can someone please recommend me some books that involve a group of heroes questing across the land
such as, the sword of shanara lotr dragonlance (iirc) that one i cant remember by that author my friend said is "renowned for abusing/killing off her heroes" some terry pratchett books like the last continent legend of the seeker
i really love descriptions of adventure, more than anything. a group of people travelling through mountains and forests and shit like that on an adventure.
i dont read much so i dont know any authors, would love some recommendations of this theme will probably read sword of shanara again in the meantime, i read it when i was little many years ago. or dragonlance idk, i never finished that series
edit: i also like fantasy adventure series if you know of any. i watched like 100 eps of one piece but it was a bit too simple for me (shit dialogue). i could pick it up again tho idk.
I'd recommend any of R.A. Salvatore's trilogies (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1023510.R_A_Salvatore is him), start with the Icewind Dale trilogy, the man knows how to write and excellent fight scene and does very good 'band of adventurer' type stuff
Wheel of Time is quite a well known (and huge ;D) classic, and I'm pretty sure that at least Book 1 should match your taste perfectly, although I have to say it gets kinda watered down later on.
Still at book 13 (or 14? I lost count TT), and still going.
Oh yeah, thanks to the poster above Forgotten Realms books are also really cool if you're not too picky about writing quality and style. RA Salvatore is the best of them, but there's a TON of others and they're mostly in series, so you should be set for a long time if you get into those.
War of the Spider Queen was my favorite series from those personally.
Warcraft universe has some fun stuff as well (just search for it).
my brother recently bought me "The Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind I think this would fit your theme perfectly with a group of travelers engaging in an adventure across three countries to try and stop the revival of an ancient magic. Words are pretty light so you don't need to think too hard while reading. Mountains, forests, capital cities, they're all present.
It's the first installment in a 12 book series so if you're inclined, you can continue reading after the first and it should last a while to say the least.
On a less serious note, growing up, i read "The seventh tower" by garth nix when i was in elementary and that was a pretty fun adventure/fantasy read depicting a society based around light, capturing shadows, a rebellion and etc. It's very garth nix if you've read his other stuff so it's pretty fun.
The Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman is also a great fantasy adventure with a little bit of romance thrown in last book. It starts with the golden compass -> subtle knife -> amber spyglass. Do NOT think of the movie whatsoever when reading it, the movie was done horribly (Pullman said so himself) and it is not representative of the themes present in the book at all.
On August 18 2011 05:04 UltimateHurl wrote: I'd recommend any of R.A. Salvatore's trilogies (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1023510.R_A_Salvatore is him), start with the Icewind Dale trilogy, the man knows how to write and excellent fight scene and does very good 'band of adventurer' type stuff
I've never read them, but I literally have 3-4 different friends who have read every book and are crazy about them, so probably worth checking out for the OP indeed.
On August 18 2011 05:06 Talin wrote: Wheel of Time is quite a well known (and huge ;D) classic, and I'm pretty sure that at least Book 1 should match your taste perfectly, although I have to say it gets kinda watered down later on.
Still at book 13 (or 14? I lost count TT), and still going.
Book 13 is coming out soon and it should be the last one! Robert Jordan (the author) is dead but the Brandon Sanderson(the new guy) did a good job with 12.
Yeah its like what happens when the all powerful adventurer finishes adventure 1, 2, 3, 4.... and eventually has nations following him and commands powers to rival gods.
So there are cities, politics, sex, wars and stuff but defiantly the best fantasy series i have ever read. Although it doesn't have that adventurer feel later on.
David Eddings Has easier to manage size series that are more oriented around questing into unknown lands etc. The Tamuli series is fucking incredible.
EDIT: The sword of truth series that has been mentioned as having the first book "The wizards first rule" manages to keep that adventurer feel thought the twelve books... but its still not as good as wheel of time.
The Wheel of Time is an excellent fantasy series, imo it does take a while to get going, but once it does its very good.
