[azaz]

Best book in fantasy for:
1. Action
2. Characterisation
3. Story line and plots.
4. Bad guys
5. Most creative

Please give the title and author of the book you think was best for action. Then choose another book and author for characterisation, you may choose the same book as before.

Also comments are welcome for your decisions.

[Metosblat]

Action: Clash of kings Martin
Characterisation: Storm of Swords Martin
Story: Fires of Heaven Jordan
Bad Guys: Gregor Clegan(SOS) Martin
Most Creative: The Two Towers

[This message has been edited by Metosblat (edited May 31, 2001).]

[neologik]

Metosblat...you really need to get out more. No offense.

My choices:

1) Heroes Die, Matthew Stover
2) The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe (which really *is* one book...)
3) Ash: A Secret History, Mary Gentle
4) dunno
5) Perdido Street Station, China Miéville

[allanon]

OK...
Action-"A Darkness at Sethanon"-Feist
Characterisation-"Magician"-Feist
Story line and plots-"A Darkness at Sethanon"-Feist
Bad Guys-Ba'alzamon-WoT
Most creative-brr...not sure

[Metosblat]

No offence taken, but what exactly did you mean?

[Hans]

1. Action - Steven Erikson - Malazan Empire series
2. Characterisation - Robin Hobb - Farseer Trilogy
3. Story line and plots. - George Martin - ASoIaF
4. Bad guys - I'll think about this one.
5. Most creative - Tolkien - LOTR

[Shehzad]

Action - The Empire Series by Feist and Wurts

Characterisation - no competition, The
Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Donaldson

Storyline and plots.... ugh... i'll have to think about it...

Bad Guys - Dragonlance Chronicles by Weis/Hickman

Most creative - LoTR by Tolkien hands down.

[Barbarossa]

Action: clash of kings
Charcterisation: Farseer trilogy
Story Line: Tigana
Bad guys: Lifeship traders
Most Creative: Lord of the rings tightly followed by Mordant's need

[Kierk Soren]

Hey Meto, I think junior was trying to imply that you need to diversify your reading list- kinda like a "my list is better than your list" thing. Yeeesh, that kind of snideness is not nice, didn't your momma teach ya no manners junior .

[Rob B]

Hmmm….this is always a tough one. Most of mine will be by series...

1. Action
TIE Heroes Die by Stover & Farland's Runelords. You don't get a chance to catch you breath between pages.

2. Characterization
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever.

3. Story line and plots.
Another Tie Memory, Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams & Stephen King's Dark Tower

4. Bad guys
hmm I liked RJ's Forsaken at first, but they keep coming back http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/frown.gif, so forget that. I’ll have to go with another toss up--Gerald Tarrant from The Coldfire Trilogy by CS Friedman and Biagio from John Marco’s Tyrants and Kings trilogy, both very complex and more than they outwardly seem.

5. Most creative
Tad Williams, w/Memory, Sorrow and Thorn he turned epic fantasy on its rear working so wonderfully within the bounds of the genre and with Otherland he was at the top of the game creating all the virtual worlds and creating some great characters.


And oh yeah…
Play nice everybody