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I think this is a common and understandable reaction from most new readers of fantasy, but what cannot be denied is that LOTR has aged incredibly well, and while the majority of current faves will be a dim memory 50 years from now i will go out on a thin limb and predict that LOTR will still be relevant then.. I can remember my first time reading these books and the Silmarillion vividly, i am talking about time and place, thats the impact that they had on me.

This one hurt.

Just read KJ Parker story in Book Of Swords and quite liked it, problem is I think I tried a full length novel way back and bounced hard off it.. So what would boarders who recommend who have read that short story? I know there is threads existing, but this is more focused..

Mahalia Jackson Aretha Whitney Amy Winehouse Cindi Lauper.. Very subjective as these things must be.. So I would say these are 5 of my favorites

Add me to the Fandom of Hobb, honourable mention to Abraham's Long Price Quartet

Read the first Dresden book, was underwhelmed, will read the next two to see if there is improvement.

This.. Was nice to be back on barrayar.. Expected more than a retake on Mountains of Mourning

You might be forced to go the ebook route if physical copies are unavailable, small price to pay for not being spoilt.. These books will reward you for any investment of time you make..

Ahhh, my ex had this laugh, one of the things i remember most fondly about her, made my day when i could get her to laugh like that, good times..

Tchaikovsky"s output is ridiculous, he writes faster than i can read.

yeah, i agree with you there, i will go back and reread.

This thing of sacrifice is a idea that resonates with me, i love the idea, and its one of the reasons why i thought Assassins Quest had the perfect ending, Fitz doing all he did and to be not acknowledge, just fading away, it was excellent.

Loved it, i was ambivalent about the series when it was first announced, i though tawny man had left Fitz in a good place, but Hobbs went an did it again. i am on record as saying the first fitz trilogy had the perfect ending, so i doubted tawny man, same thing again. she nailed it.

I quit the Rain Wilds half way through book 2, its then only thing Hobbs have written that i have not devoured, i am minded to revisit since finishing Fitz and the Fool

damn werth, you just reading this I hated the Book of Words trilogy, but Barbed Coil convinced me to give Sword of shadows a try, i am so glad i did