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Rawgrim Banned for Spam "There are several creatures approaching from the south-east" I have made 4,536 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 2,577 likes My gender is Male	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 14, 2016 5:38:34 GMT -6 Post by Rawgrim on May 14, 2016 5:38:34 GMT -6 Good way to get tips on books to read, I figured. Here is my top 3 list. 1. Magician - By Raymond E. Feist 2. The Eye of the World. First book of the Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan 3. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
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CitizenChris92 Banned for Spam The Persona Bloke https://i.imgur.com/MYlWtPB.png I have made 3,173 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 1,129 likes My gender is Male BSN Posts 10.365	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 14, 2016 13:08:01 GMT -6 Rawgrim likes this Post by CitizenChris92 on May 14, 2016 13:08:01 GMT -6 A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie Discworld: Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 14, 2016 20:37:41 GMT -6 Rawgrim likes this Post by Deleted on May 14, 2016 20:37:41 GMT -6
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Draining Dragon Knowledgeable I've largely transitioned over to Top Shelf Gaming at this point. Hit me up there. I have made 461 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 338 likes My gender is Male	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 15, 2016 22:52:34 GMT -6 Rawgrim likes this Post by Draining Dragon on May 15, 2016 22:52:34 GMT -6 1. Dragon Weather (by Lawrence Watt-Evans) - First book of the Obsidian Chronicles. I recommend it to fans of dark fantasy. It's a really interesting take on the genre. Lawrence Watt-Evans is my favorite writer, in general. 2. Men-at-Arms (by Terry Pratchett) - Second Discworld book featuring the Ankh Morpork City Watch. The entire Discworld series is a hilarious combination of fantasy and political satire, and the Watch books are especially fun reads. 3. With A Single Spell (by Lawrence Watt-Evans) - Second book of the Legends of Ethshar. I like the Ethshar novels because they focus on mundane characters in a world rife with different schools of magic (wizardry, demonology, etc.). The way magic works in these novels is quite unique.
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Sentinel Arian Banned for Spam I have made 4,063 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 2,122 likes My gender is Male BSN Posts 17K+	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 16, 2016 0:23:17 GMT -6 Rawgrim likes this Post by Sentinel Arian on May 16, 2016 0:23:17 GMT -6 ^ really under-appreciated novelist: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christopher Don't remember which one was the best in either series... It's been a long time! And yes, I'm not mature enough for mature novels apparently and consider these books better. Also this one as my 4th:
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ObserverStatus Banned for Spam Pathlessness, everywhere you look. Where is this all supposed to lead? I have made 3,181 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 3,229 likes My gender is Male BSN Posts 18994	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 16, 2016 3:33:38 GMT -6 Post by ObserverStatus on May 16, 2016 3:33:38 GMT -6
Indeed, cannibalism of the dead is a cherished custom in Scotland. When a Scottish boy's coming of age is celebrated (a ceremony known as the Scot Mitzvah) he is forced to consume his own great-grandfather, bones and all, in just 24 hours, or else the local Shaman will hit him on the head with a magical stick that stops him from ever becoming an adult. Reply Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top

Iakus Banned for Spam I have made 1,111 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 453 likes My gender is Male	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 16, 2016 7:34:44 GMT -6 Rawgrim likes this Post by Iakus on May 16, 2016 7:34:44 GMT -6 The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson Book 1 of The Stormlight Archive The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien Small Favor by Jim Butcher Book 10 of The Dresden Files (But really, every book in that series is awesome. That one is just my personal favorite)
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Rawgrim Banned for Spam "There are several creatures approaching from the south-east" I have made 4,536 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 2,577 likes My gender is Male	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 17, 2016 6:13:04 GMT -6 Sentinel Arian likes this Post by Rawgrim on May 17, 2016 6:13:04 GMT -6 May 16, 2016 3:33:38 GMT -6 ObserverStatus said: You are insane!
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 17, 2016 12:14:53 GMT -6 Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 12:14:53 GMT -6 Honorable mention: SPOILER: Click to show
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 18, 2016 9:51:09 GMT -6 via mobile Sentinel Arian and Rawgrim like this Post by Deleted on May 18, 2016 9:51:09 GMT -6 Truly these books set the standards. They're complete pieces of... art.
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 22, 2016 7:15:13 GMT -6 Post by Deleted on May 22, 2016 7:15:13 GMT -6 I enjoy the Silmarillion over LOTR as a book. I think Tolkien's prose and story telling suits this kind of novel far more than LOTR. Also it's dark, bleak, and awfully depressing. It's funny when people compare and contrast Tolkien to Martin when Tolkien is far more tragic in many ways. Sure the 'good guys win' at the end of the Silmarillion too, but an entire country gets destroyed in the process. Everything in between is just a consecutive kick to the balls. Still, it's a different, more 'classic' type of tragedy. I hate to be the one to start a TvsM war but it's just a little irony I like to expose once in a blue moon. Or every time I mention the book.
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Rawgrim Banned for Spam "There are several creatures approaching from the south-east" I have made 4,536 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 2,577 likes My gender is Male	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 22, 2016 10:14:22 GMT -6 Post by Rawgrim on May 22, 2016 10:14:22 GMT -6 It is ok to like both Tolkien and Martin. Or one over the other.
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 22, 2016 14:31:12 GMT -6 via mobile Post by Deleted on May 22, 2016 14:31:12 GMT -6 Anyone like Piers Anthony? Some of his later stuff got really bad, with one of his latest being absolutely atrocious but I really enjoyed some of his earlier stuff like the Incarnations series or the first few from the Magic of Xanth like A Spell for Chameleon
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 22, 2016 17:57:55 GMT -6 Post by Deleted on May 22, 2016 17:57:55 GMT -6 May 22, 2016 10:14:22 GMT -6 Rawgrim said: It is ok to like both Tolkien and Martin. Or one over the other. It is. But this is just me being a cranky old man about this stuff. Since I do get tired with the same ol' comparisons. Both are different monsters, I understand. But it's nice to shove that fact down the 'other side's' throat.
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Rawgrim Banned for Spam "There are several creatures approaching from the south-east" I have made 4,536 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined August 2015 I've received 2,577 likes My gender is Male	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 22, 2016 18:03:48 GMT -6 Post by Rawgrim on May 22, 2016 18:03:48 GMT -6 May 22, 2016 17:57:55 GMT -6 @simfam said: May 22, 2016 10:14:22 GMT -6 Rawgrim said: It is ok to like both Tolkien and Martin. Or one over the other. It is. But this is just me being a cranky old man about this stuff. Since I do get tired with the same ol' comparisons. Both are different monsters, I understand. But it's nice to shove that fact down the 'other side's' throat. The way I see it is this. Tolkien's work has stood the test of time. If anything his work has just grown in popularity as the years have gone by, and his stories are still relevant to this day. Martin is "new" so we don't know yet if he will be considered as great as Tolkien. I am not sure he will, though.
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Deleted I have made 0 posts Right now I'm Offline I joined January 1970	Post your top 3 Fantasy novels. May 23, 2016 18:30:06 GMT -6 Post by Deleted on May 23, 2016 18:30:06 GMT -6 Tolkien and Martin do two very different sub-genres. Tolkien does a more high fantasy though it is quite dark if you read between the lines (talking about LOTR need to read the rest one day) and Martin does a low fantasy. Those two sub-genres are really hard to compare since they will always focus on very different aspects. As for my top three I have to ponder that...
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