12-30-2014, 03:35 PM | #1 |
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Looking for sci-fi/fantasy recommendations
I have read many books over this last year (including the first six Malazan books) and I have come to the annoying conclusion that I have loved none of them. I liked some of them, I really liked a few of them (Tigana, Memories of Ice, Midnight Tides) but not loved.
So I am looking for recommendations! I want something I will look forward to reading at night, not something to merely help me sleep. My four favourite books of all time are in order, Anathem, A Deepness in the Sky, A Fire Upon the Deep, Let the Right One In. I like big concepts, interesting likeable and outsider characters. Any recommendations? |
12-30-2014, 03:43 PM | #2 |
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Warp Speed and its sequel The quantum connection by Travis S. Taylor are good. They were available in the Baen CD's a while back and should still be available via Baen I think.
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Thanks! I'll check those out. Anyone else?
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Richard Morgan - The Steel Remains
Guy Gavriel Kay - The Lions of Al-Rassan Stephen Donaldson - Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (ok, not such a likable character...) |
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The Martian by Andy Weir is very good. Highly recommended.
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Here's ten books I love and would enjoy reading again, and only one from any author:
The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold 1632 by Eric Flint Heaven by Ian Stewart A Brother's Price by Web Spencer So You Want To Be A Wizard by Diane Duane The Misenchanted Sword by Lawrence Watt-Evans Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone The Lies of Locke Lamorra by Scott Lynch The Martian by Andy Weir Redshirts by John Scalzi |
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Speaking of Guy Gavriel Kay is The Fionavar Tapestry worth checking out?
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I have no idea if it's up your alley but Earthblood, by Keith Laumer and Rosel George Brown came to my mind. It certainly covers big concepts and a sweeping background. Keith Laumer was a master of science fiction adventure, but he was always a bit short on making his characters likeable and "human" -- and that's where Ms. Brown came in.
It's available in a large collection from Baen, pretty much everywhere. |
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Good suggestions so far. Anything in the huge mind expanding Space Opera genre?
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The Lensman series by E E 'Doc' Smith? Or the Skylark of Space series? If you haven't read them, they pretty much started space opera.
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Iain M Banks and Alastair Reynolds.
For Banks, I started with Player of Games, which is the second in his Culture universe, and probably still my favourite. The first is Consider Phlebas, which is heavier going, in my opinion. They are unrelated standalone stories, for the most part, and can be read in any order. For Reynolds, there's still a lot I haven't read, so maybe I'd recommend Chasm City as a place to start. It's a standalone story in his Revelation Space universe. A more recent Space Opera would be Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. It swept the awards this year, and I liked it a lot. |
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I've read everything by Vinge. Stephenson is a bit more hit and miss for me.
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