Favourite Book series?
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Bookmarked for future ref, when I get some time off I can see myself reading a lot of this stuff. Good initiative!
I don't think this has been mentioned yet, so I'll say The Once and Future King by T. H. White. It's a classic retelling of the Arthurian legends written around the time of the second World War. The most known of the books is probably the first one, The Sword in the Stone, which was made into a Disney movie at some point. It's just beautiful.
I don't think this has been mentioned yet, so I'll say The Once and Future King by T. H. White. It's a classic retelling of the Arthurian legends written around the time of the second World War. The most known of the books is probably the first one, The Sword in the Stone, which was made into a Disney movie at some point. It's just beautiful.
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It's a tad different, what with woman as a main character, though it is based on same premise - ingenious ideas to solve the unsolvable situation. Funny twist also included - while Hornblower is a mathematic genius, Honor sucks at Maths
I recommend both, though I liked Hornblower more
If I had to pick my top three, I'd go with Karen Traviss' Star Wars: Republic Commando first, I love the universe obviously, the characters are amazing, the moral situations actually make you think, and it shows a side of the SW universe that is rarely spoken of (The downside to all this being that, due to a situation between author and publisher, the series is permanently unfinished. Still worth the read though).
Number 2, the Warhammer 40,000 Space Wolves series, it's what got me into the 40K books, and it's just overall awesome.
Number 3, The Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, I began reading it as a kid, and read it all the way to the end in my adolescence, great story, great characters.
Honorable mentions go to the Halo novels, Mass Effect novels, and Gears of War novels.
Number 2, the Warhammer 40,000 Space Wolves series, it's what got me into the 40K books, and it's just overall awesome.
Number 3, The Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, I began reading it as a kid, and read it all the way to the end in my adolescence, great story, great characters.
Honorable mentions go to the Halo novels, Mass Effect novels, and Gears of War novels.
I don't know if anybody's said "Percy Jackson"/"Heroes of Olympus" by Rick Riordan yet but that would be on my list (I know they're not technicallly the same series but same world)
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I think you can only choose your favorite books in retrospect, so since I am only on book 3 of "A Song of Ice and Fire" that can't go on my list yet, but I have a feeling it will eventually I'm certainly liking it a whole lot right now
other notables would be
Christopher Paolini's "Inheritence" cycle, yeah I know it's not brilliantly written but I enjoyed the ride,
The Hobbit/Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R tolkien
it was never my favorite but I at least read all of the Harry Potter books
and anything by Terry Pratchett
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I think you can only choose your favorite books in retrospect, so since I am only on book 3 of "A Song of Ice and Fire" that can't go on my list yet, but I have a feeling it will eventually I'm certainly liking it a whole lot right now
other notables would be
Christopher Paolini's "Inheritence" cycle, yeah I know it's not brilliantly written but I enjoyed the ride,
The Hobbit/Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R tolkien
it was never my favorite but I at least read all of the Harry Potter books
and anything by Terry Pratchett
With the exception of the Sprawl trilogy, in no particular order:
William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprawl_trilogy]
Asimov's Foundation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series] series
GRRM's ASOIAF [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire]
Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_truth] series
James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Quartet]
Stephen King's The Dark Tower series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_%28series%29]
Edit: Oh look, 100 posts. Let's see if I'll reach 200 by the end of the decade.
William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprawl_trilogy]
Asimov's Foundation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series] series
GRRM's ASOIAF [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire]
Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_truth] series
James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Quartet]
Stephen King's The Dark Tower series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_%28series%29]
Edit: Oh look, 100 posts. Let's see if I'll reach 200 by the end of the decade.
these are the series i like most. no particular sorting whatsoever.
-harry potter by J.K rowling.(specially the last one.)
-earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.
-middle-earth based series by J.R.R Tolkien.(not The Children of Húrin. i havent read that one)
-inheritence by cristopher paolini( take the ending out and its a good series)
-warcraft. by different authors. i know they are not technically good or great but i enjoy them alot.
-bartimaeus series by jonathan stroud.
-harry potter by J.K rowling.(specially the last one.)
-earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.
-middle-earth based series by J.R.R Tolkien.(not The Children of Húrin. i havent read that one)
-inheritence by cristopher paolini( take the ending out and its a good series)
-warcraft. by different authors. i know they are not technically good or great but i enjoy them alot.
-bartimaeus series by jonathan stroud.
Warriors by Erin Hunter, which I've been reading for about 7 years now. I also own almost every Halo book and Assassin's Creed book. Those are just the series though, I have over a dozen other books I have on my bookcase that I love.
