Marlith wrote:Speaking of hard to find favorites...as well as more than their share of sex and violence...John Normans Gor series.
Charles G. wrote:I'll put in Silmarillion and (I expect) the to be released tomorrow Children of Hurin by Tolkien. Amazing how much this guy has written since he died in 1973...
gyg wrote:I've still never read the Silmarillion (or any of the latter Christopher edited stuff) - like the sound of this though so I'm now on the lookout for a charity shop Silmarillion!
FormCritic wrote:Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series: Tedious and illogical. Pap. Drivel.Robert Jordan's Horseclans novels: Stop after the fourth book.The Gor novels: How to make sex boring in only 40 books. Stop after book five.
Charles G. wrote:Next would be George R.R. Martin's "Ice and Fire" series - great stuff but I have to agree that he is a little too eager to drop the hammer on characters that I like... but overall its very well written...
bombadil wrote:I love the Robert Asprin novels about Aahz and Skeeve. Funny and vivid.
gyg wrote: essential reading, but leave your brain at the door!!