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 Tank333
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 Re: Recommend some good fiction  [Re: kyuzo]
#482664 - 09/26/10 10:22 PM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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I would have to add Terry Goodkind and Robert Jordan to the list. I just finished Faith of the Fallen in the Sword of Truth series for the second time. I've read all but 2 and 4 of the Wheel of Time, and that's a good series as well.
Ender's Game was a good book too, as was any of the Forgotten Realms books. The Cleric Quintet was a pretty good story.
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Re: Recommend some good fiction [Re: Tank333]
#482670 - 09/26/10 10:29 PM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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if you havent read the hitchikers guide to the galaxy book, do it!
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Re: Recommend some good fiction [Re: Tank333]
#482704 - 09/27/10 01:43 AM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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I would have to add Terry Goodkind and Robert Jordan to the list. I just finished Faith of the Fallen in the Sword of Truth series for the second time. I've read all but 2 and 4 of the Wheel of Time, and that's a good series as well.
Ender's Game was a good book too, as was any of the Forgotten Realms books. The Cleric Quintet was a pretty good story.
most of that forgotten realms stuff, if not all, epitomizes what is general wrong with the fantasy genre: one gay cliche after another
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Re: Recommend some good fiction [Re: kyuzo]
#482706 - 09/27/10 01:59 AM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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I would have to add Terry Goodkind and Robert Jordan to the list. I just finished Faith of the Fallen in the Sword of Truth series for the second time. I've read all but 2 and 4 of the Wheel of Time, and that's a good series as well.
Ender's Game was a good book too, as was any of the Forgotten Realms books. The Cleric Quintet was a pretty good story.
most of that forgotten realms stuff, if not all, epitomizes what is general wrong with the fantasy genre: one gay cliche after another
Whatever, in my opinion they are good.
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kyuzo
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Even Salvatore s stuff, which is clearly the best out of the bunch, has a major case of cheese-dick. Especially the later spin-offs of the crystal shard trilogy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Light
Not much of a fan of the amber books, but this looks cool
Edited by kyuzo (09/27/10 02:44 AM)
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Re: Recommend some good fiction [Re: kyuzo]
#482767 - 09/27/10 10:10 AM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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LOVECRAFT
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Re: Recommend some good fiction [Re: kyuzo]
#482830 - 09/27/10 02:14 PM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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Even Salvatore s stuff, which is clearly the best out of the bunch, has a major case of cheese-dick. Especially the later spin-offs of the crystal shard trilogy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Light
Not much of a fan of the amber books, but this looks cool
1. I wasn't aware "cheese-dick" was an ailment that a piece of fiction could have. I already stated there are a lot of mary sue characters, whether you care about it or not is his opinion. Now stop trolling and keep this thread on track. This thread is about suggesting books, not warning against them.
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Re: Recommend some good fiction [Re: Inbred_gimp]
#482848 - 09/27/10 03:30 PM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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LOVECRAFT
Funny, I was actually reading about him yesterday, very interesting. Seems like it would be hard to find a lot of his work though.
Thanks for all the suggestions guys I am going to do my best to check em all out, should keep me busy for a while.
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"This thread is about suggesting books, not warning against them."
Wrong: it's about suggesting "good" books. Hence, defining what is good, and what is not, is completely on topic
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Re: Recommend some good fiction [Re: drawde]
#482885 - 09/27/10 05:28 PM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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I totally dig all of the Ender's books, I think that they gain depth as the series continues, and that they really have something to say.
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Re: Recommend some good fiction [Re: drawde]
#482887 - 09/27/10 05:29 PM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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Any moderately stocked library should have some Lovecraft
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Re: Recommend some good fiction [Re: drawde]
#482898 - 09/27/10 06:33 PM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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LOVECRAFT
Funny, I was actually reading about him yesterday, very interesting. Seems like it would be hard to find a lot of his work though.
One of the all time greats. Here's his complete works. 
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Re: Recommend some good fiction [Re: FractalDust]
#482949 - 09/27/10 09:24 PM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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I bought his complete works book from barnes and noble, it and my complete works of lewis carrol are my two favorite books! 
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Re: Recommend some good fiction [Re: Inbred_gimp]
#483062 - 09/28/10 12:16 PM (14 years, 1 month ago) |
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Love the Craft, started reading his stuff around the same time I started smoking 
You can read all of his works at http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/fiction/
There used to be a site called Dagonbytes (or similar) that had all his stuff before, but I can't find it on google right now..might be down
I prefer to read actual books vs internet but that's supposedly a complete list
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