Where are you in Fantasyland?

I was reading the Historical Fiction thread: When Are You? and thought it would be fascinating to discover WHERE people where in reading fantasy, to see what world your imagination is enjoying at the moment.

I am in Earthsea with Ged at the moment, in The Earthsea Trilogy.

Where are you?

Lucky you, Lunacat. That's one of my favorite places to be! I'm in Califa with Flora Segunda at the moment.

I just left Attolia (reread all three Attolia books this weekend) and am wishing desperately for the fourth book...

I'm in Damar. Again. I really should apply for dual citizenship.

I'm currently in Kildenree, with The Goose Girl. Although she's currently still a princess rather than a goose girl. (Which, personally, I wouldn't consider a spoiler, but I grew up with the original fairytale as one of my favourites, so.)

(Although, I suppose technically I'm in a fair few more worlds, if you count the unpublished friends' works I'm reading and/or the story I just finished writing.)

I've recently returned from Talking to Dragons in the Enchanted Forest too. The road never stops...

I'm currently crossing a vast stone-paved plain, in an eerily silent world, heading towards a mushroom-shaped edifice as big as a mountain, that may or may not be hiding something. the wheel of the infinite by martha wells.

I'm down in "the South" with The Black Company.

I'm inside a giant cylindrical spaceship hurtling towards the sun!

Rendezvous with Rama

After quite some time far away... I'm back to Ansalon with Dragons of the Highlord Skies.

I'm in a different world in each chapter and I'm really enjoying the ride with Pullman's characters in The Amber Spyglass.

I'm currently splitting my time between Buckkeep and the good ship Rurisk... Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

(hello by the way!)

I was Into the wild last night, avoiding fairy tale tropes!

I recently arrived back at the Rambling Rest, a very snug hollowed out asteroid, after having gone there and back again to the heart of the universe in pursuit of a Snark.

Although last night I did briefly visit Fantasyland where I stayed at an INN and ate STEW with my travelling companions, a BARBARY VIKING and a WARRIOR WOMAN.

13 ninjapenguin - Hahahaha! I loved that book, it was hilarious.

I am in New Arcadia with Sunshine, escaping from vampires and baking cinnamon rolls (and Bitter Chocolate Deaths and Tweedle Dumplings and Death of Marats. One of my favorite things about this book is the names of things, and we keep pestering RM for a cookbook).

I'm bouncing about the Final Empire with Vin, Elden, and all the rest in The Hero of Ages.

Before that I was on the run from evil librarians with Alcatraz Smedry in Alcatraz versus the Scrivener's Bones.

15 > hey! I am still waiting to get those, no fair!

Wandering around various and often unspecified settings in The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein.

I'm in Hell with Inspector Chen - Snake Agent by Liz Williams.

Well I've just left World War 2 France Suite Francaise and am with Tarod and Cyllan flirting with Chaos on Earth The Master.
However I hope to soon rejoin Miles Vorkosigan on Komarr!

I really enjoyed Snake Agent, seitherin. Hope you are doing the same. I'm currently in Kronengred, where Willadene is on the trail of those who kidnapped the Duke's daughter Mahart. This is a 10-year-old Andre Norton that I somehow missed at the time--not that a lot of her late stuff is that memorable, but I am a completist. However, unless it degenerates in the last 135 pages, the first 245 are telling a decent story!

You're talking about Scent of Magic, right? That is a good book, one I've enjoyed rereading.

#21 Yes, I am, and I've finished. I wish Norton had spent a little more time on the Prince and how he got from totally disengaged to where he ended up relationship-wise, but it was one of her better late-era ones.

Now, I was in Mélusine, but just now we're trekking across Kekropia on the back of a carter's wagon.

I am with Saranja, Maja, and Ribek, trying to save the valley from certain destruction and on a search for the Ropemaker - Angel Isle by Peter Dickinson.

Depends on if you classify Star Trek as fantasy or Science Fiction.
If Fantasy, I just left Q'uonos.

I just left Terre d'Ange (Kushiel's Justice).

Last night I left Transylvania, where Dracula's body had turned to dust.

Does Jeeves' and Woosters' world count as fantasy? :-P Because that's where I am right now.

I spent yesterday afternoon in Valdemar. Today I plan on traveling with Paksenarrion.

I'm in Luthadel plotting the take over of the Final Empire with Kelsier. Mistborn

I'm also about to leave The Stone of Tear and enter The Ways with Perrin Aybara, Faile Bashere, Loial and Roark. The Shadow Rising

I'm taking a short break from full length books and going wherever fantasy podcast Podcastle takes me.

Chicago in White Night.

(For some reason it shows the touchstone when I'm writing/editing the post, but it doesn't appear when posted. Of course I mean book nine in the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.)

I am currently in the Seven Kindoms with the Lannisters, Starks, and Tullys. I hope to head back to Alagaësia soon, Brisinger calls.

I've continued my whirlwind tour by running from The Final Empire over to an unnamed Germanic land in Spinners (didn't stay there too long), then I dashed off to Valdemar to see the founding of the Herald Collegium.

I would have liked to stay in Valdemar longer, but I jaunted off to England in A Great and Terrible Beauty and that's where I've been since, barring a quick side trip over to Emelan in The Will of the Empress.

Not sure where I'm headed next, but it's likely to be soon. I'm not really feeling all that excited about England for some reason.

I'm still with Paksenarrion, but making side trips to Darkover.

I'm zipping back and forwards in time with the rebellious cyborgs of the Company. The sons of Heaven by Kage Baker.

At the World Fantasy Con in Calgary. Totally book-oriented and very interesting con.

In Westeros with Jaime Lannister ... thankfully not with Cersei at the moment.

I've just left Kildenree and Bayern yesterday, so now I'm skipping along to Roundworld and Earth.

I'm in The Mountains of Morning and the Enchanted Forest with Cimorene and Kazul.

I just left Sealey Head (From The Bell at Sealey Head) and haven't quite decided where to go from here!