Harry Potter
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Lord of the Rings (including the Silmarillion)
Ender's Game
Also:
Artemis Fowl. Many fond childhood memories on that one.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Lord of the Rings (including the Silmarillion)
Ender's Game
Also:
Artemis Fowl. Many fond childhood memories on that one.
Discworld. (because Jane Austen isn't a book series =D)
I once tried to decide what my favourite Discworld book is and the thought process went like this:
It's got to be Mort right? Death's apprentice and all, Mort was fantastic, oh but wait
Wyrd Sisters, the guy kept trying to wash the blood off his hands and when it didn't work he tried to wash it off with a file and yet no matter how hard he scraped there seemed to be me even more blood there!
but Pyramids was good too and don't forget Guards!Guards!
..and Reaper Man and Small Gods...
and Interesting Times and the Hogfather...
...and Jingo...
Carpe Jugglum, The Truth, Thief of Time, Night Watch, Monstrous Regiment, Going Postal, Thud!...
When you've written 39 books and _16_ of them are tying for first place and they all also compete for my favourite books of all time, then you've got a very very good series. Terry Pratchett has written more world class books than most writers have written anything.
Although I thought it's weakness showed up in the last book. When you're doing that and you've got 7 characters it can be ages before it rolls round to your favourite person. It felt like Percy and Annabeth were hardly in it (but I loved how Percy and Jason generally got on really well, I was expecting fights throughout the whole book). I'm so excited by how it ended.
And to finish it off, honourable mentions go to
Scott Pilgrim
Lord of the Rings (Its basically one book)
The Edge Chronicles (these are so good! The Immortals last picture was an amazing experience all by itself)
And Mortal Engines.
I highly recommend them all
I once tried to decide what my favourite Discworld book is and the thought process went like this:
It's got to be Mort right? Death's apprentice and all, Mort was fantastic, oh but wait
Wyrd Sisters, the guy kept trying to wash the blood off his hands and when it didn't work he tried to wash it off with a file and yet no matter how hard he scraped there seemed to be me even more blood there!
but Pyramids was good too and don't forget Guards!Guards!
..and Reaper Man and Small Gods...
and Interesting Times and the Hogfather...
...and Jingo...
Carpe Jugglum, The Truth, Thief of Time, Night Watch, Monstrous Regiment, Going Postal, Thud!...
When you've written 39 books and _16_ of them are tying for first place and they all also compete for my favourite books of all time, then you've got a very very good series. Terry Pratchett has written more world class books than most writers have written anything.
I'm glad you mentioned it, I love it, shame they butchered chances of a film and I thought the Lightning Thief wasn't great but after that it gets amazing. And the new series is going from strength to strength. I really like how he changes the third-person close narration from character to character each chapter, it's really unique, haven't seen it done before and it makes you feel really close to each person.humanizer said:
Although I thought it's weakness showed up in the last book. When you're doing that and you've got 7 characters it can be ages before it rolls round to your favourite person. It felt like Percy and Annabeth were hardly in it (but I loved how Percy and Jason generally got on really well, I was expecting fights throughout the whole book). I'm so excited by how it ended.
Redwall was the one book series of my childhood that I really loved that I didn't continue reading (well of the ones I read at a Harry Potter age, Hardy Boys, Famous Five and Hercule Poirot I grew out of). I even read the Artemis Fowls and they've been bad since the third one. Redwall was brilliant and I still don't mind reading a few of my favourites (anything with the Long Patrol!) but they got repetitive and they're a bit wordy. I started wanting the bad guys to win sometimesNexxis said:
And to finish it off, honourable mentions go to
Scott Pilgrim
Lord of the Rings (Its basically one book)
The Edge Chronicles (these are so good! The Immortals last picture was an amazing experience all by itself)
And Mortal Engines.
I highly recommend them all
So much the Discworld. The worst of them still made a decent bedtime read, the best couldn't do that because they were to compelling not to read in one sitting.
Dresden Files come in to second place, that's on the list of series I buy the moment a new one is released.
In terms of books I loved at the time, that brings the Artemis Fowl series into contention. Its just a shame I outgrew them before Colfer finished the story.
First is going to have to be the Horrible History/Horrible Science books. I know it's non-fiction, and its too childish for me now, but the level of humour is pitched just right for the intended audience, and collectively they taught me far more than the national curriculum ever did.
Dresden Files come in to second place, that's on the list of series I buy the moment a new one is released.
In terms of books I loved at the time, that brings the Artemis Fowl series into contention. Its just a shame I outgrew them before Colfer finished the story.
First is going to have to be the Horrible History/Horrible Science books. I know it's non-fiction, and its too childish for me now, but the level of humour is pitched just right for the intended audience, and collectively they taught me far more than the national curriculum ever did.
