The Xanth series or the Dragonlance series.
2006-11-15 15:34:13 · 9 answers · asked by dark_fire_456 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I have all the artemis fowl books already...
2006-11-16 15:11:56 · update #1
If I have only those two to choose between, Dragonlance wins easily. Although I generally dislike many of the later works by other authors, the original two trilogies by Weiss and Hickman are generally well written with interesting characterization. Xanth is a bunch of bad puns in search of a plot, although the first three books of the series are interesting, the novelty soon fades. Anthony doesn't have the excuse that other people continued the series either.
Neither series would make my top 10 list though, Dragonlance was badly flawed by the purely commercial decision to leave out several important parts of the story in order to avoid spoiling the modules released by TSR. And the whole D&D morality balance of good and evil thing just doesn't work for me.
2006-11-15 16:06:21 · answer #1 · answered by leons1701 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't read Xanth, but I did enjoy the earlier books of the Dragonlance series. I don't follow the occidental ideas of good and evil, however; I prefer the oriental idea of balance and imbalance- that somewhat diminishes the series. I wasn't fond of the way the twins were portrayed, since I am a twin and there are more than enough misconceptions out there already, but the 'evil twin/good twin' pops up everywhere else too.
I'm a huge fan of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series and Anne McCaffrey's Pern- there are a lot of better fantasy books out there than Dragonlance. The magazine Realms of Fantasy is excellent as well.
2006-11-15 16:21:11 · answer #2 · answered by Zeke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
between those two, Dragonlance hands down. i love Dragonlance (well, the ones by Weis/Hickman), however, another series written by Weis/Hickman i think is better, it's called The Sovereign Stone Trilogy, just awesome. then you have a classic like The Shannara stories by Terry Brooks. or even the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series by Tad Williams is incredible T.A. Barrons Lost Years Of Merlin series is great for the young readers (although it's a stretch to call it fantasy, it's more in the vein of Harry Potter).
2006-11-15 16:21:43 · answer #3 · answered by Always Question 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have only read Xanth books, and I liked them quite a bit at first, so they get my vote.
I liked Anthony's Adept series and Immortality series perhaps more. How many Xanth novels are there now? I guess after a while, it can just be too much of a good thing.
Other series I have enjoyed are Anne McCaffrey's Pern series and Crystal Singer (wish there were more of those) and Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series.
2006-11-15 16:22:11 · answer #4 · answered by Isthisnametaken2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I enjoy both series. My decision to read one or the other depends upon my mood at the time.
Xanth when I want light reading to pass some time
I would pick up Dragonlance when I want to get absorbed more.
2006-11-15 16:20:19 · answer #5 · answered by wi_saint 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont really know. but try artemis fowl: comedy, action lots more!
2006-11-15 21:22:09 · answer #6 · answered by cherry blossom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer Eragon myself
2006-11-15 15:35:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible. Some really great fairy tales in there.
2006-11-15 16:29:06 · answer #8 · answered by I Am Legend 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what are fantasy series?
2006-11-15 15:58:42 · answer #9 · answered by Lizzie 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