First Fantasy book you ever read/Introduction to Fantasy

Chronicles of Narnia

Such a huge influence on me growing up. So much so, that my first born son (due in May) is going to be named Aslan.
 
The Hobbit when I was in sixth grade, although it wasn't until I read the Dragon Lance Chronicles that I was truly hooked.
 
Shehzad said:
Only I'm not naming my son Caine....
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Shehzad! Gosh, I've missed you.....

This really makes me think back a ways. Do The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, and Mary Poppins count?
 
Eldanuumea said:
Shehzad! Gosh, I've missed you.....

This really makes me think back a ways. Do The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, and Mary Poppins count?
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I don't see why not. They're all based on the fantastical.
 
Spears&Buckler said:
How about Hari?
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That might work...

To answer the original question: The Hobbit, quickly followed by the Dragonlance Chronicles.
 
Actually the first book I ever read period was the Hobbit.

After that though I did not read fantasy for several years. Instead I mainly read Science Fiction. But I ended up buying "The River of the Dancing Gods" which is a fantasy by a Sci-Fi author I liked alot (Jack L. Chalker) and the sequels. Then I decided to try some more tradition epic fantasy and read the Lord of the Rings followed by Dragonlance Chronicles and have been hooked ever since.
 
Eperitos said:
The Hobbit. And I still think its better than LOTR.
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I have to agree. Though I liked LOTR very much, The Hobbit has an endearing trait that LOTR just misses.
 
The first I ever had read to me was LOTR when I was about 5. The first ones I read on my own were the Hobbit and LOTR in grade 2 (I think, might have been before then).
 
JainFarstrider said:
The first I ever had read to me was LOTR when I was about 5. The first ones I read on my own were the Hobbit and LOTR in grade 2 (I think, might have been before then).
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Grade two? Good God! And I thought my reading level was impressive when I read it in grade six....
 
I sarted on Dragonlance chronicles, but only because the first book came free with a game for the sinclair spectrum, and my brother bet me i wouldn't be able to finish it because it was too long.

Its strange to think that until i was about 16 my favourite authors would be Weis & Hickman, Eddings and McCaffrey. Nowadays the only time i read their books is for the nostalgia - or when i'm ill.
 
I agree about the Hobbit. It has qualities that the others don't that make it such a personal read. There is a real sense of innocence and wonder in it, and in a way it's quite quaint, but that doesn't stop it from being a doorway into a brand new world for so many millions of kids.
 
Spears&Buckler said:
Grade two? Good God! And I thought my reading level was impressive when I read it in grade six....
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My parents really pushed me too read when I was little...and I thank them for it. :)
 
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