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They are good. 9-12 might be a little young for them actually. Make sure you start with Redwall itself.
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For fans of fantasy that doesn't follow the same ol' story of "questing to save the world before the evil dude wins", I really got to reccomend this chaps books.
His storytelling is utterly gripping, his characters are amazingly believable, and the world(s) he writes about are completely compelling. You really wouldn't want to go there, but they just suck you in.
Its fantasy for sure. But waaay better than anything else I've read of late.
I'd reccomend starting with the first, (Gardens of the Moon) and reading them in series. they just get better and better. So far anyway.....
the Tiste Ande would rock as a new playable race in EQ....just sayin.
His storytelling is utterly gripping, his characters are amazingly believable, and the world(s) he writes about are completely compelling. You really wouldn't want to go there, but they just suck you in.
Its fantasy for sure. But waaay better than anything else I've read of late.
I'd reccomend starting with the first, (Gardens of the Moon) and reading them in series. they just get better and better. So far anyway.....
the Tiste Ande would rock as a new playable race in EQ....just sayin.
"If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders". Carlin.
Thread hijack-- kind of. In the spirit of Halloween read World War Z by Max Brooks, a former SNL writer. Fantastic pacing, creepy and in keeping with the George Romero Night of the Living Dead series. I haven't read a better book in months. Once you finish the story (which will take all of 1-2 days because it's so good) rent a Dead video for some visual exclamation points.
Muy bueno read-o.
Totem
Muy bueno read-o.
Totem
Totem wrote:
Thread hijack-- kind of. In the spirit of Halloween read World War Z by Max Brooks, a former SNL writer. Fantastic pacing, creepy and in keeping with the George Romero Night of the Living Dead series. I haven't read a better book in months. Once you finish the story (which will take all of 1-2 days because it's so good) rent a Dead video for some visual exclamation points.
Muy bueno read-o.
Totem
Muy bueno read-o.
Totem
I have Brook's Zombie Survival Guide sitting om my coffee table. Written like a survival guide on how to survive zombie attacks, it's very well written and it's fun to watch a friend or a repair guy or whomever notice it pick it up and go "What the fuck?"
Speaking of fantasy fiction, those of you who want something not-so-Tolkienesque should check out David Gemmell's Drenai (and Skilgannon the Damned) series.
I liked the Waylander trilogy best, but all of his books are good reads with not many walls of descriptive text.
The setting is a warring medieval continent (races are reminiscent of Europeans/Mongols/Japanese) where there is very little magic (mostly one or two witches/shamans and extremely rare magical items) and fantasy creatures (Meldings between beasts and men, some books deal with demons)
OMG, I just read in that page I linked that he passed away this year :(
I liked the Waylander trilogy best, but all of his books are good reads with not many walls of descriptive text.
The setting is a warring medieval continent (races are reminiscent of Europeans/Mongols/Japanese) where there is very little magic (mostly one or two witches/shamans and extremely rare magical items) and fantasy creatures (Meldings between beasts and men, some books deal with demons)
OMG, I just read in that page I linked that he passed away this year :(
Git, let's trade. I've been trying to find a copy of the Survival Guide, but short of special ordering it, the local bookstores around here don't carry it. PM for details.
Totem
Totem
Debalic wrote:
Deathwysh wrote:
Eragon sucked.
It is formulaic in the extreme.
Standard format heroic fantasy... young man is last heir to an ancient order, old man living nearby just happens to be last surviving member of that ancient order, throw in one mysterious half-brother and one standard issue hot chick, stir well and you come up with...
It is formulaic in the extreme.
Standard format heroic fantasy... young man is last heir to an ancient order, old man living nearby just happens to be last surviving member of that ancient order, throw in one mysterious half-brother and one standard issue hot chick, stir well and you come up with...
David Eddings!
I'm hoping I lost my Belgariad and Mallorean books while moving so I don't have to go through the bother of giving them away to unsuspecting teens.
Terry Goodkind!
I know I threw those awful books away.
Robert Jordan and Goodkind are the reasons that I stopped reading Fantasy. Those two asshats killed my imagination.
The Glorious GitSlayer wrote:
I have Brook's Zombie Survival Guide sitting om my coffee table. Written like a survival guide on how to survive zombie attacks
Wow. I re-checked the dates three times to make sure that this wasn't a necro post. I'm still not convinced.
I saw on George R.R. Martin's site a few years ago that he was reading Lynn Flewelling's Bone Doll's Twin and that he really liked it. I tried it out and it was pretty good. I never did read the two sequels though because I planned on waiting until she was done writing so that I could just plow through the remaining two. I haven't done so yet, but the first book was worth a read and the other two have been out a while.
