Calling all bookworms/Top Five Sci-Fi or Fantasy Novels
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UPDATED: Friday, April 14, 2006 23:54
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I can't narrow it down to particular books, but I can name the authors:
Isaac Asimov (Foundation novels, Robot novels)
Orson Scott Card (esp. Ender's Game and The Worthing Saga)
Guy Gavriel Kay (esp. The Lions of al-Rassan and The Sarantine Mosaic)
JRR Tolkien (LOTR and The Hobbit)
Connie Willis (esp. Doomsday Book and her first short story collection)
I also agree that Watership Down is one of the most beautiful pieces of English literature out there, but it's traditionally classified as Children's Lit, not Fantasy, so I'll just leave it there myself.
Indigo S.
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OOOooo anythin by these authors. they hav written to many to sday exactly which ones
1.David Gemmel (White Wolf, Legend, Dark Moon)
2.David Eddings (Belgariad)
3.Raymond E Fiest (Magician)
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I am not going to claim any of these are great literature but they were well worth my hard earned cash.
1. Song of Fire and Ice series - George R.R. Martin
2. The Elric saga - Michael Moorcock
3. The Coldfire Trilogy - C.S. Friedman
4. The Death Gate Cycle - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
5. Sword of Truth series - Terry Goodkind
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The Eternal Champion Cycle - Michael Moorcock
(especially The War Hound and The Worlds Pain. Excellent book)
The Deryni Series - Katherine Kurtz
The Black Company series - Glen Cook
The Fionavar Tapestry - Guy Gavriel Kay
The Saga of the Pliocene Exile - Julian May
Just a few of my faves over the years. Specially Moorcock. Awesome author, probably my favorite ever.
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This is crazy, I couldn't pick individual books. Can we just do authors? :p
Kurt Vonnegut
Isaac Asimov
Arthur C. Clark
Phillip K. Dick
Robert A. Heinlein
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Hey a kurt vonnegut fan (see my name yay) anything by kurt defineitly but have to pick so:
The sirens of titan-kurt vonnegut
cats cradle-kurt vonnegut (again if being honest all would be the god kurt)
American gods-Neil gaiman
His dark materials-philip pullman
1984- george orwell
p.s. this is a side but whats you favourite kurt novel.
I was a victim of a series of accidents as are we all- kurt vonnegut, sirens of titan
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1. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Graphic Novel)
2. LotR
3. The Hyperion saga
4. various Asimov's material
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you really need to give credit to Harry Potter. I was one of the people who was like "meh, i have no interest in them i won't read them" and avoided them. then one of my profs pretty much forced me to read the first one, and it was all over. i flew through them, they are fantastic.
so here i am, a 20 year old guy, who loves Harry Potter, and will read it in public, in front of girls, even!
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For the record, these are IN order of preference:
1. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card- Probably one of the best pieces of fiction in the twentieth century. My brother-in-law who is in the Air Force said Orson Scott Card came and talked to them about the book at his war college. Pretty cool. And, Card is unabashedly unashamed of being a Browncoat.
2. Dune, Frank Herbert- The First is the tops.
3. American Gods, Neil Gaiman
4. Dragonlance Chronicles, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman- I'm usually not a fan of fantasy, but this is very good.
5. Serenity, the Visual Companion, Joss Whedon- Come on! Tell me you didn't see that coming eventually.
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1. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (incredible, simple fantasy story)
Yes! Neverwhere is amazing. I love Neil Gaiman and just about anything he has done, from comics, to novels, to movies (I really like Mirror Mask)
Since I got that out of the way I will leave it out of my list. Dune and Ender's Game have also been mentioned already so those won't be on my "list". Actually, I'll post two lists. List two will be series'.
So in no particular order...
Deerskin by Robin McKinley
Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Fire Rose and
The Black Swan both by Mercedes Lackey (tBS is her version of Swan Lake. Great Story)
Merlin's Bones the author's name escapes me
And I'm going to squeeze in "The Hunter's Moon". I can't remeber this author either. This is technically a book for young adults, but it's still a good read. If you like Elves and Fairies interacting with folk from our world then I highly recomend this book.
Series'
LoTR
WoT
Harry Potter
Exiles by Melanie Rawn, if she ever finishes book three. 7 years of waiting for the last book in a trilogy! AAARRRGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!
The Chronicles of Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey, all 26 of them, + the companion and the three anthologies (actually, almost anything my her; and, like Mr. Card, she is a Browncoat)
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