ive got all of the harry poters the beligard trilogy ergon and the second book elldest im in to magic swords and dragon books what can you recomend and tell me what the book is about
2007-12-14 03:37:39 · 14 answers · asked by ? 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
May I recommend the following:
The Tamir Triad--The Bone Doll's Twin, Hidden Warrior, and Oracle's Queen--by Lynn Flewelling. Dark fantasy trilogy about a country where only women are allowed to rule, and the story of how a young woman takes back the throne after her uncle murders all the girls in the royal family (except her, obviously). Yes, it's a standard plot, but it's seriously good.
The Pern series--DragonFlight, DragonQuest, and The White Dragon are the first three--by Anne McCaffrey. There's a lot, no point mentioning the rest of them. It's a mix of fantasy and sci fi, with genetically engineered dragons who are telepathic and telekinetic. Lot's of world saving going on in that series.
I second the Wizard of Earthsea nomination, that's good, too. A wizard student accidentally releases an evil spirit and has to track it down and send it back where it came from.
The Pit Dragon trilogy by Jane Yolen--Dragon's Blood, Heart's Blood, and A Sending of Dragons. This is similar in some ways to Pern. No world saving, in this one. Dragon fighting is betting sport like dog fighting is; one slave boy manages to steal a dragon egg and raise it, hoping that the money he wins will buy his freedom. Book four, Dragon's Heart, is coming out sometime in '08.
Happy reading.
2007-12-14 05:45:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Belgariad a trilogy???
Since when? It has something like 5-6 books in it, then there is the Malorean (which is Garion & Co's next adventure into the Mysterious East), which is another 5-6 books long (and some of them are twice the size of any Belgariad book), then there is the two books about Belgarath's and Polgara's "autobiographies"...Add the Rivan Codex... That's more than 3 books, and it's even more than the "traditional" definition of a trilogy (three sets of three books).
Anyway...Michael Moorcock's Elric books are Good. The late Robert Adams' post-apocolyptic Horseclans books (20 some that I can remember about) are some good-old fashioned swords and psionics. Then you have CS Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia (starting with "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe(?)"). If you want something a touch heavier, you can wander into JRR Tolkein's Middle Earth books (i.e.: The Hobbit, the three main books of the destruction of the One Ring, and a few other novels in the same setting).
2007-12-14 05:26:37 · answer #2 · answered by jcurrieii 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels!
All stories are set on a flat world that is carried by four elephants, standing on a giant turtle swimming through space. You can read the books independently from each other. In the first two books the writer is still figuring out where he's going (which is not to say they are bad, they just read a bit differently than the rest and are a lot of fun).
My favorite Discworld book is 'Small gods'.
2007-12-14 03:47:22 · answer #3 · answered by ChatNoir 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you read Robert Asprin Myth series. It is funny, wild and very good writer. Howabout Anne McCaffrey Dragons of Pern series. How about Peirs Anthony "Incarnations of Immortality starting with On a pale Horse" Also the Adept series is great. Also Spell singer series is also prime reading mattirial. Did you also read the Mallorian of the Belgariad series? How about Dragon Lance? Also Forgoton Relms books are great reading. And the all time favorate Lord of the rings... JRTolken. Also for Sci/fi Robert Hinnlen's Friday, and many others of his. Also for some Horror. Anita Blake Vampire hunter series. By Laurell K. Hamelton. Also the books by C.S.Lewis.
2007-12-14 03:50:19 · answer #4 · answered by david_pugsley 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wholeheartedly recommend trying out the Earthsea books written by Ursula K Leguin. The first book is called "A Wizard of Earthsea", and is a different take on the "young wizard goes to school" idea, written about 30 years before Harry Potter.
Also, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings, and Lord of the Rings.
2007-12-14 03:48:24 · answer #5 · answered by Kristian D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like the Forgotten Realm series, there are numerous authors for them. The set by R.A Salvatore with Drittz is very good. Some of his books are, "Orc King", " The Path of Darkness", "The Road to the Patriach", there are a couple more in the series, it's worth a look.
2007-12-14 04:02:04 · answer #6 · answered by Nari Y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of those books are based on legends we call mythology, but people used to believe the stories. In case you haven't checked them out, there are some cool old books...Beowulf (the book, not the movie!), the Eddas of Iceland and the Leibenlungenleid (spelling might be wrong here). These books started the whole "fantasy" section!
2007-12-14 03:43:26 · answer #7 · answered by Bridge 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a very popular question, isn't it?
*JRR Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'Lord of the Rings'
*CS Lewis, 'The Chronicles of Narnia'
*Phillip Pullman, 'His Dark Materials'
*George RR Martin's "A Song of Ice & Fire" series ("A Game of Thrones", etc)
*Neil Gaiman, "Stardust"
*Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" series or the "Bromeliad" trilogy ("Truckers", "Diggers", and "Wings")
*Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga (starting with "Magician: Apprentice")
*Terry Brooks, "Shanara" and "Magic Kingdom" books
*Peter S. Beagle, "The Last Unicorn"
*Roger Zelazny's "Amber" series
*Lloyd Alexander's "Prydain Chronicles"
*Piers Anthony, "Xanth" series or his "Incarnations of Immortality" books
All should be available at your local bookstore or library, and at Amazon.com. You should be able to find descriptions for all of them at Amazon or on Wikipedia.
2007-12-14 05:47:42 · answer #8 · answered by briteyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Crowley's "Little, Big" is a classic fantasy novel. Sometimes hard to find and you'll have to have a bookstore special order it or you can check Amazon.
A really great story of one generation of a family who live on the edge of the real world and the world of magical beings.
2007-12-14 04:17:11 · answer #9 · answered by petrof_skinsky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have answered this question so many times, I decided to dedicate a web site to answer this question. Here it is:
http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com
Included is a list of only the best sorcery fantasy books, grade reading level, a short review of each book along with a brief summary of adult content. There is also a "Readers' Choice" list of favorite books, and a list of heroine sorcery fantasy books.
I hope this helps.
Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/
2007-12-15 05:27:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