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    Well I just finished reading The Hobbit so I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good Fantasy book.

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    DragonLance Chronicles not really one book though it's actually a trilogy.

    Dragons of autumn twilight

    Dragons of winter night

    Dragons of spring dawning
    you may also try any of the tales of shannara books

    maybe also Pendragon it's pretty good.

    if you are into mythology and havent read them yet I suggest rick riodan's books either the Percy Jackson starting with the lightning theif(Greek mythology) series or the kane chronicles starting with the red pyramid(Egyptian mythology) note while both these are mythology heavy they are set in modern times.
    just a few suggestions for you.

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    Anything by Raymond E Fiest.

    Greats books.

    Or for an alternative.

    The Dark tower Books by The master, Stephen King

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    CONAN, by Robert E Howard. Interesting reads. Written a long time ago, but I think it aged well.

    The Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock. I found this to be an interesting 6 book series. I'd probably include the hawkmoon saga as well (all part of the weird collection that is the eternal champion)

    I've read a couple of the dragonlance books, decent enough, but I always watch out for a series done by different authors as I don't know how different writing styles are going to be.

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    Hands down the wheel of time series by robert jordan (RIP). It's toooooooo good I promise!

    also forgotten realms series...anything by R.A. Salvatore
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    Quote Originally Posted by Articwolf View Post
    Hands down the wheel of time series by robert jordan (RIP). It's toooooooo long I promise!

    also forgotten realms series...anything by R.A. Salvatore
    Ftfy.

    Quote Originally Posted by darklinky
    Anything by Raymond E Fiest.
    Hmm...I always find his books for cheap and just take them in for credit at the book store. What's the level of fantasy, general plot etc...?

    Anyway, I gotta pimp The Dresden Files because it's what I do. So good though, just so good. Set in modern times with detective elements, gritty at times and generally never disappoints (about 2 things through the whole 14 book (so far) series have been wtf but they both just kind of went away quickly).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gypsy View Post
    Ftfy.



    Hmm...I always find his books for cheap and just take them in for credit at the book store. What's the level of fantasy, general plot etc...?

    Anyway, I gotta pimp The Dresden Files because it's what I do. So good though, just so good. Set in modern times with detective elements, gritty at times and generally never disappoints (about 2 things through the whole 14 book (so far) series have been wtf but they both just kind of went away quickly).
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    what does ftfy mean?
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    Fixed that for you.

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    thanks for all the suggestions I'm going to look into some of the books mentioned. I have tons of spare time currently hahahahah XD.

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    Download ebooks, i do it for my kindle x

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tsukasa01 View Post
    thanks for all the suggestions I'm going to look into some of the books mentioned. I have tons of spare time currently hahahahah XD.
    Start with the Dresden Files.

    Forgot to mention earlier that the main character is in fact a wizard, so the fantasy element is high.

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    Download ebooks, i do it for my kindle x
    Hardcover first editions or else. Speaking of which I picked some up today that I was missing from my Terry Brooks collection.

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    also you could try reading the disc world series by terry pratchett

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    disc world series is one im considering lately...grant it ive been trying to read the wheel of time series for what feels like my whole life so I think it's time to switch it up to something else...I'm starting to get into old school MuD gaming and one of the biggest ones is Disc World (next to aardwolf rpg). Also Icewind Dale trilogy was really good!
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