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Darkness · 30-08-2005, 13:09

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quote:Originally posted by Melifluous

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quote:Originally posted by Darkness

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]

Darkness you just quoted all of my favourite books.

You only missed out 2 though...

-David Eddings (Belgariad and Mallorean)
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-Stephen Donaldson (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant)

Ah, Meli, look again please...

You're right about Donaldson though. I forgot him. I also have the Covenant chronicles (1&2), they are OK, but not that good, IMHO...

romeothemonk · 30-08-2005, 15:56

I happen to like Steven Lawhead's books. They are all kinda similar in dealing with Celtic Mythology, but are all in my opinion very good.
I do not believe that the bible falls under the Sci/Fi fantasy catergorization. Even if you happen to think it does, it is filed under a completely different Dewey Decimal Code than Sci/Fi Fantasy.

Darkness · 30-08-2005, 16:00

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quote:Originally posted by romeothemonk

I do not believe that the bible falls under the Sci/Fi fantasy catergorization. Even if you happen to think it does, it is filed under a completely different Dewey Decimal Code than Sci/Fi Fantasy.

Everybody makes mistakes, even the people filing books under some sort of code...

Mistfit · 30-08-2005, 16:01

Snow Crash: by Neal Stephenson

Not an Epic by any stretch but one of my favorite Sci-Fi books.

You guys have hit many of the books that I've read within the last 6 months.

Thomas Covenant
All 3 trilo's from Robbin Hobbs

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Oh I almost forgot
LE Modesitt, Jr. The Order Wars (Stories of Recluse)

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American Gods ~ Neil Gaiman Very Funny book good story as well

Banzai · 30-08-2005, 16:33

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quote:Originally posted by romeothemonk

I do not believe that the bible falls under the Sci/Fi fantasy catergorization. Even if you happen to think it does, it is filed under a completely different Dewey Decimal Code than Sci/Fi Fantasy.

I don't think it falls under the Sci/Fi fantasy category either, but I thought it was appropriate as Anarres started this thread:
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/to...?TOPIC_ID=3024

romeothemonk · 30-08-2005, 17:00

Yeah, I know the thread. This is a minor threadjacking, but I just thought I would point it out and see the reaction.
You guys are really well read for all the time you spend on the computer. I am impressed.

smalltalk · 30-08-2005, 21:37

Voyage from Yesteryear

Besides "The Dispossesed" there is another anarchist sf novel, written by James P. Hogan. Hogan is not as good a writer as LeGuin is, and his plot is much more straight forward but the story is amusing.

Earth is on its decline, so a spaceship is sent out to colonize the next star system. As the live support system couldn't handle passengers, only embryos are sent, to be later breed, raised an educated by the ship's computer. Fifty years later, another spaceship from earth arrives to reclaim the colony for earth. Of course the locals, who are living in an anarchist post-scarcity society, deal with them in their own way ...

Software/Wetware/Freeware/Realware

Electro hippie stuff by Rudy Rucker about machine intelligent boppers, who run a colony on the moon, about their scions and new emerges, about moldies and wetbobs, silly-puters, the uuvy and the aller. And about getting boozed or high.

Swingue · 31-08-2005, 00:45

He Darkness, do you also know the manycoloured land by Julian May, trilogy as well, i really enjoyed reading that.

Darkness · 31-08-2005, 08:35

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quote:Originally posted by Swingue

He Darkness, do you also know the manycoloured land by Julian May, trilogy as well, i really enjoyed reading that.

Actally Swingue, that's not a trilogy. "The manycoloured land is the first book of "the Saga of the Exiles" (4 books), in which Marc Remillard and his rebels are exiled in the Pliocene era...

So, yeah, I know it. Good series, though I liked the "Galactic Milieu" series better.

Energy · 31-08-2005, 11:49

For fantasy:

- Steven Erikson: Malazin Empire
- China Mieville: Scar
- Steph Swainston: The year of our war
- George Martin: Song of ice and fire; Fever dreams

On contrary of what has been in this tread before:
- Robert Jordan: Big no no after book 3 or 4
- Hobb: Quite disappointing endings of the story

30-08-2005, 15:56	#42
romeothemonk King Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Yankton, SD. Posts: 1,310	I happen to like Steven Lawhead's books. They are all kinda similar in dealing with Celtic Mythology, but are all in my opinion very good. I do not believe that the bible falls under the Sci/Fi fantasy catergorization. Even if you happen to think it does, it is filed under a completely different Dewey Decimal Code than Sci/Fi Fantasy. __________________ I am not crazy cause I take the right pills..................................... Everyday

30-08-2005, 16:01	#44
Mistfit King Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: idunno. Posts: 2,428	Snow Crash: by Neal Stephenson Not an Epic by any stretch but one of my favorite Sci-Fi books. You guys have hit many of the books that I've read within the last 6 months. Thomas Covenant All 3 trilo's from Robbin Hobbs Edit: Oh I almost forgot LE Modesitt, Jr. The Order Wars (Stories of Recluse) Edit #2: American Gods ~ Neil Gaiman Very Funny book good story as well __________________ Stumbling from pillar to post...

30-08-2005, 17:00	#46
romeothemonk King Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Yankton, SD. Posts: 1,310	Yeah, I know the thread. This is a minor threadjacking, but I just thought I would point it out and see the reaction. You guys are really well read for all the time you spend on the computer. I am impressed. __________________ I am not crazy cause I take the right pills..................................... Everyday

30-08-2005, 21:37	#47
smalltalk Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Echo Park. Posts: 544	Voyage from Yesteryear Besides "The Dispossesed" there is another anarchist sf novel, written by James P. Hogan. Hogan is not as good a writer as LeGuin is, and his plot is much more straight forward but the story is amusing. Earth is on its decline, so a spaceship is sent out to colonize the next star system. As the live support system couldn't handle passengers, only embryos are sent, to be later breed, raised an educated by the ship's computer. Fifty years later, another spaceship from earth arrives to reclaim the colony for earth. Of course the locals, who are living in an anarchist post-scarcity society, deal with them in their own way ... Software/Wetware/Freeware/Realware Electro hippie stuff by Rudy Rucker about machine intelligent boppers, who run a colony on the moon, about their scions and new emerges, about moldies and wetbobs, silly-puters, the uuvy and the aller. And about getting boozed or high. __________________ <font size=\"1\">\"I have to play EXISTANCE with someone friendly. Are you friendly or are you not?\"</font id=\"size1\">

31-08-2005, 00:45	#48
Swingue Prince Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Looking for grandchildren. Posts: 659	He Darkness, do you also know the manycoloured land by Julian May, trilogy as well, i really enjoyed reading that. __________________ If violence doesn\'t work, use more violence! ================================================ Swingue got a new pair of eyes, 20/20 vision now

31-08-2005, 11:49	#50
Energy Chieftain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 163	For fantasy: - Steven Erikson: Malazin Empire - China Mieville: Scar - Steph Swainston: The year of our war - George Martin: Song of ice and fire; Fever dreams On contrary of what has been in this tread before: - Robert Jordan: Big no no after book 3 or 4 - Hobb: Quite disappointing endings of the story