Recommend a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book

[Nekosan]

damn shame about the second book

Damn shame that Arutha is so goddamned awesome? I mean, I'll be honest. The first time I read it, back when it came out, I was clamouring for more Pug and Thomas and was unhappy. But on subsequent reads throughout the eons, it's a pretty good book.

I havent read any of his work in a decade but tbh i remember thinking "what? where the fook are pug and thomas? i get ONE book before i need to change main characters?". Shortly after i was all "those characters were **** anyway, Arutha is a pimp and Jimmy is a double pimp", i also remember reading all 3 of the empire books and thinking "wtf is this garbage...zzzzzzzzzz".

[Shaolin$alesman]

Probably already posted this in here.


Dune - if you haven't read it... well you haven't read one of maybe THE best sci-fi novel ever written.


Vampire Hunter D Series (16 books) more adult reading, has a few pages of art per book, great series, main character is a badass & baddies are evil as hell, the world it set in is wicked as well, looks like they have some new version of the books out as well with more art in them.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=vampire+hunter+d&x=0&y=0

[=beast=]

anyone said the Halo books?


they are actaully pretty damn good. Fall of Reach was awesome

[Lance P King]

it's a pretty good book.

lol, I can cop that, it wasn't the character switch that bugged me, it was the quest structure of the main plot. Just not my thing at all, but each to their own

I enjoyed most of his characters, the only one that stuck out as bad was that dark elf protagonist in his sequel set, can't remember the name of those books but he was terribly written.

[Yurtles]

A Trial of Blood and Steel series by Joel Shepherd (Starts with Sasha). Just a nice, well written and long fantasy-ish story. I even found myself caring about what might happen to the characters on a couple occasions. And he's an Aussie author to boot

[Marshmallow]

The Ender saga by Orson Scott Card is quite good.
Starting with Enders game of course!

[Tas]

The Reality dysfunction, simply put the best scifi I have ever read in my entire life..

[Disco LT]

A Trial of Blood and Steel series by Joel Shepherd (Starts with Sasha). Just a nice, well written and long fantasy-ish story. I even found myself caring about what might happen to the characters on a couple occasions. And he's an Aussie author to boot

I have a pre publication copy of the first book of that series, picked it up in a second hand book store in Dubbo in an obviously not completed state (had the dodgiest cover on it and a special note inside that if found is to be returned to somewhere or other because it's not to be sold).

[Bek]

I have a pre publication copy of the first book of that series, picked it up in a second hand book store in Dubbo in an obviously not completed state (had the dodgiest cover on it and a special note inside that if found is to be returned to somewhere or other because it's not to be sold).

If the author becomes a superstar you might wanna hold onto that for a few years

[Disco LT]

Haha, I've got no idea where it is, in my shed full of books probably

[sar84]

The Reality dysfunction, simply put the best scifi I have ever read in my entire life..

This book is part of the Nights Dawn trilogy, "The Neutronium Alchemist" & "The Naked God" are the other two books. And your right, it's some of the best sci-fi i've ever read.

There's also a book called "A Second Chance at Eden", it's a collection of short stories that answer one big question left over from the trilogy. Lastly there's "The Confederation Handbook", it's a guide book to the stories universe but I've never seen it.

[Hedwig]

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (by Susanna Clarke) is a pretty brilliant book. It's about two very different magicians with two differing mindsets.

[Tas]

The Reality dysfunction, simply put the best scifi I have ever read in my entire life..

This book is part of the Nights Dawn trilogy, "The Neutronium Alchemist" & "The Naked God" are the other two books. And your right, it's some of the best sci-fi i've ever read.

There's also a book called "A Second Chance at Eden", it's a collection of short stories that answer one big question left over from the trilogy. Lastly there's "The Confederation Handbook", it's a guide book to the stories universe but I've never seen it.

yer Ive read them all a few times, theres a new series too, amazing books done in same universe but different stories... I have em all on Audio book.

http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.p ... mmonwealth

[Drakand]

The Reality dysfunction, simply put the best scifi I have ever read in my entire life..

This book is part of the Nights Dawn trilogy, "The Neutronium Alchemist" & "The Naked God" are the other two books. And your right, it's some of the best sci-fi i've ever read.

There's also a book called "A Second Chance at Eden", it's a collection of short stories that answer one big question left over from the trilogy. Lastly there's "The Confederation Handbook", it's a guide book to the stories universe but I've never seen it.

yer Ive read them all a few times, theres a new series too, amazing books done in same universe but different stories... I have em all on Audio book.

http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.p ... mmonwealth

I bought that first book at a second hand sale and loved it, will have to see the others

[Disco LT]

If the author becomes a superstar you might wanna hold onto that for a few years

Found it!