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Arminius · 07-10-2008, 04:47 AM

I'll check those out manikus. AS for fantasy other than REH, I haven't read a lot of fantasy but some I really loved were all of the Guardians of the Flames books by Joel Rosenberg and the Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula Le Guin. I also love really old scifi like everything by H.G.Wells, Jules Verne, and all the many lesser names from the good olden days of scifi. So far I haven't gone wrong with them and I've tried many different silver & golden age authors [to borrow a little comic book lingo], pretty much any I can find at our local used book store where I can get those old paper backs for between .50 cents and a dollar. I can read those books really fast, too fast. I usually feel kind of sad because they are over so quickly so I keep buying more. lol. I'm definately addicted to the older style of writing. They way the characters talk and everything is different. Even without the far out sci-fi premises the writing itself is an escape from everyday reality.

07-10-2008, 04:47 AM	#175
Arminius The Magister Join Date: January 10, 2008 Location: The Gate Between Worlds Age: 53 Posts: 103	Re: Art Requests I'll check those out manikus. AS for fantasy other than REH, I haven't read a lot of fantasy but some I really loved were all of the Guardians of the Flames books by Joel Rosenberg and the Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula Le Guin. I also love really old scifi like everything by H.G.Wells, Jules Verne, and all the many lesser names from the good olden days of scifi. So far I haven't gone wrong with them and I've tried many different silver & golden age authors [to borrow a little comic book lingo], pretty much any I can find at our local used book store where I can get those old paper backs for between .50 cents and a dollar. I can read those books really fast, too fast. I usually feel kind of sad because they are over so quickly so I keep buying more. lol. I'm definately addicted to the older style of writing. They way the characters talk and everything is different. Even without the far out sci-fi premises the writing itself is an escape from everyday reality.