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Anonymous Sat Feb 8 19:10:23 2014 No.4548845 [Reply] [Original]

Post your favorite fantasy series

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>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 19:31:55 2014 No.4548934 >genre fiction

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 19:36:55 2014 No.4548947 >>4548934 >'literary' fiction Enjoy your books about crumbling marriages.

Anonymous Sat Feb 8 19:38:55 2014 No.4548952

>>4548845
My wife had me start that series. I'm up to Song of Susannah. It's been a mixed bag for me. I'm loving the world settings, and the lore, but there isn't enough of it. On top of that, some really stupid, rage inducing choices are made by King, and for no reason.

Anonymous Sat Feb 8 19:41:55 2014 No.4548958

>>4548851
>>4548934
>I'm an elitist
>I know better than you do
>This is inferior
>I'm an intellectual
>Why do people insist on posting inferior topics here?
>Can't they see that this is my place of residence and thus that all topics posted should meet my specific level of expectation
>How can I make them go away?
>Shall I try and enlighten them as to why their taste is poor and their opinion is lacking?
>Nay, my time is too valuable, my efforts should be conserved for the appropriate subjects
>Instead I shall fall to my strategy of shitposting
>That is surely the best way to improve the quality of discussion to be had
>For I am the e/lit/ist and this is my playing field

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 19:44:55 2014 No.4548963 File: 195 KB, 880x1360, Pegāna.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] If you're looking for the true birth of 20th century fantasy, look no further.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 19:45:55 2014 No.4548966 >>4548845 my niga

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>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 19:48:55 2014 No.4548975 >>4548958 le memay arrows GTFO

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 19:49:55 2014 No.4548981 File: 488 KB, 500x208, gollum.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4548963 >that edition Pro recommend, though.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 19:58:26 2014 No.4549002 >>4548981 I know, ugly as sin, but a great compilation none the less.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 20:14:42 2014 No.4549024 Can't decide between Abercrombie's universe or The Chronicles of the Black Company.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 20:18:42 2014 No.4549028 The Dying Earth. Or Lyonesse.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 20:29:42 2014 No.4549039 >>4548947 Truer to the human experience than orcs and trolls and whatever.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 20:31:42 2014 No.4549043 >>4549002 You have to take what you can get when it comes to old weird fiction, I have some truly awful Lovecraft covers in my collection. >>4549039 Not really. It's all books.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 20:35:16 2014 No.4549052 >>4549024 I read the Fist Law. Don't usually like fantasy, but did enjoy that, how does it compare to Black Company?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 20:47:15 2014 No.4549076 File: 41 KB, 400x300, goat_tower_07.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4549039 >No fun allowed

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 20:48:15 2014 No.4549080 >>4548975 >"I know, I'll shit post back! That'll show 'em!" :^) Epic just epic

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 20:49:15 2014 No.4549083 >>4549039 >Truer to the human experience This is sometimes what I'm after when I read fiction, but I'm not wanting a steady diet of it. If I was, I'd be reading non-fiction.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 20:50:15 2014 No.4549085 File: 232 KB, 700x1017, swelter.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4549080 Like you're helping. My favorite fantasy series, for what it's worth, is Gormenghast.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 20:59:15 2014 No.4549105 >>4549080 Lmao faggot

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 21:00:15 2014 No.4549107 >>4549085 Possibly the best thing I've ever read.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 21:05:15 2014 No.4549117 >>4549052 It has a lot of similarities, namely the huge cast of wonderful characters that are all fairly grounded in a reality they know to be true but soon thrust into a situation that is way over their head. I would definitely recommend it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 8 21:11:16 2014 No.4549127 What do you guys think of "The Belgariad" and it's sequel series? And what about other works of David Eddings? Are they good or worse? And I don't lurk around here so please serious answers.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 9 07:26:28 2014 No.4550263 Joe Abercrombie's stuff is my current favourite fantasy series.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 9 07:29:28 2014 No.4550269 >>4548845 The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness His Dark Materials The Saga of Darren Shan

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 9 08:56:27 2014 No.4550387 File: 826 KB, 600x900, InheritanceCycleCovers.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The one and only

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 9 08:59:27 2014 No.4550392 >>4550387 >Not Eragon, Fragon, Gragon, Hragon A missed opportunity.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 9 09:28:00 2014 No.4550438 File: 215 KB, 936x685, 1391956125698.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The writing style but this is damn enjoyable,its quite addicting actually.Also best character development I have seen in a fantasy novel

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 9 09:34:00 2014 No.4550444 >>4550392 Or alternatively: >Eragon, Iragon, Oragon, Uragon

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 9 14:28:05 2014 No.4551081 >>4548845 I got to W&G and found it quite boring. However, I really enjoyed the first books. Should I Keep on reading?

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 9 14:32:04 2014 No.4551084 >>4550444 >Aragorn, Eragon, Iragon, Oragon, Uragon FTFY

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 9 14:34:04 2014 No.4551092 >>4551081 Strange, Wizard and Glass is my favorite book of the series. I liked seeing Roland in his early age, and let's be honest. Cuthbert is way better than Eddie.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 9 20:49:50 2014 No.4552202 >>4550387 I loved all but the last book. It did copy a lot from the Wheel of Time though. But I read dragon before WoT though so I didn't care at the time.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 9 20:53:49 2014 No.4552209 >>4552202 Eragon * not dragon. My bad

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 9 20:59:49 2014 No.4552226 >>4551081 no. It goes downhill fast after W&G.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 10 14:26:37 2014 No.4554645 >>4548897 I really liked the first but the second kinda put me off

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 10 15:53:11 2014 No.4554869 >>4551092 My favorite book also, but most people hate on it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 10 16:06:11 2014 No.4554895 >>4548845 ASOIAF Tolkien's stuff The MTG novels

Anonymous Mon Feb 10 18:21:33 2014 No.4555215

>>4549127

David Eddings is very entry level. I loved his books when I was younger, and I can still read the Sparhawk series for nostalgia value, but they are very easy books. Not just easy to read, but the plots are easy. Schemes are easily laid and easily thwarted, battles are easily fought and easily won. Relations between characters are too simple, as are their natures and motivations. And he seems to have had a strange fixation on magical little children ensnaring and redeeming people through the power of "kiss-kiss".

That said, he paints a pretty picture and knew how to swing his words when he wanted to. I remember laughing heartily at the more intentionally laid-back parts of his books.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 11 01:04:37 2014 No.4556259 >>4548845 PROTIP: stop reading after W&G >Dr. Doom with lightsabers >That spider thing

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 11 01:51:44 2014 No.4556340 >>4550387 That ending was fuckin bullshit

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 11 01:55:43 2014 No.4556353 >>4556259 >This nigga knows what's up Honestly, I'm not exactly sure where the divide is, but old King is typically pretty cool, and new King is shit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 11 02:41:32 2014 No.4556452 >>4548845 For me, the series fell apart in book 2 after the first "drawing". I don't know, it feels like the series is trying to do 30 different things at once and loses its cohesion.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 11 02:45:31 2014 No.4556456 >>4548963 I always wanted to read this, but my english sucks and I cant find it on german :(

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 11 02:58:02 2014 No.4556465 >>4549085 This And Book of the New Sun Also Tolkien i can never choose between the three But for real more people on /lit/ really nee to read Gormenghast if they love prose so much, that shit is beautiful if you have the patience for it

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 11 03:35:04 2014 No.4556525 File: 71 KB, 251x251, 1391132194835.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4556259 >sneetch

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