Furries! discussion

Hey sexies!!!!
I'm a new draggy and would like to explore my surroundings, meet new furends! I am new to this website and of course this group. A leading paw would be great to show me around and in route we can learn to know each other better, yayyy!!! To sum me up, I love to read science fiction and fantasy books. I just love to spend my free times in roleplays and furusiting to spread sexiness to all corners!! Send me a friend request!!! I'd love to hear all about all of ya'll sexies!!!
Sincerly,
The sexy dragon under your bed,
zipzim

Nice to meet you. Just curious, what are your top 3 books?

Science fiction and fantasy are the best! Although I admit I do have a big soft spot for post apocalyptic themes as well. If you like science fiction I recommend Hollow Space: Venture by C.F. Barnes. It has a dragon in it. Like a real fire breathing dragon on a space station. It was weird. But more of an awesome weird.

Hey sexies!!!
I also love science fiction and fantasy books! My favorite! I haven't read much books since I have just recently descovered my liking. However, my top three books would be Speaker for the dead (scott card), legends never die (err, forgot the author : 3), and The golden compass (philip pullman). I will be sure to add hollow space to my to read list. Thanks for the feedback Joseph and Amber. I am so glad to meet new friends!!!
Sincerly,
The sexy dragon under your bed,
zipzim

Ooo Orson Scott Card is pretty amazing. On the fantasy side of things, I highly recommend Patrick Rothfuss' "King Killer Chronicles" though we're still waiting for the third to be released. Anne Bishop's "Black Jewel Trilogy" is great if you can get over the name choices. Brent Week's "Night Angel Trilogy" is phenominal, though can be quite heart wrenching and the ending's not the best. Although Jim Butcher is better known for "Dresden Files", I much prefer his "Codex Alera" series. John C. Wright's "Chronicles of Chaos" is a gorgeous mix of sci-fi, fantasy, and just a dash of mythos. If you enjoy a completely different take on different mythos, Piers Anthony's "Incarnations of Immortality" series is really good, but can get confusing with just how interwoven the different storylines can get.

And that's about all I can think of off the top of my head X3

Amber wrote: "Science fiction and fantasy are the best! Although I admit I do have a big soft spot for post apocalyptic themes as well. If you like science fiction I recommend Hollow Space: Venture by C.F. Barne..."

Four words: Robert McCammon's "Swan Song". Don't let the synopsis fool you. It's not nearly as silly as it sounds. It's a long book, but the pages fly by with how engaging the storyline is. So much love for that book.

I won't fault Card's Ender books as being interesting. At least the first. However I personally can't stand the man and his behavior to the LBGT community. Other than that hmmm. I'm a big fan of Brandon Sanderson for fantasy, with Alastair Reynolds my top for sci-fi.

Card is definitely one of those cases where it's best to separate the author from the books, as long as they're not stewing in his personal opinion on the subject. Admittedly, it's been years since I read the first four, so I'd have to revisit them to see if they are. I still love the first one though.

I'm embarrassed to say I've yet to read Sanders x.x I keep forgetting to look for him when we make our trips to the book store.

Sanderson is amazing. Honestly, the Mistborn trilogy box set alone. So good.

I have a lot of series that are on my to read list. Some of them are the Xanth series (piers anthony), Welkin Weasels (Garry Kilworth), Redwall (brian Jacques), Lord of the rings series (tolkien), genesis of shannara (terry brooks), game of thrones (george Martain), and pern series (anne mccaffrey). I will add the books mentioned to my reading list. Lots of great books (so you say, i take your word for it) to add to my lists. Are the series I have mentioned any good? Are the authors any good in your opinions? I am also in search for some dragon series. But dragon series that are strictly dragons, no people. Well, it can have people just as long as the dragons have power over the people (such as the xenocide of the human race). I can't stand the thought of a dragon under the influence of someone. Dragon slayers do not exist, the dragons are the slayers!!! RAWR!!! -cough- sorry, I think I got a bit emotional in this message... Anyhoo, can't wait to hear back from all ya'll sexies again!!! ^.=.^

No idea if a purely Dragon series exists. But I use to read Xanth, and found the early novels rather fun. Sadly like much of Anthony's work the longer time went on the creepier and less humorous the material became. For me when they came out the Xanth computer game the series had kinda hit bottom.

