"One ring to rule them all, one ring to bind them...."

NanDog

I'll check into that Bradley & McCaffrey tomorrow. I'm a packrat too. My husband always says so. Specially when it comes to books. I have about 10 boxes of books in the cellar. I figure, if there's another flood, I'll start a new library for all us. As HandsOff said, definitely check out that skin. It's great! I used to only read Non-Fict. Astronomy, cloning, etc. Anything to do with Science & Technology. I still do sometimes. My husband & I are Herpatologists, so I've been checking out books on getting different phases. Anyway, after living a life of reality, my husband came along & thru me 4 a loop. He introduced me to Brooks & Jordan. Never been the same since. I'm fixin' to start David Eddings. I suggest that, if you're looking for a new Sci/Fan escape.

MikeBCda

Absolutely their individual best! Gosh, McCammon is good! I need to read A Boy's Life.

 

And for heaven's sake don't miss Going South, if you haven't already got/read it.

 

MikeBCda

Respectfully noted!

NanDog

Don't know where you left off at, but the info I got was this:
Heritage of Hastur, Sharra's Exile, Stormqueen, Hawkmistress, The Shattered Chain, Thendara House, City of Sorcery, The Spell Sword, The Forbidden Tower, Star of Danger, The Bloody Sun, & The Winds of Darkover. There's also a trilogy called Cling Fire that's part of the Darkover series. Then there's: Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White Dragon, Morettaragonlady of Pern, Nerilka's Story, Dragonsdawn, The Renegades of Pern, All the Weyrs of Pern, The Chronicles of Pern:First Fall, The Dolphins of Pern, Dragonseye, & The Masterharper of Pern. There's also The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern.

 

Thanks, 2dazed! Gotta get to the local bookstore and check out those titles. Some are familiar but many aren't. 'Course now the biggest problem is getting time to read good books! The last few years, I get home, make dinner, take the dog for a walk, brush teeth and get into bed with a good book, read two pages of good book, wake up at 3 a.m. with light on and book on floor!

 

NanDog

Here's what I do: Get up, take care of better halves, fix coffee, go to work( Read on break time), come home, take shower, feed cats; ferret; & snake if need be, & read in between posts.

 

That was the skin I used for a long time.... hehe
Of course my favorite quote is in my sig.

 

Now, who would've thought there'd be so many sf/fantasy fans at a computer security site?!

In my opinion, Tolkien was the best for his genre, but a few others - notably C.S. Lewis, Ursula K. LeGuin and Raymond Feist - have come close, and let's not forget the granddaddy of them all, L. Frank Baum.

My tastes in sf run the gamut, but I always come back to these: Robert Heinlein, Gordon Dickson, Clifford Simak and Julian May.

Somebody mentioned horror (in the form of Stephen King)? Everything in this genre pales before Ghost Story by Peter Straub, who co-wrote The Talisman with King.

 

Well, we all kinda live in an otherworldly realm: the cyber-world. Doesn't it make sense we would be attracted to other realms such as the sf/fantasy world as well? BTW, as evidenced by many posts here, some of us live in some really strange realms!

 

Some great authors. I agree with the list and would add Edgar Rice Burroughs and Anne McCafrey. I got books by all of those, and more! SciFi is great!

 

I have to say, there's not much I don't read but I do have a few favorite authors. I have been a Dean Koontz fan for ages. Love, Peter Straub, James Patterson. And I confess to being a true crime junkie. (I think it's the idea of what makes a psycho tick sorta thing). Last but not least Ann Rice, I've read her for years.

 

Another Dean Koontz fan! hehe... I am one too. Peter Straub is also very good. Gotta love Stephen King too. And let's not forget J.K. Rowlings... yes I admit I am a Harry Potter fan! lol

 

I have one Stephen King book that is my absolute favorite. For the life of me I can't remember the name of it. I'll have to go find it and reread it. :thumbsup: I think J.K. Rowlings is a fascinating person. LOL writing her stories on napkins in coffee shops. You've gotta respect the intensity. I think I'd lose my train of thought. Seems like an interesting person. (BTW have watched some of the movies, never read the books, I'll have to look into them).

 

Dangitall

I work for a bookstore, & I get her books in all the time. Been interested in her, but haven't gotten any yet. Afraid I'll be disappointed. I checked into the Earthsea series. It sounded good. I'm commited to David Eddings right now, but if you could compare her to someone, who would it be? Hint: I don't like Mercades Lackey.

Galadriel

Hi! How's it going? I love Koontz's Strangers & Watchers! First books of his I've read.

P.T.

I love her too! She owns a shop in the French Quarter in New Orleans. It's ran by her friends & family, but she does go there often.

 

Hey, now that's cool to know. I never would have thought she'd have a shop in my old stomping ground. Wish I'd known it in the day.

 

P.T.

So go back & see her! Tell her another fan sent ya!

 

You know that's an idea. It's too hot for me now though. (And humid). That would be a Nov.-Feb. trip for me.

 

Yeah, guess I'm just used to it. You could sweat something off if you go at the wrong time.

 

What can I say, I'm a wimp. I could go in late Feb. and then I could seehttp://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v18/pennydoggie/elefant1.gif LOL

 

Unless I missed it, we all forgot about one more great in the field (admittedly, that's just my own opinion of him) -- Clive Barker (do I have the name totally wrong?). "Weaveworld" was probably my favorite of his -- nowhere near the scope of, say, the Rings, but he sure gave it one heck of a try.

 

Yes, Clive Barker had his moments. Another that no one has mentioned is John Saul. And, while we're at it, how about the grand-daddy of the horror genre, Edgar Allan Poe?

My favorite Dean Koontz? Dark Rivers of the Heart.

 

We may have gotten a little far from the one ring, but I'm kinda' glad since I really like SciFi and Fantasy authors and books.

I don't put him with the "greats", but what do you think of L. Ron Hubbard, Battlefield Earth?

 

MikeBCda: Yeah! I remember the "Weaveworld" stuff and the fact I really liked it. Digging back into the dregs of my memories (as I've said previously, I haven't been reading SF/Fantasy in awhile), I also remember a series about a guy who had Hansen's disease (leprosy) who's somehow transported to another world or existence. Anyone know what author and series that is? I sure can't remember. And also the "Well of Souls" books by ? Those were also favorites. Man, this is kinda fun--remembering all those great books I read in my halcyon days of youth! I gotta get back into this genre again!

Edit to add: Oh yeah, how could I forget Frank Herbert and the "Dune" books?!

 

Hi Nan - might not be the ones you're thinking of, but the description reminded me of a couple that go waaaaaayy back. If "jaunting" rings a bell, then we're both thinking of a couple of great ones by (I think) Alfred Bester -- "The Stars My Destination" was the first one, and the second's title totally escapes me.

(Edit) Hours later, it finally returns to memory -- the other Bester book was "The Demolished Man".

 

The only series I can come up with where the protagonist was a leper is The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (aka The Illearth War)by Stephen Donaldson.

 

NanDog

I'll check on that Well of Souls tomorrow.


About Clive Barker.. Was it A Great Mind that has Quidity in it? Where bad creatures were trying to come thru to our world from theirs using the Quidity place, or something. That was a good one. I think it had another book with it though. Took me 2 yrs. just to come across the first one.