- Circle Of Magic
- Harry Potter
- Chronicles of Prydain
- Lord of the Rings (yes Silmarrion and The Hobbit count as part)
- Xanth
- The Incarnations of Immortality
- The Oz Books (up until Baum died anyway. And yes, I read all 14 of his books. There are 40 in all , in case anyone wants to know
- Earthsea
- Lone Wolf (Choose Your Own Adventure/RPG style fantasy series)
- Narnia
Favorite Fantasy Series (Yes, you can vote multiple ones)
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What are your fave fantasy series? Here are mine, in Alphabetical order
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chronicles of narnia and Lotr (btw by chronicles of narnia i mean basically the whole story series)
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Chronicles of Narnia
Never read the books, but LotR
The Heralds of Valdemar/ any book from the Valdemarian world
Chronicles of Narnia
Never read the books, but LotR
The Heralds of Valdemar/ any book from the Valdemarian world
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What, no Discworld? I'd say Lord of the Rings.
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Chronicles of Narnia
LotR
Harry Potter
Sword of Truth (mentioned by Lynx above, although this series has declined some with time
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Song of Albion series by Stephen Lawhead
Other fantasy I'd be willing to name as favorite doesn't really qualify as series being single books...
LotR
Harry Potter
Sword of Truth (mentioned by Lynx above, although this series has declined some with time
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Song of Albion series by Stephen Lawhead
Other fantasy I'd be willing to name as favorite doesn't really qualify as series being single books...
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Chronicles of Narnia, then Lord of the Rings, but Harry Potter is an alright read.
The Song of Albion series is very good also and the Earthsea books are good, but not great.
The Song of Albion series is very good also and the Earthsea books are good, but not great.
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I voted Narnia and Lord of the Rings. I haven't read most of the others. I also loved Song of Albion and the Pendragon Cycle (both series by Stephen Lawhead), and I'm rereading the Firebringer trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce (yay for unicorns!). Another really good series is the Belgariad by David Eddings.
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Stephen Lawhead's series, Barbara Hambly's "Time of Dark" series, Dragonlance.
I've probably read other series I've enjoyed, but I've forgotten them.
I've probably read other series I've enjoyed, but I've forgotten them.
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The Chronicles of Prydain has always been underated and undervalued. It is one of my favourite series. I also sort-off liked the Sword of Truth series, but the adult content is off-putting.
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LOTR, Narnia, etc etc.
And even though most people disagree, I really liked the Eragon series.
And even though most people disagree, I really liked the Eragon series.
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Warrior 4 Jesus wrote:The Eragon series? Oh dear Locke. lol
Psh, it takes effort to make up 50 + characters and weird elf names, and i respect that...enough to barely enjoy the books.
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For those who haven't read or heard of it Incarnations of Immortality consists of:
Riding A Pale Horse(Death)
Being A Green Mother(Mother Nature)
Wielding A Red Sword(War)
and several others.
In each one an ordinary man or woman finds him or herself faced with the responsibility of taking on one of the 7 Immortal Incarnations.Each has a different way of doing so.For example in Riding A Pale Horse the new Death takes over after
killing his successor.In Wielding A Red Sword the new War(Ares)gets the job for having the best martial qualifications.
Riding A Pale Horse(Death)
Being A Green Mother(Mother Nature)
Wielding A Red Sword(War)
and several others.
In each one an ordinary man or woman finds him or herself faced with the responsibility of taking on one of the 7 Immortal Incarnations.Each has a different way of doing so.For example in Riding A Pale Horse the new Death takes over after
killing his successor.In Wielding A Red Sword the new War(Ares)gets the job for having the best martial qualifications.
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I voted Potter, though I do like Chronicles of Narnia, LoTR, and Wheel of Time (though less and less as it goes on)
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At least Jordan is finally ENDING the Wheel of Time. For a while I thought he would die before it was done. New characters every book, no conclusion of the storyline....at least it looks like it will be done at book 13.
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Anything with Drizzt Do'Urden makes me salivate. R.A. Salvatore is basically incredible at writing fight scenes, as well as interesting characters and stories. I love The Icewind Dale Trilogy and the Dark Elf Trilogy so very, very much
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My favorite Fantasy Series is
Chronicles of Narnia
Lord Of The Rings
Final Fantasy
and last....Earthsea
Chronicles of Narnia
Lord Of The Rings
Final Fantasy
and last....Earthsea
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Harry Potter
Forgotton Realms
the Dresden Files
the Pendragon something or other
Artemis Fowl
and the few Chronicles of Narnia books I've read were really good
Forgotton Realms
the Dresden Files
the Pendragon something or other
Artemis Fowl
and the few Chronicles of Narnia books I've read were really good
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Chronicles of Narnia.
and since I was too lazy to click more than one box, others I like:
Harry Potter
Nearly any series by Lawhead
Shanara series by Terry Brooks
LotR
Dragonriders of Pern, though it is also somewhat sci-fi as well
Off topic (semi-rant):
I've read Incarnations of Immortality. I could sort of handle the unnecessary sexuality in the books and the bad religion, until I got to the final book, dealing with the incarnation of Good: God. This book upset me very much, especially as a Christian, as God is removed from His position and replaced in the book, since the other incarnations felt that He was aloof and not doing His job, nor doing anything to counter the evil actions of Satan.