I am currently in Krynn, reading Dragons of Autumn Twilight. Very exciting so far!

I'm in eighteenth century Scotland in Outlander.

I'm now in an alternate reality version of LA in Living with the Dead.

I'm in Darujhistan, and things are coming to a head. (Toll the Hounds)

I am in Lutha following Barney Custer around in The Mad King.

(What? Of course it is a fantasy, sword wielding cavalrymen can take out WWI artillery).

I'm underground with the LEP in The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl).

I'm on the Discworld in The Colour of Magic, watching Ankh-Morpork burn...

I'm on the way to China in the alternate history earth, with Laurence and Temeraire.

In Maras Dantia with Stryke in Orcs

In Chalion, watching Cazaril try to break a curse, and wondering which Bujold book to read next -- I have enjoyed Hallowed Hunt and Paladin of Souls, though I really should have read Curse of Chalion first.

Hari At least before Paladin of Souls! But that's okay--it gives you a great excuse to go back and reread it. I'd suggest Shards of Honor next. But what a wonderful place to be in--having all the rest of Bujold's books in front of you to choose from!

Readafew--what do you think of the Orcs series? I've seen it on the bookshelves, but there are so many of that general type. Does it stand out?

52 > it is a pretty good story with lots of nonstop action, but I would not call it exceptional, especially since the author will paint himself into a corner now and then and come up with a 'convenient' situation to get back out. Most haven't been too bad but one at the beginning of the second book was very pathetic. It really reminds me a bit of Eddings style, the heros seemed to get out of trouble unscathed, (though there are hints they might have a little unknown help) only to jump from the frying pan into the fire.

In general I think he had more fun just making Orcs protagonists in a story and had a moral dealing with extremism and prejudice. It definitely keeps one on the edge of their seat.

I'm currently reading City of Ashes, the second book in The Mortal Instruments trilogy written by Cassandra Clare. It belongs to the urban fantasy genre as it takes place in Manhattan. I thought the first book had some great parts (interesting use of mythology, good relationships, humour) and some very weak parts (clichés everywhere, a Mary-Sue for heroine, weak character development) so I wanted to see for myself if the second book was better (same problems so far).
I don't read fantasy at all (I've only read Harry Potter and His Dark Materials, both excellent, as well as The Lord of the Rings although I didn't think much of it). I've just joined this group as I want to read more of this genre in 2009 (and I'm starting a bit early). I have tons of titles in mind though, that I got from another thread here so don't worry about me being properly introduced to the genre, I'm very persistent :)

I've finished reading Coraline by Neil Gaiman, which was a pure gem (I reviewed it on my blog) and I've started American Gods. I've only reached page 200 but so far so good. So I guess I'm in our world, only with some extras ;)

Currently chuckling my way through Discworld in Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett.

Edited to play with tetchy touchstones.
Again, I give up. Sorry folks.

Elric, Dyvim Tvar, and I are getting ready to sail out of Melnibone to the Young Kingdoms in search of Yyrkoon and Cymoril. I believe this is the third time I've gone on this trip, and I never seem to grow tired of it!

Currently bouncing between world of Fionavar in The Summer Tree and the many worlds of H.P. Lovecraft.

Alternating between Darkover (Heritage of Hastur) and Pern (Dragonheart)

I just found librarything today so this is a first post. Awesome website. Just had to get that out of the way.

I am entering the Fugue in Weaveworld by Clive Barker.

I'm wandering around and alternate Britain and BookWorld in First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde.

Great thread!

I'm currently stuck on a ship waiting for permission to dock at Salmonessa. The Well of the Unicorn is a journey I've never taken before, but I'm really enjoying the ride.

I am about to go to the Palace of Repose with Holly Phillips.

I'm in old Ireland in The Well of Shades.

I am in Valdemar with Vanyel in Magic's Promise. After that and the last in the series I am done with Valdemar.
I am also with Eragon in ?(can't remember the name) in Brisingr but am finding it a little be hard to get stuck there

trisweather,

I couldn't even finish the first one! I have all three, just to complete the set, but I doubt I'll ever finish volume 1. I did not enjoy my visit to that world at all. Did you have any trouble with 1 or 2?

oh yes I have at some point or another had problems with all her Valdemar series. They seem to stall in every book, but I can be very stubborn. I had decided to finish them all, but some of the series I took months to finish. Only a book and a half to go now

>65 trisweather: That's the exact same place I am! These are the only Valdemar books I've read and I thought this trilogy was very good. I'm really enjoying Vanyel and will be sad when it's all done.

Query about the Valdemar books...........would you recommend anything by Mercedes Lackey, and if so, is there a particular place I should start?

To Lunacat
Well, I really liked The Mage Storms series, which I didn't got stuck in at any point. But they are chronological after The Heralds of Valdemar series and The Mage Winds series. Especially The Mage Winds books are best to have read before reading The Mage Storms, since they are very closely linked. But I most admit that The Mage Winds books were not always that good. I found them too long for the story she wanted to tell, but they are worth the work to fully understand the The Mage Storms series.

I'm near the Kingdom of Monsea, having arrived from Linead, in Graceling by Kristin Cashore, a really good new YA fantasy.

I have another Valdemar question (having just finished Magic's Price). Do any of Vanyel's children have stories of their own written?

To Jenson_AKA_DL
As far as I know the answer is no

I'm in Fionavar, (The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay) which I initially didn't like but am now glad I carried on with :)

I am out in some unknown woods with Geralt the Witcher from The Last Wish, Andrzej Sapkowski. He has just spotted some scavenger birds hovering a site off in the distance and decided to go see what it is.

I spent today in Dresdenverse Chicago in Backup.

I'm visiting The City of Dreaming Books and brushing up on my Zamonian.

Back in Overworld with motherf@#$!ng Caine.

A Japan much like our own, only with a bit scarier, in Ring.

