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Post by Dominique on Dec 19, 2006 19:55:02 GMT -5
I was the same as well until I was at a loss for something to read while on a family holiday and started my brothers copy.
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neh
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Post by neh on Dec 20, 2006 4:22:51 GMT -5
Aside from HP I like fairy tale retellings for adults quite a bit. I've even written a few myself! Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series retells them wonderfully (The Fire Rose is one of my favorite versions of Beauty and the Beast). I also like Robin McKinley, Patricia McKillup and a few others. I've always had a soft spot for these stories from my youth and some elements of them are really not for children! I also love Juliet Marillier. I'm quite with LG on this genre; i have a very soft spot for it as a whole. Of course, i adore HP. Of Tolkien's works i find The Hobbit the most enjoyable and easy to digest. I long to read The Fire Rose, under LG's recommendation, but it's not available over here so i shall have to order it online, but very much enjoyed Robin McKinley's 2 B&B retellings with Beauty and Rose Daughter. Other fantasy novels i have read over the years include The Shallot series - a dissapointment - the Scholastic "Star Wars" paperbacks, The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson, Phillip Pullman's series, and the excellent work of Aussie fantasy author Isobelle Carmody - her "Obernewtyn' series is bloody great and her newer series "Legendsong" is also very very good; i recommend them both.
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Post by Isa on Dec 20, 2006 9:20:30 GMT -5
I was exactly like that with the Harry Potter stuff I hated the drama and everything but then I wanted to read something easy that didn´t require thinking because I had exhausted myself mentally with Milton and so I read Harry Potter 1-5 in like 2 weeks. They´re great but I still can´t understand the hype. I know this is off topic but, what did you read by Milton? I took a course on Milton and made it through Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, and a few other minor works. I thought it would be a terrible ordeal, but I actually enjoyed reading Paradise Lost. What's your take on Milton?
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Post by Bina on Dec 20, 2006 13:17:31 GMT -5
I read paradise lost and I didn´t give up which makes me proud because I thought it was a bit difficult and it reminded me that I´m not a native speaker But as a whole I liked it. His writing is great and it was worth the effort. I bought paradise regainded some time ago but I haven´t gathered the courage to read it, yet Wow, you´ve read them both and even other stuff? Is paradise regained better or worse and what did you think of his other works?
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Post by Isa on Dec 20, 2006 14:53:06 GMT -5
I liked Paradise Lost the most - the writing and the story were so captivating! But Paradise Regained and some of his essays (Of Education, Of Reformation...) are pretty good too, and Samson Agonistes wasn't bad either. But yeah, there's something special about reading Paradise Lost, like you can live the rest of your life knowing you've actually read Paradise Lost, lol
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Post by tinkerbell on Dec 21, 2006 9:31:24 GMT -5
My absolutley favourite is Sara Douglass! Does anybody know her books? They are the best fantasy books! I like Harry Potter too, but I think the books are better than the movies..
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Post by czarval on Dec 22, 2006 1:51:18 GMT -5
I have read a couple of Sarah Douglass' books. But the name always bothers me, I keep thinking its spelled wrong. The other fantasy authors I really like right now are, Garth Nix, Philip Pullman, Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman. I'm just getting into fantasy, so I don't know very many.
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Post by Dominique on Dec 22, 2006 8:12:58 GMT -5
Ohhh I just thought of one I love if Terry Pratchet counts. "Good Omens", great book v. funny.
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Dec 22, 2006 15:04:43 GMT -5
I just remembered A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels by Libba Bray. I love them! I hope she writes a third soon...
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lostgirl
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Post by lostgirl on Dec 23, 2006 21:37:00 GMT -5
^^I loved those as well!!! I think her 3rd was just completed and will be out next year
Neh- I'll send you a copy of The Fire Rose for your birthday (or if I get a chance before then, since it's a while off) So silly that these things aren't available everywhere.....
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Dec 23, 2006 22:58:39 GMT -5
what's the third called? i've been looking, but can't find anything that is new...
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neh
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Post by neh on Dec 23, 2006 23:08:31 GMT -5
I do love you so, LG! And i just remembered that i must read A Great and Terrible Beauty at some point!
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Post by lostgirl on Dec 24, 2006 0:54:50 GMT -5
what's the third called? i've been looking, but can't find anything that is new... I don't know what it's going to be called. It hasn't been published yet- it's ecpected some time next year
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Post by dreamer112 on Dec 26, 2006 21:25:58 GMT -5
Eragon and Eldest are great books. And if you liked Harry Potter you will like those.
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Post by czarval on Jan 3, 2007 1:16:53 GMT -5
Try the book, Inkspell. My sister loves it.
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