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Metallica
07-31-09, 10:16 PM
So I just finished reading the last book .. it liked it a lot! But now it's all depressing because it's over ..
Anyone know any other epic books like that? Other than the hobbit series?
My sister keeps trying to get me to read twilight, but i don't like those vampire books O.o
Some that I like personally.
L. E. Modesitt - The Recluce Saga.
George R.R. Martin - Song of Ice and Fire series
Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth
Robert Jordan (RIP) - Wheel of Time
And btw, twilight is really bad, dont read it. There are much better vampire books, try and get her to read those. She will probably like them.
Metallica
07-31-09, 10:59 PM
Some that I like personally.
L. E. Modesitt - The Recluce Saga.
George R.R. Martin - Song of Ice and Fire series
Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth
Robert Jordan (RIP) - Wheel of Time
And btw, twilight is really bad, dont read it. There are much better vampire books, try and get her to read those. She will probably like them.
She reads a lot of them, I don't really know what though O.o
I just don't like vampire's in general lol, kinda lame =p
I liked the newest HP movie, that's what made me read the last book.
I wish I wouldn't have watched the lord of the rings movies, so I could read the books and stay interested, and then watch the movies after! The epicness of those movies was crazy haha
EDIT: I just googled the Reluce saga, and it has me interested. There is a lot of them! Should I start from the beginning? I've read maybe 5 books in my life, I read crazy fast, just hard for me to get started. But after this one, I'm all interested in books now.
She reads a lot of them, I don't really know what though O.o
I just don't like vampire's in general lol, kinda lame =p
I liked the newest HP movie, that's what made me read the last book.
I wish I wouldn't have watched the lord of the rings movies, so I could read the books and stay interested, and then watch the movies after! The epicness of those movies was crazy haha
EDIT: I just googled the Reluce saga, and it has me interested. There is a lot of them! Should I start from the beginning? I've read maybe 5 books in my life, I read crazy fast, just hard for me to get started. But after this one, I'm all interested in books now.
Yup, just start at the beginning of Magic of Recluce. I picked it up one day on a whim, and I was up all night reading it was so good. Check it out, I think you will love it :D
Aztroth
07-31-09, 11:49 PM
Kate Elliot - Crown of Stars (My personal favorite series ever)
Dave Duncan - The Great Game, Tales of the Kings Blades, Chronicles of the Kings Blades (all three of these are the names of the series.)
James Clemens - The Godslayer Chronicles (have only read the first book, but its great.)
Anne McCaffrey - Pern series, The Rowan.
+1 on Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time.
(I like fantasy books, can you tell?
MadMan007
08-01-09, 12:01 AM
SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE!!11 (lol sorry I just had to)
Let's see, for book series...do you lean heavily toward fantasy or do you like sci-fi too? (The latter should be a requirement for being a computer nerd :p) If so there are many series I can recommend. Dune, including the newer ones by Brian Herbert. The Foundation series by Asimov. Some others that are a little more teenage-oriented or coming of age stories but still interesting for adults are the Ender series by Card (the later books are a little more adult), or some that are fantasy but not high fantasy or sword & sorcery are The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials) by Pullman, classics like Lewis' Narnia series...there are lots of great books out there :o
Don't be afraid to pick up the LoTR series and expansions despite seeing the movies either. The movies are excellent but like most movies they just can't compare to the depth of the books.
Metallica
08-01-09, 10:58 AM
SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE!!11 (lol sorry I just had to)
Let's see, for book series...do you lean heavily toward fantasy or do you like sci-fi too? (The latter should be a requirement for being a computer nerd :p) If so there are many series I can recommend. Dune, including the newer ones by Brian Herbert. The Foundation series by Asimov. Some others that are a little more teenage-oriented or coming of age stories but still interesting for adults are the Ender series by Card (the later books are a little more adult), or some that are fantasy but not high fantasy or sword & sorcery are The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials) by Pullman, classics like Lewis' Narnia series...there are lots of great books out there :o
Don't be afraid to pick up the LoTR series and expansions despite seeing the movies either. The movies are excellent but like most movies they just can't compare to the depth of the books.
I don't really learn toward anything lol, as long as it sparks an interest =p
I'll have to check those out. As for the whole teenage books, I'm still a teen! so, I'd rather read stuff like that anyways :)
And I know the books have way more detail and all, just having an idea of whats gonna happen next kinda kills the whole "i neeeeed to know what happens" which is the only thing that keeps me reading aha.
SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE!!11 (lol sorry I just had to)
Let's see, for book series...do you lean heavily toward fantasy or do you like sci-fi too? (The latter should be a requirement for being a computer nerd :p) If so there are many series I can recommend. Dune, including the newer ones by Brian Herbert. The Foundation series by Asimov. Some others that are a little more teenage-oriented or coming of age stories but still interesting for adults are the Ender series by Card (the later books are a little more adult), or some that are fantasy but not high fantasy or sword & sorcery are The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials) by Pullman, classics like Lewis' Narnia series...there are lots of great books out there :o
Don't be afraid to pick up the LoTR series and expansions despite seeing the movies either. The movies are excellent but like most movies they just can't compare to the depth of the books.
The bigger WTF for me was 'Dumbledore turns into jesus?!'
Metallica
08-01-09, 11:14 AM
The bigger WTF for me was 'Dumbledore turns into jesus?!'
rofl I know right! What I didn't get was how harry knew that the cup they got out of the vault was the horcrux O.o like, they were just going in there for something "important" and all of the sudden it seemed they had already known it was the cup :screwy:
4GHZ_or_bust
08-01-09, 11:57 AM
Percy Jackson (http://www.percyjacksonbooks.com/) series by Rick Riordan would be a good one to check out. Greek mythology but takes place in modern time and in some way it's a bit like Harry Potter.
5 books and a movie (http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0138654/)is expected soon.
Super Nade
08-01-09, 04:01 PM
Glen Cook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Cook)
David Eddings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eddings)
Dragon Lance Series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Lance)
Don Bassingwaith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bassingthwaite)
The Dresden Files (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Files)
I have read pretty much every TSR book there is to read. :)
Mother Goose
08-01-09, 04:35 PM
SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE!!11 (lol sorry I just had to)
Let's see, for book series...do you lean heavily toward fantasy or do you like sci-fi too? (The latter should be a requirement for being a computer nerd :p) If so there are many series I can recommend. Dune, including the newer ones by Brian Herbert. The Foundation series by Asimov. Some others that are a little more teenage-oriented or coming of age stories but still interesting for adults are the Ender series by Card (the later books are a little more adult), or some that are fantasy but not high fantasy or sword & sorcery are The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials) by Pullman, classics like Lewis' Narnia series...there are lots of great books out there :o
Don't be afraid to pick up the LoTR series and expansions despite seeing the movies either. The movies are excellent but like most movies they just can't compare to the depth of the books.
His Dark Materials sounds interesting. Thanks.
The problem with the Ender series is that I view the series as only really one novel worth reading (Ender's Game). Ender's Shadow was also very good, but it wouldn't really be classified as in a series seeing how it was the same story told in a different vantage point. I haven't read many of the other novels, but enough to realise that Card has been going in a direction I never really enjoyed (political, for one). Moreover, Ender's Game was never meant as a series (IMO), which sort of ruins it.
They are children books, but they have some very well hidden adult themes in them as well. It's one of my personal favorite series - The Chronicles of Narnia. Stuff like that, and LoTR paved the way for the Harry Potter series and it's interesting to see the correlations.
Metallica
08-01-09, 11:08 PM
Percy Jackson (http://www.percyjacksonbooks.com/) series by Rick Riordan would be a good one to check out. Greek mythology but takes place in modern time and in some way it's a bit like Harry Potter.
5 books and a movie (http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0138654/)is expected soon.
Seems a bit corny O.o But interesting at the same time. I may check this out! Then again, I swore Harry Potter was corny as **** before I read it! aha
EDIT: Just downloaded the eBook, so I'll read a bit and let you know what I think! :beer:
scoobydoo
08-01-09, 11:23 PM
choose your own adventure:)
chronicles of narnia?
Metallica
08-01-09, 11:26 PM
choose your own adventure:)
chronicles of narnia?
I'm in the dark when it comes to books! :eek:
One of my teachers read that book to our class a looonnggg time ago, I liked them. But wouldn't want to read them again, specially after seeing the movies lol
Have you read all 7 though?
Metallica
08-01-09, 11:59 PM
Have you read all 7 though?
I've read 4 of them, and seen the two movies =p
Metallica
08-03-09, 09:47 AM
I started reading the Percy jackson series! It's actually pretty interesting aha.
thanks for all the recomendations guys!
Adragontattoo
08-03-09, 10:13 AM
If you are willing to give a shot, (it is a vampire series but not lovey vampires at all, the term EMO doesnt apply) I would suggest The Necroscope series. I have been reading those books repeatedly for a few years now.
Dune series (even the newer books are pretty good)
Dragonlance series (TOO MANY BOOKS!!)
Drizzt series
The Deeds of Paksenarrion (sp?)
I'll look at my bookcases and see what other series I have.
hokiealumnus
08-03-09, 10:22 AM
+1 to Orson Scott Card's Ender series. Read them as a teenager and picked them back up recently (I'm 30 now); great reads from both perspectives. Those are the only books besides LoTR that I've ever read more than once.
Now, regarding LoTR: READ THEM! The movies were epic, that is true. However, they do not even get close to comparing to the books. There are even huge sections completely cut from the movies (Tom Bombadil comes to mind).
Additionally, if you fancy knowing how the entire LoTR world begain, I'd suggest "The Silmarillion". To be sure, it can be a tough read; it took me two times to get everything and I should probably read it again, but if you enjoy the world of LoTR, you'll enjoy the mythology of how it got started (which culminates in a section that explains the rings of power and leads right into LoTR).
Don't be fooled into thinking the books were ruined because you saw (really) good movies depicting the main events. The LoTR series is classic literature and should be enjoyed as such!
Tyranos
08-03-09, 11:41 AM
Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time is pretty epic sword and sorcery kind of series.
For something very epic, incredibly good, and multi-genre, try Stephen King's Dark Tower series. It's his master piece, and quite a few of his previous books and stories are all tied into the theme of the dark tower.
Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time is pretty epic sword and sorcery kind of series.
For something very epic, incredibly good, and multi-genre, try Stephen King's Dark Tower series. It's his master piece, and quite a few of his previous books and stories are all tied into the theme of the dark tower.
After I finish up what is released so far with George RR Martin, Dark tower is my next stop :)
MadMan007
08-06-09, 12:45 PM
His Dark Materials sounds interesting. Thanks.
The problem with the Ender series is that I view the series as only really one novel worth reading (Ender's Game). Ender's Shadow was also very good, but it wouldn't really be classified as in a series seeing how it was the same story told in a different vantage point. I haven't read many of the other novels, but enough to realise that Card has been going in a direction I never really enjoyed (political, for one). Moreover, Ender's Game was never meant as a series (IMO), which sort of ruins it.
The 'shadows' books from Ender's Game series are optional I'd say...they are ok stories but like you said it's the same timeline and some overlapping events from different character perspective. I'd say those are for more hardcore fans, they felt somewhat like Card was milking the universe. The core Ender's series books are worthwhile though: Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind. The last three still have a different feel, not being as simple and only action-based.
hokiealumnus
08-06-09, 02:05 PM
The 'shadows' books from Ender's Game series are optional I'd say...they are ok stories but like you said it's the same timeline and some overlapping events from different character perspective. I'd say those are for more hardcore fans, they felt somewhat like Card was milking the universe. The core Ender's series books are worthwhile though: Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind. The last three still have a different feel, not being as simple and only action-based.
Haven't read the shadows books, but Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide are excellent books. I've yet to acquire Children of the Mind. After I finish re-reading Xenocide, I'll have to get that one.
Thelemac
08-07-09, 07:08 PM
Steven Brust, probably my favorite series. He has two series of books, one is a prequel to the main story. The prequel actually makes a bit more sense if you read at least the first three or four books before diving into it, and it makes the different writing style far more bearable. ;)
Tyranos
08-07-09, 07:26 PM
Regarding Harry Potter, I noticed some interesting correlation between the title character and a movie I own called "Troll", circa 1986. I watched it again a few months ago. The main character of "Troll", played by Noah Hathaway, is named Harry Potter. Harry Potter lives in an apartment building with a witch/sorceress, and asks her if she could teach him how to be a wizard. I learned recently the writer/director of "Troll", John Buechler brought up a lawsuit against Rowling. The wikipedia on "Troll" has this information.
Normally many writers like to use character names from other writers/movies, but tend to credit them. J.K. Rowlings claims she came up with it all herself. Unless she's telepathic or something, she must have watched the movie like a lot of us back in the 80's, and it stuck with her until she came up with the ideas for her books.
Mother Goose
08-07-09, 07:45 PM
Regarding Harry Potter, I noticed some interesting correlation between the title character and a movie I own called "Troll", circa 1986. I watched it again a few months ago. The main character of "Troll", played by Noah Hathaway, is named Harry Potter. Harry Potter lives in an apartment building with a witch/sorceress, and asks her if she could teach him how to be a wizard. I learned recently the writer/director of "Troll", John Buechler brought up a lawsuit against Rowling. The wikipedia on "Troll" has this information.
Normally many writers like to use character names from other writers/movies, but tend to credit them. J.K. Rowlings claims she came up with it all herself. Unless she's telepathic or something, she must have watched the movie like a lot of us back in the 80's, and it stuck with her until she came up with the ideas for her books.
