Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


1 posted on 02/16/2024 4:00:53 PM PST by nickcarraway
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies ]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-47 next last
To: nickcarraway

Bkmk


2 posted on 02/16/2024 4:03:18 PM PST by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

Some good ones there. Maybe add Stephenson’s Anathem.


3 posted on 02/16/2024 4:05:27 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

Pretty thin gruel other than Tolkien, Martin, Lewis, and Pratchett. As usual, there appear to have been many superior works omitted in favor of feminist polemics.


4 posted on 02/16/2024 4:06:14 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

Choose Your Own Adventure or Which Way books.


5 posted on 02/16/2024 4:08:30 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic's most controversial and outspoken FReeper)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

Not mentioned but on my list:

The Shannara series
The Dragon Riders of Pern
The Order war


6 posted on 02/16/2024 4:10:27 PM PST by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway
Two of my favorites (maybe more SF than fantasy, but...)


7 posted on 02/16/2024 4:13:26 PM PST by oblomov
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

Lyonesse Trilogy

Jack Vance


8 posted on 02/16/2024 4:18:02 PM PST by Third Person
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

Looks like a list made by AI. I’ve done the same with sci-fi and sci-fi authors books.


9 posted on 02/16/2024 4:18:41 PM PST by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

I’ll throw in a vote for Ridley Walker. It’s a bit difficult, but rewarding.


10 posted on 02/16/2024 4:19:37 PM PST by proxy_user (W)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

Bookmark


11 posted on 02/16/2024 4:20:24 PM PST by nutmeg (FJB)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

Thomas Covenant series


12 posted on 02/16/2024 4:20:49 PM PST by mykroar ("It's Not the Nature of the Evidence; It's the Seriousness of the Charge." - El Rushbo)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

(30 of the Best Fantasy Novels of All Time)

“What Happened” - Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton


13 posted on 02/16/2024 4:22:13 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway
Jimmy Carter's autobiography Why Not the Best? didn't make the list.
14 posted on 02/16/2024 4:23:51 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

I grew up loving the Dragonlance books.


16 posted on 02/16/2024 4:24:36 PM PST by Rastus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway
Besides Tolkien's excellent works, I've read mostly science fiction, which sort of borders on fantasy but with future techy stuff. I quite enjoyed this little series though:


18 posted on 02/16/2024 4:26:30 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

Not much of a list without Roger Zelazny’s Amber series. Many others I’d rate above some of the ones listed.


19 posted on 02/16/2024 4:26:40 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

How could they leave out the Conan novels. They were awesome.


20 posted on 02/16/2024 4:27:09 PM PST by circlecity
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway
Good list. I've read most of those books.

A Song Of Ice And Fire" by George RR Martin has had 5 of 7 books completed. I've given up waiting for the final two volumes but the first five are well worth the effort. (This is what the TV series "Game Of Thrones" is based on.)

I actually never saw the TV series, by the way. Nor have I seen the "Lord Of The Rings" movies directed by Peter Jackson.

21 posted on 02/16/2024 4:28:03 PM PST by SamAdams76 (6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

‘The Crystal cave’ trilogy

And...

‘The Clan of the Cavebear’ also a trilogy or more.


22 posted on 02/16/2024 4:33:55 PM PST by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: nickcarraway

I would not consider 100 years of Solitude a fantasy novel but it is one of the best novels of the last 50 years. I was reading it on an air flight. The stewardess, a Latino, saw what I was reading and gave me a wink and a nod. She then gave me free drinks for the rest of the flight. I guess Latinos really love their authors. It is a very deep book.


25 posted on 02/16/2024 4:36:14 PM PST by circlecity
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-47 next last

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson