Book Suggestions, Please.

Over the last two months I've picked up my hobby of reading and need some suggestions as too some books I should read. My usual pattern is to not read anything for a while, then blow through a couple series in a month or two. These are some of the books I've liked to give you the feel for my tastes:

A Song of Ice and Fire

The Wheel of Time (I used to make fun of a kid for reading these books, now I feel like a douche)

The Honor Harrington books

The Book of the New Sun (fav)

The Host

Spin

His Dark Materials

Mostly epic Sci-Fi and fantasy, sometimes fiction.

Try the 'First Law Trilogy' by Joe Abercrombie.

The first book is titled 'The Blade Itself'. second is "Before they are hanged"...the third is being published this september, and I can't wait.

It's dark fantasy, a lot more 'heavier' than things like 'The Wheel of Time' series.

You like epic Scifi and you havent read Dune by Frank Herbert?

Do yourself a favor...buy it now. The good thing is that there are like six original books, then some prequals written buy his son that are entertaining and, occasionaly, pretty good. Frank Herbert's books are simply stunning; theyre essentially the "Lord of the Rings" of science fiction.

I also recommend the Ender's Game series. Amazing books.

Try Battlefield Earth: a saga of the year 3000. it's a nice long read and classic... Just can't seem to find my own copy so I am reading the libraries for now..vito_128

wouldnt that be giving money to scientology :P

You like epic Scifi and you havent read Dune by Frank Herbert?

Do yourself a favor...buy it now. The good thing is that there are like six original books, then some prequals written buy his son that are entertaining and, occasionaly, pretty good. Frank Herbert's books are simply stunning; theyre essentially the "Lord of the Rings" of science fiction.

I also recommend the Ender's Game series. Amazing books.

mrbojangles25

Read 'em both. Their making big budget movies for both of them btw.

I'm reading World War Z, An oral History of the Zombie war and it is a very good book. ferrari2001

George Orwell's 1984

George Orwell's Animal Farm

H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds

probably my 3 favorite books, besides some french ones that I don't know if they've been translated...

[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]I'm reading World War Z, An oral History of the Zombie war and it is a very good book. CommanderShiro

Read that one too.

Just read an excellent fantasy trilogy by Robin Hobb called The Farseer Trilogy. First book is called Assassin's Apprentice, second Royal Assassin, third is Assassin's Quest. Excellent books.

Terry Brooks has a ton of fantasy books and is a very good author in my opinion.

I don't read sci-fi or fantasy anymore.

But "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" was good (the movie Blade Runner was loosely inspired by the book).

"The Roadside Picnic" was above average. It's the book the game STALKER was loosely based on. You may be able to find a free .pdf of it online. I don't think it's in print anymore and I've seen it go for $80 used.

Try Battlefield Earth: a saga of the year 3000. it's a nice long read and classic... Just can't seem to find my own copy so I am reading the libraries for now..vito_128

:lol: By L. Ron Hubbard? The one whose film adaptation is referred to commonly as the worst movie of all time?

I don't read sci-fi or fantasy anymore.

But "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" was good (the movie Blade Runner was loosely inspired by the book).

cametall

great book.

Try anything by Philip K. Dick

The Bad Place by DeanKoontz

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (this is a really deep book... read it if you've got a thing for sad endings and if you've got a very soft spot for women.... it's a very sad but powerful book)

Dune!!!!!!!

Read Harry Potter, too. And Ender's Game if you haven't.

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

You like epic Scifi and you havent read Dune by Frank Herbert?

Do yourself a favor...buy it now. The good thing is that there are like six original books, then some prequals written buy his son that are entertaining and, occasionaly, pretty good. Frank Herbert's books are simply stunning; theyre essentially the "Lord of the Rings" of science fiction.

I also recommend the Ender's Game series. Amazing books.

Guiltfeeder566

Read 'em both. Their making big budget movies for both of them btw.

I heard about the Dune movie but theyre making an Ender's Game movie too? Suhhhhhweeeet!

Lets all pray Sting doesnt make an appearance in Dune though.

I recommend the Sword of truth series, 11 books and gripping from start to finish, characters that are very easy to fall in love with but never get boring.

Also any book from Neil Gaiman, the best Imo from him is American Gods. Makes you think what can be hidden in this world of ours.

War of the worlds is fantastic, dont go by any of the movies, the book is brilliant and so powerful a telling of alien invasion.

I'm reading Gullivers travels right now and although it is hard to read it is also very creative and has alot of cool, well thought out scenareos.

You may try some of the HP Lovecraft story collections.

Some can be kind of sci-fi but mostly horror (cosmic horrors at that!). They can be a challenging read but are so worth it!

On an unrelated note, I'm reading "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. I'm really loving the book. It's larger than the friggen Bible but has kept me hooked so far.

I really like Tad Williams as a writer... his fantasy work is nothing new but his writing style is great and you'll love his characters... I recommend the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, the first book being The Dragonbone Chair.

GRRM's Song of Ice and Fire series is AMAZING so I know you have good taste. :P

You can't go wrong with these authors:

Jack Kerouac (The Dharma Bums, On the Road), Charles Bukowski (Post-Office, Factotum), Truman Capote (Summer Crossing, In Cold Blood), William S. Burroughs (The Soft Machine, Naked Lunch), Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, About a Boy), Hermann Hesse (Steppenwolf, Siddharta), etc. These probably won't fit with your requirements, but reading these will probably break new borders in what you want to read.

If you're looking for fantasy, however, I would totally recommend reading anything by J.R.R. Tolkien, which is totally amazing and a wonderful read (at least for me it is). As for Sci-Fi, I'd recommend Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, or Stanislaw Lem.