Books: SciFi & Fantasy

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I'm writing scifi but not the greatest with grammer, just a good imagination. :)
It's about a kingdom in conflict and a daughter good with the elements, which most in their kingdom are. Using metals they can tune in better those abilities and even create vortex's that allow them to travel to earth, only on earth they are not solid forms but more like spirits that do not age until they return. Only a few can manipulate the elements are gain solid forms on earth. Only one day the family decide to imprison their daughter on earth using metals and than die leaving her stranded with a family on earth whom to make a story short uses her for gain on earth. Being able to become solid they draw blood and think it regenerative so use it for that purpose to rich families. Only when they die they come back as zombies and we have a zombie break out and the only one who can save them is the daughter whom's blood they used. Well she becomes free and than ends up on the run from her kingdom finding her 200 years later. (Well you get the picture its about dimensions)
 
kelkittens said:
I'm writing scifi but not the greatest with grammer, just a good imagination. :)
It's about a kingdom in conflict and a daughter good with the elements, which most in their kingdom are. Using metals they can tune in better those abilities and even create vortex's that allow them to travel to earth, only on earth they are not solid forms but more like spirits that do not age until they return. Only a few can manipulate the elements are gain solid forms on earth. Only one day the family decide to imprison their daughter on earth using metals and than die leaving her stranded with a family on earth whom to make a story short uses her for gain on earth. Being able to become solid they draw blood and think it regenerative so use it for that purpose to rich families. Only when they die they come back as zombies and we have a zombie break out and the only one who can save them is the daughter whom's blood they used. Well she becomes free and than ends up on the run from her kingdom finding her 200 years later. (Well you get the picture its about dimensions)
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Sorry, but I think you should be told the truth; that is just terrible.
 
What a great topic! I've already discovered new books to add to my reading list!
Can anyone recommend fantasy books with convincing and genuine female lead characters? I often find them to be a bit underwhelming..
 
The Color Of Distance
(Amy Thomson)

It's more sci-fi than fantasy, but the lead female character crash lands during a survey mission on a new planet, and has to adapt to a strange alien jungle.
 
I've never bothered reading first contact stories so far, but the reviews sound very good and since you say that it has a nice female lead I'll give it a try! Thanks :)
 
Has anybody read any of Ann Leckie's books, in particular the Ancillary series? I'm trying to decide whether to commit to reading them.

The lead character, as I understand it, is a former spaceship who used to control many human (or humanoid) ancillary bodies, but who for some reason is forced to occupy just one.

One of the devices in the book, which sounds interesting, is that the lead character doesn't really distinguish between sexes, presumably because he/she/it thinks biological sex is not very important. Since he/she/it cannot easily distinguish between different sexes, all characters in the book are referred to by feminine pronouns. So, we get sentences along the lines of "I deduced that she was probably male."

In general, though, the reader is left to puzzle out for themselves which characters are male and which are female.
 
James R said:
Has anybody read any of Ann Leckie's books, in particular the Ancillary series? I'm trying to decide whether to commit to reading them.

The lead character, as I understand it, is a former spaceship who used to control many human (or humanoid) ancillary bodies, but who for some reason is forced to occupy just one.

One of the devices in the book, which sounds interesting, is that the lead character doesn't really distinguish between sexes, presumably because he/she/it thinks biological sex is not very important. Since he/she/it cannot easily distinguish between different sexes, all characters in the book are referred to by feminine pronouns. So, we get sentences along the lines of "I deduced that she was probably male."

In general, though, the reader is left to puzzle out for themselves which characters are male and which are female.
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That sounds interesting. I seem to remember that in a book by Brian Herbert, the spaceship had a consciousness and was alive. Pretty sure it was "The Race for God".
 
zgmc said:
That sounds interesting. I seem to remember that in a book by Brian Herbert, the spaceship had a consciousness and was alive. Pretty sure it was "The Race for God".
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Iain M. Bank's Culture novels are rife with conscious ships, characters in their own right. I've read a few but generally can't recall books as well as I can recall films, so I don't know if the ship's consciousness ever inhabited a human-like android or not.
Reminds me that I must read some of them again. :)
 
professorpunctual said:
Favourite fantasy book of all time is Magician by Raymond E Feist. I love all his books though, especially Talon of the Silver Hawk
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I generally like the "origin" stories of characters more than stories about their on-goin sagas, so this was certainly my favourite of the... however many in the cycle (trilogy?).
But it's still what I consider fairly standard Fantasy fare. Or maybe is seen as standard because the standard is based on it?
The Thomas Covenant chronicles are a bit different, and I very much like David Gemmell's work, with Legend probably being my favourite Fantasy book. But after a while even his stories blend into one, with fairly interchangeable lead characters: all generally on the older side, all flawed, all with a hidden past etc. Fun, though.
 
Sarkus said:
Iain M. Bank's Culture novels are rife with conscious ships, characters in their own right. I've read a few but generally can't recall books as well as I can recall films, so I don't know if the ship's consciousness ever inhabited a human-like android or not.
Reminds me that I must read some of them again. :)
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They use avatars, which could be robots or field projections.
 
I like Ian Banks' "Culture" series. If you like stories about post-humanism, nano-tech, sentient ships, etc., I highly recommend "The Quantum Thief" (the "Jean LeFlambeur" series). It's extremely densely written, in line with Murakami's novels. Just as crazy too. The only complaint I have is that the author, Hannu Rajaniemi, is Finnish and a lot of the argot he created is based on Finnish and gets a little overbearing. I wish the distributor would've come up with better terms for his English audience. This must be how so many people around the world feel about English-language novels that were translated for their country.
 
Has anyone mentioned the wheel of time series? It's one the most influential of modern fantasy books. The scope and depth of its world is mesmerizing.
 
I am hooked on james s.a. corey's books which spawned the expanse tv series. I liked the fact that they used technology that seemed feasible and not too far out there. The Tv series was a good adaptation too once you get over the cowboys in space bullcrap that slightly ruined it for me. I love stories about colonizing our solar system and mining asteroids, belters, martians and good old earth bad guys at each others throats. Just sci-fi unfortunately. Dreaded space opera!! I like the not so distant futurism. Not sure if anyone has mentioned this already. Did not come up in a search.
 
Just started reading Dan Brown new book ORIGIN

States at the start all places and people are real. Really? Goes on to include Robert Langdon. Won't stop me reading and waiting for the movie

:)
 
Fantanooby said:
Can anyone recommend fantasy books with convincing and genuine female lead characters? I often find them to be a bit underwhelming..
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There's the later work of Ursula K Leguin, of course.

Terry Pratchett's female characters seem generally as convincing and genuine as his male ones - although he is British and a "smart-alec" writer of comedic tendencies both, so a certain shallowness of affect must be allowed in all genders (and in the various characters of uncertain gender: gnomes and demons and gods and parasitic fungoid shopping malls and the like).

He has written several books featuring - built around - multiple female characters , who talk to each other at length about subjects other than men. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test
 
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