Best series of all time?

[animalia]

harry potter sucks. read the first one. sucked.

/thread

 

[EngenZerO]

i would say the entire star wars eu.

 

[Spydermag68]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Spydermag68
Harry Potter...To bad he dies in the next book

dude, stfu.
why do people need to post spoilers all the time? diaff douchebag

Some people cannot take a joke with out J/k. I do enjoy the books, but I have no idea what the ending of the series will bring. Most likely "He who shall no be named dies."

 

[davestar]

Originally posted by: azazyel
The Malazan Book of the Fallen By Steven Erikson

The first book is Gardens of the Moon. Beats every other series that I have ever read. You can check out my Fark Profile to see the books I read last year.


http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/users.pl?login=azazyel

Edit:

I pretty much only read series as it is.

i've already done the Goodkind, Martin, Jordan, Fiest, Eddings, Brooks, Hobbs, Donaldson, etc thing.

tried to get into Erikson based on recommendation from here (among other places), but i thought it was pretty much hack fantasy. maybe i'll revisit and change my mind, but i wasn't impressed.

 

[ITJunkie]

David Eddings - Belgariad series
Raymond Feist - Riftwar Saga series

 

[toekramp]

nm

 

[Spydermag68]

The Black Magician Trilogy - First book The Magicians' Guild

Vampire Hunter D

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: davestar

Originally posted by: azazyel
The Malazan Book of the Fallen By Steven Erikson

The first book is Gardens of the Moon. Beats every other series that I have ever read. You can check out my Fark Profile to see the books I read last year.


http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/users.pl?login=azazyel

Edit:

I pretty much only read series as it is.

i've already done the Goodkind, Martin, Jordan, Fiest, Eddings, Brooks, Hobbs, Donaldson, etc thing.

tried to get into Erikson based on recommendation from here (among other places), but i thought it was pretty much hack fantasy. maybe i'll revisit and change my mind, but i wasn't impressed.

The first book is a real hard read, it takes about 300 hundred pages before anything make sense but after that it is just amazing. If my friend hadn't been nagging me to keep reading I would have put it down but I couldn't put one down for the life of me. I've already read the entire series twice and the more times you read it the more you realize how much thought he put into his books. When I reread the first one I kept going, "now that makes way more sense."

 

[SirStev0]

I do really enjoy all of the middle earth lore.

 

[Bryophyte]

Most of mine have already been mentioned. I'll add Lois McMaster Bujold's "Vorkosigan" series. It's not particularly deep, nor is it great literature, but I enjoyed reading it. It's #27 on that list posted above. http://www.iblist.com/series.php?id=32

Edit: I didn't notice anyone post the Hitchhiker's Guide series so I'll add that one as well.

 

[FallenHero]

Originally posted by: Spydermag68
Harry Potter...To bad he dies in the next book

LONG LIVE LORD VOLDERMORT!

 

[joecool]

man, what a bunch of predictable geeks ... nothing but sci-fi and fantasy. don't you guys ever get out?

by far, one of the best series of books ever written, and widely acknowledged by anyone who has read them, is patrick obrians jack aubrey/stephen maturin series. fantastic writing, extremely engaging characters, and an fascinating window into a different era. try master and commander, i guarantee, by the end of the book you'll be hooked!

 

[Uppsala9496]

Originally posted by: azazyel
The Malazan Book of the Fallen By Steven Erikson

The first book is Gardens of the Moon. Beats every other series that I have ever read. You can check out my Fark Profile to see the books I read last year.


http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/users.pl?login=azazyel

Edit:

I pretty much only read series as it is.

I agree 100%. Best series I have ever read (read most in this genre).
I'm patiently waiting for the rest of the series to be distributed in the US.

 

[santz]

i see no one has posted harry potter so far, so 1 vote for me.

besides the next harry potter book's release date was announced today July 21 2007

 

[Spydermag68]

Originally posted by: santz
i see no one has posted harry potter so far, so 1 vote for me.

besides the next harry potter book's release date was announced today July 21 2007

Read the thread...Some jerk spoiled the ending to the book.

 

[GasX]

Anyone else read Alfred Hitchcock and the 3 Investigator's books?

I always wanted to have a secret fort in a junkyard...

 

[Gamingphreek]

In no particular order:

Star Wars (All like 80 of them)
LOTR
Harry Potter
Hardy Boys (<-Good times)

-Kevin

 

[davestar]

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: davestar

Originally posted by: azazyel
The Malazan Book of the Fallen By Steven Erikson

The first book is Gardens of the Moon. Beats every other series that I have ever read. You can check out my Fark Profile to see the books I read last year.


http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/users.pl?login=azazyel

Edit:

I pretty much only read series as it is.

i've already done the Goodkind, Martin, Jordan, Fiest, Eddings, Brooks, Hobbs, Donaldson, etc thing.

tried to get into Erikson based on recommendation from here (among other places), but i thought it was pretty much hack fantasy. maybe i'll revisit and change my mind, but i wasn't impressed.

