11-21-2006, 02:18 PM | #1 |
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SciFi/Fantasy Book recommendations
Here is a site that with links to recommended book lists and custom recommendation systems...
http://www.sfwa.org/reading/ Diomark also mentioned this in another thread, but I haven't tried it... http://www.metacritic.com/books/ |
11-21-2006, 02:24 PM | #2 |
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Thanks for the links, Bob. I am currently reading the first book of Robin Hobb's latest series, The Soldier's Son. Highly recommended if you like fantasy novels with strong character development.
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11-21-2006, 03:31 PM | #3 |
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For newer books in the SciFi/Fantasy genre, have a look at this list of the "Best Books of The Millenium (Thus Far)":
http://speculativereviews.blogspot.c...-thus-far.html |
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If you want some really good fantasy book recommendations, check out www.bestfantasybooks.com; it's got a really huge recommendation list for the best fantasy books. What's particularly useful is that the author explain what he/she likes about the book.
I've been using the site the past few months to find new fantasy series and the author's been bang on as far as his/her recommendations go. |
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12-06-2008, 03:45 AM | #7 |
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this is the list i use to find out about authors of some of the classics
http://home.austarnet.com.au/petersy...oks_rank1.html I hated Electric sheep by philip k d1ck. and i guess im nto really into cyberpunk cause neuromancer by gibson. it was a bore. but the other things ive read ive liked. anyone know a good place to find out about new Scifi? the only author im reading that is still writing is Orson Scott card, and Joe Haldeman. i would like to add to that list. |
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Thank you all guys, for these great resources.
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12-06-2008, 10:15 PM | #10 |
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Thanks Sparrow. Exactly what im looking for
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12-07-2008, 05:12 AM | #11 |
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If you want to find some great authors who are most definitely still actively writing, you can do no better than to head over to Baen and check of some of the books in their free library.
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Here are some links: http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/ http://www.sfsite.com/ http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/column/sfw19233.html http://www.johnclute.co.uk/ |
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They do not seem to have the authors I find most interesting like Charles Stross, Ian M. Banks, Ian McDonald, James Morrow, Cory Doctorow, Adam Roberts, and so on. The Baen authors I read are more straightforward action stories. I like to read a lot of the Baen books but I do not think they accurately reflect the state of science fiction today. On the other hand looking now at their catalog I find authors like Vernor Vinge so maybe things have changed since I last looked at this.
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