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Reading suggestions please
I just finished reading the Riftwar cycle, and now I'm lost. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Preferably sci fi/fantasy.
Jul 23, 2016 3:07 AM
TeamOnes
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I just finished reading the Riftwar cycle, and now I'm lost. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Preferably sci fi/fantasy.
scroopynooperz
Wool, Shift, Dust by Hugh Howey
IWantToSeeMountainsAgain
Do yourself a favor, read Brent Week's Night Angel trilogy. And then his Lightbringer series. 4th out of (supposedly) 5 comes out Oct. 25.
Anononononon
The half a king trilogy
ICantRememberHowItEndsButYourMothersAWhore
Ready Player One
nickknack7
#'s 1 & 2 for me are "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson, and "Needful Things" by Stephen King.
mrbaiter
Sword of Truth
exlurker42
Done discworld, twenty palaces society, warded man or dresden files yet?
TeamOnes
I've read some Pratchett, but I've never done the whole series. I think that's next on my list.
Shade169
is also add - sword of truth, cycle of fire, malazan series, theft of swords,furies of calderon,iron tower trilogy, the outstretched shadow
Shade169
2/2 the dwarves, aeronauts windlass - most ive listed lead to authors with 6+ excellent books...should keep you busy for awhile
wilsonflanges
Early Vonnegut: The Sirens of Titan, Cat's Cradle, Welcome to the Monkey House
robertk971
Ursula K Le Guin, Earthsea books.
ArcaneConjecture
Amen. Forget Hogwarts. I wanna go to Roke Island.
Test0tickle
One of my favorite sci fi books: Merchanter's Luck by CJ Cherryh.
EveryTimeIfartaFairyDies
The Black Company. Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time.
Shade169
memory, sorrow and thorn - the legend of eli monpress - the war gods own - oath of gold - dresden files - the last rune - night angel
Stilldrunkfromlastnight
All of those have earned you all of my up votes
bogstone
check out Stephen Lawhead
notanexactscience
Dune series
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
I can't stress enough how much Dune is a must read for a sci-fi/fantasy fan. You can read the rest if you want, but at least read Dune.
TeamOnes
Agreed.
Imadethisaccounttoreplytoacomment
Name of theWind
SuzyHomemaker09
Sci if - any collaboration between Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Or by them separately too, but they are best together.
dillenger
Stephen kings "The dark tower " saga
Gearwe
For some excellent fantasy a bit off the beaten path, try P.C. Hodgell's books.
Perfzilla
I think I've seen this book before but I don't know what it is: what book is this:
TeamOnes
The enlightened mind - Stephen Mitchell.
Perfzilla
Nope, guess it was a different book. :P
ughthisblows
Dune. The gunslinger/dark tower series. Name of the wind. Those are my 3 favorites. If you like the horror/apocalypse genre than swan song
JamJamJamboreHE
Wheel of Time, R. A. Salvatore's series on Drizzt about 30 decent books if you like dnd lore. Anne McCaffrey's dragons of Pern books.
JamJamJamboreHE
So many Dragon Lance books if you got lots of time.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
I have loved each of these.
wherethehorriblethingsare
Terry Pratchett.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
Pratchett is wonderful. HE IS MISSED.
rabaal
Belgariad. Golden Hills of Westria. Malorean.
Anononononon
The other eddings works
rabaal
There was one I didn't care for. Redemption of Althalus. It seemed too rushed toward the end, like he just wanted to get it over with.
Anononononon
Ok....I will give you that, but I meant more his saga books. The Elerium? elysium? The E and the sequel to the E books.
NoPostsOnlyComments
Have you read the wheel of time series yet?
TeamOnes
Nope. These are all going on a list. Thank you.
NoPostsOnlyComments
Maybe also try the Furies of Calderon series
ArcaneConjecture
@OP should know that he'll have to slog through 13 dammed thick books to get to the last one, which is one of the all time best.
TeamOnes
That's she, not he, and it sounds good to me. :)
immaCanucktoo
Terry Pratchett
ThornyWoods
Following up on this, I find "Guards Guards" or "Going Postal" to be good starters for Pratchett.
TeamOnes
Haven't read Guards Guards yet but Going Postal was fantastic.
ThornyWoods
If you liked Going Postal, there's a direct sequel called Making Money with the same lead character that's also excellent.
TeamOnes
Love Pratchett. Good Omens and Mort are hiding down in the bottom left of photo.
immaCanucktoo
Neil Gaimon, then.
nodwick
I just finished, "Good Omens." That book was amazing! Have you read, "Stardust" yet?
TeamOnes
Not yet. I'm thinking of starting the discworld series from the start.
nodwick
I got hooked on reading Pratchett after watching, "Going Postal." His stories are wonderful.
MrPewpyPants
I've never loved anything as much as I did Harry Potter. And I probably never will. I think it ruined reading for me.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
HP is fun and accessible. Nothing wrong with that. Find something that challenges you. You might find that you enjoy it.
TeamOnes
Yeah they were something special, but they definitely haven't ruined reading for me.
IWantToSeeMountainsAgain
Brandon Sanderson. Lighter reading? Mistborn series. Full epic fantasy? The Way of Kings. Be warned, he's like a drug..Can't. stop. reading.
ArcaneConjecture
WATCH OUT! Way of Kings is 10 books long and only two are finished.
IWantToSeeMountainsAgain
Sigh..I know. And he's taking a break after 5 to finish other projects. But book 3 1st draft is 61%. He plans on finishing this year.
IWantToSeeMountainsAgain
But won't realistically have it edited, published and shipped til at least spring of 2017.
Onzid
Star Wars
djjedijens
I'll 2nd that. In particular the X-wing series.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
While I am a huge fan of the SW Extended Universe, it's not the best thing to get into at the moment. Disney is/has thrown it out. (1/2)
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
It's yet to be determined if the new EU (are we calling it that?) will be as rich. (2/2)
Onzid
Don't let one creative entity tell you that another is not valid.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
I'm just sad they won't be adding anything new to my EU shelf.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
Dune. As a sci-fi/fantasy fan, you are doing yourself a disservice if you haven't read it. If you have read it, apologies.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step (1/2)
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
beyond logic. -Dune, Frank Herbert
TeamOnes
Dune is the green book just underneath "tear of the gods," but thank you, it is one of my favourites.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
Excellent! I didn't spent much time on the second shelf. Nice collection.
TeamOnes
Thank you. It's my "favourite books" bookshelf.