MShipley88 wrote:Interesting the literary cross-currents here. A surprising number of us have met or known the noteworthy fantasy authors of the 20th century.Zelazny bears mentioning in any list of fantasy writers. The first Amber series is great and the second is at least good.I also loved Lord of Light and Creatures of Darkness and Light.Mark
Onlondore wrote:Great lists of wonderful books and authors. I've read as much Elric, Kane, Gord, Fafhrd et. al. as I could get my hands on. Two books that I don't see very often on lists like these are Dream Park and Bimbos of the Death Sun. Both books are about role play gaming, and IMO they are a lot of fun to read. Dream Park is science fiction/murder mystery/role playing, and succeeds on all three levels. (You can start with chapter four if you want to get to the game ) Bimbos pokes a lot of fun at a game convention, and Sharon McCrumb is a very good author.
MShipley88 wrote:Oh...and I can't remember the author's name, but who else here has read Grunts?This is a novel about fantasy world orcs who are transformed into American marines by a dragon horde's curse.I consider it a hoot.Mark
Kosh Vorlontay wrote:Intersesting....yet not surprising I would have to say the best D&D series, next to Gord the Rogue, would have to be for me the Dark Elf series by RA Salvatore....ALL of them!....
Badmike wrote:Greenwood's stuff is always way too over the top to be taken seriously.
Xaxaxe wrote:Badmike wrote:Greenwood's stuff is always way too over the top to be taken seriously.Ed Greenwood gets the most consistently poor reviews of any author I've ever looked up over at Amazon. And that includes every genre I'm interested in: SF/F, history, sports, music, biography, etc. Even the Realms fanboys can't stand the way the guy writes, apparently ...
Badmike wrote:I haven't read many of the later Forgotten Realms novels so I don't know if the tales got better, worse or whatever.Mike B.
I don't remember the name or collection, but I think Salvatore's most intriguing short story was one where Drizzt is hired to find a goblin that has escaped it's "owners" who are using it for slave labor.
bombadil wrote:As I said before "Red Blades of Black Cathay" is one of my all-time favorite Howard stories.