What's your favorite non-pony story?

Just out of curiosity. Personally, I'm a big fan of Mistborn and The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson.

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[Brony2893]

Disregard my first comment, I misread the blog
*shame*

[Chop2008]

Do Crossovers count if yes then VanDread Wing.

[PoweredByTea]

Good choices. I loved Mistborn but I haven't gotten around to Stormlight yet... I ah, got distracted by these ponies you see.

Favourite story? I don't really know, but Watership Down come to mind as being pretty near the top. I think have the reason I love Skywit's Paradise so much is that it reminds me of Watership Down while being it's own story as well.

[Something Eight]

I'd say the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. I grew up with those books.

[q97randomguy]

Easily the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Ruthfoss. Before reading them it was a highly contested position. I would change the top spot pretty often, based on my mood. Now I can say the same series regardless of day.

[Mossflower]

wheel of time series. i was reading game of thrones, and while it was very good ponies stole away my interest as i was about to start on the third book.

[Burning Skyway]

I don't have a favorite story, I have hundreds. the Ringworld Series, Mote in Gods Eye series, love me some Dragonriders of Pern. The Lord of the Rings will always have spaces on my bookshelf, as will the Chronicles of Narnia. Nightfall and Footfall, 2001 and the future it entails, and those 'Well that escalated quickly' wonderpulp stories of the Lensmen.

I'd be typing all day if I kept listing stuff off. There's more fantasy in the list than would appear from the initial few, and quite a bit of modern and '10 minutes into the future' type stuff as well.

Books and I go back a long long way. My teacher made me go back and redo a book report in second grade on the Lord of the Rings trilogy on something less complex because there was no way I could have read and comprehended the series at that point, much less written a book report on it. (I had). I don't remember what I did the second report on but it was something she assigned me slightly more advanced than Dr. Seuss. Not that I'm dissing on the good Dr. If I had kids there would be a set of his books on my shelf as well.

(I also recall it was what one would at the time term a 'young girls book'. Not that it bothered me any at the time, but I am a guy so in hindsight it is kind of odd. And mind you, it was certainly no 'FiM'. The only thing I remember for sure was something about exercises and chants about growing breasts.) Way to go Feminism.

[Poco]

right now its a tie between Wheel of Time, Kingkiller Chronicles, and The Dresden Files.

[Meltian]

I'd say Mistborn is one of my favorites. I also quite enjoy the Wheel of Time series.

I'd also say Harry Potter as well.

There's just too many for me to list.

[Gammer14]

I really like the Warriors series. The Rangers Apprentice, and the Outcast series is also good

[Pyrotechnic]

If I were to name all my favorites, this post would be very long indeed. Getting involved in Ponies, I have stopped reading real novels. I liked fantasy for a time, but I read only 3 books that had a gigantic impact on me. Oh I read and enjoyed a lot more then that, but only 3 books have stayed with me long after I read them.

1.The Ruins by Scott Smith.... Oh my god this was the most violent story I had ever read. Most of the time, any violence in books wasn't enough to horrify me. This was shocking, terrifying, and tragic, made all that more so by really good characters and a hugely downer ending. It is extremely slow to build up to anything remotely terrifying, but if you are patient, you can and will get terrified. Movie was ok, but could have been a lot better considering the source material. I had seen the movie before reading the book

2. Infected By Scott Sigler.... This book is a bit odd. It isn't that terrifying if you read it normally. If you listen to this violent horror story, the author narrates his own story and MY does he do a damn fine job doing so. This story is VERY violent in its later half, and if you saw Saw, well it is somewhat similar in its ending. Yeah, something is cut off, but it is a hell of lot worse then a damn foot. It is very upsetting too, and not that happy, but if you like entertainment, then you will enjoy it.

3.Contagious... Same author, and sequel to the first. This story tones down the violence a little but still quite good.

These were the only stories to stick with me and become the scariest books I have ever read/listened to. Now? I just read Ponies like novels didn't actually exist

[Admiral Biscuit]

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My teacher made me go back and redo a book report in second grade on the Lord of the Rings trilogy on something less complex because there was no way I could have read and comprehended the series at that point, much less written a book report on it. (I had).

Oh, that brings back memories. I think I was about when I read the books for the first time. Interestingly enough, I stopped RotK 1/2 way though, 'cause after they threw the ring in Mt. Doom, I figured it was over. It wasn't until a few years later I realized there was a good old-fashioned shire burning that I had missed . . . .

I'll add "Watership Down," "The Deed of Packsanerian" trilogy (probably misspelled), most of Tamora Pierce's books (Bekka Cooper, Protector of the Small, Trickster books are personal favorites), and one of my great inspirations for my own fic, "The High Crusade" by Poul Anderson. "Battlefield Earth" is also pretty good (but the movie sucked), and for a light read with no resolution whatsoever, "The Colorado Kid" by Stephen King.

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