tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post8101788212358396249..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: PBW Holiday Giveaway #2 -- Times ChangeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-65365077539091676312008-12-13T20:05:00.000-05:002008-12-13T20:05:00.000-05:00Pick one? Yeah, right. Just add me to the hat, p...Pick one? Yeah, right. Just add me to the hat, please.Tamara Morninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04696611858111525401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-59733644126636396122008-12-13T18:44:00.000-05:002008-12-13T18:44:00.000-05:00It's a difficult choice, but, because of sentiment...It's a difficult choice, but, because of sentimental value, I think I have to say Wizard's First Rule. My boyfriend got me to start reading the series just before we started dating, so it will always have a special place in my heart.Katherine Hazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501757978596809805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-53962114180860408742008-12-13T14:07:00.000-05:002008-12-13T14:07:00.000-05:00Too many to chose from to pick a favorite. However...Too many to chose from to pick a favorite. However we never forgort our first -- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14004621623279973346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-76208995760177373662008-12-13T13:58:00.000-05:002008-12-13T13:58:00.000-05:00I love fantasy and Science Fiction so I have a lot...I love fantasy and Science Fiction so I have a lot of favourites. Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, Laurell K Hamilton, Isaac Asimov, Alan Dean Foster - the list goes on and on :Dfelinewyvernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13728861458087960056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-37584639037828641052008-12-13T13:57:00.000-05:002008-12-13T13:57:00.000-05:00I have a ridiculous love for short stories, especi...I have a ridiculous love for short stories, especially "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Cold Equations" (yeah, I know, the science fails, but I love the story just the same) and "The Secret Shih Tan". But my all-time favorite is "The Spiral Dance", by R Garcia y Robertson. I still recall the last line, as if I was reading it for the first time - "Anne looked at Jock with loving eyes, thinking how just this once, he 'war the only man na dancin'.'<BR/><BR/>*sigh*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-41208768998078345602008-12-13T13:13:00.000-05:002008-12-13T13:13:00.000-05:00My favorite fantasy novel would have to be one of ...My favorite fantasy novel would have to be one of the first I ever read and that was Exiles: The Ruins of Ambrai by Melanie Rawn. I still read it once every couple years. Unfortunately, it was part of a trilogy that, 14 years later, STILL hasn't been finished.Cristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08896347174584605279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-31819517924832743522008-12-13T09:05:00.000-05:002008-12-13T09:05:00.000-05:00Definitely a lot to choose from but seeing as othe...Definitely a lot to choose from but seeing as others have said more than one I'll do the same:<BR/><BR/>Ender's Game<BR/>Brave New World<BR/>Redemption of Althalus (D & L Eddings)<BR/>Good Omens by Terry Pratchett<BR/>(And all his other books)<BR/>LotR<BR/>Alanna series by Tamora Pierce<BR/>Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb<BR/>The dragons of Pern stuff by Anne McCaffery<BR/>Twilight Saga<BR/>Harry Potter!<BR/><BR/>I told you I couldn't choose...Amethyst Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10771473170184731480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-74529054708804065482008-12-13T08:09:00.000-05:002008-12-13T08:09:00.000-05:00Too many! Probably the best is a short story I rea...Too many! <BR/><BR/>Probably the best is a short story I read whose author I have long since forgotten, but I do remember it appeared in a book edited by Aidan Chambers. The name was "Rigel Lights". Brilliant story. <BR/><BR/>Ender's Game is a fave, as is Dune.Nandinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01668111291110001664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-58931419080107318442008-12-13T03:14:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:14:00.000-05:00I can't decide on the best one. But to mention at ...I can't decide on the best one. But to mention at least something, the 3rd book in Robin Hobb's <I>Faarseer Trilogy</I> is the first fantasy book I remember actually buying because I couldn't wait to get it from the library.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-82023441153575809522008-12-13T00:16:00.000-05:002008-12-13T00:16:00.000-05:00Too many SF favorites! The whole Stardoc series; A...Too many SF favorites! The whole Stardoc series; A Deepness in the Sky by Verner Vinge; the classics like Dune and Ender's Game - I'll have to choose a favorite fantasy novel -whoa! Too many there also.