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Nerds (yes, you),

Anyone have any favorite novels in the genres of science fiction and/or fantasy you'd like to recommend? Just looking to keep adding to my library.

Ever read Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series??

neanderpaul14 wrote:Ever read Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series??

Some of it.

Yeah, maybe I should have prefaced by saying what I've read. I'll put together a list.

NeanderPaul took my first choice.
Anyways, here are a few series I have enjoyed;
Elven Bane Chronicles
Vampire Earth Series
Ender Series (actually 2 sets of series with different protaganists, but same characters)
Dragon's Wild Series
Halo Books
Starcraft Books

thegreekdog wrote:Nerds (yes, you),

Anyone have any favorite novels in the genres of science fiction and/or fantasy you'd like to recommend? Just looking to keep adding to my library.

Most series by Piers Anthony are tremendous for the first couple of novels. After that, he tends to run on and on and it becomes more difficult to stomach with each one that comes out. But his first few of each series are wonderful. Specifically of his, I would roundly recommend the "Blue Adept" series and the "Incarnations of Immortality" series...both are wonderful. If you don't mind silly pun-driven stuff, his first couple of Xanth books are also great.

Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein and Greg Bear, of course...but you've probably already looked into those.

Hmmm...man, I'm getting old...having trouble dredging up my other favorites at the moment.

Star Wars novels, especially: Fate of the Jedi Series, Republic Commando series, Legacy of the Force, Darth Bane trilogy, Thrawn trilogy.

Without a Doubt:

Lois McMaster Bjold especialy the Miles Vorkosigan stuff.
Barbara Hambly
Stephen Brust


Also theres a wicked three book series called the Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gorden Dahlquist that you MUST check out.


You'll tank me later.


Johnny

Eragon series?

The complete work of J.R.R.Tolkien!

almost everything from Philip K. Dick

The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

I think it was a 7 book series. Very good stuff.

muy_thaiguy wrote:NeanderPaul took my first choice.
Anyways, here are a few series I have enjoyed;
Elven Bane Chronicles
Vampire Earth Series
Ender Series (actually 2 sets of series with different protaganists, but same characters)
Dragon's Wild Series
Halo Books
Starcraft Books

Read the Enders series. Not sure about the first two. I'm kind of skeptical about novels about video games.

Woodruff wrote:

thegreekdog wrote:Nerds (yes, you),

Anyone have any favorite novels in the genres of science fiction and/or fantasy you'd like to recommend? Just looking to keep adding to my library.

Most series by Piers Anthony are tremendous for the first couple of novels. After that, he tends to run on and on and it becomes more difficult to stomach with each one that comes out. But his first few of each series are wonderful. Specifically of his, I would roundly recommend the "Blue Adept" series and the "Incarnations of Immortality" series...both are wonderful. If you don't mind silly pun-driven stuff, his first couple of Xanth books are also great.

Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein and Greg Bear, of course...but you've probably already looked into those.

Hmmm...man, I'm getting old...having trouble dredging up my other favorites at the moment.

Never read Piers Anthony, he's added to my list. I've had a ton of Asimov, Heinlein and Bear.

vodean wrote:Star Wars novels, especially: Fate of the Jedi Series, Republic Commando series, Legacy of the Force, Darth Bane trilogy, Thrawn trilogy.

Read most of those.

Johnny Rockets wrote:Without a Doubt:

Lois McMaster Bjold especialy the Miles Vorkosigan stuff.
Barbara Hambly
Stephen Brust


Also theres a wicked three book series called the Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gorden Dahlquist that you MUST check out.


You'll tank me later.


Johnny

Added to my list. I think I've read something of Brust's, but I can't remember what it is now.

thegreekdog wrote:

muy_thaiguy wrote:NeanderPaul took my first choice.
Anyways, here are a few series I have enjoyed;
Elven Bane Chronicles
Vampire Earth Series
Ender Series (actually 2 sets of series with different protaganists, but same characters)
Dragon's Wild Series
Halo Books
Starcraft Books

Read the Enders series. Not sure about the first two. I'm kind of skeptical about novels about video games.

The novels (the first ones anyways) lead upto and tell the events of the first Halo game and following the first game as well. They are actually pretty good.

skeletonboy wrote:Eragon series?

Not sure about this one.

Kabanellas wrote:The complete work of J.R.R.Tolkien!

Yeah, read those a few times already.

ben79 wrote:almost everything from Philip K. Dick

He's pretty good.

neanderpaul14 wrote:The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

I think it was a 7 book series. Very good stuff.

I'll pick those up. I liked some of the Dragonlance stuff.

i was a fan of the Spellsinger books by Alan Dean Foster when i was into that sort of thing....not sure how dated they'd these days.

Huckleberryhound wrote:i was a fan of the Spellsinger books by Alan Dean Foster when i was into that sort of thing....not sure how dated they'd these days.

Thanks. I'll check those out.

Johnny Rockets wrote:Stephen Brust

Ah yes, I definitely second the Stephen Brust recommendation and the Spellsinger recommendation.

Also, I thought of another one...I think it was just called "The Swords Trilogy", though that seems awfully generic so it might not be right and I can't seem to remember the author. Read it AGES ago, but loved it. Nope, I just did a websearch, and it's not the series by Michael Moorcock. It was about three specific swords that apparently had "powers" or were "alive" or somesuch. Fascinating series...darn it.

Also, if you like dragons, the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey was pretty good, as well.

HitchHikers Guide to teh Galaxy?

Snorri1234 wrote:HitchHikers Guide to teh Galaxy?

Freaking loved it. More British comedy than sci fi.

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, by Stephen Donaldson, one on the best examples of an anti-hero in my opinion.

Frito Bandito wrote:The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, by Stephen Donaldson, one on the best examples of an anti-hero in my opinion.

Thanks. I've heard of this, but never read it.

Chronicles of Narnia.

More kid oriented, but still a good read.