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Hi All, I need some quick suggestions, as I am almost finished with Angels and Demons. I am looking for a FINITE series, not one I will be mourning over like Song of Ice and Fire. A friend suggested Rhapsody? Is that three books? I think I would perfer a trilogy. I would prefer a high fantasy, like the Tad Williams one(can't remember it!)
They are a juvenille series, but they're *really* good. And there's ten of them! Plus two books of short stories! Plus two books about his ancestors! Plus one book about his descendant in World War I!
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i've read the first rhapsody book and i enjoyed it. i'd like to read the next two but have been busy. i'd recomend the series based on the first book.
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Rhapsody started out as a trilogy and that is all I have read of it. It was a good read and held my wifes attention despite the fact that she doesn't like fantasy. There are now 2 additional books that I haven't read yet and I don't know much about them.
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I second ginette's nomination of the Diana Gabaldon books. They're excellent compulsive reading.
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For lighter reading, children novels that is, I second Dag's suggestion....Lloyd Alexander can write! The first book is The Book of Three and I found them all to be great.
Susan Coopers The Dark is Rising series (first book is named that as well) is wonderful as well.
I read the Rhaposy books as well, and liked them, but I would recommend Robin Hobb over that, particularily her Farseer books...
I my fovorite fantasy author is Gay Gavriel Kay...I loved The Summer Tree, The Wandering Fire, and The Darkest Road , and Tigania is one of the best stand alone books I have read as well. The first Three are a Trilogy, and Kay's first writing gig was helping Chris Tolkien edit his fathers notes for the Silmarillion....what a gig, huh?
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Thanks all. Ugh. I was going to order right now, and i forgot my dang purse back in the rom which seems abot ten miles away so it will have to wait.
I have real Alexander and love that age group writing very mucgh. I read the first Susan Cooper but never finished the series. That might be the one! that way it cqan go right in mt=y classroom library afetrwards.
OK, I am off to write a laborious notwe. I can't wait until everyday things are everyday thins agan!
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ooh, I lucked out in a book shelf inthe hospital. Richard Adams' Sardik was there. That will tide me over until I decide on the next reading step.
Funny, one of my favoreite books os Shibumi by Trevanian. there was a copy on this floor, and aother one downstairs, and i have not seen the book in years.
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I really liked the Cooper stuff, particularily the later books in the series, and you are right about it being something that sould go right into your classroom library. Check out the Prydian series by Lloyd Alexander too, the last one won the Newberry Award the year it was released. Here is the Prydian Series, in order:
The Book of Three, The Castle of Llyr,The Black Caldron, Taran Wanderer, The High King
The Susan Cooper series, The Dark is Rising , is as follows, in order in which they occur:
Over Sea, Under Stone..The Dark is Rising...Greenwich...The Grey King....Silver on the Tree
Over Sea, Under Stone and Greenwich were my two least favorite books as they ewre written fin a very young style, but The Dark is Rising, The Grey King, and Silver on the Tree were three of my favorite books when I was younger.
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I really liked the Cooper stuff, particularily the later books in the series, and you are right about it being something that could go right into your classroom library. Check out the Prydian series by Lloyd Alexander too, the last one won the Newberry Award the year it was released. Here is the Prydian Series, in order:
The Book of Three, The Castle of Llyr,The Black Caldron, Taran Wanderer, The High King
The Susan Cooper series, The Dark is Rising , is as follows, in order in which they occur:
Over Sea, Under Stone..The Dark is Rising...Greenwich...The Grey King....Silver on the Tree
Over Sea, Under Stone and Greenwich were my two least favorite books as they ewre written fin a very young style, but The Dark is Rising, The Grey King, and Silver on the Tree were three of my favorite books when I was younger.
If there is anything I have that you want to read let me know, I can loan it to you. I have a very extensive library of Fantasy books, at least 600 of them.
And you don't live THAT far away, although Monday is the only day I have off this week.
I don't work the following weekend though, and Jenni has plans.....but I don't want to bother you either, and I don't know if you would be up for company this soon.
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Kwea, thanks! I will take you up on that in about a week. First, i found "Shardik," a Richard Adams novel, in the hospital book shelf. I started that, and it was OK, but kind of dark and pondering. Then, my friend came over with a (?) Pullmans series, and I am way into that. The first book is "The Golden Compass." It is a young adult series, and I really love literature at that level, especially fantasy. So I am OK for about a week, then I'm calling you!
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Yes, dark as could be,and I only read a few chapters. this Pullman series is fantastic. I can't put it down. I read "Maya" by Richard Adams, and it was also very dark. Was "Watership Down" that way? I read it when I was very young, and I do not remember it being like "Shardik" and "Maya."
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Yes, Adams wrote Plague Dogs. But that novel was SO SAD that it made me physically sick. I'll never touch that book again. And I do like Watership Down.
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Elizabeth, I read a series by Piers Anthony called Incarnations of Immortality years ago. I don't know how well it would hold up now but I LOVED it then. I would also note that Piers is a fan of puns and frequently incorporates them in his writing. Here is a link to the books.
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Elizabeth, I read Watership Down as a kid and loved it then, and I've read it a couple times as an adult and I still love it. It holds up well, definitely recommend it.
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