2012-06-30, 10:54 PM
VerrKol Wrote:Fantasy
I'll second Razmos with Game of Thrones.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, Small Gods is my favorite. The later ones are better than the first few.
Neil Gaimon's Neverwhere and Drinking Midnight Wine
Pratchett and Gaimon: Good Omens (incredibly funny)
Joel Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame. The first three are amazing, especially if you like DnD, but the last few are pretty terrible.
Sci-fi
Greggory Benford's Timescape and In the Ocean of Night are great hard Sci-fi books.
Robert Heinlein has a lot of good books including Time Enough for Love and Stranger in a Strange Land.
Will McIntosh's Soft Apocalypse
Nevil Shute's On the Beach and A Town like Alice (both very depressing, but still very good)
Dan Simmons' Hyperion, I've only read the first one but I here the sequels aren't as good.
Kameron Haley's God's War. Not sure how to categorize this one. It's bug punk (as opposed to steam punk) if that makes sense.
That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I could add more, but those are the really GOOD ones.
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This is a goldmine. All books I haven't read except for Hyperion and Stranger in a Strange Land. Thank you!
Jon Wrote:Flashforward was a fun read.
You already have HG and I can only assume you've read HP, and the other series I read is probably a bit mature for you so I'll just say TRY FLASHFORWARD.
What's the other series? I might wanna check it out. Flashforward looks pretty cool, I remember the TV show coming out. I'll get that.
Razmos Wrote:If you have a lot of time to waste, i highly recommend A song of Ice and Fire. Starting with A Game of Thrones.
I've only finished the second book out of a current total of 7, and it is so, so good. Each book was like 800 pages long but it didn't feel like a chore at all, it just makes you want to keep on reading.
It's really deep fantasy like Lord of the Rings. Starts off being about politics and by the second book there is magic and giants and werewolves and all sorts of crazy stuff. It's also very funny sometimes.
Oh I already read up to Dance with Dragons. I should get that, thanks for reminding me.