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SLot Dave

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Back 20 years ago (when I was young and freeeeeeeeee) I avidly devoured any Piers Anthony I could get my hands on. Then, almost overnight, I lost complete interest in anything he wrote. I loved the first three Xanth novels but haven't read anything past Nightmare. The first three Adept (?) books but couldn't get into the next series. Over the years, I've tried to pick up the odd PA book and haven't finished any of them. And trying to read the earlier stuff, I have little to no enthusiasm since it doesn't really catch me, now.

Similar, I had the same thing happen with the Dragonlance books and FASA's Shadowrun books.

I wonder why they don't captivate me any more.
 
On the General Discussion forum, someone mentioned in passing that often they know when the right time to read a book is and I would agree with this. Some books just 'fit' your particular mood or your lifestyle at the time. Some books suit you better when you're younger or older and some are timeless.

For me, the Dragonlance books are a big no-no now, as is a series by Antony Swithin. Both I read at about 14 years of age, but I struggle to find anything of use in them now.

Books that I had to wait until I was older to appreciate and really read properly are the Duncton books by William Horwood.

And finally, Watership Down (technically not a fantasy book, although talking rabbits will stretch the bounds of credibility in real life!) is a timeless book for me that I can read over and over.
 
I had the same thing happen with Stephen King, I read all I could get my hands on and then one day after the Dark Half, never picked up another one. I might reread Christine or Firestarter one day, but right now the only one I own is The Eye of the Dragon, which is fantasy and completely different than everything else he's written.
 
I used to read alot of Cornelia Funke (In Italian). She was a prettu awesome writer, put besides that fact I had to learn Italian to read her books. (Which i was planning on learning ayways in High School)
 
When I was a kid I pretty well lived in books. If I wasn't in the middle of a book it was because I was on my way to the bookshelf to put up the one I just finished and get a new one. As far as books I grew from or grew me or whatever? C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia was great for me as a kid. I hold that series responsible for me reading as much fantasy as I do. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle is another goodie. There is one quote from a fantasy book that I always thought of when things were sucky. "Sometimes you can't do anything about something that sucks." Guardians of the Flame. That was a sanity helper.

Hmmm...

I have read Where The Red Fern Grows I don't know how many times. So many that my copy has disintegrated. I can't for the life of me remember the author.
 
It's by Wilson Rawls.

I used to read a lot of books about horses, but now the only thing I can stand that deals with horses is Dick Francis.
 
marlasinger said:
^Ashlea, have you read his Dark Tower series? If you enjoyed The Eye of the Dragon, you may enjoy that. :)
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I haven't. Haven't been keeping up, either, is he done with it? I'm not starting any more series until the author is done. Too irritating. :p
 
^Yus, he has finally finished. :D A very good ending too, IMO. :D Though I have to say that I didn't like the last 3 books as much as I enjoyed the first 4. :rolleyes:
 
horatio hornblower and tarzan i read them all the time, still like hh but not as much as when i was nine or ten.
 
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I was also a really big piers Anthony fan as a lad... Hooked big time on the Xanth Series... I guess that series and the Adept series by him are very childish though puns and puns and puns.

Ummm Dean Koontz is an author that I just can't get enough of I read coldfire when I was 15 and Still love it and all his works... yeah...
 
I really enjoyed his 'Incarnations' series (is that the same as the Adept one?)

I outgrew Robin Hood. I loved it as a child, but when I picked it up again as an adult, I was annoyed by the lack of characterization and subplots. Pity. Dawning intelligence ruined a perfectly good memory... :(
 
Though not science fiction/fantasy, the only books I can categorically say I've grown out of are romance novels. When I was in my mid-teens, I started reading Harlequin Romance books and after devouring about a dozen or so (I'm a slow learner), realized they were all the same. Basically the same plot, just different names and locations. Never again.

As for science fiction, I don't think it's so much growing out of anything, but finding other authors or series more interesting.
 
SLot Dave said:
Similar, I had the same thing happen with the Dragonlance books and FASA's Shadowrun books.

I wonder why they don't captivate me any more.
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Its not that Ive outgrown Dragonalnce and Forgotten Realms, but I think that the fact that they just keep coming and coming and every month they seem to be doubling the book realeases, and theres no way you can keep up. Most of the books you cant get at the library, and you have to buy them. But to keep up with all of them and buy them all is like supporting a drug habit every month.
 
When I was in second grade my favorite book was The Ordinary Princess, I still reread it often. What is really wonderful is that I have discovered that the same author who wrote my favorite as a seven year old also has written for adults. And now I am reading the Far Pavillions and I can enjoy her writing all over again.
 
Jean M Auel.

Loved her when I was about 14. When her new book came out, I realised why. I read some of it aloud to he who smells nicely after showering and he said "That's kids speaking, right?" and I answered "No". He said "Put it away then!" and I did.
 
I have grown out of "Enid Blyton" if that counts :D
I used to read a lot of her books when I was a kid. I just loved her book.
Now, I have lost all interest in her books. Its natural, considering that I am not a kid anymore. :cool:
 
I grew out of the Dragonlance books - except for the ones by Margaret Weis/Tracey Hickman. I still love Raistlin's journey into darkness and Caramon's journey out of it and feel it is a great character story, despite the trappings of typical D&D that plague it at the beginning.

I grew out of the Forgotten Realms books - except for Salvatore's Dark Elf books.

I grew out of Piers Anthony's books, except for I still got some enjoyment last time I read the 1st Adept trilogy, and a few of the incarnations books (like Evil's) I still enjoy.
 
Not sure if I have grown out of any books. I have some pants that I grew out of and there are a number of t-shirts also!
 
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