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Originally Posted by Folkie (Post 518340)

im ready Dylan for the second time. its just a biography of bob dylan but the authors pretty good and i really liked it the first time

Boyfriend bought me Chronicles the other day. I'm well stoked :D

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Book three of the Pendragon Cycle. I recommend these to Adidasss as he is getting into fantasy novels.

Fantasy is kind of overwhelming... there are so many popular authors with their own canon and mythos going on. Never finished David Edding's 'Pawn of Prophecy' or 'Magician'. Can't remember who wrote that. I mean does it begin and end with LOTR or do I deserve a belting for saying that? Actually this looks really cool

I'm reading Dracula.

i'm finally getting around to starting Atlas Shrugged, the only Ayn Rand novel i haven't read.

also on the queue:
Watchmen, the graphic novel everyone is raving about because of the upcoming film, and
Routines by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a series of plays/short stories by one of the seminal Beats.

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Originally Posted by Molecules (Post 518542)

I find David Eddings a little convoluted sometimes. I like a lot of Fantasy that borrows into the whole Arthur mythology without romanticising it. The aforementioned cycle weaves Atlantis into the mix whilst remaining resolutely gritty. By far the best take I have read on the Arthurian stories is Bernard Cornwells Arthur books which are as accurately historically correct regarding practices, languages and socio-politics as it possibly could be. My favourite fantasy author by far is David Gemmell. His books are simplistic heroic tales that are imbued with a constant questioning of human nature and it's actions.

I'm an avid fantasy reader.

Gemmel is great, but alot of his themes and characterisation get a little repetitive after a while.

Edding's first series was what got me into fantasy when I was around 12 or so, but I really can't read him now. The books are pretty awful.

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Originally Posted by Fruitonica (Post 518745)

I'm a pretty avid fantasy reader.

Gemmel is great, but alot of his themes and characterisation get a little repetitive after a while.

Edding's first series was what got me into fantasy when I was around 12 or so, but I really can't read him now. The books are pretty awful.

Have you read Cornwell's Arthur series? Superbly well written.

Bernard Cornwell - The Author's Official Site - Sharpe Books dot com

I've heard of it, but never read it. Arthurian mythology never really grabbed me for some reason.

I am reading Aldous Huxley's The Devils of Loudun and really enjoying it.

I'm reading Fluke by Christopher Moore and loving it!