On the ship called Death with Inda and the Fox in The Fox by Sherwood Smith

I'm raping and pillaging in the old North with Hadding the viking warlord. War of the Gods

I'm at Buckkeep Palace with FitzChivalry in Robin Hobb's Fool's Fate.

Exiled on Urth with Severian.

(Stupid Touchstones: The Book of the New Sun.)

I've just bought Sabriel by Garth Nix (my first by him). I have yet to receive my parcel but apparently it's set in something called The Old Kingdom. We shall see :)

While I suppose it isn't fantasy, I'm in Somalia with a group of marines who just killed a man they shouldn't have in Sharkman Six

I tried to get into the world of Lackey's The River's Gift earlier today to see if I could say something nice about the writing upon a reread, but it doesn't like me and pushed me out. Ah, well. I loathed it the first time around, so I don't consider it a great loss.

I've just left the English Civil War behind and will travel onwards into Scotland to find Billie's Kiss which doesn't sound to be fantasy from the back, but I could be wrong. I'm also anxious to meet Temeraire later this month or at the beginning of next year.

I'm in Shuar with Tavi preparing to see the warleader.

Princeps' Fury by Jim Butcher

@bigfully321

What a coincidence, I'm also with Geralt but currently, we're discussing the slaying of dragons with dwarves while on the way to Góry Pustulskie in Miecz Przeznaczenia by Andrzej Sapkowski

Discworld, usually.

I spent yesterday in Rethwallen, Karse and Valdemar. I followed Kerowyn on her famous ride and was with her when she became a Herald.

Hmmm, I'm also in Valdemar, in Lackey's new novel Foundation. Nothing special so far. I still like a couple of Lackey's older series but none of the new ones have really done it for me.

Hi, everyone; I'm new to the group, and to Librarything.

I see a lot of places that are on my upcoming reading map in the comments above (and many already visited), but for now I'm in Camorr (heavily based on late medieval Venice, according to wikipedia) with Locke Lamora, getting a bit worried about a potential attack from the serial murdering Gray King, in The Lies of Locke Lamora.

Before this I was in brutal, bloodthirsty Ambergris in City of Saints and Madmen, and before that in decadent, crumbling Ashamoil in The Etched City.

I just spent a night in the sacred forest with Lavinia, following her discussion with Virgil.

I just left Jake and Lois in Smokehill National Park, and now I'm waiting for the Headaches to subside.

I'm on the Eastern frontier of Gernia in Renegade's Magic.

I've been travelling down the Grace river with Fawn and Dag. I like the sharing knife better each time I go back to it.

Learning about Tolkien through the eyes and writings of Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword... currently wandering through grim revenge with Imric, Skafloc, and Valgard.

Re-visiting Hogwarts yet again in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

I've just entered Faerun, somewhere along the Spine of The World in R.A. Salvatore's The Thousand Orcs. I plan to read all of his Forgotten Realms stuff in the next few months. This one was the first one I got my hands on, so I'll start here. I hope it's not too much in the middle of Drizzt's story!

I'm roaming the library of Adam Sinclair in The Adept: Lodge of the Lynx.

It's already doing timeshare with a financial book, and I expect to add trips to Darkover again to the mix with the Clingfire trilogy, which I've never read.

I was just in the Willowlands, visiting Mirasol and her beehives in Chalice.

What a neat idea! We used to do stuff like this at NaNo when we needed a break . . .

Currently I'm on Arrakis for the umpteeth time (not wanting to start anything new until 1-1) climbing around Sietch Tabr with Sheeana and Orade (Heretics of Dune)

Left Ansalon a few weeks ago (The Companions), but plan to return early next year. Right now I'm in/on DragonVarld, the kingdom of Idlyswylde with The Dragon's Son.

I'm in the Old Kingdom with Sabriel as I've just started the first book. So far so good !

Wall and Beyond Wall with Tristran Thorn (Stardust by Neil Gaiman.)

I just left Beka in old Corus in Terrier and now I am, for what seems like the umpty-billionth time, leaving the Shire with Frodo at the very beginning of his journey in The Fellowship of the Ring.

I'm in an AU England with Temeraire and Captain Laurence in Victory of Eagles.

I'm currently homeless and obese in the slums outside of a military outpost in the Gernian Midlands: Forest Mage.

In Ankh-Morpork, watching Commander Vimes rage at incompetence in Feet Of Clay.

Wondering how I'd survive the Change in S. M. Stirling's series starting with Dies The Fire. At the moment I'm reading The Protector's War.

I don't thing I'd do as well as the characters he's created.

On Discworld Equal Rites. 8^)

Hogwarts, for the second time :-)

I'm in Revelstone with Linden Avery

I'm in the Library of Alexandria with Alcatraz Smedry.

On Discworld with Mort

I'm in Jerusalem being driven insane by demonic djinn. Requiem by Graham Joyce

I'm about to go to Hawk Haven and beyond with Firekeeper and Blind Seer in Wolf Captured. :-)

I'm currently in Madeira with Temeraire.

I'm in a parallel universe where I suddenly have magical abilities related to music! I am Jon-Tom Meriweather in the Spellsinger series by Alan Dean Foster, reading book 6, The Time of the Transference, of 7 now.

A few days ago I was in Discworld with Mort, my first Pratchett - what a great place to be in !

Just left Kafka's the Trial/ der Prozess with Thursday N. in Lost in a good book.

I'm in Faerie right now as I'm halfway through Stardust. Exquisite so far.

almost done travelling with Eragon and Saphira in the country I can't remember the spelling of.
Brisingr

I'm on the plane of Shadowmoor. Once known as the plane of Lorwyn, an idyllic, storybook world where races of fable thrived in perpetual midsummer, now plunged into darkness and eternal night. I was with a kithkin scout when we were attacked by an animated scarecrow. Shadowmoor

I have just flown from Toronto to Stonehaven in New York State, the country estate of my former pack's Alpha, wondering where the other werewolves have gone and why they arent' answering the phone.

