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Best series of books?

Specop 007

Specop 007

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So, for those who have read both, which do you think is a better set of books? The Dragonsriders of Pern (Anne McCaffrey) or Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan)?

Having read a good portion of both I think it would be hard to choose myself. So, which do you guys think? Any other good books to go pick up?
 
I haven't read Dragonriders, but I thought WoT was awfully slow so I couldn't read it past the first book. My favorite series is Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin.
 
Dragonriders is rather slow as well, but definately a very good series IMO. Havent read the whole thing yet though.
 
There are tons of good series out there.

George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire or somethinglike that.

Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy + Liveship Traders + the final trio of books forget what they're called

Jim Butcher - Dresden Files

Simon R. Green - Deathstalker series

Raymond E. Feist - his older books are the best

There a many many more but I just can't think of them right now.
 
Dragonriders over Wheel of Time by a HUGE margin, Wheel might be a good series if Jordan had the sense to wrap things up in 3 or 4 books. When he decided to make 3 books of material stretch over 15 books it turned into a joke where entire books pass with nothing happening.

Dragonriders still not even close to being the best series. In no particular order:

George R. R. Martin - Song of Fire and Ice series
Tolkien - LotR
Eddings - Belgariad series (skip the other Eddings)
Feist - Riftwar series
Joel Rosenberg - Guardians of the Flame series
Fred Saberhagen - Book of Swords series

and others
 
The Death Gate cycle. Super-deep characters, SUPERB imagination. Honestly the locations and imagination displayed are better than LOTR. Plus the plot is very deep and rich and logical. Read it if you can find it in your library or bookstore.
 
LOTR will for ever be the best
Dark Tower is interesting
Dune was good, the first few any way
Chronicles of Narnia, for the kid in all of us

And Harry Potter - I just love Harry Potter books, they will be classics for sure
 
The first 4-5 Dragonriders over WoT, which went way way downhill after book 3 or 4.

Better than WoT:

L.E. Modesitt Jr - Magic of Recluce series (read in publication date order)
Steven Brust - Book of Jhereg trilogy, and rest rest of the Vlad Taltos books
Elizabeth Moon - Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy
 
my roomie last year had like a billion robert jordan books and he's obsessed with them

i never got into the weird fantasy thing
 
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