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tawnylyra · 18th June 2007, 08:39 AM

Ok, this is gonna be long, cause I like writing a little too much but I am also too tired to go edit this and make it smaller. I got into Hobb because a girl I met at the school I had just moved to asked what books I liked, since I was always reading, and she told me about Hobb.

Since all fantasy is different, I’d say just go try different ones and see what you like . . .

Off the top of my head, authors I would recommend would be . . . Tamora Pierce, even though she's VERY different from Hobb, those books can be just fine for a younger audience but I don't think that's a bad thing at all. Her books are pretty much the first fantasy that I really fell in love with when I was in middle school so I think I'll always be attached :-) ). If you read any of hers I’d start with “The Song of the Lioness” series even though my favorite quartet is the one after that, “The Immortals”. Her books are well known for focusing on “sheroes” which are strong leading females.

I also love Phillip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy, which has a lot less action than Hobb and more complex of a storyline, with parallel universes and the idea of original sin, etc. Half of my handle – the “Lyra” half – is from these books.

I also really really like Cecilia Dart-Thornton’s "The Bitterbynde Trilogy”, and Kate Forsyth’s “The Witches of Eileanan” series, which has like 6 books in it or something.

Then there is Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern, those are popular and there are so many of them I'm sure you could find one of her books with no trouble and you don't really have to read them in any sort of order, I don't.

Oh, and just a few months ago I read Jonathan Strouds “The Bartimaeus Trilogy” and really enjoyed it.

Then you can always go read some books under Hobbs other name, Megan Lindholm. A couple of those titles are “Harpy’s Flight” and “The Reindeer People.” When she writes under the Lindholm name she writes differently, so it is sort of like reading from two completely different authors.

Anyways. I tried to pick a variety of fantasy authors/series/trilogies, that way you can experiment if you want to see what you like/don’t like. Good luck!

18th June 2007, 08:39 AM	#11 (permalink)
tawnylyra Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Washington Posts: 16	Re: amazing!!! Ok, this is gonna be long, cause I like writing a little too much but I am also too tired to go edit this and make it smaller. I got into Hobb because a girl I met at the school I had just moved to asked what books I liked, since I was always reading, and she told me about Hobb. Since all fantasy is different, I’d say just go try different ones and see what you like . . . Off the top of my head, authors I would recommend would be . . . Tamora Pierce, even though she's VERY different from Hobb, those books can be just fine for a younger audience but I don't think that's a bad thing at all. Her books are pretty much the first fantasy that I really fell in love with when I was in middle school so I think I'll always be attached :-) ). If you read any of hers I’d start with “The Song of the Lioness” series even though my favorite quartet is the one after that, “The Immortals”. Her books are well known for focusing on “sheroes” which are strong leading females. I also love Phillip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy, which has a lot less action than Hobb and more complex of a storyline, with parallel universes and the idea of original sin, etc. Half of my handle – the “Lyra” half – is from these books. I also really really like Cecilia Dart-Thornton’s "The Bitterbynde Trilogy”, and Kate Forsyth’s “The Witches of Eileanan” series, which has like 6 books in it or something. Then there is Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern, those are popular and there are so many of them I'm sure you could find one of her books with no trouble and you don't really have to read them in any sort of order, I don't. Oh, and just a few months ago I read Jonathan Strouds “The Bartimaeus Trilogy” and really enjoyed it. Then you can always go read some books under Hobbs other name, Megan Lindholm. A couple of those titles are “Harpy’s Flight” and “The Reindeer People.” When she writes under the Lindholm name she writes differently, so it is sort of like reading from two completely different authors. Anyways. I tried to pick a variety of fantasy authors/series/trilogies, that way you can experiment if you want to see what you like/don’t like. Good luck!