28-08-2005, 23:29 | #31 |
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Zelazny gets a recommendation? On what grounds?
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28-08-2005, 23:38 | #32 |
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Ah fanstasy/sci fi books....
I've got a whole bookcase filled with that... Some fo my favourites: -Robin Hobb (Farseer trilogy, Liveship traders trilogy, Tawny man trilogy) -Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time) -Tad Williams (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series, Otherland series, The War of the Flowers) -Raymond Feist (All the novels/series playing on the world "Midkemia") -David Eddings (the Belgariad, the Mallorean, the Elenium, the Tamuli) -Julian May (The Exiles, The Galactic milieu, Intervention) -Jane Welch (Runespell trilogy, Book of Ond trilogy) -Jennifer Fallon (Second sons trilogy, Demon child trilogy) -Roger Zelazny (Amber series) -Frank Herbert/Brian Herbert (Dune and the prequels) -Ian Irvine (The view from the mirror) [heresy]The only series I have that was a huge disappointment to me was Tolkiens' The Lord of the Rings... [/heresy]
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Jordan, Williams, Herbert, Irvine ??? Are you watching too much F1 ?
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ooh, I really liked Illium, I'll be paying a trip to the bookshop tomorrow (and having a late night finishing Iain M.Banks 'the algebraist' in readiness ) |
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Lord of the Rings was a dissappointment to you?? I guess there's no sense recomending the Simarillion to you then... |
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The Hobbit is Tolkiens best book, IMHO...
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29-08-2005, 11:29 | #37 |
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Just finished The Algebraist on holiday - sipping a cocktail on the deck of the QM2 outside Cannes. Not one of Banks' best, methinks.
I couldnt get into Ilium. maybe I'll go back and give it another try.
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I cant be arsed to read any sci fi these days. Last I can remember reading was "Dune" (called Sand in the Norwegian translation). I bet you ve read it already
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You only missed out 2 though... -David Eddings (Belgariad and Mallorean) and -Stephen Donaldson (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) I have to also add -E. E. Doc Smith (Galactic Patrol, cheesy sci-fi at its best) -Piers Anthony (His sci-fi and his cheesy pun-fest of Xanth) and finally ANYTHING by ISAAC ASIMOV the man was a genius. Melifluous
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30-08-2005, 12:53 | #40 |
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What about the bible?
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