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong.

I'm back in Adam Sinclair's library watching him learn about Henri Gerard in The Adept: The Templar Treasure.

This is a favorite series of mine.

I am At Amberleaf Fair by Phyllis Ann Karr. What a great use of language to make you feel in another place.

I read this years ago, and then while cataloging my library here and tagging came across it and after reading some of the notes regarding it wondered why I had rated it highly. Had to reinvestigate and I am glad that I am doing so.

Well i've been jumping around various different places over the last couple of days. First i was dashing round Corus with Beka in Terrier then i was with Louis from An Interview with a Vampire for a short while then last night i decided to join Tom Builder in 12th century England in The Pillars of the Earth. I have also been jumping in and out of Forks at various times in Eclipse

On Discworld w/the Wyrd Sisters & also in cyber fanland, Harry Potter division reading Harry, A History touchstones more than a tad wonky! 8^)

I'm reading about the BridgeBurners at Dr. offices( to get the style of Robert Jordon's replacement), and just finished the Scourge of God, book 5 of Dies the Fire, Thinking about a pass at my favorite Guilty pleasure, Bucket(s of Gor) #5 Assassin Of Gor by John Norman, Reading a proof copy of 1635 on the computer, and I have Book 5 of the RunrLords (Dave Farland) sitting on the coffee table waiting for me to pick it up. and Pulman's GC-SK-and book3 in one Volume sits next to it after coming out of my back pack 800 + pages in from last summer and fall.

When not reading textbooks, I'm currently reading The Protector's War by S. M. Stirling, with A Meeting At Corvallis waiting. At the same time, I'm working my way through Dagger Magic by Katherine Kurtz.

Two back to back readers of S.M. Stirling I have read the first four in the Dies the Fire series also, but am torn between categorizing them as Science Fiction or Fantasy, so I credit both genre's

I am not sure if I like this current series better than the Nantucket series. I think Nantucket ranks just a little ahead.

I can understand the theory of electricity not working, but I am struggling with chemicals stopping intermittently. How can you have brewing but not gunpowder? Actually, I can understand a global EMP event, but the laws of physics being turned upside down since the event, that is hard to swallow if I start to think about it.

I'm in Ile-Rien with Tremaine in The Wizard Hunters.

reading Ending an Ending I am in......I am so bad at remenbering country names

Gearing up for the seige of Dros Delnoch with Druss the Legend.

Just entered a world where ash is always falling in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn

Just left Bruno Schulz' Poland in which is located the Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass where time is recycled and patchy.

No 132 I have read both the Nantucket and the Dies the fire series, with the fourth of the latter still to read. I also enjoyed the one set in India whose name escapes me. I liked the Nantucket series because of the ancient world setting but in both series the author has handpicked his characters to give them extra help - the ancient history historian in Nantucket and the SCA people in Oregon. However I can overlook these coincidences in favour of a good story! A normal cross section of small town life would never build a civilization - the same applies to the 30 Years War series by Eric Flint et al. (which I think is wonderful, I always regretted the death of Gustavus Adolphus when I studied it at school).

I'm in the graveyard with Nobody Owens and Silas in The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, and back in the world where ash is always falling in Brandon Sanderson's Hero of the Ages.

And you know, jnwelch, that The Graveyard Book just won the Newbery Award yesterday!

I heard that on the way in to work this morning. Congrats to Neil!

In Mythgarthr with Able of the High Heart.

Just finished up The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley earlier today. That is one of my favorites for re-reading. Now I'm diving back into A Meeting At Corvallis.

Thanks, ronincats, I did see that The Graveyard Book got the Newberry. So far it's great, and the award seems well-deserved. He's one of my favorite authors - Neverwhere in particular.

Left Discworld (finished Wyrd Sisters) & now back to Harry,A History by Melissa Anelliexploring Harry Potter fandom in the 21st century. 8^)

A well deserved award for The Graveyard Book. I'm not even a big Neil Gaiman fan but I was blown away by this story.

Just finished Lisa Goldstein's Dark Cities Underground, so I'm riding the subways of the world, peeking into the Nether Lands. It's always fun when a novel takes place near where I live, including the BART line I ride.

I've left Temeraire's Britain behind a while ago and am now gathering Dust on/in the Jacob's Ladder together with Perceval and Rien.

Wandering in the world of Fortress of Frost and Fire by Mercedes Lackey. I'm not overly enthused by the book however.

Just started reading a Buffy novel, Christopher Golden's Oz: Into the Wild. Oz, having left Sunnydale on a quest to tame his inner Wolf, is aboard a container ship from L.A. to Fiji.

Deep in Camorr with the fantastic Locke Lamora, and finding myself very grateful that I have a sequel on my shelf!

One of my favorite books in a /long/ time, I think.

I expect to begin Lies of Locke Lamora this evening. Glad to hear good things about it.

> 152

I would suggest staking out a solid period of time during which you need not put the book down.

Hope you enjoy it!

I'm in Menzoberranzan with Drizzt in Homeland: Book1 of the Legend of Drizzt.

I've just left Panem and Katniss as I've just finished The Hunger Games. What a ride that was, it was fantastic.

I was in the tunnels and caves of a mountain created by the Rod of Creation in Goblin Quest.

I'm in the land of Galidanea in The Quest For The Last Kimeiji, in The Varden with Eragon and in a mysterious attic in The Magician's Nephew where strange things happen...

I am in Tiamath with Selendra, Avan, Penn, and Haner and all the dragon folk they live and interact with. I love that dragon social etiquette requires them to wear hats. I'm currently reading Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton.

Headed to Calcutta with Robert Luczak in Song of Kali.

I am just starting Unfallen Dead by Mark del Franco. It is set in modern day Boston, with faerie bleeding in. Its the 3rd book in the Connor Grey series.

I finished Unfallen Dead by Mark Del Franco and really enjoyed it.
The series is set in modern day Boston, where faerie has leaked into the world, with no way back. Humans and the magical creatures have to figure out how to get along.

