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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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07-13-2021, 10:42 AM | #796 |
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The Time Traveler's Almanac
Very large anthology of time travel stories. I've read 60 of the 65 stories and the hit to miss ratio is pretty poor. Probably going to move on to something else. The best of the bunch: “The Lost Pilgrim” by Gene Wolfe “The Mouse Ran Down” by Adrian Tchaikovsky “Under Siege” by George R. R. Martin “Fire Watch” by Connie Willis “Vintage Season” by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore It also includes an abridged version of "The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells. I don't really get why they would include an abridged version of a classic story. They should have included Alfred Bester's "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" or Heinlein's "By His Bootstraps" and "All You Zombies" or maybe Fredric Brown's "Hall of Mirrors" instead. Last edited by Mennonite; 09-27-2021 at 09:52 AM.. |
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07-14-2021, 09:08 PM | #797 |
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After finally finishing my masters, I have time to read. I decided to snag a free 3 month Kindle Unlimited subscription, and basically nothing that is recommended here appears to be included.
My question is this: do good sci-fi books exist on Kindle Unlimited? |
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07-15-2021, 06:15 AM | #798 | |
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07-15-2021, 08:13 AM | #799 | |
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07-15-2021, 08:20 AM | #800 |
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Currently Reading Dune hoping to finish before the film
Others I have read recently and loved both are The Second Planet - Shelby Merry and Solaris - Stanislaw Lem |
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07-15-2021, 08:25 AM | #801 |
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I dumped it after the 3 month freebie. Same reason.
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07-15-2021, 07:15 PM | #802 | |
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07-18-2021, 10:50 AM | #803 |
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The Best Time Travel Stories of the Twentieth Century
Two best stories: Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg The Man Who Came Early by Poul Anderson |
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07-18-2021, 11:00 AM | #804 |
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07-18-2021, 12:50 PM | #805 |
I'll be back.
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About to go HAM on some Dune stuff.
Butlerian Jihad, Machine Crusade, whatever the third book is called, and Paul of Dune. |
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07-18-2021, 12:54 PM | #806 |
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07-18-2021, 12:55 PM | #807 |
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07-18-2021, 01:17 PM | #808 |
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I’m enjoying the Ember War series by Richard Fox. I’m in the middle of volume 3 so maybe it turns To shit later but so far I like it.
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07-18-2021, 01:50 PM | #809 |
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07-18-2021, 02:12 PM | #810 |
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I really like the military/scifi series Galaxy's Edge by Jason Anspach along with some of the spinoffs. Don't read the 3 book spinoff/backstory, Galaxy's Edge: Savage Wars, until you get through to about book 7 or 8 in the series.
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