Survivor Appendix E (5e) Authors- Ursula K. LeGWINS!

[Reynard]

This thread has almost convinced me to give Terry Brooks another try. I liked MKFS:Sold! but bounced of both Sword and Elfstones of Shannara. What should I try instead?

 

[Sacrosanct]

Blocked, seriously? Over a pointless Survivor thread on ENWorld?! Oof, sorry man. I mean, I'm a Tolkien fan thru and thru--I have the prerequisite autographed book and a Middle Earth tattoo and everything--but even that seems a bit...extreme.

I guess you're talking about me. I don't have him blocked because of a Tolkien thread. I've had him on ignore for a long time. Several months at least, because I found his replies to me to be incredibly disingenuous. I always give someone several chances, but if the majority of your posts to me are intellectually dishonest, I'm just going to put you on ignore and save us both the time.

 

[Parmandur]

Blocked, seriously? Over a pointless Survivor thread on ENWorld?! Oof, sorry man. I mean, I'm a Tolkien fan thru and thru--I have the prerequisite autographed book and a Middle Earth tattoo and everything--but even that seems a bit...extreme.

I don't really know how long, or why, but I don't have him/her blocked and there has been crossposting in these past two threads since we can't see each other's posts. To be fair, the tools are there for good reasons, and I'm sure I must have said something that ruffled his/her feathers for legitimate reasons (I like arguing).

 

[CleverNickName]

This thread has almost convinced me to give Terry Brooks another try. I liked MKFS:Sold! but bounced of both Sword and Elfstones of Shannara. What should I try instead?

My two cents? I recommend you start with the Heritage of Shannara series...it's 4 books, plus a prequel. Start with Scions of Shannara, then read Druid, Elf Queen, and Heritage. After you have learned how the story ends, go back and read First King. It's not exactly chronological order of the story, but it's the order that the author wrote them in (and the order that I read them in, back in the 90s).

I've read all of Terry Brooks's books, but these are the only ones that I've read multiple times. They are so good.

Stuff.

Stuff.

Ah, that makes a little more sense. I'm not gonna get involved, except to say that I hope you guys are able to sort it out. This is a tiny community, and the whole thing suffers a little bit when its members are at odds with each other.

 

[Prakriti]

Incorporating Parmandur's votes, which got skipped.

Alexander, Lloyd 27
Augusta, Lady Gregory 19
Bear, Elizabeth 18
Brooks, Terry 8

Bulfinch, Thomas 26
Cook, Glen 24
Froud, Brian & Alan Lee 15
Hodgson, William Hope 16
Jemisin, N.K. 22
Kay, Guy Gavriel 23
LeGuin, Ursula 26
Lynch, Scott 25
McKillip, Patricia 24
Peake, Mervyn 25
Pratchett, Terry 22
Sanderson, Brandon 22
Smith, Clark Ashton 18
Wolfe, Gene 24

Terry Pratchett Quote of the Day:
"Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened." - Moving Pictures

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[Dausuul]

Alexander, Lloyd 27
Augusta, Lady Gregory 19
Bear, Elizabeth 18
Brooks, Terry 8
Bulfinch, Thomas 26
Cook, Glen 22
Froud, Brian & Alan Lee 15
Hodgson, William Hope 16
Jemisin, N.K. 22
Kay, Guy Gavriel 23
LeGuin, Ursula 27
Lynch, Scott 25
McKillip, Patricia 24
Peake, Mervyn 25
Pratchett, Terry 22
Sanderson, Brandon 22
Smith, Clark Ashton 18
Wolfe, Gene 24

 

[tglassy]

Alexander, Lloyd 25
Augusta, Lady Gregory 19
Bear, Elizabeth 18
Brooks, Terry 8
Bulfinch, Thomas 26
Cook, Glen 22
Froud, Brian & Alan Lee 15
Hodgson, William Hope 16
Jemisin, N.K. 22
Kay, Guy Gavriel 23
LeGuin, Ursula 27
Lynch, Scott 25
McKillip, Patricia 24
Peake, Mervyn 25
Pratchett, Terry 22
Sanderson, Brandon 23
Smith, Clark Ashton 18
Wolfe, Gene 24

 

[Parmandur]

My two cents? I recommend you start with the Heritage of Shannara series...it's 4 books, plus a prequel. Start with Scions of Shannara, then read Druid, Elf Queen, and Heritage. After you have learned how the story ends, go back and read First King. It's not exactly chronological order of the story, but it's the order that the author wrote them in (and the order that I read them in, back in the 90s).

I've read all of Terry Brooks's books, but these are the only ones that I've read multiple times. They are so good.

Ah, that makes a little more sense. I'm not gonna get involved, except to say that I hope you guys are able to sort it out. This is a tiny community, and the whole thing suffers a little bit when its members are at odds with each other.

I'm not at odds, but I doubt I'm missing much, either.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Alexander, Lloyd 25
Augusta, Lady Gregory 19
Bear, Elizabeth 18
Brooks, Terry 6
Bulfinch, Thomas 26
Cook, Glen 22
Froud, Brian & Alan Lee 15
Hodgson, William Hope 16
Jemisin, N.K. 22
Kay, Guy Gavriel 23
LeGuin, Ursula 27
Lynch, Scott 25
McKillip, Patricia 24
Peake, Mervyn 25
Pratchett, Terry 23
Sanderson, Brandon 23
Smith, Clark Ashton 18
Wolfe, Gene 24

 

[Gradine]

Alexander, Lloyd 25
Augusta, Lady Gregory 19
Bear, Elizabeth 18
Brooks, Terry 7 - Shame Brooks is going down soon; as the Clever Moogle says, Heritage of Shannara is a really, really good series.
Bulfinch, Thomas 26
Cook, Glen 22
Froud, Brian & Alan Lee 13
Hodgson, William Hope 16
Jemisin, N.K. 22
Kay, Guy Gavriel 23
LeGuin, Ursula 27
Lynch, Scott 25
McKillip, Patricia 24
Peake, Mervyn 25
Pratchett, Terry 23
Sanderson, Brandon 23
Smith, Clark Ashton 18
Wolfe, Gene 24