The POV is a damaged druid (his magic ability is blocked as a result of a magical battle with a terrorist). He was kicked out of the Guild (the quasi fey government group) and into the dregs of the city and the magical community, called The Weird. He works as a consultant with the Boston PD, eking out a living, and trying to stay alive without a lot of his magical protections.

This story is about the persistent results of the events in the last book where a huge evil spell was broken but not completely dissipated. Halloween/Samhain is approaching and it is the time when the veil between the worlds thins and the dead can came back and walk among the living. The veils never thinned after the Convergence, but now they seem to be doing so. Of course the bad guys may be planning to use the ability to bring the dead across to battle the humans and the Seelie court.

This is the 3rd book, and the author is really hitting his stride. The characters have been developed well, and there are lots of interesting connections between them. The setting is good, and the story is gripping. Can't wait for the next one.

I'm currently in Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. Just started but enjoying already.

aren't in fantasy land right now for the first time in many years. I can't remember the last time I wasn't reading reading a fantasy book. Will fix the situation when I come home :-)

I've just entered Damar as I've started The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley.

First time this year that I'm back inot fantasy. I'm also in a Brandon Sanderson world - the Final Empire of Mistborn. Better even than Elantris I think - though I don't know how well the sequels will work out.

FicusFan that sounds very similar to the Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher. How do you think they compare?

Some old lady's basement in The Dark Portal

Back on Krynn, heading towards the Plains of Solamnia in Darkness and Light (by Paul B. Thompson).

I just left the Nexus Islands in Wolf's Blood, and am about to visit New Crobuzon in Perdido Street Station!

Reading Fox, I feel the same way... Elantris was good, but The Final Empire was better. I don't know that I wuold have made Mistborn into a trilogy. Ending it at the first book might have been just fine.

I'm in the Orkneys with Mordred as he finds out his parents are really his foster parents and he is the bastard son of a king.

The Wicked Day by Mary Stewart

I'm in The Secret Country with Ted, Patrick, Ellen, Laura, and Ruth trying to carry on their masquerade without being caught.

In a cemetery in the Bronx, reading Peter Beagle's first novel A Fine and Private Place.

I'm in Sealey Head with Judd and the others.

The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip

#165 reading_fox,

They are very similar. Magic & real world mix, interaction with humans and fantasy creatures.

I found the early Dresden to be rather unformed. I liked the middle ones, but then found Harry to be getting too powerful, too cocky, and rather nasty. The books also seemed to blur together in terms of the supernatural and non-stop saving the world and everyone. Rather than being the climax of the book, it became the SOP, and the mundane and every day got lost. I found them to lose excitement because ho-hum he has done it 3 times in this book already, and you know he won't die. The damage Harry takes, and just brushes off, or recovers from also make it almost funny.

The first Connor Grey I thought was very weak. The other 2 were much better. Not only is Connor disabled, but now that he is a cast-off in the gutter, he is discovering what a louse he used to be when he had power and let it go to his head. In many ways Harry and Connor are on journeys in opposite directions (one was a louse and is now becoming decent, the other was decent and is becoming a louse). The cast around Connor reappears from book to book, and also seem more developed. The setting and the Fae world also seem more thought out, better described, and more interesting (gargoyles are real). Connor also has a close friend and side kick a Flit (tiny) which is right out of Rachel Morgan - The Hollows series by Kim Harrison, but still well done.

In Temeraire with His Majesty's Dragon. I've seen so many good reviews of this series that I had to give it a try. I'm really glad I did, and I'm going to buy the next couple tomorrow.

#175
I should probably read it too before the movie comes out (Peter Jackson optioned it).

Still in Temeraire, now reading Black Powder War. I'm enjoying it, but not quite as much as the first two. Right now I'm wondering if Temeraire and the others will ever catch a break and have something go right for a change.

I'm in Cenaria with Kylar.

Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks

Have left Discworld, for the moment anyway & am now in 12th century Britain w/ Bro. Cadfael @ Shrewsbury Abbey. Not exactly fantasy land i.e. real place-fictional characters w/historical events as background. This is a world which i find endlessly fascinating! 8^)

I'm on the Sea of Stories with Haroun.

I'm currently splitting my time between Middle Earth in The Two Towers and alternate universe England in 1985 with Thursday Next in The Eyre Affair. I'm on a reread kick....

I'm poking around in Patricia Brigg's version of the western states of the USA in Moon Called. As thing stand, I'm pretty sure I'm going to be buying the other books in the series soon.

Kicking it with Corwin in Amber.

I am reading Nightlife by Rob Thurman, first book in the Cal Leandros series.

I'm in the wolfhaell with Isolfr in A Companion to Wolves, and also wandering the streets of New Crobuzon in Perdido Street Station!

Flying over Asia with Laurence and Temeraire.

I am in The Land at Revelstone with Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever the Illearth War

Also in Fahr Calladahn, my own slice of un-real estate.

I'm outside the caverns of Cil-Aujas with Mimara, Achamian and the Skin Eaters in The Judging Eye.

I'm wandering the dreamlike streets of Palimpsest right now!

I finished Nightlife by Rob Thurman. I enjoyed it and will keep reading the other books in the series. It did have some issues, but pretty minor and the major one the author corrected.

I posted a review for those interested.

I am now reading SF, but will get back to Cal and Niko soon.

#189 Kmaziarz,

I saw Palimpsest in the store and it looked interesting. But I wasn't sure if it was a novel or another short story collection. Can you tell me which it is ?

#190: It is a novel, and it is quite wonderful! I really enjoyed it!

Just left Omnia to Om and Brutha in Small Gods.

Prehistoric Dalemark with Tanaqui in The Spellcoats.

At the University with Kvothe in Name of the Wind - a very entertaining read so far!

I'm lost in Parvaira again - rereading curse of the mistwraith en route to Fugitive prince many many days of enthralling prose to lose myself in.

