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Take a Chill Pill
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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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#121 |
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Just got back from Barnes and Noble. What the **** is the deal with every fantasy book only coming in the Mass Paperback that tries to get the smallest pages as possible, with the fewest pages as possible, with the smallest print as possible? That pisses me off. I guess all my Fantasy will be on the Kindle. Here's my haul. Some of which were suggestions in this thread. (Post-Apoc on left / Sci-Fi on right)
![]() The book I'm most upset that I didn't end up buying was Neuromancer, but it was $16 in the store and only $8 online, so I'll be going that route. |
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#122 |
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Also they didn't have Hyperion. WTF is up with that?
They had like every other iteration of that saga, except for the first one. There wasn't even an empty spot for it on the shelf. |
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#123 |
Immanentize The Eschaton
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Hey Buck, Triplanetary is free on Kindle. It is the first book in the "Lensman"series. I just grabbed it.
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#124 |
Go Beavers!
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#125 |
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You haven't read Dune, Buck?
Holy ****, I envy you. Such a good read. Dune Messiah and Children of Dune are really good, too. Skip the rest of that shit. ![]() |
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#126 |
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I didn't start reading for fun until about 2 years ago. I didn't start seriously reading for pleasure until about 2 months ago. I have a lot to catch up on.
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#128 |
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You should read JAWS and BEAST by Peter Benchley, Buck.
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#129 |
oxymoron
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I have both Leviathan Wakes and The Dragon's Path (that's Daniel Abraham's solo fantasy work) waiting on the shelf, but it'll probably be months before I get to them. I have 7 Shadows of the Apt books to finish first.
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#131 |
The Master
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Raymond Feist
The Riftwar Saga Magician (1982) Republished in two parts in the United States: 1.Magician: Apprentice (1986) 2.Magician: Master (1986) Silverthorn (1985) A Darkness at Sethanon (1986) The Empire Trilogy Daughter of the Empire (1987) with Janny Wurts Servant of the Empire (1990) with Janny Wurts Mistress of the Empire (1992) with Janny Wurts Krondor's Sons Prince of the Blood (1989) The King's Buccaneer (1992) The Serpentwar Saga Shadow of a Dark Queen (1994) Rise of a Merchant Prince (1995) Rage of a Demon King (1997) Shards of a Broken Crown (1998) The Riftwar Legacy Krondor: The Betrayal (1998) Krondor: The Assassins (1999) Krondor: Tear of the Gods (2000) Not a big fan of his latest works though. |
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#132 |
Cool as a Cucumber
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#133 |
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All I know now is that I have a shit load of reading to do.
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#134 |
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Also WWZ, I wouldn't recommend it unless you specifically want to read about Zombies.
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