<BR/><BR/>So - one I've re-read, again, recently, the first Darkyn novel, "If Angels Burn". Throw my name in hat please.Pandababyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181377360157289102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-52226173689557501322008-12-12T23:53:00.000-05:002008-12-12T23:53:00.000-05:00Once a Hero by Elizabeth Moon.Once a Hero by Elizabeth Moon.Teresa Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01307873506605715426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-52654878605190032922008-12-12T23:40:00.000-05:002008-12-12T23:40:00.000-05:00Picking just one is way too difficult, I'll just t...Picking just one is way too difficult, I'll just toss my name into the hat.Josh Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686927014375525857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-38812197049962918252008-12-12T23:01:00.000-05:002008-12-12T23:01:00.000-05:00Hmm I will have to go with the Anita Blake series ...Hmm I will have to go with the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton and the Kushiel series by Jacquelyn Carey.<BR/><BR/>Terri W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-65443602523536210312008-12-12T22:43:00.000-05:002008-12-12T22:43:00.000-05:00I love Stranger in a Strangeland and Time Enough f...I love Stranger in a Strangeland and Time Enough for Love. Both by Robert Heinlein.Big Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04866756029868111330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-76768979810951957272008-12-12T22:33:00.000-05:002008-12-12T22:33:00.000-05:00Too many to choose from but.. Kim Stanley Robinson...Too many to choose from but.. Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy.. fantastic read!Kef-Nurechorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08006811001980994078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-79876971577476474302008-12-12T22:30:00.000-05:002008-12-12T22:30:00.000-05:00Too many. But, oooh... Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars...Too many. But, oooh... Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy! Fantastic reading.Kef-Nurechorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08006811001980994078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-59371016612851474162008-12-12T22:13:00.000-05:002008-12-12T22:13:00.000-05:00Too many to choose from - Peter F Hamilton's books...Too many to choose from - Peter F Hamilton's books always top the list, though.Stephanie Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953076966996795696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-24338976656033641992008-12-12T21:37:00.000-05:002008-12-12T21:37:00.000-05:00Love your stardoc sereies. But fantasy would be Ro...Love your stardoc sereies. But fantasy would be Robin D. Ownes summoning series. and there are many more that i love.Pamkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02880471140530575964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-53264220191232197902008-12-12T21:11:00.000-05:002008-12-12T21:11:00.000-05:00I can't decide. Just throw my name in the hat, ple...I can't decide. Just throw my name in the hat, please!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00362918544366628359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-34514114212543449192008-12-12T20:58:00.000-05:002008-12-12T20:58:00.000-05:00something by terry pratchett. :)something by terry pratchett. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-91656432733684075572008-12-12T20:52:00.000-05:002008-12-12T20:52:00.000-05:00Wow... This is hard since I'm a long-time SF/F...Wow... This is hard since I'm a long-time SF/F reader. Asimov's robot stories/novels, anything by Theodore Sturgeon & Clifford D. Simak, Harlan Ellison's short stories, CONTACT by Carl Sagan, and many more. Thanks for all the generous & fun contests! Happy Holidays!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-15791142085539885462008-12-12T20:34:00.000-05:002008-12-12T20:34:00.000-05:00I think blogger ate my comment earlier. If not, so...I think blogger ate my comment earlier. If not, sorry for the double post! :(<BR/><BR/>My favorite fantasy book of the year has been Joely' Sue Burkhart's "The Rose of Shanhasson."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-90804898739479901502008-12-12T20:11:00.000-05:002008-12-12T20:11:00.000-05:00The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee. Gorgeous pro...<I>The Silver Metal Lover</I> by Tanith Lee. Gorgeous prose and a heartbreaking story.<BR/><BR/>Holly Lisle's <I>Hawkspar</I> is outstanding too. I can't imagine the editor wanting to gut half the book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15058219643912780497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-18217829965858623242008-12-12T19:59:00.000-05:002008-12-12T19:59:00.000-05:00Eeeeeee! What a tempting giveaway!! You can defini...Eeeeeee! What a tempting giveaway!! You can definitely count me in for this! You are so amazing to be doing all these giveaways like this; you are so good to your readers. :3<BR/><BR/>P.S. I hope this comment works because the scroll bar isn't showing up in this comment box. :( If you still get this, this comment comes from Lleeo!Lleeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084423352214368896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-80634369577102831572008-12-12T19:34:00.000-05:002008-12-12T19:34:00.000-05:00I love the Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey. (n...I love the Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey. (not kid friendly, btw lol). I've read all the books at least once a year, and am avidly watching for the next in the series next year. I've also given away 2 copies of the first three books because I think they are such a good read!Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16522730218120161964noreply@blogger.com