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Originally posted by Madeleine_W View PostRed Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. If you like it, Blue Mars and Green Mars follow.
I heard that skiffy was going to make Red Mars into a miniseries, but that was several years back and there's been no news since then...
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Add me to those who recommend Anne McCaffrey. She is excellent! Especially with the Pern series and the Doona series!I've also read her Planet Pirates/Dinosaur Planet books. They're good, too, but come behind the other two I mentioned in favoritism.
I also enjoy:
Alan Dean Foster's Humanx Commonwealth books (I'm reading one right now--Midworld). The insect-like Thranx in that series are one of the best aliens created in all science fiction.
Timothy Zahn's current Dragonback series. There are six books--four are out now, one is due at the end of this month, the last one next May.
Don Callander's Dragon Companion trilogy is excellent, though I can only speak on the first book.
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"Dragons can't change who they are, but who would want them to? Dragons are powerful, amazing creatures."--Hiccup; Dragons: Riders of Berk
My Books:
Draconia: Forging Trust, Draconia: Fractured Dream, Draconia: Rehatching
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Originally posted by jesserella View PostStar wars books, there easy to follow, and tend to have good plots and exciting twists, plus all our fav characters from the movies and exciting new ones, try the X wing series, they are V funny
Has anyone else here read E.E "Doc" Smith's Skylark series???
I read and re-read and re-read these through primary and then through high school, would have been no less than a dozen times each (4 books) love them!!!Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable
All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm
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Originally posted by McClance View Post
Alan Dean Foster's Humanx Commonwealth books (I'm reading one right now--Midworld). The insect-like Thranx in that series are one of the best aliens created in all science fiction.
My personal favorite ADF books are "The I Inside" and "A call to arms", if you haven´t read them I´d strongly recommand giving them a chance.
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Originally posted by katTheBird View Post*madly writes down everyone's recommendations*
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Asimov is always a good read. Especially foundation and robot series.
David Feintuch's Seafort Saga (Midshipman's Hope - Children of Hope) was also a fantastic read. Anyone else read them?Science Fiction is an existential metaphor; it allows us to tell stories about the human condition.
Isaac Asimov once said individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today, but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
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Originally posted by MB.Eddie View PostAsimov is always a good read. Especially foundation and robot series.
David Feintuch's Seafort Saga (Midshipman's Hope - Children of Hope) was also a fantastic read. Anyone else read them?
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My favourite is Stephen Donaldson's "The chronicals of Thomas Covenent, The Unbelievere".
Awsome story telling, awsome landscape, and awsome depth in the human psychie. The 8th book is about to come out and there are 2 more to finish the series. I highly recommend. Check out donaldsons website and see what he has got.
Cheers
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Don't read much sci fi, am more into fantasy.
Some of my favourites:
Mike Carey, Felix Castor series
Simon R. Green, Nightside series
George R.R. Martin, A song of Ice and Fire
Robin Hobb, The Farseer trilogy and the Tawny Man trilogy
C.S. Friedman, Coldfire trilogy
Jim Butcher, the Dresden Files
Anne Bishop, Black Jewels trilogy
Kim Harrison, Rachel Morgan
Laurell K. Hamilton, Anita Blake Vampire Hunter
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I´m currently reading the newest book in the "Malazan book of the fallen" series by Steven Erikson. This series is nothing short of brilliant and I highly recommand it and consider it to be one of the best series ever written so if you like serious fantasy books check it out.
Edit: The first book in the series is called "Gardens of the moon" btw.
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