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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: Ellis Dee]
#7393832 - 09/10/07 08:56 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop. It's part 1 of a trilogy. I am re-reading it right now and I almost never read a book twice.
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: Lion]
#7394255 - 09/10/07 10:33 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ender's Game
Ugggg.... What do people see in this book? Honestly... I think its crap. Its a book about kids, for kids. Ender routinely gets put in a new situation where hes not expected to prevail, and prevails. This happens time and time again. The book is so predictable... The ending is trite, anyone can see it coming. Im sorry, that book is so bad, I have to rant about every time I see it mentioned.
For a good sci-fi read the Foundation trilogy by Asimov. Im surprised nobody mentioned it, its awesome. Also, Clarke is good. I seen a few of his books mentioned, try Childhood's End.
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Rendezvous With Rama The City and the Stars
Both excellent The city and the stars was one of Clarke's first books (if not the first?) The 'critics' frown upon it, but I think it is a masterpiece. The only problem is it ends the same way all Clarke's book's end. Humanity transcending their corporeal existence... But still, its good. Rendezvous with Rama is also excellent, and doesn't end in the traditional Clarke way.
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: DieCommie]
#7394268 - 09/10/07 10:36 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I agree with you, I think I like it because I first read it when I was 11 or 12, so I felt more of a connection since the characters were around my age. Gave me a good first impression. It's like Star Wars. Honestly those movies kinda suck, but I still like them because they were the shit to me when I was younger.
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: Lion]
#7394271 - 09/10/07 10:36 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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The Wheel of Time series.
11 out of 12 of the books are out, the 12th probably will be in a year or two. Good fantasy series, but it will suck your time away...I got to where I was reading 1-2 of these a week last summer when I was reading them.
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: jewunit]
#7394295 - 09/10/07 10:44 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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jewunit said: I agree with you, I think I like it because I first read it when I was 11 or 12, so I felt more of a connection since the characters were around my age.
Im glad somebody finally agrees with me. Id rate you 5 again if I could 
To the OP: I dont think I emphasized it enough in my post... Read Foundation Read FOUNDATION READ FOUNDATION READ THE FOUNDATION, THE WHOLE TRILOGY AT ONCE You can get the whole trilogy off of half.com in one book for real cheap.
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: morphius2661]
#7394297 - 09/10/07 10:44 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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morphius2661 said: The Wheel of Time series.
11 out of 12 of the books are out, the 12th probably will be in a year or two. Good fantasy series, but it will suck your time away...I got to where I was reading 1-2 of these a week last summer when I was reading them.
When I first started reading the wheel of time series I was like shit.
that was when I was very young. Now, since I am much older I hve come to realize. That author is EXTRAoridnary, his ability to describe single moments in perception is quite fantastic. His ability ot texture a story and take it to way more than three dimensions is awesome. Oh yeah, did I mention he is a physics major that served in VIetnam?
They say a lot of times that Stories are on the same level as Tolkien, well this epic story surpasses Tolkien as many ties as the third Dimension suprasses the second.
If your attetnion span isn't that of the dullard, then you will be greatly enriched for having braved the world of Robert Jordan.
IMHO
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: Lion]
#7394309 - 09/10/07 10:46 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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fantasy: anything terry pratchett
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: In(di)go]
#7394685 - 09/11/07 12:41 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Steven Eirckson A Tale of The Malazan Book of the Fallen is TOP NOTCH. Robert Jorden is TOP NOTCH as well. George RR Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice is great as well. Fiest is decent but doesn't compare to those three.
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: ReposadoXochipilli]
#7394737 - 09/11/07 01:12 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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LukeMWSki said: Steven Eirckson A Tale of The Malazan Book of the Fallen is TOP NOTCH. Robert Jorden is TOP NOTCH as well. George RR Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice is great as well. Fiest is decent but doesn't compare to those three.
Sorry but early Feist, 81 thru 94 is awesome stuff to read. the ways inwhich he manifests characters is so accessible.
Sure, the stories are,t as deep or epic, far reaching etc as George RR Marin, or Jordan or whatever but the characters are so easy to relate to and the stories aren't quite as melancholic. He is an amazing read up until chronlogically speaking the Krondor series and publishing wise after serpent war series.
How can you hate on Nakor, the most fantastic character eve conceived?
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: nakors_junk_bag]
#7394751 - 09/11/07 01:17 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I really wasn't a fan of a song of ice and fire excpet for the character of Tyrion. He was offed in the thrid one, I think. Its been awhile since I have read them. I though the books to be slow and prodding in plot archs. I think people like those books becasue the covers are shiny.
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: Lion]
#7395396 - 09/11/07 07:37 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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neuromancer - william gibson
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: JonnyOnTheSpot]
#7395403 - 09/11/07 07:40 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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ummm The Hobbit Warhammer Series The Aprentice (revenge of The Witch) Eragon umm Harry Potter Goblinwood ummm thast all i can think of right now
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: Lion]
#7395446 - 09/11/07 08:00 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clark
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: Lion]
#7395505 - 09/11/07 08:36 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy starting with The Golden Compass. I'm eighty pages from the close of the third and final novel. it's epic, it's wonderful.
And Trendal's suggestion is one of the best books I have ever read, hands down.
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#7395747 - 09/11/07 10:29 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I agree with everyone who said Robert Jordan.
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: mushbaby]
#7395768 - 09/11/07 10:40 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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SNOW CRASH!
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: Leinahtan]
#7395844 - 09/11/07 11:09 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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This thread is useless without Dan Simmons.
Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion, Endymion/Rise of Endymion
Ilium and Olympos.
All the dudes who suggest you get into Wheel of Time are EDIT
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: Lion]
#7395866 - 09/11/07 11:15 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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earth - david brin
love that book
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#7396071 - 09/11/07 12:23 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I just started reading the Pullman series and really enjoy the unorthodoxness of it Plus I like the cover art.
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Re: Quickquickquick recommend a good sci-fi or fantasy book [Re: nakors_junk_bag]
#7396092 - 09/11/07 12:28 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Honestly, it just gets better and better and better and better.
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