Do you read sci-fi/fantasy books?
What are some of your favorite books of all time?
I'd love to read them 😃
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I'm not huge on sci-fi books in general but one of my all-time favorite book serieseses is a sci-fi series called Otherland series by Tad Williams. I think I remember there being 5 or 6 books.
It's not strictly sci-fi but I also really enjoyed The Black House and Talisman by Stephen King.
Cool, thanks! I haven't read any of those.
Can confirm, Otherland by Tad Williams is brilliant .. just reading the first book now.
The Hyperion Cantos by Dam Simmons is also brilliant, everyone should read this series .. 🤙🏼
Thanks!
Oh man, I forgot about Otherland. I haaaate Tad Williams's writing style but the story was so good I forced my way through the entire series. It was worth every minute.
SciFi: Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells and agreed on Dune.
Fantasy:
- most of Terry Pratchett- my favs are Night Watch and the Tiffany Aching books (starts with Wee Free Men)
- Neil Gaiman for Stardust and Neverwhere.
- Steven Brust for his Vlad Taltos book (Book of Jhereg is the first published, Book of Taltos is the first chronologically).
- The Abhorsen books by Garth Nix (Sabriel is the first one)
- the Eli Monpress books by Rachel Aaron (first is The Spirit Thief - reviews compare it to Scott Lynch’s Lies of Locke Lamora but I like these better).
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Three body problem books and children of time series. Also Dune. If you haven’t read dune you really should
I'm not huge on scifi books generally, but the original Dune is a masterpiece worth your time. Every book written by Frank Herbert is worth reading, although it gets weird.
The books written from his notes before his son and a co-author I can't remember were not nearly to the same caliber but entertaining enough if you wanted to dig deep into the key moments that set the stage for Dune.
Thanks!
Tolkien and IT