Fantasy Book Recommendation

[Merlinios]

When you say C.S. Lewis I am guessing you are talking about the Narnia series. Not bad, but I read that when I was about 9, so I would consider that more of a kids book (religious symbolism and whatnot included).

Yep, but since most of the books mentioned here are extremely dense for people who do not like the genre, I thought something a little less time-consuming might be appropriate. Kids books or not, they're still considered "classics".

I didn't mention Dune because 1) it's more sci-fi than fantasy and 2) it can be really, really hard to get into (especially if you have seen either the SciFi Channel's movie verison or the original move version). Not a bad read, but I dunno if I would point a beginning fantasy reader in that direction. But that's just me.....

I fully agree. I just really, really, REALLY like Dune. (Could you tell?)

--me