Taken a strange turn in terms of entertainment

[freshage]

Hello,

 

I am a avid gamer, have always been. Recently I decided to finally push my self away and read more, I read a few books before. Such as a trilogy from Garth Nix, some of the usual stuff from Stephen King and a few other fantasy world set books from Oxfam when on holiday.

 

Anyway! So, I am looking for something to really spark my imagination this weekend. I live on my own so get the perfect setting for reading a book (total silence!).

 

I want a book based around magic, dungeons and dragons, a fantasy world nothing like our own.

 

I love getting lost in another land in my mind, can anyone recommend such a book?

 

Not Harry Potter! I love those books but have already gone through their crisp white pages with a wet finger tip many a time.

 

Thanks

[Raven]

Have you read The Lord of the Rings? I'd say it's the best place to start!

[Hayley]

You might already know this as a gamer but there's a few books based on games. I know there's one for fable and for assassins creed. I imagine there's more but these are the only two I've seen in shops.

 

Also have you tried Terry Pratchett's Discworld series?

[poppy]

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman books are based on Dungeons and Dragons (they helped invent them). Although I'm not a gamer, I really enjoyed their books. They write a lot of series, so if you get into one of their fantasies, you have plenty of entertainment ahead to look forward to.