I think I am here. Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Funny thing, my friend would keep asking me to read Steelheart and I would say I've seen superpowers done a thousand times and then eventually I read it. Then, I read The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. You've probably never heard of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidpen Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 I have a good memory of mine. Technically they were the magic tree house books, but I didn't really want to read any large fantasy books for a while. The rule in our house is that you can't watch a movie til you read the book. The one glimpse I had seen of the Harry Potter movies was a humongous snake. I REALLY wanted to watch that humongous snake. So I begrudgingly read Harry Potter. I was a slow enough reader that I went weeks without finishing it, so I was crazy excited when I finished one and got to watch the movies. That was what got me hooked though. I think I finished them in early second grade, and started them in late first grade. So maybe more than weeks to finish each. I'm not totally sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelly Posted April 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/26/2018 at 7:01 PM, daschaich said: Anyway, out of that list, two early ones that I would highlight are Eddings's Belgariad and Cooper's The Grey King. The Belgariad didn't hold up so well as I grew up, but it successfully introduced me to second-world 'fat fantasy with maps'. I honestly don't remember many details of The Grey King (and much of it probably went well over my head at age... 7, I think), but what I do recall quite distinctly is the sense of wonder I got from that book's mythology and (Welsh) setting. (It is probably coincidence that I am again trying to get a job in Wales---I've gone 0/5 in Welsh job applications since 2013, but perhaps persistence will pay off.) Omg, yes, The Dark is Rising series was a favorite when I was kid (I avoided the movie, so I shouldn't comment on it, but from what I saw of the trailer it looks like they completely threw the script in the trash. If you only saw the movie, maybe try to forget it and give the books a try). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life&Death Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) I don’t remember a time where I wasn’t reading fantasy books. I have literally been reading books (or being read to) that are fantasy my whole life. My parents read Harry Potter and Chronicles or Prydain to me and I read The Lord of the Rings in third grade. So it has been a part of my life as long as I can remember. Edited June 22, 2018 by Life&Death 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 When I was in junior high (back in the Dark Ages when the Berlin Wall fell and the internet was just starting to think about being born), we were granted access to the high school library. I stumbled across Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey, and I was gone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 For me it was the lord of the rings, but I had watched the movie first, and loved it. The book is amazing as well. I absolutely adore Goldberry. the world needs more Goldberry fanart. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snipexe Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 To me it was go big or go home. I stated with the Hobbit, then Lotr, and then stumbled on Brandon’s work 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray to Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 My first thought to this question was Harry Potter, but then I remembered that Magic Treehouse will always have a place in my heart as the series that got me into fiction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampede Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 Tolkien and the Inheritance Cycle, I read them around the same time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbarian AL Posted May 11, 2018 Report Share Posted May 11, 2018 Mistborn and The Name Of The Wind 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Harry Potter was the first fantasy series that I read of my own volition I think but the one that sticks in my mind more was Tamora Pierces Circle of Magic series, which I also started at Book 4 and didn't immediately realize that I'd stumbled in at the end of a series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kairos Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 (edited) Wow. It's been a long time for me, I literally cannot remember how old I was for these, or which one I read first. But here they are, from sometime before age 7. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (have to put this at the top, although I don't know if it was first or not) Chronicles of Narnia (in their proper, as-written order) The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner The Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit Edited May 17, 2018 by Kairos Mixed up name due to mistake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kairos Posted May 17, 2018 Report Share Posted May 17, 2018 On 4/27/2018 at 4:10 AM, Xtafa said: I don't remember the name of the first one, I've been trying to find it since I was a kid. It involved two armies, one leader had a blue sword, the other had a gold sword. I remember LOVING IT and looked for similar books as a kid. The Amulet of Samarkand was an earlier pick up that I remember, gave me a sense of wonder. The RIFTWAR saga was one of the first 'Heavier' books I got into, It made me crave larger worlds. I have a horrible memory for names though and tend to forget the titles of books I love. Would the name of that first one be the Blue Sword mayhaps? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtafa Posted May 18, 2018 Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 @Kairos Checked the plot, doesn't seem like it sadly, though i might give that a read, seems interesting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy_Slider Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 Didn't see this anywhere above, maybe its just an Australian thing (or just something about me) but my first fantasy books were the Rondo ones by Emily Rodda. They were important to me, but the major breakthrough was when I read her Deltora Quest books. Not just the story itself, I loved the background she put into the world. My favourite book for sometime was the Explorer's Guide spinoff, I used to go through, planning imaginary journeys through Deltora. It was amazing and was probably responsible for me continuing to read when pretty much no one else I knew did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LopenTheTwoArmedHerdazian Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 (edited) For me it was Harry Potter. I got a set of all 7 books for my sixth birthday, and devoured them in around two months. After a series of miscellaneous fantasy novels such as Wolven and stuff like that I came across LoTR, which really opened my eyes to high fantasy. Soon after I discovered Robert Asprin, Sergey Lukyanenko, and of course the legendary Terry Pratchett. But the most important fantasy series' to me have to be the most recent three I've read: GoT, the Dark Tower, and everything Brandon Sanderson. They revived my love of high fantasy, which had been dampened when I reread LoTR and was overwhelmed by the amount of descriptive prose. Apologies for the rambling. Edited May 20, 2018 by LopenTheTwoArmedHerdazian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndlerunner Posted June 22, 2018 Report Share Posted June 22, 2018 Definitely Harry Potter, and then Tolkien's Legendarium, and I became super invested into that, I then just meandered my way to TWoK, and devoured it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farnsworth Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 The Hobbit. My dad gave it to me in third grade, and I still have the physical copy. I've probably reread it more than any other book in my life, even though it isn't the best in terms of plot (in my opinion) it remains in my top ten books ever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wander89 Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Mine was Earthsea, the first novel. I remember thinking about Ged and magic and my mind was opened to a whole new realm of possibilities. Then I read Belgariad and Name of the Wind and my standards shot straight up. I blew through Mistborn Era 1 in like a week and I've never looked back since! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrikerEZ Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 I think the first fantasy book I read was either Eragon or Narnia. I discovered Brandon after discovering Steelheart and Rithmatist separately, then discovered his fantasy books. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silva Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 (edited) Okay, so this is a little sad, but the first fantasy book I read was Ruby the Red Fairy by Daisy Meadows. Granted, I was 4 years old and it got me writing my first novel. Even now I believe my four year old self wrote a better story. Edited December 4, 2018 by Ookla the [your choice] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wander89 Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 I remember reading Earthsea and blasting through it. Wondering how Le Guin managed to fit so much world-building and atmosphere into one tiny little book. I read Lord of The Rings and Mistborn from there, moving onto Kingkiller, Malazan and later Wheel of Time. It's such a wide genre that can only be appreciated when you really look at the finer points but can still be enjoyed as a casual reader. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 On 10.03.2018 at 11:26 PM, Awesomness said: Everything started with Harry Potter yup. However, I remember one of the first books I EVER read was Hexe Lilli (a little witch, which was part picture book, part written letters ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totally_Not_A_Worldhopper Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) Um.... I think I listened to the Hobbit before I could even read very well, so probably that (though I don't think I finished it). But really I've been reading books, and especially fantasy, for such a long time it's hard to tell. Harry Potter was definitely one of the most memorable early fantasy books I read, along with His Dark Materials, Knife, Inkheart, the Chronicles of Narnia, and Warrior Cats. Edited July 27, 2018 by Totally_Not_A_Worldhopper 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Secret Corner Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Hard to say... for the longest time as a child, I pretty much hated fantasy and fiction in general... if I remember correctly, I just found them to be stupid, filled with ridiculous stuff and I found them to make no sense. At somewhere around 8-10 I think I remember having read a few fantasy books in all but if my remember correctly, my experience, hazy, but probably around when I was ten years old, I discovered Brandon Sanderson. I believe I had heard little bits of his work from my parents listening to him on audiobooks, so long ago... In his work, I truly found that fantasy can be plausible, that it can make sense, and that it can be great. The fantasy book that I would have to say really started my love of the genre was Mistborn book one, The Final Empire. I do believe it is Sanderson who truly turned my views on such upside-down starting with that book. Meanwhile, I have since come to love fantasy and fiction of many types, devouring all of Sanderson's works, much of Tolkien's stuff, Asimov, Lewis, and many more. I still look forward to more good books, with probably the best book I've ever read being one that I've read since the start of my reading being The Way Of Kings. And I find it ironic, funny, and fulfilling that now I have in several things, defended fantasy's ability to be plausible, make sense, and be good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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