School holidays, I'm bored pt II "What is your favourite scifi/fantasy book series?

[Krayy]

Raymond E. Feist and his Riftwar series.

Hear, hear!!!

Also Timothy Zahn's "Cobra" series.

[riffer]

Shit we all like a lot of the same stuff don't we.

Put me down for Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat, Herbert's Dune Series and Donaldsons Gap Series too...

Used to read truckloads of Heinlein when I was a kid, but the Foundation series just left me cold sorry.

[vifferman]

Try J V Jones.
"The Barbed Coil"
"The Sword of Shadows" series
"The Book of Words" series.

Unlike many fantasy writers, there's nothing "twee" about her stories - they're really gritty, and quite involving. She's really mean to her characters...

And Princess Bandit - if you want to read a really lovely novel, try "The Time-Traveller's Wife", by Audrey Niffenegger. I guess it's fantasy (seeing it's about time travel), but it's more of a love story.

[SlashWylde]

Great thread idea Princess.

Mine would be:
Stephen Donaldson's 'The Gap' cycle.
Lord of the Rings
Dave Duncan's 'A Handful of Men' series.

[PrincessBandit]

Try J V Jones.
"The Barbed Coil"
"The Sword of Shadows" series
"The Book of Words" series.

Unlike many fantasy writers, there's nothing "twee" about her stories - they're really gritty, and quite involving. She's really mean to her characters...

And Princess Bandit - if you want to read a really lovely novel, try "The Time-Traveller's Wife", by Audrey Niffenegger. I guess it's fantasy (seeing it's about time travel), but it's more of a love story.

thanks vifferman, but i'm not so much into love stories as such (can't stand romance movies) but am happy to have a read!

[vifferman]

thanks vifferman, but i'm not so much into love stories as such (can't stand romance movies) but am happy to have a read!

Well... it's not so much a love story, as about the difficulties of maintaining a relationship when your partner keeps spontaneously travelling back'n'forth through time.

[warewolf]

the difficulties of maintaining a relationship when your partner keeps spontaneously travelling back'n'forth through time.

I *hate* it when that happens...

[Cajun]

Troy series by David Gemmell

1. Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow (2005)
2. Troy: Shield of Thunder (2006)
3. Troy: Fall of Kings (2007)

Rigante series by David Gemmell

1. Sword in the Storm (1999)
2. Midnight Falcon (2000)
3. Ravenheart (2001)
4. Stormrider (2002)
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[Timaa]

the wheel of time by robert jordan. hands down no contest. its like a 13 book series thats just so intricate and brilliant.!!!
tim

[No FX]

Troy series by David Gemmell

1. Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow (2005)
2. Troy: Shield of Thunder (2006)
3. Troy: Fall of Kings (2007)

Rigante series by David Gemmell

1. Sword in the Storm (1999)
2. Midnight Falcon (2000)
3. Ravenheart (2001)
4. Stormrider (2002)
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amen to that, the rigante books are fantastic. i and am currently reading the second of the troy books and dont want it to end(halfway through after 2 days).

--- all David Gemmell books
--- any series by David Eddings(Belgariad, Mallorean, Ellenium etc. etc.)
--- Robert Jordans Wheel of Time books
--- TERRY PRATCHETT!
--- The Fencer Trilogy by K.J.Parker
--- Colin Wilsons Spider World trilogy (first books i read when i was a wee'un)

[buellbabe]

Really enjoying this thread

I now have a long list of books to read!

'The Time Travellers Wife' sounds good. Definately gonna buy that.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

I can't read books... I don't have the attention span.... and I am a visual person so I wait till the movie comes out and then hear the... oh the book was so much better and my reply STFU watching movie

[Steam]

Mieville writes the most cutting-edge (or should I say rusting-edge) fantasy you have ever read.
The book cover below is a city made of tens of thousands of floating ships, barges, junk, all tied together to make a vast decaying, rusting, heaving metropolis.
Very dark, very cool. New London Fantasy.