What other fantasy books do YOU read?

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Galadriel

Bellatrix? Why would that be? My personal favourites are Mad-Eye and Snape Harry is such a goody-two-shoes.

I don't really like Snape after some revelations in the 7th book. And MadEye is nice, but... For some weird reason, if I had a choice to be any of the characters, I'd be Belatrix. (My true nature showing! Mwahahahaha! XD)

Oh, and yes, Harry is always good and right. He does wrong, but then he solves all and saves all and is such a brilliant little Boy Who Lived.

[Galadriel]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Oh, and yes, Harry is always good and right. He does wrong, but then he solves all and saves all and is such a brilliant little Boy Who Lived.

Amazingly, some people argue that that's why he makes such a good character

[Galadriel55]

I just started reading A Game of Thrones, from the series of A Song of Ice and Fire, and I already love it!

A few pages into the first chapter Finlandmoot suddenly started to make sense...

Edit: and Shasta's recent WW game too... Winter is comming...

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

I just started reading A Game of Thrones, from the series of A Song of Ice and Fire, and I already love it!

A few pages into the first chapter Finlandmoot suddenly started to make sense...

Please don't tell me you believe that stuff about Jon Snow being a self-pitying twat. He isn't really so bad even though some people try to portray him in a bad light.

I recently reread The Etched City by K.J. Bishop and if I had to name one book as my Favourite Ever, chances are good I'd pick this one. It tells the stories of a surgeon and a gunslinger who escape to the city of Ashamoil after a revolution gone awry. There's blood, mysteries, love, crime - and above all, Art. It is a truly beautiful, well-written and fascinating book.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Aganzir

Please don't tell me you believe that stuff about Jon Snow being a self-pitying twat. He isn't really so bad even though some people try to portray him in a bad light.

Not me. He's probably my favourite character so far.

All I meant was that now I understand where all the references came from.

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Not me. He's probably my favourite character so far.

All I meant was that now I understand where all the references came from.

Fair enough.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Aganzir

Fair enough.

Can you (or anyone else who knows) just tell me, how in the names of all their seven gods does "Eddard" shorten to "Ned"?

[Galadriel]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Not me. He's probably my favourite character so far.

All I meant was that now I understand where all the references came from.

My second-favourite. Number one is Tyrion Lannister

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Galadriel

My second-favourite. Number one is Tyrion Lannister

I changed my mind after some more chapters. Jon is second. Arya is first. The Imp is annoying. But less so than Theon: he's Viserys all over, just on the other side of the world.

I really like GRRMartin's style of writing. Although it has LOTR written all over it, it feels like a cross between Tolkien and Rowling. It has more day-to-day details like Harry Potter, but doesn't sound modern, and the plot and characters are much more Tolkien than Rowling. The style of writing is his own though. It's not as "ancient" as Tolkien's, but it's definitely not Rowling's modern style. It's different from both authors. Somehow it has HP's addiction and LOTR's beauty.

There is only one thing that really buggs me, though. So many names are similar to Tolkien/Downs names. It gets me confused about the characters. I still can't get my head around Lommy being a boy. (this one is from the next book in the series - A Clash of Kings)