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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'm reading these on your recommend. On the second one now. It's better than the first...
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Glad you're enjoying. In retrospect, the third might be the weakest, but..... Not really. Hell. Maybe the 1st is the weakest , and Therein lies the mystery.
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12-22-2014, 07:58 PM | #423 |
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The third was quite a bit different from the first two. Quentin was quite a bit different, and although it's still his story it was almost like he was a side character. But not, at the same time.
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12-23-2014, 04:14 PM | #426 |
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Thanks. I've read most of what Sanderson's put out. None of the YA stuff.
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12-25-2014, 03:44 PM | #427 |
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Just FYI for everyone:
The kindle version of Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie is on sale on amazon today (Christmas...) for 2.99. I haven't read it, but it won basically every award there is (Hugo, Nebula, British Science Fiction, Locus and Arthur C. Clarke Awards) so I'm going to go ahead and pick it up. A few more other deals today as well, but that's the one that stood out to me... http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link...d_i=1000677541 |
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Amazon has a book called The Mermaid's Sister available for free for its Prime members through the Kindle First benefit. It is a nice little fairy tale fantasy that is a quick enjoyable read. It's technically a YA book but doesn't read like a kid's book.
I also recently finished Gaiman's Neverwhere. I really enjoyed it though it is kind of a typical "fish out of water on a fantasy quest" story. I actually liked it better than American Gods and probably on par with The Anansi Boys. I was wondering if anyone has seen the BBC mini-series that the book was based on? Amazon has it pretty cheap with generally positive reviews, though the main criticism is that the effects are pretty cheap. Currently, I'm reading Brian Keene's Dark Hollow. I planned on following it up with the sequel, Ghostwalk but the bad guy in Dark Hollow has me rolling my eyes, so will have to see if it gets better. |
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I was just now thinking that I'm disappointed that Jack L. Chalker's Well World series was never made into a TV series or a movie franchise. There are ten books in the series. I'd love to see NetFlix pull it off along the lines of HBO's GoT. Or some studio doing it up as a movie franchise with a movie for each book. Same thing for Piers Anthony's Bio of a Space Tyrant series. Anthony was ridiculously prolific, and some of his stuff was just so-so, but his good stuff was really good. There are 6 books in the series but the last book is a retelling from a different point of view. It could be blended back in to make the thing a 5 season series. Now that an Ender's Game movie has been made maybe Card would be open to allow a treatment of Tales of Alvin Maker. I think it would make a great fantasy/western combo for a cable series. This one could get by on a lower budget. I don't really see Ringworld becoming a series. It could be done, and I would love to see the Kzinti on screen, but I don't know if it's workable. |
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I started reading this book called The City and The City. I thought it was Sci Fi, but so far it's reading like a Crime Mystery Story. I'm not far in though, so it may end up being Sci Fi.
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I looked into the Way of Kings series because I've heard great things but apparently it's a planned 10 book series. **** all that.
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Sanderson has become my favorite author. I'm on my third re-read of the Wheel of Time books and just got to Sanderson's first. Nothing against Robert Jordan at all, but man...Sanderson knows how to write a climax like none other.
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