Tribe.net. Local Connections Yseult http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#4c9ca3a3-29f1-467b-bbcf-66234907245d 2009-11-26T04:40:13Z 2009-11-26T04:40:13Z

Yup - it does depend on how you define fantasy v. Sci-Fi Fantasy uses imaginary worlds and mystical creatures within its storyline. Familiar characters of fables and mythology such as princes and princesses, knights, dragons, giants, faeries, goblins, gnomes, wizards, and witches often show up in this genre. Magic, spells, swords and sorcery, supernatural powers, talking animals, and fanciful kingdoms are welcomed stereotypes. Rooted in make-believe rather than science. Common fantasy themes include quest for precious objects, rescuing damsels in distress, and battles against discernable good and evil. Science fiction incorporates various types of science into its story, settings, characters and the challenges that they must overcome. Scientific details, facts, and rules are either adhered to or broken, but either way, they contribute to the contextual storyline as well as the world created within the novel. Science becomes a character itself. Sci-Fi utilizes scientific elements based in reality often stretching the bounds of known scientific laws and discoveries, and thus, science fiction sometimes incorporates both science and fantasy into its fictional world. First fantasy book - why Dr. Seuss of course! Don't remember the exact order of the others... C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels Mary Stewart, Merlin series/Arthurian Saga (The Crystal Cave, Hollow Hills, Last Enchantment, Wicked Day) J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit and LoTR trilogy Vardis Fisher, Testament of Man series Jean M. Auel, Earth's Children series Anne Rice, Vampire books Jennifer Rardin, Jaz Parks series J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter Series which turned my eye toward fantasy written for children and young adults...which is what I'm writing and includes: Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga L.J. Smith's Nightworld series Melissa Marr, Wicked Lovely, Fragile Eternity Maggie Steifvater, Lament, Ballad, Shiver and the more Sci-Fi Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games, Catching Fire

Yseult 2009-11-26T04:40:13Z Ashley http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#cf544cba-090b-4efc-892a-05e1c2b89498 2009-04-16T08:45:26Z 2009-04-16T08:45:26Z

I believe my first was Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman. Read that in 4th grade after I went through all the fairy tale books in my school library. Twice.

Ashley 2009-04-16T08:45:26Z nigel http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#5655aea8-d5ca-47f7-a402-a0b8ce8d5610 2009-04-16T08:00:55Z 2009-04-16T08:00:55Z

Like Achbar I started with Robert Howard. I friend pushed a copy of Conan the Avenger into my sweaty palm. I still remember the joy of 'the head hit the floor with a meaty slap'.

nigel 2009-04-16T08:00:55Z Br. Katana of Reasoned Discussion http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#35087d51-53c6-4026-83b7-564152fead41 2008-08-23T10:40:01Z 2008-08-23T10:40:01Z

I think it was JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH, by Dahl...at least that's the earliest book I remember reading.

Br. Katana of Reasoned Discussion 2008-08-23T10:40:01Z Roz http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#e7eb61ba-b9df-4d8b-bc40-134a5082f57b 2008-08-21T23:35:04Z 2008-08-21T23:35:04Z

What stands out most as my "beginning obsession in fantasy books" is The Blue Adept series by Piers Anthony. Then I went through and read everything I could get my hands on by him.

Roz 2008-08-21T23:35:04Z -ty http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#d32173f6-30e2-4e6a-b897-82421c782e67 2008-03-25T22:10:33Z 2008-03-25T22:10:33Z

the Phantom Tollbooth

-ty 2008-03-25T22:10:33Z Belle http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#54109acf-cf25-437b-8808-62b810f3d318 2008-03-19T21:42:04Z 2008-03-19T21:42:04Z

I'm having trouble narrowing down which came first out of all of them. (This is probably because I've been reading voraciously since a very young age - pre-kindergarten.) Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea tales were incredibly influential for me (even to this day, I am a big believer in the Rule of Names and have several use-names and what I consider a truename that only two other people know. Oh, and yeah, I'm a geek, in case there was any question.) The "Wrinkle In Time" series was also one of the first, for sure, and Lloyd Alexander....this is bringing back lots of cool memories!

