Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy discussion

Well, in the genre of herotic fantasy, Lord of the Rings, Gene Wolfe's various works. Patricia McKillip's Forgotten Beasts of Eld has a special place in my heart, Robert E. Howard when I was a wee lad (ok, when I was a teenager), I liked the character of Thorkell very much in Kay's The Last Light of the Sun. Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword, Narnia was good, and one of the few films that was truly faithful to the books, especially compared to Peter Jackson's defilement of Tolkien's works (sorry, don't mean to sound bitter). Glen Cooks various works, especially his Dread Empire series, although I liked The Black Company books too. I guess that's enough for now. Take care everyone.

Wow! That's a LOT of stuff to read!

Connor wrote: "Wow! That's a LOT of stuff to read!"

The longest journey begins with a single page.

I just got Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun, haven't started reading yet.

Sam wrote: "Hey guys just joined the group im currently reading the Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind and wholeheartedly recommend them. Also, I really enjoyed Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Magicians Ap..."

Hello! Glad to see more sci-fi/fantasy fans join! It's exciting. :)

Hi Sam, welcome!

Conan, David Gemmell, RA Salvatore, Cormac Mac Art, Red Sonja, Peter V. Brett, Paul S. Kemp. Richard Baker, Tad Williams, Michael Stackpole, Gardner Fox, etc.

R.A.Salvatore, Micheal Stackpole, Tad Williams, Aaron Allston, Bernard Cornwell, Allison Goodman, Suzanne Collins.
Hunger Games is my new favorite series along with Allison Goodman's "Eon" and "Eona". And C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner novels.

Sam wrote: "Hey guys just joined the group im currently reading the Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind and wholeheartedly recommend them. Also, I really enjoyed Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Magicians Ap..."

I loved Magician's Apprentice! :)

'Ello!

Watersmeet, Ranger's Apprentice, the Bartimaeus Trilogy, Graceling, Fire, and of course, THE HUNGER GAMES and DIVERGENT!

I haven't read any of those yet, lol. I accidentally read the first two chapters of the hunger games...

Oh, stop it, it wasn't that bad. I liked Hunger Games despite it's unbelievably simple and easy-to-predict plot. It was a really good idea, could've been better executed. And Graceling and Fire are sister books... Graceling's better.

I mean accidentally as in I was originally going to read a paragraph but it was so good I couldn't stop reading...

Okay, that sounds better than what I thought you meant. I thought you meant it was so horrible that reading two pages was an accident and you regretted it.

Two chapters actually...

Proud of you.

;)

Somehow, reading the title instantly got me thinking Jurassic Park or The Stand.

Jurassic Park was an amazing book! I lovededed it!

So I'm not sure if books about Utopias and/or Dystopias fall into science fiction or fantasy, but I absolutely love them!

They fall into a futuristic Science Fiction I think. If you want to read a challenging, thoughtful book without much action, read We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (sp). It's a Russian Translation. Brilliant book.

It is called "We"?

Yep. "We"

Cool I might just have to look that up.

Percy Jackson series! I'm reading "The Lost Hero" soon, hopefully... my friend said she'd let me borrow her copy (since our library doesn't have it yet).

Those books are awesome!

I really like Maximum rife series,Artemis Foul Series, Percy jackson Series, the red pyramid and the lost hero!

Well lets see,
deffintly lord of the rings,anyways i also like, the Fallen series, the lab series, the iron fey series, the nightshade series, th ebooks of pellior series, strange angel series, hush hush series, and more

sorry if these arnt exactly Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy im not exactly sure of the geneerale diffintion

I haven't read any of the sries listed except hush hush but is the series tht u listed good?

Really? do you like the series though?

I like percy jackson hero of olynpus and that stuff and i like the 39 clues and i absolutely love the hardy boys sseries.

Hey I recently joined the group and im currently reading The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, in fact im reading the ninth book "Chainfire" and having a great time doing so. I also like Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan, just found the idea of ancient Greek mythology played in modern society fascinating.
BTW if anyone knows of books that mostly resemble the ones above do tell.

I will if I find any and nice to meet youdkiras!!!!(:

Oh and read the red pyramid series by rick riordan if u haven't already!

Lian Hearn's Otori series is pretty good.
http://lianhearn.com/

Nice to meet you too, I plan to read the red pyramid series by Rick Riordan and Otori series looks good I will have to check it later.

cool!

I really like the authors Mel Odom and Brent Weeks! My favourite books are by Mel Odom they are, "Hellgate London" (which is fantasy Sci-fi) and "Threat from the Sea" (which is heroic fantasy) I also really want to read "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings"

I was recently introduced to a book by Paulo Coelho call The Alchemist. For those of you who haven't read it I think it is a must read! This book is great for all ages and it is a timeless story of coming into ones self and the value of all of life's adventures good and bad. It's a small book with a big impact. I loved it so much I went out and purchased it after reading a library copy so that I could read it again and again.

Some of my personal favorites:

Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
Watership Down
The Princess Bride
Chronicles of Narnia
Three Musketeers
Count of Monte Cristo

Sounds like mine, but I haven't read Watership down yet (sadly enough).

Michael wrote: "Some of my personal favorites:

Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
Watership Down
The Princess Bride
Chronicles of Narnia
Three Musketeers
Count of Monte Cristo"

Great list, Michael! Those are some of my favorites as well -- especially The Hobbit.

Michael wrote: "Some of my personal favorites:

Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
Watership Down
The Princess Bride
Chronicles of Narnia
Three Musketeers
Count of Monte Cristo"

Love them all but I haven't yet fully read The Three Musketeers. I lover the story though. I also have to say that I like Brandon Sanderson's work and don't mind the Inheritance books (although not the greatest ever). I also have a fondness for an Aussie writer's series: The Ranger's Apprentice and for the Inkheart books.

Sam wrote: "Jonathan i love The Ranger's Apprentice series! If you haven't heard yet John Flanagon has started another new series in the same setting of Rangers Apprentice but with totally new characters, focu..."

Yeah I love it because he's Australian too (patriotism haha). I also plan to read that new series of his and his most recent book. Actually I plan to buy it. Its my goal to own all my personal favourite books at some point. I'm on my way so far...

I also love Brandon Sanderson's books of late. He's perhaps one of the few authors I feel can really write epic fantasy that's not simply taking source material from elsewhere and sticking it together to make a book.

I really enjoyed Brandon Sanderson's books too. He's got a new one coming out that I need to read too. :)

i will basically read anything that can keep my attention and trust me it doesn't take much to get my attention

I must state the Sherlock Holmes books and Edgar Allan Poe's works because of their mystery and clever plotting.

Casey wrote: "i will basically read anything that can keep my attention and trust me it doesn't take much to get my attention"

If I wrote a book called A History of the Grains of Sand in the Sahara Desert, would you read it?

Jonathan wrote: "I must state the Sherlock Holmes books and Edgar Allan Poe's works because of their mystery and clever plotting."

Have you seen the BBC Sherlock Holmes or the Robert Downy Jr. Sherlock Holmes? They're both way different and both amazing. I haven't read any of the stories yet, but I do like Edgar Allan Poe's stuff.