Do you have a favorite genre? Do epic works of high fantasy dominate your bookshelf or do you perfer the hack and blast of a good sword and sorcery novel? Maybe you perfer the cyberpunk of Neuromancer or Bladerunner? Or how about the epic tapestry that a good space opera weaves?
For me, steampunk is a craving I have trouble satisfying. All that outlandishly retro-advance technology... There is just something about the style of it that captivates me.
Favored Genre
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#1 Favored Genre
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That's like dinosaurs!
That's like dinosaurs!
#3
i like fantasy with the whole girl has magic, boy has sword, both get in trouble, dragon saves the day...
you know the usual.
for high examples of my preffered style i suggest
Blue Moon Rising
Royal Chaos
Dragon Companion
Minerva Wakes
and "Chicks In Chainmail"
i also recommend for light reading
The Sword in the Stone
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Botchan
The Little Prince
Peter Pan
and all three of Bruce Covilles Magic Shop Books
you know the usual.
for high examples of my preffered style i suggest
Blue Moon Rising
Royal Chaos
Dragon Companion
Minerva Wakes
and "Chicks In Chainmail"
i also recommend for light reading
The Sword in the Stone
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Botchan
The Little Prince
Peter Pan
and all three of Bruce Covilles Magic Shop Books
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#4
I tend to like grittier work, whether sci-fi or fantasy. David Drake, Steven Erickson, R. Scott. Bakker, George R. R. Martin, etcetera.
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I prefer very medieval, gritty, and 'realistic' high fantasy. Lords and nobles in battered plate armor, peasant armies pressed into service, with the occasional mage or dragon here and there.
I also like high-magic stuff like Forgotten Realms and other D&D-grade stuff.
And, of course, Planescape, which is practically a genre of its own. :P
I also like high-magic stuff like Forgotten Realms and other D&D-grade stuff.
And, of course, Planescape, which is practically a genre of its own. :P
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#6
JRR Tolkein-style fantasy, the high-magic style of Forgotten Realms, steampunk and the like, parody fantasy (Discworld springs to mind), sword and sorcery hack-and-slash does also have a place on my bookshelf.
And who doesn't love a good space-opera:
It brought us the Venator
And who doesn't love a good space-opera:
It brought us the Venator