Belle 2008-03-19T21:42:04Z Achbar http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#464a1b62-b934-4dcb-9e44-6bb86bd9bac7 2008-03-10T22:51:52Z 2008-03-10T22:51:52Z

Mon, March 10, 2008 - 3:47 AM Re: What was your First Fantasy Novel? My 9th grade world cultures teacher assigned Lord Foul's Bane as extra credit- I was blown away! Shocked, and amazed- it was the first time I really encountered the reluctant anti-hero. Just found out about the most recent Thomas Covenant series... will have to check it out. I read this book back in the day. It was Great. The best part is I have met the author at a Scie Fi Convention. This must have been in 1987 or so. Achbar

Achbar 2008-03-10T22:51:52Z Achbar http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#8448b916-ee16-4257-8040-fe8d09d7e698 2008-03-10T22:50:10Z 2008-03-10T22:50:10Z

I rea dhtis Book and loved it. I met the author at a Sci Fi Convention.

Achbar 2008-03-10T22:50:10Z Minderella http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#cbbae69b-cab4-4971-9f16-e0983257eeb8 2008-03-10T14:42:57Z 2008-03-10T14:42:57Z

I think my first fantasy books would have been the Shannara series when I was in 6th grade. I was hooked from that point on.

Minderella 2008-03-10T14:42:57Z Springsage http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#19c2fc86-44e4-47fc-8276-5152dfda9436 2008-03-10T10:47:15Z 2008-03-10T10:47:15Z

My 9th grade world cultures teacher assigned Lord Foul's Bane as extra credit- I was blown away! Shocked, and amazed- it was the first time I really encountered the reluctant anti-hero. Just found out about the most recent Thomas Covenant series... will have to check it out.

Springsage 2008-03-10T10:47:15Z Qatana http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#26d70727-c907-43a8-af24-87f31518da27 2008-03-09T15:06:29Z 2008-03-09T15:06:29Z

I could recite Alice in Wonderland and Lookingglass by the time I was four. Of course they count. Gods, I don't even want to imagine reading Covenant at 12 years old.

Qatana 2008-03-09T15:06:29Z Corin http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#0816c29c-9229-4f60-b1dd-10ff5c7cda51 2008-03-09T09:12:08Z 2008-03-09T09:12:08Z

It depends on how you define fantasy. 6th grade - A Wrinkle in Time more traditional fantasy would be in 7th grade with The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander. My 7th grade teacher would buy books to lend out if he didn't have it in his collection. 7th grade was also the year I pretty much read the most of the popular fantasy "classics" -- Hobbit (didn't actually finish the Ring series till much later), Shannara, Thomas Covenant, Xanth, EarthSea, etc.

Corin 2008-03-09T09:12:08Z Springsage http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#6f2c0ebf-61e3-44d2-a421-fc6a78411960 2008-03-08T12:25:24Z 2008-03-08T12:25:24Z

The Lion the Witch & The Wardrobe- (about 25 years ago)- I loved it! Read the series several times, and a few years later was introduced to Piers Anthony & Susan Cooper... I've never looked back ;)

Springsage 2008-03-08T12:25:24Z Achbar http://fantasybooks.tribe.net/thread/6e82b326-92c5-40d5-b36b-734ba80ef446#8751b691-2fcf-44bd-ac87-987bc6f1659d 2008-03-08T12:20:34Z 2008-03-08T12:20:34Z

Mine ahd to be a series of Books by Robert E Howard. These were the Red Nails books published way back when. I read the Hobbit. It was a good book. I read Lord of the Rings and enjoyed those books as well.

Achbar 2008-03-08T12:20:34Z