[HPFGU-OTChatter] Great Great Books

[Sherry Gomes]

I'd love to hear what you all think are the "Great Books".  Maybe I 
can broaden my horizons, or at least figure out why these books grab 
me like they do.

Anxious to hear your ideas,
Bonnie


Sherry now:
Hi Bonnie.  Not sure if you'll like my suggestions, because i didn't like
most of the things you wrote as your favorites.  However, you do have LOTR
and a couple others up there that I also love, so I'll give it a shot.

in fantasy, here are two authors I really like.

Guy Gavriel Kay
George R. R. Martin

For Martin, his song of ice and fire series is a particular favorite of
mine.  They are very different from the HP books, definitely intense, kinda
dark and not kids books by any means.  But characters are what always grab
me in a book, and the characters in this series are fascinating.  not all
the good guys are always good, and not all the bad guys are always bad.
It's intriguing to try to figure out what will happen next and who will make
it happen.  They are very long books, by the way.

Guy Gavriel Kay  writes fantasies that are also sort of historical fiction,
because they are fantasies set in lands that resemble historical areas of
our world.  But they are definitely fantasies.  My favorite is called
TIGANA.  

If you're interested in things that aren't fantasy, I'd be glad to share my
list of the truly great books in my life.

Sherry