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Poll: Favourite Fantasy novel author

Discussion in 'Booktalk' started by Sparhawk, Sep 10, 2001.

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    1. Jordan
    2. Eddings
    3. Pratchett
     
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    [​IMG] My fav has to be Margeret Weis i just loved Tasselhof Buurfoot he was soo cool.
    Now ill get spammed.


    I think Tolkien Sucks, i felt asleep after 20 pages of the hobbit :mad:



    [This message has been edited by Tasohan (edited October 02, 2001).]
     
    Tasohan, Oct 2, 2001
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    Hmm.. tough one. I've read AT LEAST 1000+ fantasy books so this is hard...

    1. R. A. Salvatore
    2. Michael A. Stackpole
    3. Terry Pratchett
    4. David Eddings
    5. Margaret Weis

    Then there are runner-ups, Elaine Cunningham, Tolkien, Jordan, Gemmel, Adams... So many great writers. In retrospect I'll probably name several more, though.

    Ara
    (Odd little assassin-wannabe and general nuisance)
     
    Arabwel, Oct 2, 2001
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    No order
    Tolken
    RA Salvatore
    Ann McCaffery
    A. C. Clark
    Issac Asimov(SP? I hate my inability to spell)
     
    kemanmaldea, Oct 4, 2001
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    1. Tolkien
    2. Jordan
    3. Pratchett (funny how he wrote as an antidote to fantasy novels)
     
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    [​IMG] In no particular order

    Guy Gavriel Kay, George RR Martin, Michelle West, David Gemmell, Anne Bishop, Roger Taylor and Elaine Cunningham
     
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    The one, the only J.R.R Tolkien!

    Robert Jordan is also a great author, i think he is finishing the world that Tolkien created.

    I also like some of the David Eddings books :)
     
    Worgrim, Oct 6, 2001
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    [​IMG] Stephen R. Donaldson
    George R.R. Martin
    Mercedes Lackey
    Donna Gilespie (The Light Bearer)

    Not ranked in any particular order.
     
    Satiana Fearbringer, Oct 8, 2001
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    [​IMG] Mercedes Lackey would be a lot better if she weren't so obsessed with sex... :rolleyes:
     
    Capstone, Oct 9, 2001
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    [​IMG] HA! I have to say, that I really don't mind it. I think it makes the people all the more real.

    IMHO most people are obsessed with it. It's ohhh natural. :)

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    [​IMG] I'll go with:

    P.C. Hodgell - Fabulous trilogy (God Stalk, Dark of the Moon, and Seekers Mask - which I just bought through SP on Amazon) that has just been re-published after going out of print in the early '90s. Highly recommended for world creation/atmosphere and for having powerful female lead character.

    Gordon R. Dickson - for his "Dragon Knight" series, a very tongue-in-cheek (but somehow serious) take on the S-and-S genre.

    Stephen R. Donaldson - because, that's why.

    Tolkein - see above.

    Robert L. Asprin - The master of pulp series, including the finest in shaggy dog stories and really bad puns (see especially the Phule's Company and M.Y.T.H. series).

    EDIT: :idea: Forgot my current addiction.
    Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth series. Dumb, but I can't stop reading (5th book and counting

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    Jarona, Oct 9, 2001
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    [​IMG] I enjoyed Gordon Dickson's series as well. It's too bad he passed away; I wanted to see where he was going with it.
     
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    Hmph. Still nobody mentions Dennis McKiernan; how sad. I guess it's not that surprising since a lot of the listings on Amazon indicate volumes that are out of print. The Iron Tower trilogy and the Silver Call duology were his firsts (he wrote the duology first, but had it published second) and it looks like they're being republished in single volumes now.

    How can you not get chills every time you hear the dwarven battle cry: "Chakka Shok! Chakka Cor!" (Dwarven Axes! Dwarven Might!) :)
     
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