Winterfallen Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 The Dark Tower by Stephen King American Gods by Neil Gaiman Imajica by Clive Barker Weaveworld by Clive Barker The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Junk by Melvin Burgess Spares by Michael Marshall Smith Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Eisenhorn by Dan Abnett The Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart Intensity by Dean Koonzt Albion: The White Phantom by Patrick McCormack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yana Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Historical fiction: I, Claudius by Robert Graves Par le Fer ou le Poison by Juliette Benzoni The Crusader by Michael Alexander Eisner Imprimatur by Monaldi & Sorti Quo Vadis? by Henryk Sienkiewitcz With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewitcz Fiction: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte Shopacholic series by Sophie Kinsella The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Recommended authors: Joanne Harris Alexander Dumas (father) Pearl Buck Bill Bryson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elinor Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 The Bone Doll's Twin; Hidden Warrier (Lynn Flewelling) - first two books of trilogy, last book will be out this summer His Dark Materials trilogy (Philip Pullman) Merlin trilogy (Mary Stewart) The Once and Future King; The Book of Merlyn (THWhite) Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series (Tad Williams) fellow Watership Down fans might like: Traveller (Richard Adams) - now out of print but well worth searching for! Tailchaser's Song (Tad Williams) The Wild Road; The Golden Cat (Gabriel King) Firebringer (David Clement-Davies) The Last Unicorn (Peter Beagle) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Nonfiction Science books, mostly about humans. (No maths, physics, computer science or other traditional science topics.) Jared Diamond: Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fate of human societies Stephen Pinker: The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language Richard Dawkins: The Blind Watchmaker Simon Baron-Cohen: The Essential Difference Judith Rich-Harris: The Nurture Assumption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 If you like Philip Pullman's HIS DARK MATERIALS: Paul Park, A Princess in Roumania (Tor, 2005) The second book, The Tourmaline, will be out in July. There will be at least one more, The White Tyger, maybe even a fourth book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Idol Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 hammer and the cross trilogy by harry harrison:alternate history-vikings, christians, gods wyvern by a.a. attanasio:shamans, jungles, pirates, oceans the pillars of the earth by ken follett:monks, royals, war, peace brothers by chaym zeldis:don't wanna give anything away. if you can actually find this, read it. good shit. foucault's pendulum by umberto eco:da vinci code-ish. i like it more actually. can't say too much though. they might be listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bloodraven Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 1. A Song of Ice and Fire, by G.R.R. Martin 2. The Lord of the Rings, by Tolkien 3. Isavalta, by Sarah Zettel 4. His Dark Materials, by Phillip Pullman 5. The Silmarillion, by Tolkien 6. Paradise Lost, by John Milton 7. Castaways of the Flyman Dutchman, by Brian Jaques 8. The Dark is Rising Sequence 9. The Time Quartet, by Madeleine L'Engle 10. King Arthur and His Knights, by Howard Pyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watcher Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 1) The Tower of Fear - Glen Cook 2) Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman 3) Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson 4) Our Band Could Be your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 - Michael Azerrad 5) The Portable Henry Rollins – Henry Rollins (great intro to the man, the myth, the legend) 6) A Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking 7) The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark – Carl Sagan 8) The Panda’s Thumb – Stephen Jay Gould 9) The Physics of Star Trek – Lawrence M. Krauss 10) The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century – Thomas Friedman ( or read his The Lexus and the Olive Tree) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dondarrion Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 In no particular order: 1) The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 2) Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer 3) Ishmael by Daniel Quinn 4) The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum 5) Forever by Pete Hamill (particularly for epic fantasy fans) 6) The Monkeywrench Gang by Edward