I'm a guy who loves stories. So here's a list of my fav tales: (books, series  that I  really  like). 
 

 Note: this isn't a ranking scheme. All the taleshere are equal in my eyes. (Of course you  might say my choices are trash. Feel free. I like them anyway):

 

 Animorphs: a fifty-four part series by K.A Applegate, along with a host of other supplementary books. It all adds up
                         to about 60 books of science-fiction at its peak.
 
                         The story revolves around the Animorphs, a band of kids who are given the power to morphs into any                          living creature by a dying Andalite prince named Elfangor. Earth is being taken over the Yeerks, a race of                          parasitic slug-like creatures that interface with the brain and take it over.                  
                       
                        Another aliens-take-over-earth story? No. What you see here is a deep and massive story that shows the                          terrible engine of war. You get the feeling: real people, real lives fighting for their freedom while greater
                         almighty beings play terrible games in the higher planes of existence. A definite MUST read.

                         Click here to learn more. To download Animoprhs goto www.animorphsforum.com (or go torrent!)
  
                                      

 

 The Avatar: Undoubtedly one of the greatest modern tales. An Emmy-award winning cartoon series from Nickelodean, the Avatar is seriously the best cartoon ever designed. Here's what Wikipedia has to say:

Avatar: The Last Airbender takes place in a wondeful fantasy world that is home to humans, fantastic animals, and supernatural spirits. Human civilization is divided into four nations: the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Air Nomads, and the Fire Nation.

Within each nation exists an order called "Benders," who have the ability to manipulate the element of their nation. The show’s creators assigned each Bending art its own style of martial arts; Waterbending, Earthbending, Firebending, and Airbending.  

Each generation yields one person who is capable of Bending all four elements. This being is referred to as the Avatar, the spirit of the planet manifested in human form. When an Avatar dies, he is reincarnated into the next nation in the Avatar Cycle. (Wikipedia).

The idea alone is a knockout. As the story goes, a hundred years ago and Air Nomad named Aang, age 12, found out that he was

the Avatar. Faced with the responsibilities of stopping an impeding world war, the Avatar fled with his flying bison, Appa. Caught in a storm, Aang was trapped inside a block of ice. 

The result: the world war happened. The Fire Nation attacked and destroyed the Air Nomads, razed the Southern Water Tribe, and is at the walls of the Earth Kingdom. The Avatar awakes from his hundred-year sleep, and it is up to him to halt the destruction of the whole world. And he's still just 12 years old.

But seriously: facts aside, the Avatar is absolutely incredible. Heavily influenced by Japanese and Chinese art and myths, the Avatar passes Harry Potter in originality. A must-see-must-know. Get the series at www.avatarchapters.org/episodes.html. 


His Dark Materials:

No, not just the science. Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials is commonly rated as being a children's novel. The writing style is somewhat childish, but the idea behind the book are not. Underlying the whole trilogy is a myth of creation and rebellion, war and love that strectch over a myriad of fantastic worlds. Wonderful, creative and truly incredible.

The title of the series, His Dark Materials, comes from 17th-century poet John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book 2:

Into this wilde Abyss,
The Womb of nature and perhaps her Grave,
Of neither Sea, nor Shore, nor Air, nor Fire,
But all these in their pregnant causes mixt
Confus'dly, and which thus must ever fight,
Unless th' Almighty Maker them ordain
His dark materials to create more Worlds,
Into this wilde Abyss the warie fiend
Stood on the brink of Hell and look'd a while,
Pondering his Voyage; for no narrow frith
He had to cross.

- Book 2, lines 910–920

Click here to learn more. You can torrent the whole series is you like. Check www.mininova.org / www.isohunt.org.

 

Kieth Laumer: the Bolo series

Incredible S.F: the chronicles of a race a vast, sentient machines of war, the Bolo series is wonderfully addictive and emotional. Without a doubt one of the most touching science ficion series ever. You can almost see these vast supertanks as they fight for their home, their honor, their commanders. Highly recommended, even to anyone who doesn't read S.F. Massive and utterly great.

Get the ebooks > >

 

 


 

 The Merry Gentry series
                                                   by Laurell K. Hamilton

  Interesting. Extremely. A series, a massive tale of magic and supernatural power. Trust me: this is one series you won't be bored with.That's all I need to say. Read it.

PS: Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series is also good. Excellent writer, if you ask me.

         The Journey to the West

  What kind of fantasy fan would I be if I failed to mention The Journey to the West? Undoubtedly one of the oldest, largest fantasy tales around. Written in ancient China, this tale chronicles the quest of the mythological Monkey King and the Tang priest to go to the west for the Buddha's sacred scrolls. Absolutely stunning in its vastness. An absolute must-read for fans of classic Chinese lit. You can download the ebook free. Sure, it has the standard massive-mountain-deep-river-evil monster set, but it's a must.

                The Lord of the Rings

                                           J.R.R. Tolkien

                                                                                     ". . .the English-speaking world is divided into those who                                                  have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them."

                                                                                                                                - The Sunday Times

     There is the book, and then there is the movie. If I had to choose, I'd take both. 

   The tale began as J.R.R. Tolkien, satisfied by the success of his children's fairytale The Hobbit, started to work on a sequel. It took him 16 years, but at the end we have the epic The Lord of the Rings. Contrary to popular belief, the story isn't really a trilogy; it's one massive book that the publishers broke down into 3 volumes. The Lord of the Rings is much more than the movies, although it is the movies that take it to the peaks that LOTR deserves. The book is simply one MASSIVE tale, the greatest of its kind. LOTR is an epic. Its uniqueness lies is how complete the world, Middle-earth, is; everything from languages to spelling to history and fairytales is in here.


The book is so massive, Tolkien gave up on it so many times. It's a massive effort to get through the book but it's worthwhile. The story isn't something that just popped into Tolkien's mind; he had to work on it. You can see the changes in the story; the first parts are dreamy, with the quiant hobbits and their fairy-tale adventures;the next few parts are much grimmer, more puposeful  All I have to say is: it's incredible. LOTR enjoyed massive cult status and still does. At any rate, I'm a fan. 
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