I have finished reading all 7 books now, and it's like a part of my life has finished too (sad I know !)....can anyone recommend a similar book or series of books? Many thanks
2007-07-21 23:11:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I've read all Kings books and Dean Koontz . I thought the Dark Tower series was very different from their usual styles.....
Grown up Fary tales or fantasy ( I found Lord of the Rings to hard to read)
Thanks
2007-07-21 23:34:36 · update #1
Harry Potter Forever!
2007-07-21 23:18:20 · answer #1 · answered by kitto 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes. Stephen King has been writing for over 40 years and with 800 million novels in print. He can't be beat. The Dark Tower series. 1. The Gunslinger 2. Drawing of the Three 3. The Wastelands 4. Wizard and Glass 5. Wolves of Calla 6. Song of Susannah 7. The Dark Tower. One great story in seven novels. The last three have so many pages, they come in two volumes. Several years back Stephen king got hit by a van while jogging. He got all kinds of email with people wondering if he was ever going to finish the series. He not only finished the series. He Incorporated his accident into the series. Over 20 years in the making, so they were started long before all the "puff series" that are out now. <}:-})
2016-04-01 06:49:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loved the Dark Tower series, and would recommend whole heartedly the following:
Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time series (warning - still one book to be written)
Julian May - Saga of the Exiles/Gallactic Milieu trilogy
Stephen Donaldson - Chronocles of Thomas Covenant the unbeliever
Tad Williams - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn books
2007-07-22 00:26:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For fantasy you cant beat raymond e fiest or terry goodkind
and although i am a big king fan i found the seventh book to be a total dissapointment a cop out ending and a lot of strung together nonsense involving the number ninteen and extremely good fortune and just for the record
lord of the rings sucked ***
2007-07-22 01:01:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've been blessed by being the owner of a 5 volume set of Edgar Allan Poe's complete works....dated approx. 1906....its wonderful....our language has been through many slight changes since it was the king's English.....
Read some of Poe's classics such as the "The Tell Tale Heart" or the " The Gold Bug "it will explain what the Sci-Fi writers of today cut their writing teeth upon.
2007-07-29 22:00:07 · answer #5 · answered by slvrwolf_2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read Gregory Maguire if your into adult fantasy/fairy tales. He writes more mature versions of old fairy tales like Cinderella and Snow White. His best/most famous book is Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West though, you might of heard of it, it's a musical now showing in London
2007-07-21 23:37:42 · answer #6 · answered by franevilbob 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All his books is like that i liked Cujo, Pet cemetery, Salems Lot and Needful Things and i think you will enjoy Dean R Koontz as well
2007-07-21 23:22:10 · answer #7 · answered by cheri 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i am catching up on that series.
he took so long to write the last 4 or so
but did you know that this was one of the first stories king ever worked on?
maybe thats why.. it was writen when he was young and it was difficult he said to get into the world he created with it. thats why it took so long.
There are talks of making Gunslinger into a movie but word is trying to make one out of it is hard becuase of length.
2007-07-22 00:09:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter and we are 39 & 30
2007-07-28 09:23:33 · answer #9 · answered by mike&rach 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Eddings the Belgariad and the Malloreon series.
Fantastic!
2007-07-21 23:22:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