EPTJust finished reading the series a couple weeks ago for the first time since back in junior high. Still so good 5 years later ^^.
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Enhancer_
Canada320 Posts
Just finished reading the series a couple weeks ago for the first time since back in junior high. Still so good 5 years later ^^. | ||
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DrThorMD
Canada359 Posts
Sword of Truth. A Song of Ice and Fire. The Inheritance Cycle. I first read the Wheel of Time in high school. At the time, only 11 books had been released and then I heard that the author had died. So I stopped reading at like the 9th one. But I couldn't find anything else good to read, so I came back to it and read all 11. Then the 12th one came out like a year later. So I re-read all of them. Then I read the 12th one. So now, when the 13th one comes out, I will have to read all of them again. And then read the 13th. Looking forward to it. T_T | ||
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Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
 . I wanted to re-read all of them before Brandon's books came out, but I only made it to book 4 before I was like "fuck it" and looked up a summary of the rest online. | ||
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DrThorMD
Canada359 Posts
On August 18 2011 07:29 Talin wrote: Yeah Wheel of Time is an organizational nightmare, you need to plan your free time around reading it to catch up with all of it . I wanted to re-read all of them before Brandon's books came out, but I only made it to book 4 before I was like "fuck it" and looked up a summary of the rest online.Son... I am disappoint. No, but seriously. I hate summaries but in this case I totally understand. | ||
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Nouar
France3270 Posts
Not worth LoTR, but far better than everything else I've read. Every people I've recommended them to has loved them so far. ps: they are the main authors from Dragonlance, but this one is far better and a standalone series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_Gate_Cycle The Death Gate Cycle is a seven-part series (heptalogy) of fantasy novels written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The main conflict is between two powerful races, the Sartan and the Patryns, which branched off from humans following a nuclear/anti-matter holocaust. Centuries prior to the events of the series, the Sartan attempted to end the conflict by sundering the earth into four elemental realms, and imprisoning the Patryn in a fifth prison world, the Labyrinth. The Sartan took up stewardship of the elemental realms, but soon mysteriously lost contact with each other and disappeared. Centuries later, a Patryn known as Xar escaped the Labyrinth, and started returning to the Labyrinth to rescue others. He learned how to access the other worlds and dreamed of freeing all his people from the Labyrinth and conquering the other worlds. The books follow the fiercely independent Haplo, a Patryn agent sent to scout the elemental worlds and throw them into chaos in preparation for his Lord's conquest of them. Weis and Hickman created five distinct fantasy worlds during the course of the series, along with developing the cultures of five major races, their unique Patryn and Sartan, and the common fantasy races of dwarves, elves, and humans. | ||
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Zariel
Australia1285 Posts
I was into that R.A Salvatore shit long time ago, I remember the dark-elf-trilogy with that drow called Drizzt. I think the books were called Homeland (?), Exile, Sojourn. Then it follows with like the actual ice-wind-dale trilogy. I would say it suited me because I hate reading thick books. | ||
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eVolvE342
157 Posts
for shows its tough.. i really would recommend picking back up one piece... i would definitely agree with what was said earlier in the thread about the later episodes. they are way better. if i were you i might even just skip ahead to at least when they get to the grand line. other than that there are the other popular anime series although they aren't i guess a band of adventurers: naruto (shippuden is better) bleach, i really like hunter x hunter which is more of an adventure i guess, uhh i liked d grey man altho it just randomly ends which is really annoying.... if u want non anime stuff i would recommend hmm.. the walking dead from amc is cool and a good series if u like zombies. season 2 should be starting soon. another good one is the game of thrones which is just the series based on the book already discussed in this thread. and although it has nothing to do with a group adventuring i would say watch spartacus cause its an insanely good series (imo) and definitely worth watching! (basically the movie gladiator on steroids and 100x better) | ||
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LaSt)ChAnCe
United States2179 Posts
also, wheel of time also, a song of ice and fire | ||
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Corbie
United States65 Posts
I would also recommend The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey and The Codec Alera series by Jim Butcher. And as far as One Piece goes... Take a break from it, but come back to it at some point. I hit the same sort of wall with it that you did, took a couple month long break from it, came back to it and became addicted to it. | ||
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Haemonculus
United States6980 Posts
It's not strict fantasy per-say, as it takes place in the real world, so no magic/elves/dragons or whatnot. The general premise is that all of a sudden, inexplicably, all technology ceases to function. Electricity, combustion, etc, all just stop working. Society breaks down, 99% of the population starves to death, (the first book is pretty brutal/graphic, people resorting to cannibalism/rape/slavery etc), and the survivors attempt to rebuild in a neo-feudal world. The world is set back hundreds of years, with cars, guns, electronics, tools, etc, all suddenly non-functional. People are back to farming for sustenance, and killing each other with swords and bows. The series follows several various groups of people around the globe. Random factions spawning out of the ashes, calling themselves the barony or duchy of this or that. Freedom fighters in England fighting against a new monarch who declared himself king, or the "Bearkillers" in Oregon fighting against the "Lord Protector" and his armies out of Portland. The author in my opinion does a fantastic job of depicting how people adapt to a totally new world. The series really picks up in my opinion in the 2nd and 3rd books which follow the children of the characters in the first book, so these kids have grown up in the new "old" world, raised by parents who grew up with television and such. Anyway I've absolutely loved these books, so I definitely recommend them! | ||
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Enderbantoo
United States465 Posts
On August 18 2011 10:27 LaSt)ChAnCe wrote: shannara has a huge series of books... also you should read brooks's demon books, they tie into the storyline quite well imo also, wheel of time also, a song of ice and fire the rest of shannara there are like 15 more books and it gets SO MUCH better. i just finished the last one to date and it is amazingly good | ||
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UltimateHurl
Ireland591 Posts
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Meantime
Germany140 Posts
The trilogy starting with: http://www.amazon.com/Blade-Itself-First-Law-Book/dp/159102594X and the two stand-alone books (Best Served Cold & The Heroes) are awsome aswell! | ||
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mwhiteway
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