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 FFGenerations   August 18 2011 05:00. Posts 2616
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can someone please recommend me some books that involve a group of heroes questing across the land

such as,
the sword of shanara
lotr
dragonlance (iirc)
that one i cant remember by that author my friend said is "renowned for abusing/killing off her heroes"
some terry pratchett books like the last continent
legend of the seeker

i really love descriptions of adventure, more than anything. a group of people travelling through mountains and forests and shit like that on an adventure.

i dont read much so i dont know any authors, would love some recommendations of this theme
will probably read sword of shanara again in the meantime, i read it when i was little many years ago. or dragonlance idk, i never finished that series


edit: i also like fantasy adventure series if you know of any. i watched like 100 eps of one piece but it was a bit too simple for me (shit dialogue). i could pick it up again tho idk.
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 UltimateHurl   Ireland. August 18 2011 05:04. Posts 554
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I'd recommend any of R.A. Salvatore's trilogies (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1023510.R_A_Salvatore is him), start with the Icewind Dale trilogy, the man knows how to write and excellent fight scene and does very good 'band of adventurer' type stuff
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 Talin   Montenegro. August 18 2011 05:06. Posts 8164
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Wheel of Time is quite a well known (and huge ;D) classic, and I'm pretty sure that at least Book 1 should match your taste perfectly, although I have to say it gets kinda watered down later on.

Still at book 13 (or 14? I lost count TT), and still going.

Oh yeah, thanks to the poster above Forgotten Realms books are also really cool if you're not too picky about writing quality and style. RA Salvatore is the best of them, but there's a TON of others and they're mostly in series, so you should be set for a long time if you get into those.

War of the Spider Queen was my favorite series from those personally.

Warcraft universe has some fun stuff as well (just search for it).
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 ProjectVirtue   Canada. August 18 2011 05:08. Posts 355
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my brother recently bought me "The Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind
I think this would fit your theme perfectly with a group of travelers engaging in an adventure across three countries to try and stop the revival of an ancient magic. Words are pretty light so you don't need to think too hard while reading. Mountains, forests, capital cities, they're all present.

It's the first installment in a 12 book series so if you're inclined, you can continue reading after the first and it should last a while to say the least.

On a less serious note, growing up, i read "The seventh tower" by garth nix when i was in elementary and that was a pretty fun adventure/fantasy read depicting a society based around light, capturing shadows, a rebellion and etc. It's very garth nix if you've read his other stuff so it's pretty fun.

The Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman is also a great fantasy adventure with a little bit of romance thrown in last book. It starts with the golden compass -> subtle knife -> amber spyglass. Do NOT think of the movie whatsoever when reading it, the movie was done horribly (Pullman said so himself) and it is not representative of the themes present in the book at all.
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  Mikilatov   United States. August 18 2011 05:09. Posts 3896Profile Blog # 

On August 18 2011 05:04 UltimateHurl wrote:
I'd recommend any of R.A. Salvatore's trilogies (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1023510.R_A_Salvatore is him), start with the Icewind Dale trilogy, the man knows how to write and excellent fight scene and does very good 'band of adventurer' type stuff


I've never read them, but I literally have 3-4 different friends who have read every book and are crazy about them, so probably worth checking out for the OP indeed.
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 ComaDose   Canada. August 18 2011 05:13. Posts 2085
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On August 18 2011 05:06 Talin wrote:
Wheel of Time is quite a well known (and huge ;D) classic, and I'm pretty sure that at least Book 1 should match your taste perfectly, although I have to say it gets kinda watered down later on.

Still at book 13 (or 14? I lost count TT), and still going.



Book 13 is coming out soon and it should be the last one!
Robert Jordan (the author) is dead
but the Brandon Sanderson(the new guy) did a good job with 12.

Yeah its like what happens when the all powerful adventurer finishes adventure 1, 2, 3, 4.... and eventually has nations following him and commands powers to rival gods.

So there are cities, politics, sex, wars and stuff but defiantly the best fantasy series i have ever read. Although it doesn't have that adventurer feel later on.

David Eddings Has easier to manage size series that are more oriented around questing into unknown lands etc. The Tamuli series is fucking incredible.

EDIT: The sword of truth series that has been mentioned as having the first book "The wizards first rule" manages to keep that adventurer feel thought the twelve books... but its still not as good as wheel of time.
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 FFGenerations   August 18 2011 05:14. Posts 2616
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thanks guys
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 SirDuke   United States. August 18 2011 05:15. Posts 235
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The Wheel of Time is an excellent fantasy series, imo it does take a while to get going, but once it does its very good.

