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This is my first time on this board. I was looking for some good fantasy books to read. I'm reading Hour of the dragon right now. Please no Twilight or The Hobbit.

>> No.844603

A Song of Ice and Fire
The Prince of Nothing

>> No.844606

A Song of Ice and Fire is a really good series by George R. R. Martin. The first book is A Game of Thrones. I suggest checking it out.

>> No.844610

The Silmarillion.

>> No.844611

Gormenghast trilogy.

>> No.844612

The Name of the Wind is usually recommended to people.
I haven't read it, but it's supposed to be good.

>> No.844616

test

>> No.844617

>>844599

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>> No.844618

We have opened the doors of hell this night to free your soul and return it to your body because we need your aid. We wish to place Tarascus on the throne of Nemedia, and to win for Valerius the crown of Aquilonia. With your necromancy you can aid us.

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844619

>first time on board
>spammed picture from old /lit/ days

doh ho ho no

>> No.844623

that's what i was thinking

>> No.844624

>>844619

>implying /lit/ has been around long enough to have 'old days'

>> No.844626

i suck a lot of dick

>> No.844629
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844629

The Monk, by Matthew Gregory Lewis. The "original" fantasy novel. Seriously, you can't call yourself a fantasy fan unless you have read it.

>> No.844641

bread

>> No.844661

>>844629
If there's such a thing as the original fantasy novel, I'd say it was "Phantastes" by George MacDonald. I don't recommend it, though. Try "Lud-in-the-Mist" or Hugh Cook or Diana Wynne Jones or Amos Tutuola.

>> No.844662

corn beef

>> No.844676

A Song of Ice and Fire
The Blade Itself

>> No.844674
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>>844624
world war rand, motherfucker

>> No.844681

>>844674

nice thumbnail

>> No.844683

>Good
>Fantasy

>> No.844688

>>844681
why the fuck do people save those. what in the hell

>> No.844702

>>844683
I guess you've never read Frankenstein?

>> No.844712

>>844702
>implying frankenstein is fantasy

>> No.844717

>>844712
Before it was called classical literature, it was called fantasy. It's about a doctor who builds an undead monster. Sounds like scifi/fantasy to me.

>> No.844721

>>844717
science fiction =/= fantasy

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>>844721

Cuz they had sci-fi back then.

Holy fuck you people need to get some historical perspective. . . and split some finer hairs while you're at it.

>> No.844744

>>844735
who gives a shit about what it was called back then? we live in the present.

>> No.844747

Dhampir is a little known treasure. I say that because I'm a big fan of dark fantasy - Y'know, settings where shit just goes wrong for everyone. Ever played Dragon Age? If you have, you'll like Dhampir.

Now, Dhampir might sound sueish to alot of folks - It's synopsis definitely turned me off to it. It follows the pursuit of a vampire hunter (I know, I know) who, she discovers, is actually the product of a vampire and human mating (yeah, I know). Due to this, however, she's the perfect individual for hunting them. This takes a long time for her to accept, given that she's been preying off desperate villagers to hunt nonexistant vampires for the better part of her adult life. Add in the fact that the other fantasy races are, supposedly, in a state of disrepair, and the human nation is as divided as all hell, and it's got alot of opportunity. Yeah.

>> No.844758

hey OP whats wrong with the hobbit ?

>> No.844761

>>844758
troll

>> No.844879

>>844761
>>844758
I assumed "no Hobbit or Twilight" because OP had already read them.

>> No.844895

whys that guy have bread in his shirt

>> No.844901

Sword of Truth series by Terrygood kind is fantastic.

>> No.844903

>>844895

Very good question.

I also noticed he has futanari porn on his computer, just barely covered up, if you look closely you can see the balls.

That picture is kind of fascinating.

>> No.844906

>>844747
It's nice to see somebody not sucking GRRM's fat-enshrouded cock, but you're right, this book does sound awful.
Is it in any way related to Vampire Hunter D? Wondering because of the Dhampir thing, or does the term actually have some sort of mythological root, not pop culture?

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844905

and Codex Alera

>> No.844911

Anything by china mieville. Fantasy-ish.

>> No.844914

>>844903

Plus a video link or screencap of what he is currently doing, RL Stine and Ayn Rand....

That picture is 20 different kinds of fucked up.

>> No.844929

>>844914

That's actually a picture of someone else doing what he is doing. If you look closely, the cup and shirt are different.

Interesting stuff.

>> No.844934

MOAR CONAN!

>> No.844938

GOOGLE, retard

>> No.844941

>>844929

Yeah and the screencap on the other guys computer is doing what they are both doing.

That picture is a mindfuck.

>> No.845084

>>844747
Seconded. I got so engrossed in the series that I actually ran down and got the hardcovers as they came out, and I'm a cheapshit.

>> No.845097

>>844661
the monk's publication predates the birth of the oldest of the authors you just mentioned by about 50 years.

>> No.845101

OP picture is from a Russian forum where they have image challenges. The set some rules and everyone has to post pictures, and people do. See also: guys dressed as waiters in rubbish chutes and people dressed as zombies crawling outdoors.

MYTH BUSTED

>> No.845104

>>845097

Bitches don't know about my Beowulf.

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>>844941
I'll fuck your mind even harder

>> No.845115

>>845106
see>>845101
>>845101
>>845101

>> No.845119

>>845115
Even though it's... completely incorrect?!?!?!

>> No.845123

>>845104
Nice. But Beowulf is actually an oratory, not literary, like a novel. Wrong category :P

>> No.845130

>>845101

That sounds kind of awesome.

We have a photo board here, don't we? They should steal this idea.

>> No.845128

I'm in the middle of reading The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, and it's very good so far, I recommend it.

>> No.845135

>>845119
lol troll harder

>>845101
is correct
See englishrussia.com
also lurk moar

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See?

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>> No.845154

>>845130
yes we could, and make it book related!

>> No.845158

>>845147
>>845145
>>845144
>>845143
>>845141
>>845140
But the other pics ITT have nothing to do with those

>> No.845162

>>845158
from the same forum
herp derp look at my mindfuck pics

>> No.845170

>>845162
No.. they're from a different forum

>> No.845176

ITT idiots

>> No.845194

>>845158
>>845140
>>845141
>>845143
>>845144
>>845145
>>845147
these are awesome, any more?

>> No.845222

LOTR lolololololol

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845226

Any Vampire books better than The Passage?