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04-24-2008, 12:34 PM
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Sci Fi and Fantasy Books
Okay, some of my absolute favorite books:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn
The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper
Jerle Shanara trilogy by Terry Brooks
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Johnathon Stroud
anything by the author Terry Pratchett
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04-24-2008, 12:38 PM
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The Xenogenesis trilogy by Octavia Butler
The Dune series by Frank Herbert (not the later work by his son)
The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clark
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany
(I've had to by all of these more than once because I read them thin)
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04-25-2008, 12:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien.
Okay, some of my absolute favorite books:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper Jerle Shanara trilogy by Terry Brooks The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Johnathon Stroud anything by the author Terry Pratchett
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You have excellent taste,  though I've never heard of Icarus Hunt. To this list, I can only add Jim Butcher's works and eventually, I think, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimon. I've read it once, and I think the second time around I will enjoy it more.
Last edited by topper : 04-25-2008 at 12:35 AM.
Reason: needed to add a comma :) & take away one, too!
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04-27-2008, 06:12 PM
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Ha ha ha! I am obsessed with Terry Pratchett, but I think I've read all the ones with Vimes and he's my favorite. Oh, and Vetinari is simply kickass.
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04-27-2008, 07:08 PM
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Sci Fi/Fantasy is my favorite genre, but most of the books I read from it are sort of mediocre... But here's my list... it's depressingly small for someone who professes to enjoy the genre so much.
Belgariad and Mallorean Series -- David Eddings (It's a shame that after that, he just kept on persisting writing the same story...)
The Foundation Trilogy- Isaac Asimov (A big fav in the poli sci crowd)
Howl's Moving Castle - Dianne Wynne Jones (I've read this book so many times that I've had to buy twice, then shook it up a bit and bought it in French)
I have such bizarre taste.
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04-28-2008, 06:36 AM
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LA - the thing your missing with Eddings is that he uses the same archetypes each story but gives them different weaknesses. As I said somewhere before, its more about the underlying philosophy anyway.
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04-28-2008, 09:12 AM
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Well, I liked David Eddings a lot, but there eventually was a lot of repatition. This happens with every series; a loyal band of friends, four to five people; the elf, the dwarf, the woman, the barbarian. It was probably original once upon a time.
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04-28-2008, 07:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien.
Ha ha ha! I am obsessed with Terry Pratchett, but I think I've read all the ones with Vimes and he's my favorite. Oh, and Vetinari is simply kickass.
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Have to say I have Death in my top two, along with Vetinari. There should be more stories about Vetinari.  |
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04-29-2008, 04:59 AM
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The Arthurian Saga books by Mary Stewart.
The four books in the series (in order) are:
The Crystal Cave
The Hollow Hills
The Last Enchantment
The Wicked Day
A bit tedious at times, but overall an amazing read!
Also, I haven't read it, but I've been told that her Merlin trilogy is fantastic as well.
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05-04-2008, 06:59 PM
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LOTR - Tolkein Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (1 & 2) - Stephen Donaldson Neuromancer - William Gibson First three that came to mind....
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05-04-2008, 07:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien.
Ha ha ha! I am obsessed with Terry Pratchett, but I think I've read all the ones with Vimes and he's my favorite. Oh, and Vetinari is simply kickass.
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God, I've read all the night watch books two or three times now. I've read Good Omens three times so far, and that will probably increase as the years go by.
I *heart* Lord Vetinari. He is just so great. I feel bad for him, even though he's a Machiavellian character. He needs to do certain things in order to rule well, and everyone around him is a complete idjut.
Did ya hear that Pratchett has a rare form of Alzheimer's? He's gonna write as long as he can, but it may not be too many more books.  |
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05-04-2008, 09:06 PM
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A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
The Death Gate Cycle (7 books) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
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05-05-2008, 08:24 AM
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Yeah, I've read some of George Martin's books; I like Bran the best, but that's only because one of my own characters has similar characteristics.
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05-05-2008, 09:12 AM
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the Dune trilogy
Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr.
Ursula LeGuin's cool.
Joan Russ, too.
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05-05-2008, 10:35 AM
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I love the sci-fi/supernatural genre. My favourite is Stephen. Being a girl though, means my friends totally disapprove, so I guess it's like a guilty pleasure!!
But I just don't GET Terry Pratchett. His stuff sends me to sleep.
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