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Buck 07:05 PM 03-20-2012
There is a great thread in the lounge about Books in general, but to be honest, all I really want to read is Sci-Fi (including post-apocalyptic), and Fantasy.

In this OP I will compile every poster's top 3 Fantasy/SciFi suggestions if they give me them. I will try to keep the posters in alphabetical order in case you want to find someone's suggestions easier.

CP POSTER SUGGESTIONS

Baby Lee
1. Fritz Lieber's Swords Against series.
2. George R.R. Martin's SoIaF series [no brainer that will probably make tons of other lists]
3. Umberto Eco, Foucalt's Pendulum [a little more obscure/forgotten to make up for GRRM]

Frosty
1.Raymond Feist - Riftwar Saga
2.Terry Brooks - Shannara series (starting with the Knight of the Word books)
3.Tad Williams - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn

Huffmeister
(1) Dune - Frank Herbert
(2) The Stand - Stephen King (1000+ page unabridged)
(3) Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein (checkout the song by Yes, too. lots of great bass)

Jawshco
1. "Book of the Long Sun" by Gene Wolfe
2. "Paradise War" by Stephen R Lawhead
3. "The Dragonbone Chair" by Tad Williams

listopencil
1. Edgar Rice Burroughs, any series
2. Robert Heinlein, everything he has written in chronological order (but read Starship Troopers first)
3. Doc Smith's Lensman series

vailpass
1. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1, 2A & 2B books are a gold mine for sampling the evolution of sci-fi. (below)
2.The Nebula Awards and Hugo Awards (selected yearly, pick a year)
3. Years Best SF Annual publication, pick any volume from 1 to the current volume 17
See Post 142
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Indian Chief 07:47 AM 02-05-2018
If I can offer a suggestion on the Malazan series, check out the following chart. I know it's a bit crazy but even early on I have found it to be helpful and accurate.

I read Gardens of the Moon first, Deadhouse Gates next, and then discovered this flowchart. My recommendation would be to read GotM, then Night of Knives as it gives background on a few characters, and then jump into Deadhouse Gates. I'm into Memories of Ice now after having read a few of the Bauchelain & Korbal Broach short stoies. It's a really interesting way to approach a series and while daunting to look at, reading has been enjoyable so far.


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BleedingRed 08:15 AM 02-05-2018
Can't believe no one has brought up "Old Mans War" series
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ShiftyEyedWaterboy 11:00 AM 02-05-2018
Originally Posted by Indian Chief:
If I can offer a suggestion on the Malazan series, check out the following chart. I know it's a bit crazy but even early on I have found it to be helpful and accurate.

I read Gardens of the Moon first, Deadhouse Gates next, and then discovered this flowchart. My recommendation would be to read GotM, then Night of Knives as it gives background on a few characters, and then jump into Deadhouse Gates. I'm into Memories of Ice now after having read a few of the Bauchelain & Korbal Broach short stoies. It's a really interesting way to approach a series and while daunting to look at, reading has been enjoyable so far.
Much appreciated. I'll keep that handy. Only a few chapters in but I'm definitely intrigued by Erikson's world.
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vailpass 11:45 AM 02-05-2018
Originally Posted by stumppy:
I'm almost halfway through. The pace is picking up nicely. It a pretty good read so far.
I started in on it a couple of days ago. Still in the building phase, seems to have potential once I get past the fact that spiders have always creeped me the fuck out.
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Mennonite 08:22 PM 02-10-2018
Originally Posted by stumppy:
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Winner of the 2016 Arthur C. Clarke Award.

I'm only 15 pages in and it's got my attention.


Just finished it. Not bad at all. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
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stumppy 10:18 PM 02-10-2018
Originally Posted by vailpass:
I started in on it a couple of days ago. Still in the building phase, seems to have potential once I get past the fact that spiders have always creeped me the fuck out.
LOL, Yea. It's a pretty good read. Finishes nice. I'd give it 4/5, maybe 4.5/5.

I finished it several days ago. Now that I think about it, right after I finished it I'd say 5/5
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Miles 11:09 PM 02-10-2018
For those of you that Audible I’ve really been enjoying expeditionary force series by Craig Alanson. It’s military space stuff a little like old mans war and the narration is as good as it gets. The first seems a bit meh at first until halfway though and things change a lot.
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stumppy 10:41 AM 02-11-2018
Originally Posted by Miles:
For those of you that Audible I’ve really been enjoying expeditionary force series by Craig Alanson. It’s military space stuff a little like old mans war and the narration is as good as it gets. The first seems a bit meh at first until halfway though and things change a lot.
Glad you posted this. Didn't realize Book 5 was out. Pretty good read.
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vailpass 10:32 AM 02-15-2018
Originally Posted by stumppy:
LOL, Yea. It's a pretty good read. Finishes nice. I'd give it 4/5, maybe 4.5/5.

I finished it several days ago. Now that I think about it, right after I finished it I'd say 5/5
I'm getting to the end; it's been a pretty good read. Author gets a little too obvious with the gender-role preaching and the deconstruction of religion but he tells a good story.
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stumppy 11:12 AM 02-15-2018
Just finished 'A Gift of Time' by Jerry Merritt.
Surprisingly only 99 cents on Amazon/Kindle
Even though I'm a Doctor Who fan I don't usual do much time travel reading. I'm hoping he'll make this a series. Glad I downloaded a sample then bought it.
Real good read. I'd give it 4.5/5
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NewChief 08:42 PM 02-15-2018
Starting another read of Seveneves. Still love this book.
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ShiftyEyedWaterboy 09:13 PM 02-15-2018
Originally Posted by NewChief:
Starting another read of Seveneves. Still love this book.
That’s been on my short list forever. Love Stephenson. I’ll get to it a year from now when I finish Malazan. Just finished Gardens of the Moon and I think I’m hooked.
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Bowser 01:32 PM 02-16-2018
Originally Posted by NewChief:
Starting another read of Seveneves. Still love this book.
It took a loooong time to get to the payout. The back third of that read should have been the majority of the book, imho. Still liked it, just so much technical info.....
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NewChief 02:16 PM 02-16-2018
Originally Posted by Bowser:
It took a loooong time to get to the payout. The back third of that read should have been the majority of the book, imho. Still liked it, just so much technical info.....
Yeah, I just love the way he writes about technical stuff. With Tom Clancy and his endless technical crap, it felt like literally reading a manual to a nuclear submarine. I often skimmed those sections of his books. Stephenson writes that kind of stuff with a fun, poetic style that keeps it interesting, imo.

But yes, I know more about the physics of a zero-G environment than I ever wanted to after the first read through.
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duncan_idaho 05:46 PM 02-16-2018
Originally Posted by ShiftyEyedWaterboy:
That’s been on my short list forever. Love Stephenson. I’ll get to it a year from now when I finish Malazan. Just finished Gardens of the Moon and I think I’m hooked.

Shit, you're hooked from Gardens of the Moon?

You're in for a real treat.
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