From: mp17@RULHP1.LEIDENUNIV.NL
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: Recommendation wanted: Books about magicians
Date: 15 Dec 92 09:09:07 GMT

In an earlier posting I asked for recommendations on books about magicians.
Listed below are the responses I received by e-mail.
To all who contributed: Thanks!

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 > From: "Scaramouche" <fks1@midway.uchicago.edu>

 > the series that begins with _master of the five magics_ is a good one.
 > the deathgate cycle bunch of books (_fire sea_,_elven star_,etc..) hints
 >   of some very interesting magic, but i can't quite remember if its
 >   used often

 > Scaramouche
 > felix

I have read all of these, but had forgotten about them until I read this
message... The full titles are:

"Master of the five magics",
"Secret of the sixth magic",
"Riddle of the seven realms", all by Lyndon Hardy.
Highly recommendable if you want to read about magic.

The Deathgate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman:
Dragonwing, Elvenstar, Firesea, Serpent mage, and I believe 4 more are
forthcoming.
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 > From: Otto Delen <bidelen@cs.few.eur.nl>

 > Read the following books (series), MAGIC plays an important role in all
 > these books, Raistlin is still my favorite character in all fantasy
 > books:
 > Dragonlance series: 
 > - Legends (Trilogy)
 > - Chronicles (Trilogy)
 > The rest of the Dragonlance serie isn't worth reading and spending your 
 > money on.

 > David Eddings:
 > - The Belgariad
 > - The Malloreon
 > - The Elenium
 > - and another serie is forthcoming, the first of the three is released
 > last September.
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 > From: Jim Gillogly <jim@mycroft.rand.org>

 > "So you want to be a wizard", by Diane Duane.  Subsequent books (so far) in
 > the series are "Deep Wizardry" and "High Wizardry".  One of my favorite
 > books, although it's written to be interesting to more youthful readers.
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 > From: solovay@netcom.com (Andrew M. Solovay)

 > Essential books: Ursula LeGuin's "Earthsea Trilogy", being "A
 > Wizard of Earthsea," "The Tombs of Atuan," and "The Farthest
 > Shore".

 > There's a lot of magic in Tolkien, but magicians aren't the main
 > characters. Still, if you haven't read "The Hobbit" and "The Lord
 > of the Rings", you should.
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 > From: mwd3@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew W. Dempsey)

 >     How about THE LORD OF THE RINGS(Gandalf)?  He was really prominent 
 > throughout the whole trilogy.
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 > From: REBECCA@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Rebecca Drayer)

 > Have you tried _Demon Blues_ by Esther Friesner?  It's actually the second
 > book in a series; the first one has more to do with demons than magic.

 > The second one is about the son of a demon and a mortal; his mom's talent
 > for magic was passed along to him, and he becomes a magician. (Ohe reason
 > why I liked it so much was that he was a freshman at Yale.  :-))

 > Both _Here Be Demons_ (the first book) and _Demon Blues_ were very good,
 > very funny, and are highly recommended.
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 > From: jdschnitzer@mv.com (Jeff Schnitzer)

 > I don't read much fantasy, but I think the Discworld series by
 > Terry Pratchett is hilarious.  Most of it deals with an inept
 > wizard and what happens around him.  I like all of the series
 > but prefer the earlier books (perhaps because they were fresher
 > to me).  In approximate order of publication:

 > The Colour of Magic
 > Equal Rites
 > The Light Fantastic
 > Mort
 > Wyrd Sisters
 > Sourcery
 > Pyramids
 > Moving Pictures
 > Guards! Guards!
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 > From: James Farrell <jfarrell@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>

 > Well, you can't get much more magical than David Eddings.
 > Try "The Belgariad" (5 books,I can give titled if requested)
 >     "The Mallorean" (ditto, series after Belgariad)

I have read all of them already... :-)
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Thanks again,
Simon.
(mp17@rulhp2.LeidenUniv.nl)