The first book is a real hard read, it takes about 300 hundred pages before anything make sense but after that it is just amazing. If my friend hadn't been nagging me to keep reading I would have put it down but I couldn't put one down for the life of me. I've already read the entire series twice and the more times you read it the more you realize how much thought he put into his books. When I reread the first one I kept going, "now that makes way more sense."

my issue wasn't that it was a hard read. i just thought it was kinda derivative/hacky. maybe i just wasn't in the right mindset, or i've read too many fantasy novels.

 

[slurmsmackenzie]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Most of mine have already been mentioned. I'll add Lois McMaster Bujold's "Vorkosigan" series. It's not particularly deep, nor is it great literature, but I enjoyed reading it. It's #27 on that list posted above. http://www.iblist.com/series.php?id=32

Edit: I didn't notice anyone post the Hitchhiker's Guide series so I'll add that one as well.

THANK YOU!!!! HHGTTG are the funniest books ever. "we apologize for the inconvenience" lol

also, i read ender's game and ender's shadow, both great books. never read any past that, so not sure about the marxist circle jerk, but long live HHGTTG and death to the lame ass movie.

 

[nweaver]

Anyone ever read the Farseer Triloty by Robin Hobb? Pretty good, but lower level (I read when I was younger, still a good book)

Not a trilogy, but I really liked Talion: Revenant (on of my all time favorites)

Didn't battlefield:Earth have a continuation? That is a great book with probably the WORST movie ever.

Talion was written by Michael Stackpole, same guy who wrote the X-Wing series of books. They were pretty good (not the greatest, but I read alot)

 

[nweaver]

also the new Eragon book...it's pretty good, second one was better.

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: Uppsala9496

Originally posted by: azazyel
The Malazan Book of the Fallen By Steven Erikson

The first book is Gardens of the Moon. Beats every other series that I have ever read. You can check out my Fark Profile to see the books I read last year.


http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/users.pl?login=azazyel

Edit:

I pretty much only read series as it is.

I agree 100%. Best series I have ever read (read most in this genre).
I'm patiently waiting for the rest of the series to be distributed in the US.

Agreed, but I just import the books from the UK or Canada.

I prefer the non-US covers, too.

the Malazan series is AMAZING.

But like azazyel said, the first book has a bit of a learning curve to it. Once you give it a chance and really get into the nitty gritty, it BLOWS YOUR MIND.

I hope the next book has some more Anomander Rake action

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: nweaver
Anyone ever read the Farseer Triloty by Robin Hobb? Pretty good, but lower level (I read when I was younger, still a good book)

Not a trilogy, but I really liked Talion: Revenant (on of my all time favorites)

Didn't battlefield:Earth have a continuation? That is a great book with probably the WORST movie ever.

Talion was written by Michael Stackpole, same guy who wrote the X-Wing series of books. They were pretty good (not the greatest, but I read alot)

I agree with the Farseer Trilogy but did you read the sequels? If you've only read those then go right now and buy the Tawny Man Trilogy. It resumes the store about 10 years or so after the last Farseer book.


And I also ordered BoneHunters (Erikson) from the UK. It was worth the extra cost to get in a month early. Only 3 more months before Reaper's Gale comes out!!! I'm excided to see the Crimson Guard from book 5 get some more action. They cracked me up in that book. Rake is a bad mother and I can't wait to see what becomes of his sword.


Not exact but:

"Where we going captain?"
"To kill a god...shouldn't take that long."

 

[Apathetic]

Originally posted by: joecool
man, what a bunch of predictable geeks ... nothing but sci-fi and fantasy. don't you guys ever get out?

by far, one of the best series of books ever written, and widely acknowledged by anyone who has read them, is patrick obrians jack aubrey/stephen maturin series. fantastic writing, extremely engaging characters, and an fascinating window into a different era. try master and commander, i guarantee, by the end of the book you'll be hooked!

I love those books, but I'm a sucker for naval stuff written about that period.

For those that love science fiction, check out the Honor Harington series by David Weber. The first one is On Basilisk Station.

Dave

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Honor Harrington - David Weber
Richard Sharpe Series - Bernard Cornwell
Master and Commander Series - Patrick O'brien
Mars Series - ERB
Stainless Steel Rat Series - Harry Harison
Horatio Hornblower Series - CS Forester
Conan - Robert E. Howard
Fafrd and the Gray Mouser - Fritz Leiber