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[aimlessgun]

If you want some good sci-fi, here is a random sampling of good books.

You have to read Dune.
Ender's Game as well.
The Left Hand of Darkness
Steel Beach
Altered Carbon
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Hyperion and sequels
Snow Crash
The Windup Girl
The Use of Weapons
Childhood's End

EDIT: Note: lot of these are more 'highbrow' sci-fi. If you're looking for books that are like summer blockbusters, these are not for you, except maybe Altered Carbon.

Modifié par aimlessgun, 14 avril 2011 - 05:44 .

[cedgedc]

I am interested in only the lowest of brows!

Heh no but seriously, summer block buster's have never been my thing.

[cedgedc]

So I actually read the novels out of order.. 2nd, 3rd, then 1st.

I just finished the first actually last night. I can see now why there's such a distaste for Kahlee Sanders lol. She's pretty bland in book one.

I rather enjoyed reading about her in book 2, only vaguely knowing that she was a scientist who had been in the alliance. Was much more compelling not really knowing what she was capable of, and then being surprised when she could beat down a cerberus agent in hand to hand combat!

Anyways, just thought i'd put that out there!

[Sbri]

In the fantasy realm I liked "Legend" by David Gemmell. I thought it was a good dissection of the classic hero archetype. I really can't recommend any of the other books from that series, but the first is great. "Camulod Chronicles" by Jack Whyte were also good. The theme is how the legends of King Arthur rose from the ashes of the Roman occupation of Britain. There is no magic involved, just some very solid characters.
If you have read and enjoyed "Lord of the Rings", you might try "The Children of Húrin", which his son published a few years ago, based on some unpublished work. If you like tragedy, this is right up your alley.
For Sci-Fi, I'll third the motion on the "Thrawn Trilogy" by Zahn. So many characters from later in the series were born here, and the reason that so many other authors continued to use them is that Zahn did an AMAZING job bringing them to life.
Someone mentioned "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" which I think is Heinlein's best book.
While the later "Honor Harrington" novels do stray into Mary-Sue territory, I thought "On Basilisk Station" was a fun read.

Edit: I can't believe I didn't think of this before, but I'll add Terry Pratchitt to the list of good reads.  I first read "Night Watch", which I still think is one of his best books, and a great look at the idea of time travel.  It has a much more serious tone the most of his books, while still being a fun read.

Modifié par Sbri, 18 avril 2011 - 04:25 .

[Malanek]

Sbri wrote...

In the fantasy realm I liked "Legend" by David Gemmell. I thought it was a good dissection of the classic hero archetype. I really can't recommend any of the other books from that series, but the first is great.

David Gemmell is a legend. Interesting you only like his first book, how much of his stuff have you read? I actually thought Legend, while still good, was one of his weaker books. Wouldn't make my top 10 list.

[Steve236]

Warhammer 40,00 novel. I suggest Ultramarine and Horus Heresy. or my personal favorite CIAPHAS CAIN, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!!! by Sandy Mitchell.

Modifié par Steve236, 18 avril 2011 - 05:46 .

[Chuvvy]

Metro 2033. By Dmitri Glukohvstkiy

[Shockwave81]

The Dragonriders of Pern series by Elizabeth McCaffrey.

Only start reading them recently and they are real page turners...well I think so anyway! Lots of lore and mystery!

[atraxia]

The ME novels were alright, they were a light, quick read. Sorta like a bag of chips. I loathed Kahlee Sanders though and I was kinda disappointed that there wasn't more bits on the First Contact War (which was sort of why I started reading the novels in the first place). I would love to see a novel taking place in that particular time.

Anyways.

For fantasy i recommend "A song of Ice and Fire" series and the Earthsea series.
The Chronicles of Narnia is also pretty great if you can get over the allegorical aspect of it.

And for SF, anything by Asimov (as Dune, Hitchhikers Guide, and Ender's Game has already been mentioned several times ; ). If you want to read some cyberpunk William Gibson is great. I've also heard good things about Philip K Dick's stuff too, but haven't read them yet.

[cedgedc]

atraxia wrote...

The ME novels were alright, they were a light, quick read. Sorta like a bag of chips. I loathed Kahlee Sanders though and I was kinda disappointed that there wasn't more bits on the First Contact War (which was sort of why I started reading the novels in the first place). I would love to see a novel taking place in that particular time.

Anyways.

For fantasy i recommend "A song of Ice and Fire" series and the Earthsea series.
The Chronicles of Narnia is also pretty great if you can get over the allegorical aspect of it.

And for SF, anything by Asimov (as Dune, Hitchhikers Guide, and Ender's Game has already been mentioned several times ; ). If you want to read some cyberpunk William Gibson is great. I've also heard good things about Philip K Dick's stuff too, but haven't read them yet.

Yeah, I am definitely well past Narnia lol. I have zero interest in anything that caters to children. The mass effect novels were almost borderline in that sense, but I still enjoyed them. Like you said, light and quick. I like thinking of them as extra DLC for the games.

The thing that turns me off about most science fiction is that very often it's too fantastical. What do I mean by that? Most novels are just set in the future. That's all we need to know. It's the future so we have all this futuristic stuff that everyone in present day thinks would be super cool. There is seldom a 'how' to all those things. Like how the hell did we discover FTL speeds etc.

Mass Effect gives you the how. And it's even more interesting because it's a 'how' that is plausible in our current condition. It's a very practical application of this Sci-fi setting. I greatly appreciated the sense of how new it all is as well. Humans are the new guys on the block. We -just- got all this stuff, and we're discovering it for the first time.

I LOVE that. That was a big part of the selling point for me. I don't find light speed spaceships and 'beam me up scotty' type crap very compelling on it's own. I like a relevant context. And I like discovering places like Omega, places that are crappy as earth is, seedy, and lawless. That's the sci-fi I enjoy.

[garghamel1]

I would recomend Isaac Asimovs Foundation series and the robot series

[RyuGuitarFreak]

Stephen King's Dark Tower.

GO.

[ElMuchu]

The book series associated to the witcher is great

[SlurpinTaxt]

omg go read real fantasy like George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, everything Robert Jordan has ever written is trash, not fit for wiping my ass

[ElMuchu]

Hi, among the novels you proposed, do you know if some of them have a bit of romance like our preferred video game?

[agn25]

A lot of good suggestions like Dune,Enders Game and Hyperion.

One that I would recommend is the Gap series by Stephen Donaldson.It has a tough start to get through but once your into the second book the plot starts to become really interesting.The first book is short,only around 150 pages and some extremely vile things happen to the main character in this book.If you can get through this however you will be rewarded.

There are 5 books in all and the best part is this series is actually finished!!!!!