Orson Card is such an obnoxious throwback that I will not read anything more he has written. Even borrowing it from the library encourages them to buy his books.

Your other series sound good, Zipzim. I would add the Chanur books by C. J. Cherryh, certainly. (Furry aliens, notably a lion-like species.) Also books by David Clement-Davies, especially The Sight and Fell (wolves.)

I'm working on a book myself where dragons rule over everything. Sometimes kindly sometimes... not so much. no idea when I'll finish it but it will be finished at some point. I also recommend the Wereworld series by Curtis Jobling.

I'll put the Mistborn trilogy on my To-read and probably start with that then :3 Thank you.

I read "Yon Ill Wind" by Piers Anthony and just didn't read anymore of the Xanth novels after that >.> It was probably one of his later works, because the over-all story-arc and ending was about as depressing as it could get.

The Shannara series is pretty cool. I actually first heard about it through the old computer game years ago, "Sword of Shannara", and it was one of my favorites for a good long time. I even enjoyed reading the book after playing through the game a few times, though I never read any of the others.

When you read LotR, be prepared for quite a few changes from the movie, especially the ending. The books end very differently, completely changing the whole point of the story. It's not a bad ending either, and my wolf still laments to this day the exclusion of it.

GoT is very non-apologetic, so be sure you're in the right headspace for a whole lot of death and pain. If you've been watching the show at all, then you already know that, despite seeing a human for a mother, the dragons in it are pretty freakin' amazing.

Pern series I've heard is really great for dragon lovers, though I never got into them myself.

One more recommend would be the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I only got through the first few books, but they were really engrossing and interesting. I imagine the rest of the series won't disappoint either :3

Also, you might want to google FurPlanet and Rabbit Valley since they are strictly furry publishers. You migth get some great dragon stories poking around those sites. Amazon also has an entire 'Furry' genre, if you have an e-reader.

Altivo wrote: "Orson Card is such an obnoxious throwback that I will not read anything more he has written. Even borrowing it from the library encourages them to buy his books.

Your other series sound good, Zipz..."

Most of the libraries I used to go to worked solely off of donated books, which meant no one profited from me checking them out. Could also try used book stores. Far as I know, nothing gets back to the author or publisher through that either, and benefits organizations bringing books to those who can only afford so much :3 That way you can have your cake (enjoy the stories of his that are actually enjoyable) and eat it too (not giving him one penny of your money).

Well, I don't know where you live, Laura, but I'm a professional librarian. Most public libraries do indeed purchase books for their collections as well as accepting donated books in good condition. When there is demand for a particular author, we will order copies of their new books as soon as they come out, and of course we pay for those and the author does in fact get some percentage. The library I work for currently has money from a small percentage tax on property owners in our district, and a larger amount of money from endowments going back a hundred years and more. A lot of that goes to maintain the building, pay the staff and the utilities, but a certain amount does indeed go to the purchase of new books and magazines.

Altivo wrote: "Well, I don't know where you live, Laura, but I'm a professional librarian. Most public libraries do indeed purchase books for their collections as well as accepting donated books in good condition..."

Ah kay. Sorry, most of my knowledge of libraries comes from the time I was volunteering at a small town one in the mountains. It makes sense larger ones would have a much different way of having to run things. That's really cool though that you guys can order new books :3

Used book stores might still be an option though at least. I imagine they work a lot like a pawn shop or Gamestop, at least in the purchasing and used selling department.

Yes, in a used book store you aren't paying any royalty to the author. Like the library, though, it means someone else paid the royalty. I just feel that there are plenty of better people writing good books, so I can do without Card.

Card is fine, but like Altivo I dislike the man. So I don't wish to sponsor him.

Oh. There IS a good Dragon book but it has human characters. Less Dragon hunting more Dragon politics and YA romance.