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Fashina86
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LOTR, HP, and Narnia are my favorites on the list. But* The Enchanted Forest Series* is also great!
Dude, while I consider many parts of the Bible to be fantastical (not necessarily in a bad way!), I’ve gotta tell you that the KJV version is my absolute favorite… I love the language, phrasing, etc., I think it’s easily the most beautiful and noble version out there… Okay, now everybody get mad at me!..You forgot to add the King James Version of the Bible to your list.![]()
Yep, I love the “Song of Fire and Ice” series, and just about anything by George R.R. Martin. Personally, I like the sex parts, but I’m a bit of a lecherous old (well, 44 old) fart anyway!I’m on my second run through the current books in the Song of Fire and Ice series. Great stuff.
The only thing stopping me from recommending them to others is the sex that appears from time to time. It’s the only thing that hurts the books IMHO.
Excellent. Tough reading because it is such a drastically different reality. Getting meaning out of it is rewarding.C.S. Lewis sci-fi trilogy: *Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, *and That Hideous Strength.
…Spare me, now Kathy Kurtz is preaching the “gospel of the devil”? How about this… who in the hell cares what the Protestants and/or Baptists have to say? I certainly don’t!!!Having read Katherine Kurtz as a college student / young adult, I loved her writing. . . but now I’m not so sure – the stories and style are great, but the mixture of Catholicism and magic I find distressing. If Harry Potter – obviously just a fun fantasy romp with zero to say about the Church – is problematic in the Catholic Church, then Katherine Kurtz is more insideous, for she mixes the truths of the church with magic so that the border is muddied. I’ve met too many Protestants who could say, “There, see, the Catholic Church is just magical thinking and supersitition.” LOTR, Lewis’ Space Trilogy and, yes, the Half Blood Prince are on my nightstand (which is after all the true test of what I really read!!!)
Kaygee, I rather doubt that a protestant of any stripe would recognize that the “magic” incantations in the Deryni series are Latin. Dogma in fantasy is rather an oxymoron, don’t you think? I really do not think that Ms. Kurtz is deliberately trying to do anything other than write novels and sell them. When I read fantasy, I recognize it for what it is - fantasy. It has absolutely no bearing on my Catholic faith. On the other hand, that great fantasy - the Left Behind series left me speechless. I read the first book and the first book only - it was that offensive to me. If a protestant finds the Deryni books offensive, fine. Don’t read anymore. We all have that option.Having read Katherine Kurtz as a college student / young adult, I loved her writing. . . but now I’m not so sure – the stories and style are great, but the mixture of Catholicism and magic I find distressing. If Harry Potter – obviously just a fun fantasy romp with zero to say about the Church – is problematic in the Catholic Church, then Katherine Kurtz is more insideous, for she mixes the truths of the church with magic so that the border is muddied. I’ve met too many Protestants who could say, “There, see, the Catholic Church is just magical thinking and supersitition.” LOTR, Lewis’ Space Trilogy and, yes, the Half Blood Prince are on my nightstand (which is after all the true test of what I really read!!!)
I’m 100% with this one, but that’s partly because those are the only two on the list I’ve read.I said Lord of The Rings, because it is best. But I would have to agree with the Harry Potter fans that it is pretty good. It is a second placer.