Abbey 7) Treasure by Clive Cussler 8) Interview with the Vampire by Ann Rice 9) Mystic River by Dennis Lehane 10) Ball Four by Jim Bouton (for sports fans) And just in case they weren't standard: A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Paladin Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 In no particular order (except leading with a few that haven't appeared above) Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Foundation - Asimov The Elric Saga - Michael Moorcock The Dragon and the Unicorn - AA Attanasio Guns of the South - Harry Turtledove The Worthing Saga - Orson Scott Card American Gods - Neil Gaiman Song of Ice anf Fire - George RR Martin The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul - Douglas Adams Other Books: Freakanomics - Steven D Leavitt - read it in two days, excellent point of view on diverse subjects The Demon Haunted World - Carl Sagan - a handbook for the professional skeptic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alarich Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Embers - Sándor Márai Steppenwolf - Hermann Hesse Arch of Triumph - Erich Maria Remarque Foucault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien A Song of Ice and Fire (Series) - GRR Martin For whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruis Zafon Thomas Mann - Buddenbrooks: The decline of a family Heinrich Mann - Loyal Subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Archduke of Boogie Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 1. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman 2. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 3. The Waste Lands - Stephen King 4. Storm of Swords - George R.R. Martin 5. King Rat - China Mieville 6. Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 7. The Dark Tower - Stephen King I have more...just can't think of them off the top of my head.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Dondarrion: 5) Forever by Pete Hamill (particularly for epic fantasy fans) Why is it a recommendation for epic Fantasy fans? I've been checking the book out on Amazon and through some reviews and it doesn't seem to resemble epic Fantasy much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Fantasy recommendations: * The Song of Ice and Fire-Martin * The LoTR and the Silmarillion-Tolkien * The Farseer and Tawny Man trilogy-Hobb * Lions of Al-Rassan, Tigana and the Fionavar Tapestry-Kay * Prince of Nothing-Bakker * Memory, Sorrow and Thorn as well as War of the Flowers-Williams * Sword of Shadows-Jones * Kingdom of Thorne and Bone-Keyes * Malazan Book of the Fallen- Erikson * The Dark Tower saga-King * American Gods as well as Anansi Boys-Gaiman * Mythago Wood and Lavondyss-Holdstock * Riddle-Master trilogy-McKillip * Riftwar saga-Feist * Rigante-Gemmell * Girl in the glass-Ford * Song of Albion-Lawhead Arthurian Legends: * The Merlin trilogy-Stewart * The Warlord trilogy-Cornwell * The Pendragon cycle (first three)-Lawhead * The Dragonharpers-Donaldson * Mammoth book of King Arthur- M. Ashley * Merlin- J. Matthews (2004 edition) Animal fantasy: * Watership Down/The Plague dogs-Adams * Wolves of Time/Duncton Wood-Horwood * Jack London's Call of the Wild/White Fang Sci-fi: * Dune-Herbert * Golden Age trilogy-Wright * Risen Empire-Westerfeld * Forge of God-Bear * Hyperion-Simmons * The Culture series-Banks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malthaussen Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Books (or series) I re-read every year (in no particular order): 1) Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny 2) A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny 3) The Chronicles of Amber, Roger Zelazny 4) Flashman series, George MacDonald Fraser 5) Travis McGee series, John D. MacDonald 6) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein 7) Lord of the Rings/The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkein 8) A Song for Arbonne, G.G. Kay 9) The Garrett Files, Glen Cook 10) Discworld series, Terry Pratchett There are more than ten, but these are the ones that occur to me at present. Books (or Series) not previously recommended in this thread: 1) Up the Down Staircase, Bel Kaufman (something rare: an epistilary novel that actually works!) 2) Treblinka, Jean-Francois Steiner 3) The Cross of Iron (and other works), Willi Heinrich 4) Stephanie Plum series, Janet Evanovich 5) Catch-22, Joseph Heller 6) Kenzie/Gennaro series, Dennis Lehane 7) The Source, James Michener 8) Vorkosigan series, Lois McMaster Bujold 9) Mezentian trilogy (unfinished), E.R. Eddison 10) The Baroque Cycle, Neal Stephenson -- Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emberling Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Trying to list some things not yet mentioned, though I'll probably repeat something I didn't notice. This is by no means my top ten. Vlad Taltos series - Steven Brust Khaavren Romances - Steven Brust - In which the esteemed reader, much to his delight, is confronted with an absolute deluge of incomparable verbosity Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson - probably the greatest opening sequence ever for anything. Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett The Sun Sword series - Michelle West Crown of Stars series - Kate Elliott The Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy - Martha Wells (there are prequels that I have heard are even better, but they are out of print) Fevre Dream - George R. R. Martin Sword of Shadows series - J. V. Jones The Gap series - Stephen R. Donaldson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somac Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Ten Books/Series I was able to get into A Song of Ice and Fire (series), by George R. R. Martin The Asian Saga (series), by James Clavell The Wheel of Time (series), by Robert Jordan Magician (series), by Raymond E. Feist The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (series), by Douglas Adams The Discworld Series (series), by Terry Pratchett The Drenai Saga (series), by David Gemmell His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman A Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card Hmm, I know I'm going past ten, but I also recommend anything else by GRRM, some of Dan Brown's stuff (if you mentally chuck the "real factor" before you sit to read, and Terry Pratchett's collaboration novels, such as Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman.) Quick EDIT: Oh, I also forgot to mention Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. Great book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dondarrion Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Dondarrion: Why is it a recommendation for epic Fantasy fans? I've been checking the book out on Amazon and through some reviews and it doesn't seem to resemble epic Fantasy much... Sorry for the late reply. Pete Hamill's book, Forever, isn't what most would consider epic fantasy, but I think it appeals well to those who love ASoIaF. The reviews were misleading to me. I wouldn't have bought the book if it didn't cost $1.50 in a used book store and I didn't know who Pete Hamill was. I was hugely and pleasantly surprised. Basically, Hamill has written VERY detailed historical fiction w/ a sudden twinge of the fantastical that gives the book an epic scope, spanning three centuries, following one man's dealing with life, family, vengeance, etc. The basic premise of the story is an Irishman from the early 18th century who becomes immortal. Sounds ordinary, but it's not. The reviews talk about New York City and seeing New York City, but these reviewers seem to think the book's all about NYC, which it's not. If any more questions, message me w/ more question, so we don't hijack this thread. --D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildor Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Pre-Tolkien Top Ten 1 - Jack Vance/ The Dying Earth (well alright, just after) 2 - Robert Howard/ Conan Chronicles 3 - Fritz Lieber/ Lankhmar Series 4 - Dunsany/ The King of Elflands Daughter " Lord Dunsany – whose style somehow turns the systematic disregard of every rule of good prose writing into a virtue, and whose work, consequently, aspiring writers should on no account be permitted to read. Overwrought descriptive passages, minimal use of dialogue, every second sentence beginning with "and" – he ought to sound bombastic and tedious. Instead he sounds like William Blake's younger brother. " * 5 - Eddison/ The Worm Ouroborus " We're also talking an elevated archaic style beyond anything you'll find in Tolkien. Eddison is the only 20th-century author I know of to write convincing Elizabethan English: entirely counterfeit, but entirely real. For lovers of language, he's strong meat and drink, and if you like Eddison, generally you're fanatical about him. " * 6 - Poul Anderson/ The Broken Sword 7 - Isaac Asimov/ Foundation Original Trilogy 8 - Lovecraft/ The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadeth 9 - Mervyn Peake/ Gormenghast Trilogy 10 - C.S.lewis/ Chronicles of Narnia * Just some adequate descriptions, i couldn't do them justice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimEagan Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams Dune - Frank Herbert A Song of Ice and Fire - George RR Martin Talion: Revenant - Michael A. Stackpole Eyes of Silver - Michael A. Stackpole Age of Discovery Series (ASecret Atlas; Cartomancy) - Michael A. Stackpole Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan The Big Show - Dan Partick and Keith Olberman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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