Alexander's "Westmark" or Ursula K. LeGuin's fantasy novels as well.
Hugh Cook's Chronicles of an Age of Darkness - A Saga lasting 10 books.
The author has made some available online for free here.
I would definatly recommend the wheel of time series by Robert Jordan. there are 11 I think with 2 more coming out. Plenty of action and mature stuff..plus when your finished try playing the game
Hi all
Mate you should read northern lights my lil cousin raed it she says it iz like lord of da rings...
qkiani
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I agree with you
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Men still are born who can learn to channel the Power, or worse, who will channel one day whether they try to or not. Doomed to madness, destruction, and death by the taint of the saidin, they are hunted down by the Aes Sedai and gentled, cut off forever from the Power for the safety of the world. No man goes to this willingly. Even if they survive the hunt, they seldom survive long after gentling.
For more than three thousand years, while empires rose and fell, nothing has been so feared as a man who can channel. But for all those three thousand years there have been the Prophecies of the Dragon, that the seal of the Dark One's prison will weaken and he will touch the world once more, and the Dragon, who sealed up that hole, will be Reborn to face the Dark One again. A child, born in sight of Tar Valon on the slopes of Dragonmount, will grow up to be the Dragon Reborn, the only hope of humanity in the Last Battle.
A world of kings and queens, nations and wars, where the White Tower rules only Tar Valon but even kings and queens are wary of Aes Sedai machinations. A world where the Shadow and the Prophecies loom together.
This is the world Robert Jordan invites all to enter. This is the world of The Wheel of Time.
I'd recommend Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Series, extremely fascinating series.
I'd certainly not recommend Wheel of Time. ;)
If you absolutely must read it, do quit before hitting the fifth or six book.
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The redwall series was ok. I use to love those books.
Can you forward me the ebook of The Silmarillion?Quote:
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Thanks in advance.
Regds,
DD.
Raymond E. feist's riftwar saga is kinda like it but a shit load better :D The first book is magicians: Apprentice
I guess you could try Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks. But be warned that you might find it all to similar to Lotr and end up feeling like you are reading some kind of inferior rip-off :dry:
George MacDonald is an interesting read with books like "Lilith" and "At the back of the North Wind" A Victorian writer who explored fantasy, I recall one of his books is called "Phantasies", he inspired Tolkein, Carroll and CS Lewis.