The Dark Elf trilogy (preclude to the icewind dale trilogy, also R.A. Salvatore) is a great place to start if ur interested in Forgotten Realms. Ive read em all and they are amazing
A Song of Ice and Fire (you may know it as "A Game of Thrones", which is the name of the first book in the series) and The Kingkiller Chronicle (you may know it as "The Name of the Wind", which is the name of the first book in the series) are both great fantasy series, although they do not meet your description exactly.
i will probs read game of thrones before the next series (after so many recommendations!) but i fancy plain old adventure shit right now to get me back into reading
i usually download bauldurs gate or torment when i feel like this but i always seem to fuck something up and get stuck and bored after a few hours. maybe i should watch a playthru of torment hrmmmm
On August 18 2011 05:18 FFGenerations wrote: the wizards first rule is from legend of the seeker i think, dont feel like reading that after watching the series (no 3rd season last i heard FFS!)
the pullman books i read 1&2 twice but for some reason always stop reading at the start of the third!!!!!!! idk why.
am dling icewind and tamuli will try them first
The tv series for it sucks, don't even compare it to the book. It is like comparing the eragon movie to the book, which was also complete bollocks. I would even call that pathetic excuse for the series a spinoff instead of an adaptation.
Well the books have problems of its own, main one that it gets repetitive in the later books but it's still a good read.
Edit: Tv's and movies in general have a bad habbit of destroying perfectly good books, so don't bother comparing anything you've seen in tv to the original book.
On August 18 2011 05:08 ProjectVirtue wrote: my brother recently bought me "The Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind I think this would fit your theme perfectly with a group of travelers engaging in an adventure across three countries to try and stop the revival of an ancient magic. Words are pretty light so you don't need to think too hard while reading. Mountains, forests, capital cities, they're all present.
It's the first installment in a 12 book series so if you're inclined, you can continue reading after the first and it should last a while to say the least.
On a less serious note, growing up, i read "The seventh tower" by garth nix when i was in elementary and that was a pretty fun adventure/fantasy read depicting a society based around light, capturing shadows, a rebellion and etc. It's very garth nix if you've read his other stuff so it's pretty fun.
The Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman is also a great fantasy adventure with a little bit of romance thrown in last book. It starts with the golden compass -> subtle knife -> amber spyglass. Do NOT think of the movie whatsoever when reading it, the movie was done horribly (Pullman said so himself) and it is not representative of the themes present in the book at all.
Had to log in on my phone to confirm the His Dark Materials reccomendation. Suuuuch a good series, it picks up heavily too so ifyou love book 1, you'll die after book 3.
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Also dont mind if i steal some of these reccomendations for my own reading...
I'd highly recommend the Kingkiller Chronicles... The Name of the Wind is the first book. The first book of Wheel of Time would fit too, but you don't want to get hooked on that series.
Wheel of Time. 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
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.
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.
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, The Death Gate cycle. 7 books, 5 "worlds", and a kickass strong and sturdy story with interesting and original characters for once.
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.
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.
There is this author called David Gemmell, he writes sort of like R.A Salvatore but not as fantasy-like (ie: containing elves, dwarves etc..). Look up Waylander I and II, it was part of a pretty big series.
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.
for books i have to agree the wheel of time is a great series also i have to say one of my favorite series is the dark tower series by stephen king. the first book is called the gunslinger and there are quite a few that follow. The story line is very much unlike any other group of adventurer series you will read (at times its pretty insane). And don't worry it is a not a horror series like any of king's other pieces.
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)
Raymond E. Feist, as mentioned before, is a great choice. He has multiple series all from different points of view and time of events in the universe he has created. The Riftwar Saga, The Conclave of Shadows trilogy and the Darkwars Saga are his best work and some of my favorite fantasy books.
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.
I've recently been reading a great series by S.M. Stirling. The first book is called "Dies the Fire".
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!
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
I've heard the ...13 book Wheel of Time series is not something to get hooked on, also loved A Song of Ice and Fire but that is a much greater scale than just a single band of adventurers. Give some of the old Conan the Barbarian shorts a try too, they are a lot of fun
Several people have mention A Song of Fire and Ice, but I just couldn't get into it. I really wanted to like it, but gave up after 150 pages. Everyone's different I guess!
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