2012-07-01, 06:59 AM
- Seconding the recommendation for Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.
- Robert Jordan, "The Wheel of Time" series (though I must admit I quit after book 6 of 12(?), I've seen people say it picks up again after that)
- Steven Brust, the Vlad Taltos series (starts with "Jhereg", "Yendi", "Teckla")
- David Brin, the Uplift series (SF, not Fantasy)
- Vernor Vinge, "A Fire Upon the Deep" and "A Deepness in the Sky" (also SF)
- Orson Scott Card, "The Tales of Alvin Maker" series.
- Julian May, "Saga of the Exiles" (starts with "The Many-Coloured Land". SF that tastes like Fantasy, or maybe the other way 'round).
- Anne McCaffrey, "The Dragonriders of Pern" series (starts with "Dragonflight", "Dragonquest" and "The White Dragon")
And of course the classics: Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, the aforementioned Robert Heinlein, Piers Anthony if you're young enough to enjoy him, Robert Silverberg, Jack Vance, Fred Saberhagen, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Gordon R. Dickson.... ok, somebody stop me please.
Anyway, if you like SF, I recommend short-story collections. "Hall of Fame", "Best of the Year", that sort of thing. Especially for getting acquainted with older SF, but also with modern authors. Then you can get entire anthologies or decalogies of whichever author you like.
- Robert Jordan, "The Wheel of Time" series (though I must admit I quit after book 6 of 12(?), I've seen people say it picks up again after that)
- Steven Brust, the Vlad Taltos series (starts with "Jhereg", "Yendi", "Teckla")
- David Brin, the Uplift series (SF, not Fantasy)
- Vernor Vinge, "A Fire Upon the Deep" and "A Deepness in the Sky" (also SF)
- Orson Scott Card, "The Tales of Alvin Maker" series.
- Julian May, "Saga of the Exiles" (starts with "The Many-Coloured Land". SF that tastes like Fantasy, or maybe the other way 'round).
- Anne McCaffrey, "The Dragonriders of Pern" series (starts with "Dragonflight", "Dragonquest" and "The White Dragon")
And of course the classics: Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, the aforementioned Robert Heinlein, Piers Anthony if you're young enough to enjoy him, Robert Silverberg, Jack Vance, Fred Saberhagen, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Gordon R. Dickson.... ok, somebody stop me please.
Anyway, if you like SF, I recommend short-story collections. "Hall of Fame", "Best of the Year", that sort of thing. Especially for getting acquainted with older SF, but also with modern authors. Then you can get entire anthologies or decalogies of whichever author you like.