I can't think of any books I want to read right now so I'm asking you to request me a book. I will order it off of the internet and start reading, if my library doesn't already have it. I wanted to start reading some of the books based around Blizzard's games, but I'm not sure about that.
So if you want to request a book to Diablo fans, I guess here's the best place.
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I like the life I lived, because I went from negative to positive.
You know very well who you are, don't let them hold you down, reach for the stars.
'The Eye of the World' in the series 'The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan.
Fantastic series of fantasy that span 11 volumes (with one still to come) and over 7,000 pages I think. The plot deals with the fate of the whole world basically. The Dark One, sealed away by the Creator, was accidentally freed during the Age of Legends 3,000 years ago. He was eventually defeated and sealed by the forces of Light led by Lews Therin, called The Dragon (although he is human). However it has been prophecised that one day The Dark One will break free, and the Draon Reborn will return to unite the world. Hopefully.
That sounds like your everyday plot for a fantasy novel, but once you start reading it, it turns into something more. The series are immensely complex, with not just one main character but at least three, and arguably you could call about ten people "main" characters. The story revolves less around strange monsters and magical phenomena (although those exist too), and more about the scheming and intrigues between people, nations and cultures and organizations. Magic exists and is a big part of the story, but it's not the regular hocus pocus with strange chanting and obscure runes or whatever. The magic system is very detailed, very extensive, and extremely satisfying.
If this sounds daunting, the first three books are more easily read, and resemble the Lord of the Rings in style and plot quite a lot. Later on however they change a bit, but that's all for the better. I highly recommend it to anyone who has ever read fantasy.
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The Word and Void trilogy by Terry Brooks, which is considered by authors everywhere as the best modern Dark Fantasy story of this age.
The first book is slow to start (simply because it details heavily all of the characters lives, which is necessary if you read the whole book), but I'll tell you, it's worth it. By 'modern' I mean that it's set in this time period, on the West Coast mostly, and by 'Dark Fantasy', I mean that it's heavy with emotion, magic, drama, and violence (this one more so in the latter two books of the trilogy, A Knight of the Word and Angel Fire East.)
And despite the book names, no, it is not religious at all, if you were thinking that. Each book covers a theme of modern dilemmas/issues as a sort of side-light, and the first one deals with religion, it's point and scope, and so on, where as the second one deals with poverty and homelessness in the U.S.A., and the third, well, extreme drug addiction and unexpected pregnancy. It may sound odd, but I'm telling you, they're all great stories, better than all of his other work, and, well:
"Superior to anything being written in the genre... Terry Brooks is one of a handful of fantasy writers whose work consistently meets the highest literary standards." -Rocky Mountain News.
"A great storyteller, Terry Brooks creates rich epics filled with mystery, magic, and memorable characters. If you haven't read Terry Brooks, you haven't read fantasy." -Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon and Eldest.
"Terry's place is at the head of the fantasy world." -Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass.
When your accolades are commonly from these kinds of writers, well, I think it means something. And of course I enjoyed these books immensely.
Cool request guys, I will order it off of the internet some time this year. I just started reading a book called "L' ile du negre". It's a french book that my teacher requested to me in the library. I read a couple of pages and it's almost like the game Clue. At the beginning of the book, a bunch of people receive letters from this one person which invites to this island called "L'ile du negre". That's pretty much what I read so far lol. It's a police drama or something.
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I like the life I lived, because I went from negative to positive.
You know very well who you are, don't let them hold you down, reach for the stars.
I like the authors Kate Forsyth and Tamora Pierce. I own two sets written by Kate Forsyth, One begins with an apprentice witch who lives in a land where witches are burned and tortured, but it was not always that way. The main character departs on a journey in which she has no clue as to what is in store for her or the direness of the situation. She is naive and innocent, at first.. She is a key in restoring the coven of witches back to power. What's left of them. Even when the world seems more at peace all is altered irrevocably.
I checked out the first book in this series from the library, and after that needed to read them all, so I bought all of the next books in the set(without previewing them). Then bought her next set(Rhiannon's Ride) (without previewing them)when I finished that one(Witches of Eileannan). This set was also good.
Tamora Pierce is another fantasy author who is more for teen readers (which I am fine with, I'm not trying to read pornography just to stay away from Teen books) I believe, I like her books also. Good sets include Protector of the small, the wildmage set, the circle of magic, the circle opens, and song of the lioness.
My taste in books may be different than others though, because I grew up with two older sisters. This subsequently led to me reading some of the authors they read and being possibly more comfortable with female main characters as well as authors. I also do not mind some romance in a novel as long as it does not consume the whole story and as long as it is not graphic.
I also enjoyed the Diablo Archive, and am now reading Roger Zelazny's amber series as well as the Sin war trilogy.
I am not suggesting straight out buying these, I would not want you to waste your money on something you might not like, it would be better to check them out from a library if you can.
I have not read the wheel of time series, but have heard it is one of the best fantasy sets around, so I may try to check that out at some point in time.
Hope this helps and doesn't waste your time,
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"This is the triumph of man:
Where there is truth, he must find.
Where there is destruction, he must rebuild.
Where there is love, he must protect."
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"God gave us memories, that in life's garden we may have June roses in December."
