Best sci=fi /fantasy novels
POSTED BY: NewOldBrownCoat
UPDATED: Thursday, January 19, 2012 02:30
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Well not the best but fun to read:
Fantacy:
1. R.A. Salvatore: all Drizz't books
2. The Belgariad and The Malloreon Books by David Eddings
3. Sword of truth series by Terry Goodkind
Sci-fyi:
1. The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
2. The Darkover series by Marion Zimmer Bradley
3. Adra by Deanna Durbin
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Quote:When you are a little older HK, you'll get the snarky relevant cynicism of it.
Originally posted by HKCavalier:
And Watchmen...yeesh. How that book is considered good and not just good for a cheesy superhero comic book I'll never understand.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I see Forever War & I Am Legend are included.
I approve.
Agreed.
Also, Old Man's War.
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Ooh, you'll like those Chris. A lot of people think those and the X-wing series would have made better movies than the prequels.
I haven't read enough of these to really comment. My folks didn't like Sci-Fi or Fantasy and wanted to keep me grounded in reality. Princess Bride, The Watchmen, LOTR, and The Last Unicorn are the only ones I recognize besides the Thrawn Trilogy.
I did read His Dark Materials, and obviously I've read Star Wars EU.
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Quote:I got 'em they're just waiting on me to read 'em...
Originally posted by Bytemite:
Ooh, you'll like those Chris. A lot of people think those and the X-wing series would have made better movies than the prequels.
I also got Worlds Apart & Buying Time by Joe Haldeman- I figure if Forever War was that great...
The laughing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I also just ordered he Timothy Zahn Thrawn series, as I've never read them.
If they ever make Star Wars sequels after Return of the Jedi then the Thrawn Trilogy is where the story should go. It maintains the feel of the original trilogy. I've liked other books in the Star Wars universe, but they all start to lose the feel of the movies. I actually reread the Thrawn trilogy last year and they were still great.
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I'm gettin' ready, Zeek!!!
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What a cool list! I have read a lot of them, but looks like I have some more reading to do.
It's not that popular, but my very favorite to date is The Shadow Series based on the same story as the movie Willow. It's written by Chris Claremont and George Lucas. The series is dark very dark but the world they create and the imagery is phenomenal.
Kinda surprised the Silmarillion made it on there, I love me some Tolkein, but I found it to be very dry reading, it was interesting, but not a page turner.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I also got Worlds Apart & Buying Time by Joe Haldeman- I figure if Forever War was that great...
Worlds Apart is the second book in a trilogy, so you need to look for 1)Worlds and 3)Worlds Enough and Time.
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Oooo, thanks for that heads up!!!
The laughing Chrisisall
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