#181 - there's group read /discussion of Eyre Affair over in the Green Dragon if you want to add some more thoughts there. Everyone's welcome.

On the Arizona/Mexico border with Buffy, Angel, Riley & Sam, in Seven Crows.

I've spent the last four days in Cenaria Ciy on Midcyru with Azoth/Kylar rt of Brent Weeks The Way of Shadows,and it was really good.

am an avid jak/jane castle/amanda quick
reader/just found out that my library is missing a series;gwenevere jones, don't care about owning,just want to read.

have you read any anne mccaffrey,
if dragons are your thing she and her son
are pern based.

I just spent the last week with Lyra and Will in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. I know a lot of religious people have issues with the book, but to me that's neither here nor there. I have my own particular beliefs, and didn't find the book offensive in the least. Quite the opposite, really. It deals with difficult, metaphysical concepts in a way that children can understand, without condescending to them, and on top of that it's beautifully written.

Since this is Fantasyland I would think that many books that are listed here would incite religious abhorence, argument? Including such works as those by CS Lewis

Read what you like. Pullman is on my TBR list also

I'm in Howl's Castle, and it's moving!

I'm back in my beloved Westeros, where Ser Duncan the Tall has just asked a fair Dornish lass to sup with him after her puppet show has commenced.

Back in Chicago with Harry Dresden in Small Favor.

#202-I happened to catch the movie of "Howl's Moving Castle" on TV the other day. I had heard of the book in the past & so when i saw it on the schedule decied to watch it. Having not read the book i have no idea how much changed the story in the movie is. I shall have to get hold of the book & find out. Anyway it was a pretty good in a steam-punk way! 8^)

> 205

Is this the anime version? My coworker was telling me that it's quite good and offered to bring me his copy!

Yeah it is! I caught it on HBO the other day & quite enjoyed it. 8^)

I'm currently in Imardin with Sonea in The Magician's Guild

>205 Vanye:,206

I think you are approaching Howl's Moving Castle in the right order, anime before book. I read and loved the book for years before Miyazaki animated it, and while there are many things to like in his version -- and even many things that came straight from the book -- I was disappointed that he twisted Jones's story to serve his own thematic ends. If I'd seen the movie first I would probably have enjoyed it more, though some of the details he kept didn't make much sense in the altered concept -- the scarecrow, for instance. By all means track down the book; it is a delightful read. I'm still waiting for Jones to write a proper sequel, ie. one in which Sophie and Howl are once again the central characters.

I am in the Emerald City, Oz with Liir.
Son of a Witch

Trudging around The Dying Earth with Cugel the Clever.

I'm starting The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint, my first by him.
EDIT: I'm actually cheating right now because I forgot my De Lint at home and had Reaper Man by Pratchett in my bag so I ended up starting Reaper Man. This is my second book by Pratchett and he's slowly becoming one of my favourite authors. He's fantastic.

I am SO often in Damar! One of my absolute favorite places to be. Have you read Chalice yet? It's a really lovely read.

I have Chalice waiting for me on my shelf. I'm glad to hear it's so nice. It's been a while since I've returned to Damar. I may have to do that soon as well.

Racing around Un Lun Dun with Deeba.

Raymond E. Feist is helping me flit between Midkemia and Kelewan at the moment as I'm currently reading Into a Dark Realm

I'm in Amberville, which I suppose can be as easily described as a fantasy as anything else.

I am in the City of Ember. Interesting place.

In Robert Asprin's version of the Big Easy readingDragon's Wild (touchstones beyond wonky & into the wacky range.) 8^)

In Aquilonia with Conan the Cimmerian.

Currently I'm reading both James Delgado's book on the Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet (non fiction) and also The Shadow Of The Lion

Just started a new Raymond Feist, not sure if I am going to like it. Has Midkemia played out all its worth.

I'm in the land of Alagaesia with Eragon and Saphria in Eragon.

Oooh I haven't been to Alagaesia in months! I could do with another visit at some point this year so i remember everything when he finally finishes the darn Cycle.
All the fantasy i've been reading recently are based in modern times so I've been running around New York in Blue Bloods on monday , Laguna beach in Evermore (wrong touchstone) a bit today and I'm hoping to hunt me some evil in Tulsa, Oklahoma now in Hunted (a house of night novel).
Although i'm not sure whether they can be classed as "proper" fantasy hmm... *ponders*

Currently with the Dalrei in The Wandering Fire.

I am reading Hand of Isis by Jo Graham. It is historical fiction set in ancient Egypt, but the gods are real and there may be other fantasy touches.

I'm in Austria in New Blood.

I'm with Inda, Fox and Berand, plotting mutiny on the high seas. I'd forgotten how gripping the Inda books were - guess I'm in for a few late nights.

I just jumped into Camorr with the Gentleman Bastards and The Lies of Locke Lamora. Have heard a lot of praise, so I'm looking forward to the experience.

Its a very spectacular place, its my favorite place to

just relax. Its my favorite book.

I second that about Camorr ant The Lies of Locke Lamora, a great start to a series. I hope that books 3 to 7 live up to it.

Just got Victory of Eagles, so I'm in England with Temeraire and Lawrence.

I'm in my world in "Arint Saratir: Warrior's Light" :). This is a place where anything can happen; where adventure sweeps in and yanks you from the very road set under your feet! :) New races of people and never-before-seen abilities conjure up the most unlikely of paths.

Taylor J. Beisler
http://www.taylorbeisler.com
http://www.eloquentbooks.com/ArintSaratir-WarriorsLight.html

I finished my ER book Hand of Isis by Jo Graham. It was historical fiction with a touch of fantasy (the gods are real). It is book 2 in the series, but is a stand alone, so you don't need book 1 to understand. Some of the characters are reincarnated, but they are different people.

