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| Books & Authors Recommended and not so recommended reading. |
05-11-2008, 06:56 AM
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My favorite fantasy books (don't read much si-fi)
LOTR - It's the best book i've ever read
Wheel of time by Robert Jordan
Harry potter
The books by Robin Hobb, though I didn't really like them, they were very good. Same goes for George Martin
The name of the wind by Patrick Rothfuss - It's the best book I've read in a long time.
I've read also most of the David Eddings books (the last I read was book 2 of his new series, which disgusted me in a way I can't even discribe) but the only book really worth reading were the belgariad/malorean.
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05-21-2008, 02:21 PM
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For fantasy I would have to say John Marco's trilogy: Eyes of God, Devil's Armor, and I forgot the other one!
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05-24-2008, 04:20 AM
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For sci-fi, I have to say that Philip K Dick's short stories are right up there with Ender's game.
And for fantasy, I personally found the Earthsea trilogy pretty good.
But of course, LOTR is still the top fantasy.
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05-24-2008, 05:19 PM
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For fantasy: yes, LotR, and i like Terry Brooks.
For Sci Fi: Black Library actually, but only select authors like Dan Abnett and Graham McNeill.
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05-29-2008, 04:54 AM
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All the Steven Erikson books are brilliant. They are mind bogglingly panoramic. You can just lose your self in the worlds that he has created and the characters are well formed and believable.
As for sci-fi well it has to be Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick and Isaac Asimovs Foundation Series and his robot novels
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05-30-2008, 03:58 PM
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Not a big fan of sci-fi here but for fantasy I'm a big fan of David Gemmell's Rigante, Drenai and Troy books.
I find Joseph Delaney's Wardstone Chronicles is good for a light read as well
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06-11-2008, 06:17 AM
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Alistair Reynolds' books for sci-fi-uniformly good, most are excellent-Revelation Space, Chasm City, Redemption Ark, Century Rain in particular are very well-written, with evolving characters, involving plotlines, and intriguing ideas. Another recommendation would be The Best of Cordwainer Smith and his novel Norstrilia.
The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss, is a very good recent fantasy offering, set in a non-Tolkienesque environment. I'd also recommend Pratt and DeCamp's The Compleat Enchanter.
Could go on for pages and pges but I'll stop there.
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