Vote for top scifi/fantasy novels/series

[SirVLCIV]

Originally Posted by limabeanactuary

Dude, Gothic was woman stuff.

Nuh uh

(there did exist "women's Gothic", but Gothic is not woman stuff, subset, not the whole. So NAH)

[Brock]

Goth girls!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2-BfrdUeBI

[Vorian Atreides]

Originally Posted by Mog

WoT was definitely boring at times, but somehow it always kept me wanting more enough to get through those parts. I need to read the whole series again though before I start hitting up the newer books by Jordan's son.

I don't think Brian Sanderson is Jordan's son. (Are you thinking of Dune with Brian Herbert finishing off his dad's work along with Kevin Anderson?)

[Mog]

Originally Posted by Vorian Atreides

I don't think Brian Sanderson is Jordan's son. (Are you thinking of Dune with Brian Herbert finishing off his dad's work along with Kevin Anderson?)

Yeah good catch, I didn't mean his son, I meant the author chosen by his wife. Too many authors dying before they can finish their own work, my bad!

[Entropy]

Originally Posted by SirVLCIV

Strictly based on 'what I liked the most' which may have been when I was 12 years old or 27 years old.

Would have voted for Discworld series over Ender's Game if it were on the list, and DragonLance (core Weis/Hickman) over 1984.

Originally Posted by Blue Man

I didn't even notice the lack of Discworld. I guess it could be argued that they're not really a "series" in that they don't tell one continuous story, it's just a series of individual stories set in the same universe with many overlapping characters.

Weren't both Going Postal and Small Gods on the list? Or did you mean as a whole series?

Small Gods is an awesome book btw.

[yankeetripper]

Originally Posted by Entropy

Weren't both Going Postal and Small Gods on the list?

Going Postal and Making Money were two of the more enjoyable books in the disc world.

Or did you mean as a whole series?

I think that's what he meant. Though the series isn't really a series per se.

Small Gods is an awesome book btw.

My wife and son love all the Pratchet books. They are a bit on the silly side for my taste.

[Vorian Atreides]

Originally Posted by Mog

Yeah good catch, I didn't mean his son, I meant the author chosen by his wife. Too many authors dying before they can finish their own work, my bad!

I thought that Jordan has a say in it as well . . . perhaps I'm recalling things wrong as well.

[Vorian Atreides]

BTW, I thought Sanderson did a good job of getting some of the plot lines cleaned up and getting the story refocused for the final confrontation.

[Blue Man]

Originally Posted by Vorian Atreides

BTW, I thought Sanderson did a good job of getting some of the plot lines cleaned up and getting the story refocused for the final confrontation.

Jordan left notes before he died that detailed the entire plot, so none of the specific things that happened can be credited to Sanderson, merely the way in which they were told. Also, the final chapter of final book was written by Jordan.

[Vorian Atreides]

Originally Posted by Blue Man

Jordan left notes before he died that detailed the entire plot, so none of the specific things that happened can be credited to Sanderson, merely the way in which they were told. Also, the final chapter of final book was written by Jordan.

I knew there were detailed notes . . . but having the notes is one thing and getting it in story form is another; and it's this latter part that I am crediting Sanderson with (prehaps I was too vague in the earlier post).

I'm also under the impression that Sanderson had numerous (perhaps several is the better descriptor?) conversations with Jordan before his death as well. Or am I starting to make things up, now?