The story is of Cleopatra the last Egyptian Pharaoh. It is told from the POV of her half-sister, slave and handmaiden, Charmian. It follows the traditional story so it is predictable, but the author does a good job with the setting and the characters. She fills in the details of their lives when they were not in the spotlight.

It is a large book, but the print is good size so its not as big as it seems. It also was a slog for me at the start. The writing was OK, but didn't flow. I eventually go into it (250+) pages and then it became riveting, and I really cared about the characters. The pacing was a bit uneven, with more depth for Julius, and Antony's time mostly summarized.

I enjoyed it and can't wait for the next one. I have book 1 Black Ships to read next month for my RL Fiction Group.

Currently running around Sitia with Yelena and Leif in Fire Study and i really want to stay here a while but i know i will speed through way too fast *darn speedy reader* >:

I'm currently in the Capital city of Dorimare. More specifically at Gibberty's Farm with Luke and Ranulph in Lud-In-The-Mist by Hope Mirrlees!

I have gone to Chicago to join Harry Dresden in Storm Front.

I have fallen back into the cycle I fall into this time of year. I should read new prose, but Roland's romantic world is too compelling. I am currently flipping (or shuffling, for the initiated) back and forth between New York and the grey strand of beach in The Drawing of the Three.

I'm back in Tortall with Beka the Bloodhound.

Argh gosh darn it! im still waiting on amazon to deliver my copy of Bloodhound so i can devour it!! :( dang blast being in the UK
sorry to rant it's just plain irksome that amazon are taking their sweet time to ship it out to me.

I'm enjoying the dust bunnies and rez-ghosts in Harmony while reading After Glow.

I read Bloodhound a couple of days ago and loved it. I think it's her best book ever.

I am under Aramanth, at the Underlake, in the Wind Singer. These Mud people are cool.

Back in Amber, with Merlin this time.

>242 bluesalamanders: bluesalamanders
Really? oo wow I can't wait! since my last post amazon have emailed me saying my copy has been shipped so it should be here tomorrow!! *dances*
so this time tomorrow i will most likely be in Tortall with Beka :D

Currently with Tristen in Amefel (Fortress in the Eye of Time).

Stuck in Chicago with Harry ... as usual! Finished Turn Coat and starting over! lol

#246, Emily1 - I loved that book!

John Segundus and Mr. Honeyfoot are having conversations. (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell).

Loved Bloodhound as well. Took me only an evening to read but it was worth the missed sleep. There was lots of fascinating bits of information on counterfeit coins there.

>250 ElenaGwynne: hehe i read it all one go as well it was definately worth staying up til 3am to finish it.

Was in Tortall again last night only later read First Test cos i really wanted to re-read the PotS quartet Kel is easily my fav character.

#250/251 Sod's Law - my copy of Bloodhound arrived yesterday afternoon when I was due to work the early shift this morning. Oh well, what I lack in sleep, I can make up in coffee....zzzz

I'm in Midcyru with Kylar Stern Shadow's Edge.
I really enjoyed the first book so hoping for good things despite all the death and destruction.

Back in Chicago with Harry Dresden in Death Masks.

I'm back on the Shadowbridge with Lea, Soter, and Diverus in Lord Tophet by Gregory Frost.

At Sealey Head.

I have decided to read The Devil You Know by Mike Carey, it is a dark fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal. The main character is a freelance exorcist in modern day London. He has had a bad experience and wants out of the 'game' but he stirs up a nasty demon, and runs afoul of a East End gang boss, and things don't go as planned.

I'm currently in Gormenghast with Titus Groan's sister Lady Fuchsia.

I'm out of Alagaesia, now I'm headed to Narnia:)

I'm prowling the streets of Tai-tastigon with Jame, in Chronicles of the Kencyrath

darn touchstones, here: http://www.librarything.com/work/3976560

Well, after a short stopover in Tulsa's House of Night, I spent about 3 days in Alicante and now I'm heading to join the Morganville's vampire as well as human inhabitants in their fight against the evil ^^
Maybe I'll stop by in Alagaësia, where I've allready been this year but didn't stay llong enough to actually get till the end of book 3... Oh, and I'd love to visit the university in Imre again but I fear that will have to wait for quiet a while...

I love God Stalk with a passion, ryn. It is one of my favorite books. I enjoy the whole series, but that one book is just a standout. I hope you are enjoying your visit.

>262 ronincats:. That book is one of the reasons I love LT. For so many years it was just the first couple of books in an uncompleted series. I can't remember when or where I found that book but it would have been early 90's. So I just reread it every couple of years.
When I joined LT, I learned from her author page that there were NEW books in the series to find and read. Total joy!

And she has finished the next book, Seeker's Bane. It is the galley-proofing stage. Here's Hodgell's Livejournal page:http://tagmeth.livejournal.com/

Yes, the unavailability of the sequels to God Stalk for so many years until Meisha Merlin re-published them and then she finally started writing more--her quick take on the disappearance of publishers and the reason for the 30 year span is at
http://www.pchodgell.com/site/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pi...

Well, last week I was in Transylvania, hunting vampires with Dr. VanHelsing, then in the sacred grove with Lavinia. Yesterday I was on Babylon 5 with Captain Sheridan and Delenn and in England at Bleak House.

Does anybody know of a good actioin, fantasy novel, pretty long, that they could suggest for me? I need a new book.:)

Does anybody know of a good actioin, fantasy novel, pretty long, that they could suggest for me? I need a new book.:)

Have you tried anything by Brandon Sanderson or Janny Wurts?

I'm currently in Camorr with Locke Lamora.

>#266 If you enjoy both Fantasy and Romance, I'd recommend Elizabeth Haydon's Symphony of Ages series, starting with Rhapsody. I would also second Janny Wurts.

Transformers Fan, have you tried the Naomi Novik books about the Dragon and the Napoleonic Wars? For Long books you get into Robert Jordan and George RR Martin. Tad Williams Dragonbone Chair was one of the best and that is Long. The early Ray Feist books, Magician, was long.

