Posted by The Arcane(VIP) on December 27, 2000 at 18:16:01:
In Reply to: Well posted by Aluria on December 26, 2000 at 22:23:10:
> When I suggest books to people i suggest the horrbit and the lord of the rings, and the chronicles of narnia. [off-topic rambling] These were the first two fantasy series I read, when I was a kid... like... 13 years ago? and they're what got me hooked on the genre. That and the The Dark is Rising trilogy, which was just thoroughly awesome. Anyone else ever read that? > I have tried to read the first of the wheel of time books five times. I have made it through the to the third chapter twice. Same here. I actually bought Eye of the World after playing CF, to learn more about the Jordan mythos that's all over the place in the game. I made it about halfway through, I think. Once I'd read a bit about Shadar Logoth, Whitecloaks, and Aes Sedai, I figured I knew all I needed to. :P > I can't get into jordan. I love tolkien. My mom read the sword of shannara by terry brooks when she was pregnant with me. Is it me, or was Sword of Shannara a condensed and very slightly altered version of the LotR trilogy? He moved into semi-original ground with the next 5 (6?) books, but the first one was the biggest fantasy ripoff job I've ever seen. [/off-topic rambling]