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Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Only Thread
There is a great thread in the lounge about Books in general, but to be honest, all I really want to read is Sci-Fi (including post-apocalyptic), and Fantasy.
In this OP I will compile every poster's top 3 Fantasy/SciFi suggestions if they give me them. I will try to keep the posters in alphabetical order in case you want to find someone's suggestions easier. CP POSTER SUGGESTIONS Baby Lee 1. Fritz Lieber's Swords Against series. 2. George R.R. Martin's SoIaF series [no brainer that will probably make tons of other lists] 3. Umberto Eco, Foucalt's Pendulum [a little more obscure/forgotten to make up for GRRM] Frosty 1.Raymond Feist - Riftwar Saga 2.Terry Brooks - Shannara series (starting with the Knight of the Word books) 3.Tad Williams - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Huffmeister (1) Dune - Frank Herbert (2) The Stand - Stephen King (1000+ page unabridged) (3) Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein (checkout the song by Yes, too. lots of great bass) Jawshco 1. "Book of the Long Sun" by Gene Wolfe 2. "Paradise War" by Stephen R Lawhead 3. "The Dragonbone Chair" by Tad Williams listopencil 1. Edgar Rice Burroughs, any series 2. Robert Heinlein, everything he has written in chronological order (but read Starship Troopers first) 3. Doc Smith's Lensman series vailpass 1. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1, 2A & 2B books are a gold mine for sampling the evolution of sci-fi. (below) 2.The Nebula Awards and Hugo Awards (selected yearly, pick a year) 3. Years Best SF Annual publication, pick any volume from 1 to the current volume 17 See Post 142 Last edited by Buck; 03-25-2012 at 12:56 PM.. |
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i haven't read many in this genre, but this was really good: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_Earth_(novel))1050 pages
I also liked Dune and the 7 books that kinda round out the series -I Am Legend - Richard Matheson: i thought this was very good. the most recent movie version did a horrible job |
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Plague of the Dead and Thunder and Ashes by Z.A. Recht. They're a part of the Morningstar Saga, basically about a zombie outbreak. It's been a couple years since I read them but they were pretty entertaining from what I remember.
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Day by Day Armageddon - J.L. Bourne
I thought this book and its sequel were better than WWZ and The Walking Dead.
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I don't read much SciFi beyond Star Wars, Star Trek, and Doctor Who books. But I love all if Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Dirk Gently books. I'm a tepid fan of Asimov - I liked I, Robot; but got bored with the foundation series. Anything by Bradbury is great. Gene Wolfe is a fun writer to read- the dude writes in his own odd language-the Book of the Long Sun is a good one to try. I read Battlefield Earth before that crap movie came out, and before I knew about L Ron Hubbard's bizarre religion, but I thought that book kicked anus when I first read it. I have a ton of favorite Fantasy books. I'll just list the first few I can think of : Albion Song series- Stephen R. Lawhead. Dark Tower Series, The Talisman, The Stand, The Eyes of the Dragon- Stephen King. Light Fantastic (Discworld series) - Terry Pratchett Song of Ice and Fire series - George RR Martin. Memory, Sword, and Sorrow series - Tad Williams The Lies of Locke Lamora- Scott Lynch Wheel of Time series - Robert Jordan The Dresdin Files series - Jim Butcher |
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Dune is on my must read list, I forgot to mention it.
Great recommendations guys. Quikies, I'm somewhat interested in horror. Do you have a short horror novel you could recommend? Sci-Fi horror would be cool. Something like that movie Sunshine. Jaws, I'm over 50% in. |
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The Stand.
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The Stand, definitely. Just be sure to get the unabridged 1000+ page version.
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Game of Thrones is pretty damn good but Hitchhikers Guide is freaking incredible. One of my favorite reads ever.
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I'd recommend "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress", and "Time Enough For Love" rather than "Methuselah's Children". And then I'd recommend that you read every book he wrote anyway.
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Dune chronicles by Frank Herber, havn't ever read them but I thought Dune was a good movie so the books should be good too.
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I haven't read I, Robot, but Asimov's Foundation series was pretty great, you might throw those in somewhere.
And when you read the Dune series..just..forget there's a 7th one.
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