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Started by Merlin of Chaos, September 16, 2005, 05:41:20 PM

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Merlin of Chaos

September 16, 2005, 05:41:20 PM
Hey, Just asking for some suggestion for some Fantasy book, be it by Terry Pratchet (As in, Chaotic literature) or anyone else, doesn't really matter, I wanna read something and boggle my mind :P

But my needs are either Chaotic or something very Deep with a whole universe and alot of character interactivity and perhaps some fights but not too neccessary.

Thanks, or how someone from this forum would put it in his anti-hello term (But here I'm refering to my thanks) - UnThanks.
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September 16, 2005, 06:37:30 PM
wheel of time. a bit tough to get into and slow on the buildup, but it's heavy, with dozen sof 'main' charachters, probaly a hundred or more named minor charachters, and a tnagled web of itnrgiue, relations andrivalry(etc and so on) politics and relgion intermingle and ar erepsented withotu saying so outright, deep rich cultures clash. i receomend it to anyone, even a moran liek j00!
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agent compassion

#2
September 16, 2005, 07:27:29 PM
The Tale of the Five by Diane Duane...there's 3 out of 4 books done so far, the first one's "The Door Into Fire" but the story really gets rolling in book 2, "The Door Into Shadow." Very realistic worlds and characters...trippy magic stuff too.

8)

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gnimbley

#3
September 16, 2005, 08:09:44 PM
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman

Bella

#4
September 16, 2005, 10:42:54 PM
Time Enough for Love - Robert A Heinlein

It's the story of a 2,000 year old man named Lazarus Long. Lazarus is tired and he wants to die, but he's captured by some of his descendants who talk him into a Shahrzadelike scheme of storytelling to postpone death. Long tells them stories of his many adventures while they try to rejuvenate him and send on another adventure - this one to his own past.
just like in a dream
you'll open your mouth to scream
and you won't make a sound

you can't believe your eyes
you can't believe your ears
you can't believe your friends
you can't believe you're here

The Good Reverend Roger

#5
September 17, 2005, 01:14:54 AM
The United States Budget, 2005 Ed.

Best fantasy EVAH!
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Grampa Kaos

#6
September 17, 2005, 01:27:48 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend RogerThe United States Budget, 2005 Ed.

Best fantasy EVAH!
geez rog  that was so funny i lost my thought as to what i was going to put...



R.A. Salvatore any of his serieses are great reads....but Dzz`t is the shit when it comes to cool characters..
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ataraxia

#7
September 17, 2005, 01:42:02 AM
Steven Erikson. Or George R. R. Martin. Neither of these are my favorite writers, but they're both good and fit the bill. I think Erikson is a little better.
(MY favorites are Gene Wolfe, John Crowley, China Mieville, M John Harrison, Guy Gavriel Kay, stuff like that. The real wackos like Paul Park are sometimes fun too.)
Lossage, sausage, whatever.
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The Good Reverend Roger

#8
September 17, 2005, 01:47:10 AM
Quote from: ataraxiaSteven Erikson. Or George R. R. Martin. Neither of these are my favorite writers, but they're both good and fit the bill. I think Erikson is a little better.
(MY favorites are Gene Wolfe, John Crowley, China Mieville, M John Harrison, Guy Gavriel Kay, stuff like that. The real wackos like Paul Park are sometimes fun too.)

Martin can either finish the Dance of Dragons series, or kiss my ass.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

ataraxia

#9
September 17, 2005, 05:22:00 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger
Quote from: ataraxiaSteven Erikson. Or George R. R. Martin. Neither of these are my favorite writers, but they're both good and fit the bill. I think Erikson is a little better.
(MY favorites are Gene Wolfe, John Crowley, China Mieville, M John Harrison, Guy Gavriel Kay, stuff like that. The real wackos like Paul Park are sometimes fun too.)

Martin can either finish the Dance of Dragons series, or kiss my ass.

Ayo. I already forgot the stuff in the ones that are out so far, and who knows if I'll feel up to rereading them so I can get into the new one coming up.
Lossage, sausage, whatever.
http://scoriens.andrew.cmu.edu/

Buddha's Ghost Penis

#10
September 17, 2005, 05:27:16 AM
WE ARE ALSO WRITING BOOK! PLEASE TO FLAME AT http://megamanshentais.free-forums.org/megamanshentais.html
WHY DID YOU BAN ME!?!?!

The Good Reverend Roger

#11
September 17, 2005, 06:18:02 AM
Quote from: ataraxia
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger
Quote from: ataraxiaSteven Erikson. Or George R. R. Martin. Neither of these are my favorite writers, but they're both good and fit the bill. I think Erikson is a little better.
(MY favorites are Gene Wolfe, John Crowley, China Mieville, M John Harrison, Guy Gavriel Kay, stuff like that. The real wackos like Paul Park are sometimes fun too.)

Martin can either finish the Dance of Dragons series, or kiss my ass.

Ayo. I already forgot the stuff in the ones that are out so far, and who knows if I'll feel up to rereading them so I can get into the new one coming up.

Well, I'm not reading any of his new shit, until he finishes the old shit.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Horab Fibslager

#12
September 17, 2005, 06:21:46 AM
fantasy writers,


kow ho wto milk readers x10 than any grisham
Hell is other people.

The Good Reverend Roger

#13
September 17, 2005, 06:23:46 AM
Quote from: Horab Fibslagerfantasy writers,


kow ho wto milk readers x10 than any grisham

Motorcycle.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

ataraxia

#14
September 17, 2005, 06:36:18 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger
Quote from: Horab Fibslagerfantasy writers,

kow ho wto milk readers x10 than any grisham

Motorcycle.

with sidecar.

That's the prime reason why I mostly read old stuff that's been done for years (and ignore all efforts to turn them into franchises). I quit on the Robert Jordan, Eddings, and then-TSR stuff 10 years ago.
Lossage, sausage, whatever.
http://scoriens.andrew.cmu.edu/
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