Best Fantasy/Sci Fi series you have read, or are reading?
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I know, they're dangerously addicting!Aanorith said:
Even more troubling since I first thought they seemed ridiculous and all out horrible. I owe it all to my friend who managed to convince me to actually read them. I almost went crazy when I noticed that my local library had the fifth one the whole time since I read the fourth without me noticing.
Now I'm kinda hoping for a sequel, or at least a spin off. ^.^
A tossup between Hyperion/Endymion by Dan Simmons and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. The first because I really enjoyed it just because and the second because its one of the few books ever to make me fall off a chair laughing.
My favourite books are by Peter F. Hamilton:
Nights' Dawn Trilogy
Confederation Saga
Void Trilogy
Honorable mentions:
Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers (an awesome book, well worth reading, nothing like the movie)
Anything by Rob Grant (author of Red Dwarf), Incmpetence and Colony are his best.
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Nights' Dawn Trilogy
Confederation Saga
Void Trilogy
Honorable mentions:
Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers (an awesome book, well worth reading, nothing like the movie)
Anything by Rob Grant (author of Red Dwarf), Incmpetence and Colony are his best.
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Holy shit that was an odd, but good book.Omikron009 said:
One of my favorite series was the Wind On Fire trilogy by William Nicholson. All three are truly unique books.
My favorite scifi/fantasy standalone novel has to be Dave Duncan's book, West Of January, a truly amazing and imaginative story.
Hmm.. well I incredibly enjoy the Pendragon series by DJ Machale (Mchale?)
Other then that I enjoy pretty much any of the Alien or Predator novels..
yeah thats pretty much it. I don't read that much fantasy/sci-fi. Oh I also like reading about White Wolf stuff.
Other then that I enjoy pretty much any of the Alien or Predator novels..
yeah thats pretty much it. I don't read that much fantasy/sci-fi. Oh I also like reading about White Wolf stuff.
Holy crap...I can't believe no-one here's read Guy Gavriel Kay's work...it's all fantasy and it's all heart-rippingly brilliant...I recommend Tigana above all others.
Also Elizabeth Moon's The Deed of Paksenarrion saga, John Courtney Grimwood's 9Tail Fox, and so far the first two of Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastards series have been excellent...
For SciFi, I'm putting my votes in for Dune and Ender's Game
Also Elizabeth Moon's The Deed of Paksenarrion saga, John Courtney Grimwood's 9Tail Fox, and so far the first two of Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastards series have been excellent...
For SciFi, I'm putting my votes in for Dune and Ender's Game
I'm currently finishing the Mistborn Trilogy, and after a few more books I have lined up, I'd like to start the Wheel of Time series, since the late author's widow picked Brandon Sanderson (who wrote the Mistborn Trilogy) to finish it for him.
I'm not much of a fantasy/sci-fi fan, but I won't turn down a good book just because it's fantasy/sci-fi.
The Discworld series and The Amber series.
The Discworld series and The Amber series.
I haven't read many books recently, but some that stick out of my mind are:
The Lord of the Rings (all of them, even the Hobbit) they were very good overall
Harry Potter (all, except 7) page turners all the time, usually finished <1 week
Dianetics, not really; just a few (10-15) pages of it to see what all the fuss is about
A few Crichton books (not really sci-fi, but had tech in them)
The Lord of the Rings (all of them, even the Hobbit) they were very good overall
Harry Potter (all, except 7) page turners all the time, usually finished <1 week
Dianetics, not really; just a few (10-15) pages of it to see what all the fuss is about
A few Crichton books (not really sci-fi, but had tech in them)
Dark Tower series by Stephen King is really great for the first 3.5 books. It's like fantasy and sci fi and post apocalypse all mixed in with King's unique style. Gets kind of cooky near the end.
Harry Potter is really great the first time you read them, they don't really hold up to rereadings though.
Dune and the first two sequels are really great, and an interesting look into religion and messiah myths. The fourth book is just insane, and the next two are, well, kind of bad.
Harry Potter is really great the first time you read them, they don't really hold up to rereadings though.
Dune and the first two sequels are really great, and an interesting look into religion and messiah myths. The fourth book is just insane, and the next two are, well, kind of bad.