It's quite possible that it's coincidental. It could also be subconscious. To be honest, I can't possibly imagine why J.K. Rowling would intentionally 'rip off' a name from a 1980s movie. Doing a quick search of the surname "Potter" in London, UK yields quite a few hundred hits in the telephone directory. Harry Potter is not that unusual of a name in Britain, though it seems special in America (it's also not usual).
I imagine Rowling has to deal with quite a number of claims of plagiarism, as does almost every author who has made it big. If people take this claim seriously, it should appear in major newspapers --- it hasn't so far, other than some misc. websites.
It's quite possible that it's coincidental. It could also be subconscious. To be honest, I can't possibly imagine why J.K. Rowling would intentionally 'rip off' a name from a 1980s movie. Doing a quick search of the surname "Potter" in London, UK yields quite a few hundred hits in the telephone directory. Harry Potter is not that unusual of a name in Britain, though it seems special in America (it's also not usual).
I imagine Rowling has to deal with quite a number of claims of plagiarism, as does almost every author who has made it big. If people take this claim seriously, it should appear in major newspapers --- it hasn't so far, other than some misc. websites.
The name Potter around where I live is somewhat common. Hell, I know a Harry Potter myself. Though his real name is Harold Potter ;)
oakstave
08-08-09, 12:50 AM
+1 for Recluce series. Loved it.
+1 for Sword of Truth series.
One of the best Sci Fi series I have ever read was the Uplift novels. It starts with Sundiver, but recommend skipping it and going for Startide Rising. Sundiver is set the same universe, but it's not up to par with the other six books in the series, and it's story stands alone. Truly an epic sci-fi series.
Oh, and to add. This Song of Fire and Ice series is becoming amazing, I am just on the second book, and it is beyond incredible. If you dig intrigue and a brutal world where nothing held back. This is the series for you. Brooding, violent, and cunning. :D
Tyranos
08-08-09, 09:45 AM
The name Potter around where I live is somewhat common. Hell, I know a Harry Potter myself. Though his real name is Harold Potter ;)
But.. does he want to be a wizard? :D
Metallica
08-08-09, 10:27 AM
Oh, and to add. This Song of Fire and Ice series is becoming amazing, I am just on the second book, and it is beyond incredible. If you dig intrigue and a brutal world where nothing held back. This is the series for you. Brooding, violent, and cunning. :D
I'm returning a book in a few days, so I'll have to pick it up! That sounds awesome lol
But.. does he want to be a wizard? :D
YES YES YES YES YES :D
The Chronicles of Amber all 10 book set (http://www.amazon.com/Great-Book-Amber-Complete-Chronicles/dp/0380809060/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249746377&sr=8-1) Rodger Zelazny AWESOME SERIES~~~!
Jonh Carter of Mars series (http://www.amazon.com/John-Carters-Chronicles-Edgar-Burroughs/dp/193445107X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1249746467&sr=8-3) Edgar Rice Burroughs (same guy who created Conan the Barbarian)
The Chronicles of Amber all 10 book set (http://www.amazon.com/Great-Book-Amber-Complete-Chronicles/dp/0380809060/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249746377&sr=8-1) Rodger Zelazny AWESOME SERIES~~~!
Jonh Carter of Mars series (http://www.amazon.com/John-Carters-Chronicles-Edgar-Burroughs/dp/193445107X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1249746467&sr=8-3) Edgar Rice Burroughs (same guy who created Conan the Barbarian)
Dear god, you are my hero! I could not remember for the life of me the name of the series, or the author of the Amber Chronicles. W00tal0r!
Dear god, you are my hero! I could not remember for the life of me the name of the series, or the author of the Amber Chronicles. W00tal0r!
Yeah dude! It IMO is the best ever magic series. I love the idea of them traveling to other worlds/dimensions and technologies...jeeze Zelazny is awesome!!!
Terry Brooks does a good job to with the Shanarra series. Its very similar to Tolkien's stuff but I thought it was easier to follow than Tolkien's books.
I might just re-read the Amber books its been a long time since I read them.
Yeah dude! It IMO is the best ever magic series. I love the idea of them traveling to other worlds/dimensions and technologies...jeeze Zelazny is awesome!!!
Terry Brooks does a good job to with the Shanarra series. Its very similar to Tolkien's stuff but I thought it was easier to follow than Tolkien's books.
I might just re-read the Amber books its been a long time since I read them.
Terry Brooks did really well up until the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, then it jumped the shark in a big way.
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