Inspirational and or avoidable books
Nov 25, 2013 17:56:10 GMT -8
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Post by providence13 on Nov 25, 2013 17:56:10 GMT -8
Talking about old school fantasy novels with rexbannon, I decided to start a new thread. Didn't want to detract from MOD.
providence: "One of the PC's, a Clone Gladiatorial Slave, makes it his personal mission in life to stop all slavery;everywhere.. They aren't up to Guardians of the Flame level (Joel Rosenburg)
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rexbannon: "The Guardians of flame series by Joel Rosenburg is one of my all time favorite books series of all time. Ive only met a handful of people that have actually read it. Prov you deserve major Kudos for that reference! Carl Cullinan was a beast in that series and i actually weeped an hyperventalated a little bit when he died. You are obviously very well read Prov what other old school book series have you read just out of curiousity. I'm sure its a long list so just list a few of your favorites. Man i cant believe you have read the guardians of flame!"
(Read more: mutantepochforum.boards.net/thread/234/aftermall#ixzz2liBZKIRC)
Yeah, man, I really did enjoy that series. Didn't care much for the Vancian (ala D&D:spells are memorized, cast then forgotten) magick system , but it was easy to understand. I was a wee lad at the time.
Always wanted to explore more of the books concepts; Why were all dwarves bererkers?... etc. I still think about Slovotsky's Laws from time to time. sneakysquirrelblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/slovotskys-laws.html
I don't remember if it was really that good but I was impressed with Master of the 5 Magicks. There was at least 1 sequel, if I recall. It had more of a Mythos, Dangerous Journey's feel to handling magic. If you get a chance, The Magicians and The Magician Kings (Lev Grossman) are pretty impressive, in my humble opinion. The premise is "what if magic was actually taught in a college setting?" This ain't no Hogwarts. It's kind of brutal and sad, but a good read.
Of course I can't forget about the Belgariad series. I probably read through 2 whole sets of those paperbacks.
In reality, I probably read more sci-fi than fantasy.
providence: "One of the PC's, a Clone Gladiatorial Slave, makes it his personal mission in life to stop all slavery;everywhere.. They aren't up to Guardians of the Flame level (Joel Rosenburg)
"
rexbannon: "The Guardians of flame series by Joel Rosenburg is one of my all time favorite books series of all time. Ive only met a handful of people that have actually read it. Prov you deserve major Kudos for that reference! Carl Cullinan was a beast in that series and i actually weeped an hyperventalated a little bit when he died. You are obviously very well read Prov what other old school book series have you read just out of curiousity. I'm sure its a long list so just list a few of your favorites. Man i cant believe you have read the guardians of flame!"
(Read more: mutantepochforum.boards.net/thread/234/aftermall#ixzz2liBZKIRC)
Yeah, man, I really did enjoy that series. Didn't care much for the Vancian (ala D&D:spells are memorized, cast then forgotten) magick system , but it was easy to understand. I was a wee lad at the time.
Always wanted to explore more of the books concepts; Why were all dwarves bererkers?... etc. I still think about Slovotsky's Laws from time to time. sneakysquirrelblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/slovotskys-laws.html
I don't remember if it was really that good but I was impressed with Master of the 5 Magicks. There was at least 1 sequel, if I recall. It had more of a Mythos, Dangerous Journey's feel to handling magic. If you get a chance, The Magicians and The Magician Kings (Lev Grossman) are pretty impressive, in my humble opinion. The premise is "what if magic was actually taught in a college setting?" This ain't no Hogwarts. It's kind of brutal and sad, but a good read.
Of course I can't forget about the Belgariad series. I probably read through 2 whole sets of those paperbacks.
In reality, I probably read more sci-fi than fantasy.