The Dark Elf trilogy (preclude to the icewind dale trilogy, also R.A. Salvatore) is a great place to start if ur interested in Forgotten Realms. Ive read em all and they are amazing
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 Talin   Montenegro. August 18 2011 05:16. Posts 8164
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Oh Raymond Feist is also very readable and has a lot of series out. The one that starts off with The Magician probably being the best of them.
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 N3rV[Green]   United States. August 18 2011 05:16. Posts 1827
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One piece gets stupidly epic the further on you get. It is honestly pretty shitty until a ways into the grand line though.

Where it's at right now though, shit is getting REAL.

Also, as for books. A Song of Ice and Fire must be read by all men.

A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons.

Read them, and learn.
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 FFGenerations   August 18 2011 05:18. Posts 2616
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the wizards first rule is from legend of the seeker i think, dont feel like reading that after watching the series (no 3rd season last i heard FFS!)

the pullman books i read 1&2 twice but for some reason always stop reading at the start of the third!!!!!!! idk why.

am dling icewind and tamuli will try them first
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 Crunchums   United States. August 18 2011 05:19. Posts 10372
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A Song of Ice and Fire (you may know it as "A Game of Thrones", which is the name of the first book in the series) and The Kingkiller Chronicle (you may know it as "The Name of the Wind", which is the name of the first book in the series) are both great fantasy series, although they do not meet your description exactly.
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 Talin   Montenegro. August 18 2011 05:23. Posts 8164
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Is there a sequel to Name of the Wind out? o_o

Oh man I have to check that out. I lost hope and completely forgot about it ages ago.
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 FFGenerations   August 18 2011 05:28. Posts 2616
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i will probs read game of thrones before the next series (after so many recommendations!) but i fancy plain old adventure shit right now to get me back into reading


i usually download bauldurs gate or torment when i feel like this but i always seem to fuck something up and get stuck and bored after a few hours. maybe i should watch a playthru of torment hrmmmm



seems to be a cool lets play planescape torment
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 Nemesis   Canada. August 18 2011 05:59. Posts 2323
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On August 18 2011 05:18 FFGenerations wrote:
the wizards first rule is from legend of the seeker i think, dont feel like reading that after watching the series (no 3rd season last i heard FFS!)

the pullman books i read 1&2 twice but for some reason always stop reading at the start of the third!!!!!!! idk why.

am dling icewind and tamuli will try them first

The tv series for it sucks, don't even compare it to the book. It is like comparing the eragon movie to the book, which was also complete bollocks. I would even call that pathetic excuse for the series a spinoff instead of an adaptation.

Well the books have problems of its own, main one that it gets repetitive in the later books but it's still a good read.

Edit: Tv's and movies in general have a bad habbit of destroying perfectly good books, so don't bother comparing anything you've seen in tv to the original book.
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 Juliette   United States. August 18 2011 06:12. Posts 4928
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On August 18 2011 05:08 ProjectVirtue wrote:
my brother recently bought me "The Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind
I think this would fit your theme perfectly with a group of travelers engaging in an adventure across three countries to try and stop the revival of an ancient magic. Words are pretty light so you don't need to think too hard while reading. Mountains, forests, capital cities, they're all present.

It's the first installment in a 12 book series so if you're inclined, you can continue reading after the first and it should last a while to say the least.

On a less serious note, growing up, i read "The seventh tower" by garth nix when i was in elementary and that was a pretty fun adventure/fantasy read depicting a society based around light, capturing shadows, a rebellion and etc. It's very garth nix if you've read his other stuff so it's pretty fun.

The Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman is also a great fantasy adventure with a little bit of romance thrown in last book. It starts with the golden compass -> subtle knife -> amber spyglass. Do NOT think of the movie whatsoever when reading it, the movie was done horribly (Pullman said so himself) and it is not representative of the themes present in the book at all.

Had to log in on my phone to confirm the His Dark Materials reccomendation. Suuuuch a good series, it picks up heavily too so ifyou love book 1, you'll die after book 3.

^^


Also dont mind if i steal some of these reccomendations for my own reading...
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 pinnacle   United States. August 18 2011 06:25. Posts 82
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Is there a sequel to Name of the Wind out? o_o

Oh man I have to check that out. I lost hope and completely forgot about it ages ago.

Yes its called The Wise Man's Fear and also is a great Fantasy adventure book
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 mainerd   United States. August 18 2011 06:29. Posts 187
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the Amber books by Roger Zelazny, great fantasy adventure from start to finish
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 Augury   United States. August 18 2011 06:34. Posts 756
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I'd highly recommend the Kingkiller Chronicles... The Name of the Wind is the first book. The first book of Wheel of Time would fit too, but you don't want to get hooked on that series.
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 Powerpill   United States. August 18 2011 06:53. Posts 1468
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The Belgariad series by David Eddings was pretty good
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