Books: SciFi & Fantasy

I have to only because no one else that I have seen has...Stephen King and the Dark Tower series...loved it! I am not sure if it is Fantasy or SciFi or some hybrid of the two. Thank you everyone for all of the suggestions...

- KitNyx
 
I read science fiction almost exclusively. My favorite author is by far Isaac Asimov. I own about 10% of his books, and I've read every science fiction novel he's written and published. (Still working on getting every short story.. then onto the grand task of all his other stuff.)

Other authors whom I respect: David Eddings, Roger Zelazny, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frank Herbert, Ursula K Le Guin, Douglas Adams, Ayn Rand (I'm willing to argue if you don't think <i>Atlas Shrugged</i> isn't Science Fiction).. And there's many others. I take great pride in what I read, and it gives me great pain to see the number of readers every year diminish. I don't respect people who don't read.
 
The Royal Library of Alexandria was once the largest in the world. It is usually assumed to have been founded at the beginning of the 3rd century BC during the reign of Ptolemy II of Egypt after his father had set up the temple of the Muses, the Musaeum (whence we get "Museum"). The initial organization is attributed to Demetrius Phalereus, and is estimated to have stored at its peak 400,000 to 700,000 parchment scrolls. The library's destruction remains a mystery.

Those who do not read, repeat the same mistake over and over...
 
KitNyx said:
I have to only because no one else that I have seen has...Stephen King and the Dark Tower series...loved it! I am not sure if it is Fantasy or SciFi or some hybrid of the two. Thank you everyone for all of the suggestions...

- KitNyx
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I don't know ... it most closely resembles a bad acid trip in my opinion. ;)
 
kmguru said:
The Royal Library of Alexandria was once the largest in the world. It is usually assumed to have been founded at the beginning of the 3rd century BC during the reign of Ptolemy II of Egypt
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I thought it was founded by Alexander at the same time as the rest of the city?

Anyway, Scifi - C.J Cherryh, especially Cyteen, which I've just finished. It's tough to read, but an excellent book.
 
I'm reading a book called Ilium by Dan Simmons, the same guy who wrote Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion, etc. It's a bizarre book that has two different settings. The first is on the top of Olympus Mons on Mars very, very far in the future. A human is watching a fight between some Greek gods and goddesses. Afterwards Aphrodite comes up to the man and gives him an order to spy and eventually assassinate Athena. The other setting is on Europa at the same time period. These five robots are going to Mars to observe some life forms. I feel that these characters are going to somehow meet, but I just started. It's a 700+ page book with small print but I'm up to it
 
Heinlein is a good one. I like The Puppet Master most though. Stranger in a Strange Land was ok.

I recently finished Well's War of The Worlds, I'm very disappointed with the movies. The first one was closest to the original story, but the aliens looked very wrong. This new one got the Martians right, but only kinda stuck to the story. Meh, Hollywood kills everything.
 
I have read a trilogy by Clare Dunkle about goblins, elves and dwarfs. Really good. Her description of the nature of each species is a reflection similar to people of different cultures and their viewpoints.
 
freeflight85 said:
The other is David Webber's Honor Harrington books. There really isn't much thinking in them, but they are nice for a bit of light stuff. And Treecats are one of the coolest species I have heard of.
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I've read the entire series. Very entertaining. I loved the one where she escaped from "hell". Also good by Weber is the Mutineer's Moon series and the March to the Sea series.

Anyone read Peter Hamilton? Pandora's Star and the sequel were excellent. Also his previous series the Nights Dawn Trilogy was also quite good.
 
Ilium is good, with an interesting if rather unbelievable premise, but not as good as Hyperion/Endymion. I'll probably get Olympos after I finish Ash by Mary Gentle - it's excellently researched, and while appearing initially fantasy, has some interesting SciFi twists.

As for Peter Hamilton, I couldn't agree more - the Night's Dawn trilogy was pretty much space opera, but extremely enjoyable to read, but Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained kept a similar style but with more depth.
 
Heinlins Stranger in a Strange Land is a classic that everyone should read, it's so close to todays ways it's uncanny
 
Anyone read Cecelia Dart Thornton's The Bitterbynde Trilogy? It's outstanding.
I like Terry Brooks also, as well as JK Rowling, Trudi Canavan, Elizabeth Haydon and Garth Nix (yes, kids books I know)

I detest the Eddings, can't get in those books at all!
 
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I love Starship Troopers! I think I might be a nerd even by nerd standards. I made this funny video though so at least I'm a funny nerd.

If you want to see it go to YouTube and look for The Unicorn Girl profile and a short called Video Match - that's me! You can see what I look like.
 
capnjeremy said:
Ayn Rand (I'm willing to argue if you don't think <i>Atlas Shrugged</i> isn't Science Fiction)...
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Here here! One of my favorite novels, ever... it is quite obviously a scifi novel.

I'd be willing to argue for the fact that Dune (Frank Herbert) was the greatest scifi novel of all time.

~String
 
enders game(Orson Scott Card), and hyperion(Dan Simmons) are in my top 5 listing of the best scifi books i've ever read. Dune(Frank Herbert) is one of my all timers that i could read for 1million milleniums.
 
I'd love Brooks if he could write more than three characters; it's the same recycled pap again and again. The only two worth reading are the Elfstones and maybe the Sword and then possibly one of the modernesque ones. Once you're read one you're done, however. I should publish my own bloody books.
 
My favourites would have to be The Phoenix Legacy by M.K. Wren which consists of three books:

1) Sword of the Lamb
2) Shadow of the Swan
3) House of the Wolf


And of course the famous Enders series. But The Phoenix Legacy would have to be one of my favourite works of fiction. SciFi at its best.
 
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