I've always had a deep fondness for "The Mysts of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer
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I'm enjoying the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind at the moment.

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What number you up to?
A bud of mine is on 8.
I can't seem to get my head into a 12 book series.


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I've actually already read all 9 that he's written so far, so I guess
not literally "at the moment". Currently I'm reading Across the Face of
the World by Russell Kirkpatrick. Too early to tell yet whether it's a
good book though. ;-)

Didn't know it was going to be that long when I started reading them.
But I can't stop now!

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I was never a "reader" until Harry Potter hit the shores of Australia.

Now these are good books.... although, I must say that I can't really
compare these books with anything else as I haven't read anything apart
from text books since I left school.

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er, the Bible?



or for those that believe in gods that come round and break your windows if
you don't pray

http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/



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I actually just finished Bagombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Great read! :)

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Get a copy of Groosham Grange by Anthony Horowitz - you will be absolutely
stunned to see how identical JK Rowlings' book is. Why she wasn't sued for
plagerism, I'll never know.

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There are quite a few good books. I recommend The Stand or The Celestine
Prophecy.

--Tina

books: Stephen Donaldson - Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, especially the
2nd series.

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I thought the bible again :-D.

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There's a second series? Going to have to go find that now.

Looking at his web site, he's just released the first book in a 3rd
series. I've got some reading to do...

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She was sued for plagiarism, by someone else whose book had a similar story
line, and who claimed to have originated the term Muggles, among other
things. I always thought her first book borrowed heavily from _A Wizard of
Earthsea_ by Ursula K. LeGuin (1968). In that book, a young man goes to an
island school for wizards, where he's the star of his class, until his
competitive relationship with another student leads him to conjure an evil
spirit; after that experience his face is left with a permanent mark.

TL

I got about half way through the "second" series before stalling, thinking,
er, havn't I read this before? ISTM that the second series is simply a
re-telling of the first one, from a different perspective.

Or was I reading a different second series? Or did I miss the point
entirely?

The *real* series's, seriess, collection of series (damn, what *is* the
plural of series) are of course those by E E Doc Smith. Classic stuff.
Written back in the days before the space shuttle so he could make it up any
way he wanted :-)

Cheers
Richard.

:-)

I also can recommend Mordant's Need (2 books), and the Gap series (5 books
IIRC) And there is Rave the Just (short stories), and an older short
stories book (forgot the name).

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Lord Foul is there again, but... the story is quite different IMNSHO.
Thomas travels out of the land (which has gone through major changes
itself), meets new people, etc. And also plays a much smaller role.
Personally I consider the second series better.

No idea :-)

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The Stand was a great book. I thought The Shining was even better. :-)


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Whereas I prefer something with more "edge" such as Ash, A Secret History
by Mary Gentle. However it's difficult to beat The Complete Shakespeare.

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The Stand... liked it a lot. Got the extra long version (in Dutch though).

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Alot of the stuff in the first Harry Potter book is word for word the same
as in Groosham Grange. I mean, I don't see how any sane person could read
the two and deny that she copied.

I honestly have no feelings good or bad about the Harry Potter books...never
did. My son was actually the one who brought both books to me and pointed
it out, after a family friend bought him a copy of Groosham Grange. I was
stunned.

--Tina

soon-to-be released Harry Potter book of course) :)

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It's been a very long time since I read any fiction[1], but what strikes me
about Harry Potter is the number of adults reading it. I thought they were
supposed to be kid's books!

[1] Not counting Viper's posts.
[1] I'll make an exception for Mir's book!

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Although they have me hooked, I am also surprised at the amount of
people who say, just like me, that the last book they have read was at
school, and Harry Potter broke their dry spell.

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