On May 1, 1:10 pm, Sephy <girdw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Quoth Toby...
>
> >Hi,
>
> Greetings, salutations, and welcome to what's left of afe...
>
> > I'm new here and was wondering when people started reading David
> > Eddings' books. I was 14 when it all started for me. I haven't re-read
> > the books since then, but as soon as I finish Terry Goodkind's Sword
> > of Truth I am going to start again.
>
> My brother bought me a copy of PoP when it had just been released; I'm
> one of those poor sods who hung out for the release of every single
> book of the Belgariad, the Malloreon,the Elenium and the Tamuli... :D
>
> > What other fantasy series have people read/reading?
>
> Hmm... there's been a few over the years! (millenia? perhaps aeons,
> gilmae? :D ) Here's an assorted selection from Sephrenia's Recommended
> Reading List.... tadah!!
>
> David Eddings: The Belgariad, the Malloreon,the Elenium and the Tamuli
> series. Then stop. :D
>
> J R R Tolkien: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings series, the
> Silmarillion if you can ( haven't finished it in 30 years of
> trying... :D )
>
> Ray Feist: The Riftwar Saga, and almost everything that followed...
> that'll keep you busy for a while! (Mind you I am currently reading
> the new one, Flight of the Night Hawks, and it's a bit more of the
> same....)
>
> Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles.
>
> Philip Jose Farmer's World of Tiers series.
>
> Alan Garner's The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, The Moon of Gomrath,
> Elidor and The Owl Service
>
> Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising
>
> Jennifer Roberson's Chronicles of the Cheysuli series
>
> Nancy Springer's The Chronicles of Isle series
>
> Tove Jansson's Moomintroll books - yes they do belong on this list :)
>
> Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry - they're good, but they're not
> easy to read; I find them a bit distressing.
>
> Marion Zimmer Bradley's Avalon series.
>
> Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series
>
> Joanne Rowling's Harry Potter series
>
> Patricia McKillip's The Riddlemaster of Hed series.
Thanks to everyone for their reading suggestions :)
Toby
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