After taking a good look at the rest of Anthony's books, I decided that I couldn't with good conscience read his stuff any more. They have some good points, like their humor (Xanth) and interresting plots, but there was so much sex and bad religion among other things that I just couldn't read them any more.
Sorry if I sound narrow minded, but that's my choice. I won't condemn anyone who does read them, but I would suggest taking a serious evaluation of the books.
and since I was too lazy to click more than one box, others I like:
Harry Potter
Nearly any series by Lawhead
Shanara series by Terry Brooks
LotR
Dragonriders of Pern, though it is also somewhat sci-fi as well
Off topic (semi-rant):
I've read Incarnations of Immortality. I could sort of handle the unnecessary sexuality in the books and the bad religion, until I got to the final book, dealing with the incarnation of Good: God. This book upset me very much, especially as a Christian, as God is removed from His position and replaced in the book, since the other incarnations felt that He was aloof and not doing His job, nor doing anything to counter the evil actions of Satan.
After taking a good look at the rest of Anthony's books, I decided that I couldn't with good conscience read his stuff any more. They have some good points, like their humor (Xanth) and interresting plots, but there was so much sex and bad religion among other things that I just couldn't read them any more.
Sorry if I sound narrow minded, but that's my choice. I won't condemn anyone who does read them, but I would suggest taking a serious evaluation of the books.
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1. Lord of the Rings
2. Sword of Shannara
3. The Runelords
4. The King's Blades
5. The Word and Void Trilogy
Those are my top five. So much Fantasy to read and so little time to do it!
2. Sword of Shannara
3. The Runelords
4. The King's Blades
5. The Word and Void Trilogy
Those are my top five. So much Fantasy to read and so little time to do it!
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I like Terry Brooks' books (type that ten times fast), Lawhead's series are good (although I always end up being too crital of them in the end), and then of course the Tolkien books, and not forgetting C.S. Lewis in the mix.
Christian fantasy is somewhat lacking (ok, very lacking), but Miles Owens may be a good author to watch out for. His Daughter of Prophecy was pretty good.
And last, but not least, I'm still in love with the Redwall series by Brian Jacques.
Christian fantasy is somewhat lacking (ok, very lacking), but Miles Owens may be a good author to watch out for. His Daughter of Prophecy was pretty good.
And last, but not least, I'm still in love with the Redwall series by Brian Jacques.
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Ooooo....tough...I love nearly every book I read, even ones others think are poorly written. And since sci-fi sorta goes along with fantasy, I'm including some of those.
Not exactly their order, but somewhere nearish how much I like them, might be about 5 series off:
A Song of Ice and Fire
Ender Series (just Game and Shadow really, not so much the others)
Hitchhiker's Trilogy
The Sevenwaters Trilogy
The Wheel of Time (the only one I didn't like was Path of Daggers)
Redwall
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn
The Coldfire Trilogy
Belgariad/Mallorean
Harry Potter
Dragonriders of Pern
The Lost Years of Merlin
Shannara
The Lord of the Rings (read when I was in 6th grade so can't decide where to put it)
The Chronicles of Narnia (read when I was in 6th grade so can't decide where to put it)
Not exactly their order, but somewhere nearish how much I like them, might be about 5 series off:
A Song of Ice and Fire
Ender Series (just Game and Shadow really, not so much the others)
Hitchhiker's Trilogy
The Sevenwaters Trilogy
The Wheel of Time (the only one I didn't like was Path of Daggers)
Redwall
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn
The Coldfire Trilogy
Belgariad/Mallorean
Harry Potter
Dragonriders of Pern
The Lost Years of Merlin
Shannara
The Lord of the Rings (read when I was in 6th grade so can't decide where to put it)
The Chronicles of Narnia (read when I was in 6th grade so can't decide where to put it)
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Forgotten Realms and Sword of Truth series' have always been a faverite read of mine
(SoT has been an on/off eries for awhile though)
(SoT has been an on/off eries for awhile though)
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