I'm at the Institute with Jake in Dragonhaven.

TransformersFanGirl - have you read Elizabeth Moon's The Deed of Paksennarion?
It was recommended to me by LT members and was great. That's the trilogy omnibus, but the first as a separate book is Sheepfarmer's Daughter .

I have to second the recommendation for The Deed of Paksenarrion.

Currently I'm in Kaleer, starting Heir to the Shadows by Anne Bishop.

Cool, they all sound good. I'll

look into them and see which

ones really interest me. Thanks

guys=)

I have one foot in Winterfell, Game of Thrones and one in Myrridian, An Unlikely Duke

I'm in London with Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.

Currently immersing myself in Ithania with Auraya and the many, many other characters that keep showing up as POV's in Trudi Canavan's Priestess of the White feeling a little bewildered but i'm sure i'll get things straightened out soon enough.

I'm with Alucius in Lanachrona on our way to put down the revolt in Hyalt (Scepters).

I am in Winterfell with the end of A Game of Thrones, though I'll probably stay there and run straight into the next book. I'm also in the graveyard with The Graveyard Book and in Tal Verrar with Red Seas under Red Skies. Tangentially, I'm also skipping around Reformation England in Duchess.

I might be a little schizo.

Just finished a spell of training in the military academy with the Marlovens A Stranger to Command.

I finished Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh. Turned out to be more of a romance than an urban fantasy. It was SFF type with angels being some kind of winged super beings, but not associated with heaven. It was set in modern day NYC. The angels made vampires as their minions and in repayment the vamps had to serve the angel for 100 years. Some tried to run out on their contracts, so the vampire hunters would find them and return them. Once vamps filled their contracts they were free to live like humans, as long as they didn't kill people.

The story has the Archangel of NYC contacting the POV the best vampire hunter in the Guild to hunt something different and worse than a vampire. Of course sparks fly between them and there is a lot of flashing eyes and heaving loins.

It was a quick read, the writing wasn't bad, some good characters and a mildly interesting story, though with lots of cliches.

I am with Despereaux about to visit the Mouse Council.

With Lucy in Narnia, in C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

In Chicago with Harry Dresden - Turn Coat by Jim Butcher.

Just got out of the City of Camorr with Locke Lamora. Now I'm afraid of joining him in Tal Verrar 'cause I had such a great time and don't want to end up pining for the next volume so soon.

Just paid my annual visit to Velonya with Nazhuret in Lens of the world by r a macavoy, then had to leap straight into the sequel King of the Dead.

Hello all, I've had a LT account for a long time but just now starting to use it and figure it out.

Currently I'm in Ruath's Hold with Lessa in Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

My latest review is of Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris. I loved it and my review can by found here.My blog is new so I could use all of the support I can get!

Dear Jac8604
At the moment, I'm reading Ananthem by Neal Stephenson. Heavy stuff, but satisfying!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ged rules, OK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unorna

I have joined the travellers to Camorr to hang out a while with The Gentleman Bastards. I ordered its sequel as soon as I read the prologue of The Lies of Locke Lamora.

#286, amazing, another R. A. MacAvoy reader, that rarity.

Little need to guess what world I'm in, at the moment. One of the great joys...

Before they are hanged, but I am really wishing for a list of persons and a map. I read the first one months ago and so there is a disconnect. Also who are our heroes. I think we have several sets and i just can't remember them all. (But it is not as hard as Erikson and the Malazan stuff to keep track of. At least everyone here is human... I think.)

I just left Chalion and I am wondering if the name
Foix dy Gura is really meant to be a play on foie gras.
I'm going to be asking my library to send me to Chalion again to get the before and other story (from Paladin of Souls).

And if you REALLY want to know, I am gulping down a forbidden bag of chips and trying to pull away from Librarything Land. Being here is like wading through a huge crowd of people you didn't know you liked so much. I'll never get anything done now!

Revisiting Darkover, but with a set of characters I hadn't met before (I'm reading The Fall of Neskaya.

I'm in Troy, Mycenae, and various other places in Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow.

Currently with Locke Lamora in Tal Verrar.

Staying in a remote and creepily Gothic country house near a strand of Wyrdwood. The magicians and Mrs. Quent.

Just leaving Pern.... sigh.... I'd like to stay there.

I'm in Melusine at the moment!

I've joined the crowd visiting Landover.

I am now travelling beyond The Wall in Neil Gaiman's Stardust.

I am with Iluvatar, watching the creation of Erda in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion.

I am in London during Elizabethan times, and in the Fae Onyx Court below mortal London in Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan.

ETA:

This thread is very long do we want to start a new one ?

I am being whisked off to Fionavar for the for the first time. I hope it's as good as people have said.

I'm still in the city of Melusine, specifically in The Mirador now.

I'm also in both The City and the City.

Gone back to the travails of Locke and Jean. This time in Tal Verrar. Red Seas Under Red Skies is as thrilling an adventure as their first outing.

I am currently in middle earth with frodo and sam.
Planning to start our quest to mordor.

#304, One new thread. ^-^ So, people, please go over there to show us all where you're travelling to in Fantasyland!

(Also, for everyone's reference, if ever the thread is slow in loading for you or you feel it's getting too long - the 300-500 range, seems to be the norm - go right ahead and make a new thread. In my experience with ongoing topics like this, people will migrate to the new thread fairly quickly, so... Go for it!)

I am currently in Marlovan with Inda, waiting to fight the Venn.

5 pages to go in Forest Mage. Beautifully written but where is the plot?

I'm in Moonshae, rereading through the Moonshae trilogy for the first time in 20 years.

I spent time recovering from timezone changes with Jig in Goblinshire after flying and sailing with Laurence and Temeraire from England to China then through Eurasia, Germany, back to England with stops in Africa and France.

Soon I will be visiting Tristan in Wall.

But that will likely start after my nightly visit with my guild/bookclub in Azeroth.

I've been spending time in Tsaia and Lyonya with Paks.