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Hmmm, I'm not too sure of zombie-specific books, but a couple of the early books in Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake series featured some excellent zombie scenes (being as she is an animator). Might be worth checking them out. The series begins with 'Guilty Pleasures' and is now on the 12th book!

SD, you've already posted this in a different forum - please do not clog up the forum with multiple posts of exactly the same thing. Most of us check all of the forums and, if we had something to say about this book, we would. Forgive me, but if you get this excited over all books after just...

Egwene? And consider yourself lucky.... I picked up the series when the sixth book had just been published and, because of the long gap between paperbacks, I have read the series four times so far in an effort to keep all the back details fresh as I read the new book!! So now I have nine...

Forgive the title.... What I'm actually after is recommendations for books that principally involve animals a la Watership Down. Has anyone got anything that would cover this and, if so, why are you recommending it?

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...

I think I picked up a poor book then! I read 'Boy Meets Girl' or 'Girl Meets Boy' (can't remember which way round this should be) and thought that it was a poor piece of chick lit. Clumsy storyline, which wasn't helped at all by the method in which the story was conveyed (IM, email, receipts...

I managed to plunge through Cleopatra by Margaret George and found it heavy going right to the end, so I would say that is her writing style. For historical fiction, my favourite is always, and will always be, Sharon Penman. She writes unbelievably good and sprawling tales of past Kings of...

I relate to that Ashlea. With a lot of the fantasy fiction I read, a chapter will signify a jump to a different story within the story (a la George R R Martin) so, with his, I like to finish mid-chapter because I know what I'll be coming back to and I can pick up the threads of the story more...

I have simply loads that are sitting in my TBR pile but keep getting bumped down every time another book by my best-loved authors comes out. Currently, The Gunslinger by Stephen King Tanya Huff's Blood series The latest in McKenna's Einarinn series (although I'm slowly working my way...

I've sometimes wanted to put a book down, but something - morbid curiosity? - makes me continue reading. I guess I always want to give a book that last chance, and sometimes it pays off. There are a number of authors (Stephen Donaldson included) whose books tend to be putdownable until you hit...

I never ever read more than one book at a time. If a person has expended enough effort to complete a novel, then I feel I should expend enough effort to give it my undivided attention.

And there you have two different opinions of the series ;) Basically, I would say to try the first one and make up your own mind (this being, The Eye of the World). Just bear in mind that virtually everyone who has read the series does believe the latter books are not as good as the first...

Erica James writes some quite sweet novels where the sex is referred to, but never explicitly described. I quite liked Douglas Kennedy for this as well. For the first author, try 'The Holiday' and for the second try 'The Pursuit of Happiness'.

I've read all of the Wheel of Time books. I would say that, up to round about the sixth book, they are a really cracking read. The world building is thorough and engaging. The characters hold your interest. And, after the first book, you do get different viewpoints in different chapters a la The...

The original Dragonlance Chronicles (link here for a good copy on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2229&item=7946161808&rd=1 - once again, I'm not the one selling!) were a fairly decent read for someone just kicking off in the fantasy genre. It did suffer from being...

:o :o *blush* Actually, I haven't updated my 'what I'm currently reading' on my profile - I finished A Song of Ice and Fire (well, the 1st three books, anyway) before Christmas. In terms of books you'd enjoy: Probably Terry Brooks - start with A Sword of Shannara David Eddings - start...

I got Sunshine by Robin McKinley; Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson; Angel-Seeker by Sharon Shinn and £20 book tokens. I did really well :)

Ah, don't get me wrong! I am a huge fan of Eddings, Brooks etc - all those who usually get the finger pointed at them when cliche in fantasy is discussed :) However, there is just something that grates about most of Weis and Hickman's work - maybe just the idea that I feel they could be...

Just wanting war novels is a little bit of a stretch for recommendations - I mean, Conn Iggulden has been writing some fantastic war novels (albeit set in Roman times!). And Sharon Penman very effectively writes about war in 'The Sunne in Splendour', which sums up the War of the Roses. Both...

I'm with Wabbit on this one. I find Weis and Hickman pretty trite and clunky. Their dialogue is poor and they usually write very generic fantasy. Check out Diane Wynne Jones' 'A Tough Guide to Fantasyland' to see the cliches inherent in almost all of Weis and Hickman's work. The only thing...