Science Fiction literature thread

nachumlist.com ^ | 10/21/09 | Nachum

[Nachum]

I thought I would start a thread for all of you Science Fiction and Fantasy readers. I know it has been done in the past, but it seemed like a good time to run it again. If you have any favorite books or stories to recommend post it for others to share.

I have received some excellent advice on some good reads. Maybe you have a good title or author to recommend.

[Nachum]

Just finished the Dresden series....

[DBrow]

John Twelve Hawk’s Traveler series is interesting, not your usual science fiction/fantasy.

[djf]

Philip K. Dick

[NMEwithin]

"Necroscope" series by Brian Lumley

"Book of The Gods" series by Fred Saberhagen

[nickcarraway]

Anyone read, The Audacity of Hope?

[RepRivFarm]

Stephen R. Donaldson. After Tolkein, best Fantasy writer ever.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Finished Silverberg's Tower of Glass not long ago. A very underrated novel.

[Fishtalk]

http://fishfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Syndrome

http://fishfiction.blogspot.com/search/label/To%20Hell%20and%20Back

Both my own short stories.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Orson Scott Card - Especially “Ender’s Game”
Terry Pratchett - Really been reading him a lot recently
J.R.R. Tolkien - duh
Asimov - duh
Heinlein - duh
Bradbury - duh
Eddings - Belgariad/Mallorean series
Salvatore - pure pulp, but Drizzt is a great character, also check out “The Cleric Quintet”
Lawhead - Pendragon Cycle, Byzantium, and the new Robin Hood stuff
Goodkind - Sword of Truth series is spotty, but “Faith of the Fallen” (book 6) is amazing
The late Robert Jordan - Even though it is way too long and way too complex, the Wheel of Time is a really fun read for pure escapism

[KarlInOhio]

Dune, now with greater understanding of why you never want to let desert barbarians access to either 1. a rare, but absolutely necessary resource, 2. the family atomics, or 3. knives. With my last reading I was rooting against the Fremen.

[Paradox]

Dan Simmons can spin a good yarn. The Hyperion/Endymion series in particular.

[PzLdr]

Robert E. Howard’s “Conan” tales.

[sr4402]

Honor series by David Weber. You’ll read them over and over again.

[Kartographer]

I too recently finished Jim Butcher The Dresen Files Series all have been excellent reads. My personal favorite for sword and sorcery fantasy is Dennis McKeirnan. For those fellow Freepers who like this gendre you may like to take a look at my homepage:

http://theoldecartographersshoppe.net/

[JMS]

Agreed, also Jim Butcher’s Furies series, David Weber’s Honor Harrington and just about anything else he writes, Simon R. Green’s Nightside and Drood series as well. Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire series, Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan series, Elizabeth Moon’s Vatta’s War series are some of the ones that come to mind immediately.

[The Louiswu]

Jack McDevitt's Alex Benedict series
A Talent for War (1989)
Polaris (2004), ISBN 0-441-01202-7
Seeker (2005) - winner of Nebula Award for Best Novel, ISBN 0-441-01329-5
The Devil's Eye (2008), ISBN 0-441-01635-9

[KarlInOhio]

I would add Roger Zelazny. I would have had a good time reading that man's grocery list.

[Nachum]

Stephen R. Donaldson. After Tolkein, best Fantasy writer ever.

I read the whole Gap series recently. I did not like the terrible world he created at all- but I could not put the books down.

[Young Werther]

Isaac Asimov published 453 Books.

The Foundation Series.

The Robot Series!

Arthur C. Clarke.

Take your pick.

To Infinity and Beyond!