Re: OT - Books
- From: Paul Murray <paul@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 13:51:50 GMT
On 2008-05-05, Leo <Anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I tend to like fantasy/sci fi series. Most recently:
The Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin
I found these a bit too gloomy and depressing, but recognise that
they were very good for what they were.
The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
Meh. Not bad, but nothing special.
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (who has
unfortunately died)
Horrible. Horrible horrible horrible.
Sorry, got that out of my system.
Try:
- Perdido Street Station by China Mieville (excellent)
- the Exiles series by Julian May.
- the Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. There have been far too many of
these, I'd say Dragonsong/Dragonsinger and/or White Dragon were probably
the peak of the series.
- the endless ...of the Shannara books. Some of them were actually good.
- If you can take the excessive cuteness, you could try some David
Eddings, I'd recomment the Elenium series (starting with Diamond Throne)
over the better known Belgariad.
- Amber series by Roger Zelazny
- Recluce series, as suggested by another poster.
The Coldfire Trilogy by C.S. Friedman
Very good.
If you like more of the anti-hero or uncomfortable morality, try:
- The Thomas Covenent books by Stephen R Donaldson
Leaning a bit more to SciFi, also try the Gap series by the same
author. It isn't a nice read, but it is very good.
In sciFi, current top authors are:
- Iain M Banks (the stuff he writes as Iain Banks is non-scifi)
I'd suggest Consider Phlebas as a good one to start with, others might
differ. Either way, I find the Culture books easier to get at than his
others.
- Neal Asher
Either start with Gridlinked or The Skinner, I'd recommend the latter.
- Alastair Reynolds
Either Revelation Space or Chasm City could be a good first read.
- Peter Hamilton
Several different series you could try.
Mindstar Rising for the Greg Mandel series
Fallen Dragon
But the best would be The Reality Dysfunction in the Night's Dawn series.
A step down from those, or past authors:
- Richard Morgan
Start with Altered Carbon.
- David Brin
The Uplift series, starting with Sundiver.
- David Wingrove
The Chung Kao series, starting with the Middle Kingdom. It lost its way
a bit by the end of the series, but there were several good books in there.
- Greg Bear
Lots of good one-off books. Maybe try Eon as a first one.
- Elizabeth Bear
Wetwired series, starting with Hammered
- Dan Simmons
Hyperion series, starting with the book of the same name.
That's a lot of books, so if I were to pick five, I'd choose:
- Perdido Street Station (China Mielville)
- The Skinner (Neal Asher)
- Consider Phlebas (Iain M Banks)
- The Many Coloured Land (Julian May)
- Dragonsong (Anne McCaffrey)
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