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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8112691" data-attributes="member: 6704184"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay deserves it's own mention. The tragedy of it is...well I wept openly the first time I ready it, and every single time I've read it since. Maybe 6 times?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay. Same as above, and I'll include Ysabel with this rather than on it's own, since it involves characters from the Tapestry. IMO the best "characters from the real world go to a fantasy world" work out there. I still have strong emotional moods as a result of thinking about a given scene or character or story element. Kim, at the sacred lake, or Diarmuid, or Kevin...oh, Kevin...I might cry again just thinking about Kevin...and of the echo of his story at the end of Ysabel...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix. Especially as read by Tim Curry on audible. Just perfection.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher. If you like audiobooks at all, listen to James Marsters read the series on Audible. You can read the whole series for no more than the cost of your subscription, if you return each book in turn to get the next. If you're like me, you'll burn through them faster than Harry burns through minor enemies.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Lord of The Rings. There is poetry in nearly every line of this work.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey. Yes, it's fantasy. Don't @ me.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Earthsea, Ursula Le Guin. Some of the best wizardy fantasy out there.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dragonlance, especially the Chronicles and Legends</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shannara series by Terry Brooks, including the Running With The Demon books</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Anything by Neil Gaiman, but especially Neverwhere and his short stories</li> </ul><p></p><p>Additional works that I just love or think deserve mention:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Terry Pratchet's Discworld books</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Brent Weeks Shadow books</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shades of Magic by V.E. Schwab</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Various works by Mercedes Lackey</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Belgariad and Elenium by David Eddings</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ghostwalker by Erick Scott De Bie. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Erevis Cale stories by Paul S. Kemp</li> </ul><p></p><p>I'm sure i could think of others, and I'll regret not putting something on the list, but for now that's it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 8112691, member: 6704184"] [LIST] [*]Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay deserves it's own mention. The tragedy of it is...well I wept openly the first time I ready it, and every single time I've read it since. Maybe 6 times? [*]The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay. Same as above, and I'll include Ysabel with this rather than on it's own, since it involves characters from the Tapestry. IMO the best "characters from the real world go to a fantasy world" work out there. I still have strong emotional moods as a result of thinking about a given scene or character or story element. Kim, at the sacred lake, or Diarmuid, or Kevin...oh, Kevin...I might cry again just thinking about Kevin...and of the echo of his story at the end of Ysabel... [*]Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix. Especially as read by Tim Curry on audible. Just perfection. [*]The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher. If you like audiobooks at all, listen to James Marsters read the series on Audible. You can read the whole series for no more than the cost of your subscription, if you return each book in turn to get the next. If you're like me, you'll burn through them faster than Harry burns through minor enemies. [*]The Lord of The Rings. There is poetry in nearly every line of this work. [*]The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey. Yes, it's fantasy. Don't @ me. [*]Earthsea, Ursula Le Guin. Some of the best wizardy fantasy out there. [*]Dragonlance, especially the Chronicles and Legends [*]Shannara series by Terry Brooks, including the Running With The Demon books [*]Anything by Neil Gaiman, but especially Neverwhere and his short stories [/LIST] Additional works that I just love or think deserve mention: [LIST] [*]Terry Pratchet's Discworld books [*]Brent Weeks Shadow books [*]Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi [*]Shades of Magic by V.E. Schwab [*]Various works by Mercedes Lackey [*]The Belgariad and Elenium by David Eddings [*]Ghostwalker by Erick Scott De Bie. [*]Erevis Cale stories by Paul S. Kemp [/LIST] I'm sure i could think of others, and I'll regret not putting something on the list, but for now that's it. [/QUOTE]
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