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DAG Posted on Jul 30 2009, 02:42 AM
 
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I won't recommend Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land though, because it is boring


Really...damn, I picked up Stranger for free.

Oh, and...

WESTERN/SCIENCE-FICTION/FANTASY

-The Dark Tower by Stephen King: Just remember, [Paraphrased from King] the joy is in the journey, note the ending.
Antares Posted on Jul 24 2009, 10:21 AM
  Classic sci-fi, especially if you're into telepaths and mind-powers:
Sturgeon, Theodore - More Than Human
Bester, Alfred - The Demolished Man / The Stars My Destination (both excellent)
Herbert, Frank - Dune

I won't recommend Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land though, because it is boring.

Fantasy:
Bakker, Scott R. - Prince of Nothing -trilogy (The Darkness That Comes Before, The Warrior-Prophet, The Thousandfold Thought)
Hobb, Robin - The Farseer -trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest)

Crime:
Larsson, Stieg - The Millennium -trilogy. (Men who hate women / The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, third issue English title not yet known, but available in Swedish or Finnish wink.gif ).
I can reommend Larsson to those who like thrillers but would like a slightly different take than your usual ass-kicking, smar-cracking detectives or the Poirot -class geniuses of deduction. The first issue of the Millennium -series has two titles, the latter one is more usual because the UK/US publisher thought the original title was "upsetting". rolleyes.gif But it is superbly written.
tsukahara10 Posted on Jun 30 2009, 09:29 PM
  Some good books that I've read, sci-fi:

Contest, by Matthew Reilly
Runner and Logos Run, by William C. Dietz
Signal to Noise and A Signal Shattered, by Eric Nylund
DAG Posted on Jun 29 2009, 06:44 AM
  ->Storm Front, the first Dresden File book. Pretty good, now if only there weren't, like a thousand sequels I'm going to have to pay for...
ThaDDeusBonzu Posted on Jun 24 2009, 03:00 AM
  Fantasy

Bartimaeus trilogy, by Jonathan Stroud

Sci-fi
Eager, by Helen Fox (really good book i read a while ago, and holy crap i just found out there was a sequel)

more to follow, but first i must find that book...
DAG Posted on Jun 13 2009, 02:57 AM
  More SF:

-Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeves.
-Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson.
Seraphic Posted on May 17 2009, 01:31 AM
  ADOLESCENT (lol):
- Julie of the Wolves (plus related books)
- My Side of the Mountain
-Animorphs (I never got to finish this series, and still want to, but I'm a little embarrased)

Literal Epics are EPIC:
-Monkey or Journey to the West
-Romance of the Three Kingdoms (still need to finish. Don't mind the pictures at the top of the link, just scroll down.)
-The Mahabharata
--related: The Bhagavad Gita (might be slightly too religious for your taste)
DAG Posted on May 14 2009, 01:17 AM
  This is the thread where you can recommend books to other forum members. Please, try and mention what the genre is. And this is written BOOKS--I will add threads for Manga and Comics soon.

SCIENCE FICTION:
->Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
->Space Oddysyee series by Arthur C. Clarke
->Time Oddysyee series by Arthur C. Clarke

FANTASY:
->His Dark Materials (Northern Lights, also known as The Golden Compass; THe Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman

HORROR:
->Pet Sematary by Stephen King
->Hideaway by Dean Koontz
->The Saga of Darren Shan, by Darren Shan
->The Stand, by Stephen King
->The Demonata, by Darren Shan
->The Necroscope series, by Brian Lumley
->Call of Cthulhu, by HP Lovecraft
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