03-27-2007, 04:57 AM
Quote:Heh, my first thought when seeing this list was "anything but Salvatore".
I started reading with Dragonlance Chronicles. The reading is much simpler than LotR or Dune if your just trying to get her started off, and has a fairly good story too, but I've read better. The next trilogy in the series, Legends, is pretty awesome, but without reading the original trilogy, you'd be missing out on a lot of back story between some of the main characters. I also enjoyed the Dark Sword trilogy and Death Gate Cycle series. Some of the other books I've read have had some truly deep and engaging moments, stories of epic proportions in the fantasy genre, but these stories are not for beginning readers of fantasy novels, as the depth and intricy of these stories might actually be a detraction to an only mildly interested party. This is why I don't recommend Lord Of The Rings or Dune to start... But who know, I've been wrong before :P.
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