[ZorPrime]

Hello All!

I'm new here. Just found this cool place.

I'm 28 years old, a civil engineer and I'm a fantasy and sci/fi book junkie. I live in Quebec, Canada. First book I read was DragonLance Chronicles. Why ? Cuz i was a RPG junkie too at that time. I really like any fantasy world... I dont think there is a fantasy world that I wouldnt like to be in!! Thats why I keep reading those books.

I'm currently reading the first book of the Sword of Truth serie. So far, its great!

Later,

Zor

[wolfshead]

Hi. Real name is Janet, I'm 38 (god!!!), and have been into fantasy for over a quarter of a century! Love Tolkien, Alan Garner, Susan Cooper, like Nancy Springer, Janny Wurts, Robert Holdstock, Tad Williams, loads of others. (Just getting into Martin!) Don't like Goodkind, Lackey, much 'funy fantasy' (except Pratchett), or anything where characters speak in modern slang and/or act like modern day morons in fancy dress! Also like celtic studies, British and Irish archaeology, folklore, history and myth. I have a deep feeling for stone circles and burial cairns, and like to photograph them and other mysterious places (holy wells, castles, hillforts etc.) Used to write a lot in the late 80's and published loads of fiction/poetry in the small press, then slacked off when I moved to England from Canada in '92. My new year's resolution is to get going again; I have rough drafts and partials for approx. SIX fantasy novels around the house!!One is about a mythic Robin Hood, another about the rebirth of Arthur in modern times, and the others are 'traditional' fantasies.

[Erebus]

Well...since you were asking...my first SciFi book was The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein, I think. (Wow, that dates me a little!) And I guess my first fantasy was the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, quickly followed by The Hobbit!

I guess after those, I got bitten by the SciFi/Fantasy bug!

My real name's Neil, I live in Perth, Western Australia, and have just published the first book in a fantasy trilogy! You can find out more about me, and my writing here: www.wn.com.au/clubclad/erebus/ (http://www.wn.com.au/clubclad/erebus/)

[FitzChivalry]

Wolfshead, about Arthur's rebirth in modern time, you might wanna read Jand Lindskold's Changer.
It's not exactly a rebirth of Arthur but it is certainly in modern times. It might give you a few pointers about what to do and not to do. (And what already been done).

[Gamblor]

Wow, its amazing how similar a lot of peoples introduction to fantasy was. My name is Anthony, I'm 22 and I'm from Canberra in Australia. When I was about seven or eight my dad read me the hobbit. When I was 12 I read his box set of the Belgaried and somewhere in between I tried to read his copy of the Sword of Shannara but I don't think I ever finished it. After that I read the rest of Brooks and Tolkein's work, and then on to Feist, Jordan and anything else I can get my hands on.

[Timoni]

I'm twenty years old, female, and currently living near Washington, D.C.

I honestly can't remember not having read "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", though I suppose it must have been at least second grade before I could handle it.

The book the I remember really catching my fancy, though, and introducing me to the world of epic quests was "The Castle in the Attic." I was about seven. I pined for years for a toy castle after that.

I read fantasy because it's the closest I can come to living it.

[daigoro]

Dag, 27, from Trondheim, Norway

I actually started with the Hobbit, then the Lord of the Rings and then even read the Silmarillion before moving on to other authors...

...and for those of you who don't know, one of my main hobbies is running the sffworld.com website http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

Dag

[lior]

Hi all, I'm 27, from israel, my first excursion into f/sf was with Tolkien and Asimov, as much as I can remember.
and later, with the d&d craze, started consuming a lot of TSR. I love all kinds of books, comics, movies, and...

ummm... I think I should get out more...

[This message has been edited by lior (edited March 08, 2001).]

[Cadfael]

Dag... and a bloody fine job you do my friend!!!

[Rhaegar]

Hi, my name is Mike and I just recently turned 29 and I call Vancouver British Columbia home. Apart from reading fantasy, my intrests are sea kayaking, hiking, fishing, offroading, golf and hockey.

My introduction to fantasy occured in grade 3 or 4 when, during story time, our teacher read The Hobbit to us. I loved it. Years later I read The Lord of the Rings and the Sword of Shannara, and these only intensified my appetite for the fantasy genre. Eddings, Feist, Goodkind, and all the other notables were quickly consumed along with many more obscure works.

But with the publication of The Wheel of Time, my intrest in fantasy reached its pinnacle. For the first four books Robert Jordan had me enthralled. But with each subsequent installment in which the plot seemed stuck in neutral, I grew tired of not only the WoT but fantasy in general. It just seemed that fantasy was devoid of innovation or much good writing.

I tried "mainstream" fiction for a while. I read Clancy, Grisham, etc. While some of it is pretty good, it just didn't get the juices flowing like a good fantasy read. A friend suggested a new fantasy series by someone named George R.R. Martin. I was prepared to hate it from the start. First of all I had never heard of the guy. Second, the cover art on A Game of Thrones looked cheesy to me. Third, the plot summary on the back cover basically screamed "hack fantasy novel". And what was with the "R.R.", man this guy has some nerve! But I read it.

I am not going to get into how much I love these books by GRRM. If any of you have read some of my posts you probably find my overzealous praise for ASoIaF annoying. Okay, I admit, I am obsessed with these books and want to spread the word about them.

Anyway my love of fantasy is back with a vengence!