Zombie survival guide is hilarious. I have it sitting on my coffee table as well. I didn't know that Brooks had written another book. The Reign of the Dead series by Len Barnhart is fairly decent as well if you're interested in other titles along the same lines.
Debalic wrote:
For those looking for younger fantasy alternatives, give Tamora Pierce a try. I've been reading her first, Song of the Lioness quartet since grade school. Since then she's done a few more series, all set within the same world as far as I know.
She has one series that isn't in the Lioness setting, though I kept wondering if it happen on the other side of the world from it.
My daugther got me into reading her and then Jonwin mistook one of her newer books for another author's and got hooked big time.
In the place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Morn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair! -ElneClare
This Post is written in Elnese, If it was an actual Post, it would make sense.
This Post is written in Elnese, If it was an actual Post, it would make sense.
Pumpkin Lörd Kaolian wrote:
They are good. 9-12 might be a little young for them actually. Make sure you start with Redwall itself.
Cool, thanks Kao.^^ Too young for him reading level-wise, or content-wise (he is 9)? This was the kid we let skip school because we kept him out too late for the midnight viewing of Return of the King. I am also not sure, but he may have watched Shaun of the Dead this weekend with my dad (its like they have one of those "don't tell your mother" secrets going on).
We are pretty open about what we watch with him. I was quite surprised when I was helping in his first grade class 2 years ago and his classmates were like "will you tell my mom that it is ok for me to see Star Wars: Episode III, too?"
I picked up the first two books of the Eragon series just because the kid was from Montana. I gotta support my peeps. That said, it is pretty predictable story telling. I didn't think it was that badly written, you just know what's coming. But I admit I'm biased.
I just ordered the Zombie Survival Guide. It sounds cool.
I just ordered the Zombie Survival Guide. It sounds cool.
Some people are like slinkies, they aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
Item the 1st: Eragon sucked no matter who wrote it.
2nd: OP ain't Thundra. Thundra was smart and had good taste, thus would not like Eragon. Also Thundra would have said something considerably more witty than the OP did.
3rd: I'll second the recommendation for J. Carey's Kushiel novels. Excellent reads one and all. I'm eagery awaiting the next one.
4th: I'll also throw in The Ill Made Muteand its two sequels, the author and titles of which I have forgotten and am too lazy to google.
2nd: OP ain't Thundra. Thundra was smart and had good taste, thus would not like Eragon. Also Thundra would have said something considerably more witty than the OP did.
3rd: I'll second the recommendation for J. Carey's Kushiel novels. Excellent reads one and all. I'm eagery awaiting the next one.
4th: I'll also throw in The Ill Made Muteand its two sequels, the author and titles of which I have forgotten and am too lazy to google.
Kakar wrote:
I just ordered the Zombie Survival Guide. It sounds cool.
ElneClare wrote:
Debalic wrote:
For those looking for younger fantasy alternatives, give Tamora Pierce a try. I've been reading her first, Song of the Lioness quartet since grade school. Since then she's done a few more series, all set within the same world as far as I know.
She has one series that isn't in the Lioness setting, though I kept wondering if it happen on the other side of the world from it.
My daugther got me into reading her and then Jonwin mistook one of her newer books for another author's and got hooked big time.
I bet your talking about Circle of Magic, which then goes on to The Circle Opens, I know theres a newer book out that starts the 3rd set of the series called Will of The Empress. The books center around 4 main characters, all outcasts of sorts that share a rare type of magic that revolves around specific specialties. Very awesome series, but then again I havn't read anything of hers that I didn't like :)
For all you getting or have read Zombie Guide, I do want to say again that World War Z is a phenomenal read and should not be overlooked. It's good stuff.
Reign of the Dead, huh? Ok, I'll go by B&N tomorrow and check it out. Many thanks. I'm not much for the horror genre, but zombie stuff is always a hoot for me.
Totem
Reign of the Dead, huh? Ok, I'll go by B&N tomorrow and check it out. Many thanks. I'm not much for the horror genre, but zombie stuff is always a hoot for me.
Totem
There's only two entries to the series Totem so don't bust your *** looking for more. I actually just had the girl pick up World War Z tonight, I read the write up on Wikipedia about it and sounds like it should be pretty damn good so thanks for the heads up.
Picked up WorldWar Z earlier. Gunna start reading it tonight.
It better be good ,*****
It better be good ,*****
Professor CrescentFresh wrote:
I've got How to Survive a Robot Uprising here on the table next to me. I think it will prove to be more useful than the zombie one.
Oh, and since we are talking books, I'm reading The Prestige now and it is excellent. I watched the film first and I'm enjoying the book even more.
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