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Those who love the Fantasy genre...

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SoupDragon · 12/02/2009 22:29

Which world would you like to live in? For me it's Pern every time. No matter how many fabulous books I read (and I've read 100s. Maybe 1000s), that is the only world I actually want to go and live in. It may be because of the dragons of course...

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AnnVan · 05/03/2009 10:19

Oh great thread! Um when I was younger I used to fantasise about living on Pern. I used to oretend I was Menolly, surviving on her own in her cave with her 9 fire lizards.
Now - Discworld would be fun to visit (if I could be a witch) But I think my vote goes for the Malazan empire - the women seem to do as well as the men there, and you can ascend to godhood.
The Old Kingdom would be fascinating but a little too populated by Zombies etc.

meridian · 05/03/2009 10:07

I have been reading all together too many urban dark fantasy novels lately.. which are all very simelar to now but with magic to deal with too.. though saying that If I could live in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake or Merry Gentry worlds and obviously have the magic to go with it I would be quite happy.

obviously anywhere else with a more mideveal type landscape would have to live with Elves or dragons.. I need hot water for baths and showers.

Pern is good though most of the time you have to live in a cave and really I need a castle..

I'd really just end up being a scullery maid somewhere or mucking out dragon crap.

wilbur · 25/02/2009 18:49

I'd like to be an Edenist and have a long holiday on the habitat Tranquillity in The Reality Dysfunction (Peter F. Hamilton). Not sure I could live there forever though. More sci-fi than fantasy though. Would love to live at Rivendell with Elrond and co.

TigerFeet · 25/02/2009 18:40

Pern every time

I would be a dragonrider. I know that the girls who impressed green dragons didn't shorten their names, but I think T'Feet has a certain ring to it

iamaLeafontheWind · 25/02/2009 18:36

I love that there are so many votes for Valdemar, one of the few worlds where women are equal. However being a Herald would be too much like hard work, so I'd prefer to live in the Culture instead if that's ok.

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SoupDragon · 16/02/2009 20:36

Now, I want a bronze dragon... which could prove tricky at some point!

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Takver · 16/02/2009 13:40

I would have to go to Annares
But if that isn't fantasy enough, I'd probably choose Valdemar. Even the peasants there seem to get a reasonably good deal

ThePgHedgeWitchIsCrankyBeware · 16/02/2009 12:56

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Stayingsunnygirl · 16/02/2009 12:52

I think I'm in the Pern camp too. I'd either like to be a Queen rider (obviously) or a Harper, or failing that, a Lady Holder.

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nooka · 15/02/2009 19:20

Oh, I loved The Name of the Wind. Can't wait for the next volume. Thing is that most of the worlds are not exactly balanced, and "may you live in interesting times" is a curse after all. I mean I love George R R Martin, but what an appalling world to live in (or at least what a terrible time to live through). I wouldn't mind meeting some of the heros from my books, I just don't want to live there! Few of them mention high quality obstetric care or good opticians for a start, so it would be fairly likely I'd be dead there.

TrillianAstra · 15/02/2009 17:44

Fantasy worlds never seem to have very good plumbing. This is a problem for me.

I guess if I could be rich (and able to travel, and preferably able to channel) I wouldn't mind giving the world of the Wheel of Time a go.

RustyBear · 15/02/2009 17:39

"Discworld is a bit two-dimensional" Are you speaking literally or metaphorically there fishie?

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squilly · 15/02/2009 13:56

Reality...Gaiman's too scary for me. Though I wouldn't mind living in Stormhold, but only if Tristran and Yvaine were king & queen (film, rather than book based opinion, though I did love the book too).

I wonder if I could live in his Graveyard setting. I quite like the idea of the town's dance with the residents. Very intriguing.

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squilly · 15/02/2009 12:35

In science fantasy you don't have to wear silver catsuits. Hence my penchant for fantasy rather than fiction. I'm much better at the busty wench at the bar type outfits, as long as they cover the thighs!

My favourite place to live would have to be the university town where Kvothe lives, Patrick Rothfuss's creation in The Name of the Wind.

Alternatively, it would have to be Discworld, but I'm sure I'd end up in the Shades or next to the River Ankh...not an appealing thought.

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SoupDragon · 14/02/2009 21:38

In Science Fiction you have to wear silver catsuits though, which can be rather unflattering

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nooka · 14/02/2009 19:54

The trouble with a lot of fantasy is that it is set in feudal type worlds where the lot for women is fairly pants. Fun to read, but not to live, I think. Also there is usually a fair amount of peril going on (which obviously keeps you turning the pages) which I wouldn't really like in my life. Looking at my shelves I don't think I'd like to live in any of those worlds! I think Science Fiction probably offers better alternatives.

KatyMac · 14/02/2009 19:32

I thought this would be a much busier thread

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SoupDragon · 13/02/2009 22:23

Oooh, Valdemar has its merits... but only if I could have a big white horse

I'd quite fancy being one of Jennifer Roberson's Cheysuli actually. I've not thought of them for ages.

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differentCupID · 13/02/2009 21:28

Pern, I'd live in the harper world.

fishie · 13/02/2009 21:21

hmm maybe a ranyhyn in the land. sunnydale but i might have been eaten. i do quite fancy wherever the abhorsen was.

discworld is a bit two dimensional.

madamekoto · 13/02/2009 21:18

Ankh Morpork, every time. Maybe in the shades....

SweetWilliam · 13/02/2009 21:10

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