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Position:Home>Books & Authors> What are some good sci-fi and fantasy books I should try?Question: What are some good sci-fi and fantasy books I should try!? I'm a complete scifi and fantasy nerd and I am starving for some good books to read!. Ive read so many, among them pullman, george rr martin, Dune series, goodkind, terry pratchett!.!.!. I cant think of any more but there is a lot!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Karen Traviss - Wess'Har series, starts with City of Pearl!. (sci-fi) David Weber - Honor Harrington series, starts with On Basilisk Station!. (sci-fi) Charles Stross - Glasshouse (sci-fi), The Merchant Princes, starting with The Family Trade (sci-fi/fantasy) Larry Niven - Ringworld (sci-fi) Piers Anthony - Xanth series (fantasy), Apprentice Adept series, starting with Split Infinity (fantasy) SL Viehl - Stardoc series, starts with Stardoc (sci-fi) Anne McCaffrey - Catteni series, starting with Freedom's Landing (sci-fi) I have read all of these books and recommend them to anyone interested in sci-fi and fantasy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I would STRONGLY recommend the author Octavia E!. Butler - by your description!. She has won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for here work!. She has great strong female characters in her work!. Start with the Liliths Brood series (sci-fi fantasy) or she has a vampire novel called Fledgling http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Lilith%27s_!.!.!. also: The Road by Cormac McCarthy It is an un-stoppable read, has great characters, its about a father and son surviving after a near apocalypse!. Won the Pulitzer in 2007Www@QuestionHome@Com These are some really good books that I've read and thoroughly enjoyed: -the Bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud***** -the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Coffer* -The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen(any book by her) -Hawksong(series) by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes(any book by her) -The Shannara series by Terry Brooks***** -Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte -Watership Down by Richard Adams -Great Expectations by Charles Dickens* -Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter -The Counte of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas* -The Princess Bride by William Goldman* -Discworld series by Terry Pratchet***** -Battle Royale by Roushun Takami***** *s are the ones I really REALLY recommend for anyone to read, and the ones with five *s are the best books I've ever read in my life!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com The Legends of the Guardian-King is a good series (written by Karen Hancock)!. It received several awards too!. Basically the book is about a prince who's betrayed by his younger brother and sold into slavery to become a gladiator!. He later comes back to claim his throne!. Great series - very well-written - a must-read definitely!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Books by Arthur C!. Clark maybe!? i haven't read any by him but he is very famous for his sci fi writing, and i am about to read a book of his!. He sounds very interesting!. One book, the book i'm about to read, is Childhood's End!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Twilight Series! (twilight, new moon, eclipse, breaking dawn!) <3 maximum ride series!? (also 4 books i think) (haven't read it but i head it was good) I heard the uglies series is pretty good too!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Robert Silverberg, DYING INSIDE also books by John Norman(Nomads Of Gor)Www@QuestionHome@Com supernaturalists!? p!.s!. you're kind of a jerk!. lots of people think its hard to turn off ipods and just because you read science fiction doesn't mean you're above the world!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I own all of the Uglies series books and i think there really good and i'm pretty sure there sci fi so i recommend them!Www@QuestionHome@Com |