I just finished reading The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny. It was like 10 books in 1. It is not super huge. 1258 pages. But is damn cool and keeps your attention.
It is a fantasy book about order and chaos and a royal family dealing with all kinds of cool stuff. I rarely read and I read that book and highly suggest it.
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Yeah, I like them, too. They're slow *at first* (at least to me), but always pick up. The characters actually act like they should- adults- which is something a lot of fantasy writers struggle with.
(And on a side note, did anyone else know they're making a TV series based on those books? I just randomly found it when I was googling a programming book, a link to Hulu.com, and watched them. I don't know if they're good or not by TV series/fantasy standards.)
So if you want to request a book to Diablo fans, I guess here's the best place.
To find the truth, you must risk everything.
Fantastic series of fantasy that span 11 volumes (with one still to come) and over 7,000 pages I think. The plot deals with the fate of the whole world basically. The Dark One, sealed away by the Creator, was accidentally freed during the Age of Legends 3,000 years ago. He was eventually defeated and sealed by the forces of Light led by Lews Therin, called The Dragon (although he is human). However it has been prophecised that one day The Dark One will break free, and the Draon Reborn will return to unite the world. Hopefully.
That sounds like your everyday plot for a fantasy novel, but once you start reading it, it turns into something more. The series are immensely complex, with not just one main character but at least three, and arguably you could call about ten people "main" characters. The story revolves less around strange monsters and magical phenomena (although those exist too), and more about the scheming and intrigues between people, nations and cultures and organizations. Magic exists and is a big part of the story, but it's not the regular hocus pocus with strange chanting and obscure runes or whatever. The magic system is very detailed, very extensive, and extremely satisfying.
If this sounds daunting, the first three books are more easily read, and resemble the Lord of the Rings in style and plot quite a lot. Later on however they change a bit, but that's all for the better. I highly recommend it to anyone who has ever read fantasy.
The first book is slow to start (simply because it details heavily all of the characters lives, which is necessary if you read the whole book), but I'll tell you, it's worth it. By 'modern' I mean that it's set in this time period, on the West Coast mostly, and by 'Dark Fantasy', I mean that it's heavy with emotion, magic, drama, and violence (this one more so in the latter two books of the trilogy, A Knight of the Word and Angel Fire East.)
And despite the book names, no, it is not religious at all, if you were thinking that. Each book covers a theme of modern dilemmas/issues as a sort of side-light, and the first one deals with religion, it's point and scope, and so on, where as the second one deals with poverty and homelessness in the U.S.A., and the third, well, extreme drug addiction and unexpected pregnancy. It may sound odd, but I'm telling you, they're all great stories, better than all of his other work, and, well:
"Superior to anything being written in the genre... Terry Brooks is one of a handful of fantasy writers whose work consistently meets the highest literary standards." -Rocky Mountain News.
"A great storyteller, Terry Brooks creates rich epics filled with mystery, magic, and memorable characters. If you haven't read Terry Brooks, you haven't read fantasy." -Christopher Paolini, author of Eragon and Eldest.
"Terry's place is at the head of the fantasy world." -Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass.
When your accolades are commonly from these kinds of writers, well, I think it means something. And of course I enjoyed these books immensely.
To find the truth, you must risk everything.
I checked out the first book in this series from the library, and after that needed to read them all, so I bought all of the next books in the set(without previewing them). Then bought her next set(Rhiannon's Ride) (without previewing them)when I finished that one(Witches of Eileannan). This set was also good.
Tamora Pierce is another fantasy author who is more for teen readers (which I am fine with, I'm not trying to read pornography just to stay away from Teen books) I believe, I like her books also. Good sets include Protector of the small, the wildmage set, the circle of magic, the circle opens, and song of the lioness.
My taste in books may be different than others though, because I grew up with two older sisters. This subsequently led to me reading some of the authors they read and being possibly more comfortable with female main characters as well as authors. I also do not mind some romance in a novel as long as it does not consume the whole story and as long as it is not graphic.
I also enjoyed the Diablo Archive, and am now reading Roger Zelazny's amber series as well as the Sin war trilogy.
I am not suggesting straight out buying these, I would not want you to waste your money on something you might not like, it would be better to check them out from a library if you can.
I have not read the wheel of time series, but have heard it is one of the best fantasy sets around, so I may try to check that out at some point in time.
Hope this helps and doesn't waste your time,
Where there is truth, he must find.
Where there is destruction, he must rebuild.
Where there is love, he must protect."
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"God gave us memories, that in life's garden we may have June roses in December."
John Barrie
and
kite runner.
good stuff.
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
It is a fantasy book about order and chaos and a royal family dealing with all kinds of cool stuff. I rarely read and I read that book and highly suggest it.
11 Novels and 1 Novella
Book 1. Wizards First Rule, about 700-800 pages
Very good!!!
Yeah, I like them, too. They're slow *at first* (at least to me), but always pick up. The characters actually act like they should- adults- which is something a lot of fantasy writers struggle with.
(And on a side note, did anyone else know they're making a TV series based on those books? I just randomly found it when I was googling a programming book, a link to Hulu.com, and watched them. I don't know if they're good or not by TV series/fantasy standards.)