Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Forum

[ABWorsham]

I think that a good place to start is Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein.

I need to dive back into Middle Earth. I usally do once a year.

[Brain Damaged]

If you like Middle Earth and you want the whole story, you might try The Silmarillion

[Flashman]

Larry Niven:

Protector
Ringworld
Ringworld Engineers

The 3rd links together the first two (quite separate) stories.

Protector is the best book about middle age I've read. (Yes, Middle Age, not THE Middle Ages or Middle EARTH.)

http://www.sfreader.com/read_review.asp?book=538

[ABWorsham]

If you like Middle Earth and you want the whole story, you might try The Silmarillion

Good read. Have you read Unfinished Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien?

[Brain Damaged]

Good read. Have you read Unfinished Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien?

No, I have only read The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, add The Silmarillion. Is Unfinished Tales a good read?

[Bardoly]

Good read. Have you read Unfinished Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien?

No, I have only read The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, add The Silmarillion. Is Unfinished Tales a good read?

Unfinished Tales is a good read.

[Brain Damaged]

Unfinished Tales is a good read.

Right now I am re-reading Wheel of Time and I am in the middle of Book #5 (The Fires of Heaven) so I won't have a chance to read any other books for a while. But now my interest list is growing for what to read next. Keep the list of good books coming you guys.

[tkroll]

Read all of Tolkein's books. I am also sucked into LOTR Online.

The Dune series has some excellent novels. Aside from Dune itself, the House books are all enjoyable reads. I actually enjoy most of Brian Herbert's books more than his fathers.

I know I am not the only fan of of Timothy Zahn's Star Wars novels. I recommend those to any and all fans of Star Wars. I see Grand Admiral Thrawn posts here. The best bad guy in the Star Wars universe besides Vader.  Too bad the guys in charge of the books now don't deal more with Zahn and fire all the New Jedi Order and Legacy of the Farce crowd.

Jordan's Wheel of Time series is a favorite as well. It is a shame he passed away before finishing it. The fellow finishing Memory of Light broke the novel up into three parts but has done very well so far.

[ABWorsham]

Do any of you know if the movie The Hobbit has started filming yet?

[Brain Damaged]

Do any of you know if the movie The Hobbit has started filming yet?

Go to this website for the latest:

http://the-hobbit-movie.com/

[Monroe]

As previously noted, Tolkien, Robert Jordan and George RR Martin are a must...

In addition, you should try:

The original Dragonlance Series by Weis and Hickman (circa '85).  Great storytelling...

R.A Salvatore's Forgotten Realms novels (chronicles the dark elf, Drizzit's adventures...).  Great characters...

Lords of Dus series (4 books) by Lawrence Watt Evans (may be hard to find...try ebay or Amazon)

[Brain Damaged]

When I get done with my very slow re-read of Wheel of Time, I shall give some of these books a try.

[tkroll]

Brain have you read "The Gathering Storm" yet? I couldn't put that one down and have been left panting for the next two.

[Brain Damaged]

No, I have not, I am re-reading the series first, but life kind of got in the way and I am only on Lord of Chaos right now. The Gathering Storm is waiting for me though. Is Sanderson as good as Jordan?

[tkroll]

The book is pretty good and impossible to put down. Sanderson is pretty good but different than Jordan. For the most part I couldn't tell which parts of the book Jordan wrote and which parts were Sanderson's. There were a few places I just wanted to shout "No" and more than a few I had to read again just because so much was happening.  When you get to it you will enjoy it.