Favorite Fictional World (from books,games,etc)

[montyben101]

Definitely middle earth

[Capt.Joseph Kerbertson]

Camelot and Arthurian legend. Not this bastardization about Arthur being Roman and etc. I'm talking silver castle, a sword of power, knights of the round table... MERLIN. What a beautiful world.

[StrandedonEarth]

Larry Niven's "Known Space" universe, which includes the Ringworld. I think "Tales from Known Space" or "Tales from the Man-Kzin Wars" would make a great TV series.

At the risk of getting flamed, I also like Pern, (Parallel Earth, Resources Negligible) even if some if it doesn't really make any scientific sense.

[Thomas988]

The Northern and Southern kingdoms, the Beyond and pretty much everything else in Kathryn Lasky's "Guardians of Ga'Hoole" and "Wolves of the Beyond" series. Lasky does an incredible job at giving this world its own original culture and history. The characters, too, are so unbelievably realistic is gives the world of Ga'Hoole just that extra sense of awesome.

I highly suggest this series to everyone, if you couldn't tell.

[Beowolf]

You young folk are welcome to go on wild and deadly adventures in Middle Earth or the Star Wars universe. I would have too, until around age 40. Now I'm tired and my choice is Niven's Known Space, after the Teela Brown gene is widespread. "Safe at any Speed" is the only story I know from that time. It's a delightfully boring time of near-immortality, psychic luck, unparalleled luxuries and widespread peace.

Second choice: Spider Robinson's Starmind. The 3rd book in the Stardancer trilogy.

Third: Planet Chiron from Hogan's "Voyage From Yesteryear". They don't have mortality whipped, though. Can I mix in the biological sciences from Varley's Eight Worlds?

Which reminds me, I can also answer for my best friend: He wants to be a symb from Varley's Eight Worlds. Symbs are a merger between a human and a genetically-designed "plant". They live in deep space, anywhere from Earth's orbit out to Saturn's, and only come together to breed or trade for the micro-nutrients they can't get from photosynthesis. Similar to Stardancers but without the telepathic group mind.