Favourite Authors:
David Eddings is the classic epic fantasy, but not so dark and serious as LOTR or similar. If you want to read any of his books, start with Pawn of Prophecy the first book in his first series. The books are quite funny and light hearted.
Anne McCaffrey is most famous for her creation of Pern. A world colonised by humans and then left to fend for itself against an unknown and unexpected enemy. She brings to life Dragons with a telepathic link to their riders - the first line of defence. I suggest you start with Dragonflight if you want to read them in the official reccommended order or if you want to start chronologically read Dragonsdawn first, but be prepared for a sharp change in time and style. Click here to go to her official site
Terry Pratchett is known for the Discworld. He takes fantasy conventions and twists them, turns places upside down (eg: Aussie in The Last Continent), populates this flat world floating through space on the back of four elephants and a giant turtle with incompetent Wiz(z)ards inept night watchmen and witches. It's a laugh a minute! Every time I read a book again I find a whole new set of jokes I missed first time round. You can start almost anywhere with these although the first is The Colour of Magic. The series runs in threads of characters, so start with Guards! Guards! for the Night Watch, Wyrd Sisters for the Witches and Mort for Death. I recently read The Truth and it's definitely up to standard. Now I'm just waiting for the latest one to come out in paperback, about June I think. Yay! |
