Downers' Famous Fantasy Five - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Sauron the White · 12-25-2007, 10:24 AM

Neat idea:
1- LOTR by JRRT. No explaination needed.

2- CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER - especially the original three. One of the few fantasies with - at least a few scenes - worthy of the genre that Tolkien made famous.

3- THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING by White. Great book that is worth it if only for the story of the embryos. But there is so much more.

4 - ELRIC series by Michael Moorcock - somebody told me to read these after I read a lot of Robert E. Howard in my 20's and Moorcock was like Howard on acid. Some of the most amazing images I have ever read.

5- Gregory Maguires series of books starting with WICKED. And I freely admit that the tremendous musical play helps influence my decision to put this on the list.

12-25-2007, 10:24 AM	#10
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	Neat idea: 1- LOTR by JRRT. No explaination needed. 2- CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER - especially the original three. One of the few fantasies with - at least a few scenes - worthy of the genre that Tolkien made famous. 3- THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING by White. Great book that is worth it if only for the story of the embryos. But there is so much more. 4 - ELRIC series by Michael Moorcock - somebody told me to read these after I read a lot of Robert E. Howard in my 20's and Moorcock was like Howard on acid. Some of the most amazing images I have ever read. 5- Gregory Maguires series of books starting with WICKED. And I freely admit that the tremendous musical play helps influence my decision to put this on the list.