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 Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:39 am Post subject: Poll: ;Best Fantasy Epic of All Time (not counting LoR) |
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If we exclude Lord of the Rings, which created the genre, what would you pick as the best Fantasy Epic of all time? My vote goes to the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, whose first book is A Game of Thrones. It has great story lines, fascinating characters, and complete unpredictabilty. Book 4 is coming out next month and I can't wait.
What's your favorite?
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| Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 7:44 am Post subject: Re: Poll: ;Best Fantasy Epic of All Time (not counting LoR) |
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| wallpad wrote: | If we exclude Lord of the Rings, which created the genre, what would you pick as the best Fantasy Epic of all time? My vote goes to the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, whose first book is A Game of Thrones. It has great story lines, fascinating characters, and complete unpredictabilty. Book 4 is coming out next month and I can't wait.
What's your favorite?
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Homer's Iliad and Odyssey...They are MUCH older than Lord of the Rings.  |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:27 am Post subject: |
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My favourite fantasy books are the books in the Inheritance Trilogy, written by Christopher Paolini. The Harry Potter Septology probably comes second.
P.S. I'm saying "probably" because there are the Bartimaeus Trilogy and also the Artemis Fowl series.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:30 am Post subject: |
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Oh yeah, and let us not forget about the Bible, Qur'an and the Torah. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| Eirķkr Rauši wrote: | | Oh yeah, and let us not forget about the Bible, Qur'an and the Torah. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! |
Now, you've done it.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 3:54 am Post subject: |
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Hmm.. I would have to say Harry Potter
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| Eirķkr Rauši wrote: | | Oh yeah, and let us not forget about the Bible, Qur'an and the Torah. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! |
Hmm... looks like you've taken JOKERz as your idol.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:15 am Post subject: |
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| I'd go for Harry Potter.. |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:35 am Post subject: Re: Poll: ;Best Fantasy Epic of All Time (not counting LoR) |
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| Eirķkr Rauši wrote: | | wallpad wrote: | If we exclude Lord of the Rings, which created the genre, what would you pick as the best Fantasy Epic of all time? My vote goes to the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, whose first book is A Game of Thrones. It has great story lines, fascinating characters, and complete unpredictabilty. Book 4 is coming out next month and I can't wait.
What's your favorite?
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Homer's Iliad and Odyssey...They are MUCH older than Lord of the Rings. |
I thought that Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were real. 
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Uhmmm...the gods have main role in them, you really think they could be real? 
Of course they're based on legends of real events...but that's the case with most of fantasy.
As for the question in the topic, I'd also probably say Bible - after all, most succesfull book in history. |
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| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, I think the Indian epic poems in Sanskrit, Ramayana and Mahabharata are older than any others.
And the shortform for Lord of The Rings is usually LoTR, not LoR.
Besides, there were several fantasy epics long before LoTR. Such as E.R. Eddings' The Worm Ouroboros. And Tolkien himself was inspired partly by Celtic mythology with its tales of fairies, elves, etc, and by European medieval fairy tales of dwarves, elves, trolls, and epic quests and battles for sacred objects of power, like King Arthur's legendary Quest for The Holy Grail, which possibly inspired the idea of the Quest for the One Ring. And of course the battles between armoured knights battling for Good and bestial hordes of dark-skinned savages representing Evil is a barely veiled analogy to the Crusades. |
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| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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| zima wrote: | Uhmmm...the gods have main role in them, you really think they could be real?
Of course they're based on legends of real events...but that's the case with most of fantasy.
As for the question in the topic, I'd also probably say Bible - after all, most succesfull book in history. |
Orite...I didn't know there were gods in them 
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"Chronics Of Amber" written by Rojer Zelazny. Rojer Zelazny FOREVER!!!
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Well Blake, yeah they could be older, but I wasn't talking about which was the oldest, I just said that they were much older than LotR.
| andrew247 wrote: | | zima wrote: | Uhmmm...the gods have main role in them, you really think they could be real?
Of course they're based on legends of real events...but that's the case with most of fantasy.
As for the question in the topic, I'd also probably say Bible - after all, most succesfull book in history. |
Orite...I didn't know there were gods in them |
Well since you didn't read it, why did you make that ignorant comment? And sorry, I don't mean any harm or offence, I just like to make my opinions clear, so I apologize if it sounds harsh, I don't want to come off as aggressive. And I was referring to your comment as ignorant, not you. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 8:33 am Post subject: |
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| Eirķkr Rauši wrote: |
Well since you didn't read it, why did you make that ignorant comment? And sorry, I don't mean any harm or offence, I just like to make my opinions clear, so I apologize if it sounds harsh, I don't want to come off as aggressive. And I was referring to your comment as ignorant, not you. |
You know, I feel that it shows something truly sad about state of the forums on which you must "protect" yourself like that... |
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