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Discussion in 'General' started by iwog, 26 Sep 2009.

  1. iwog

    iwog Linux cursed

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    So I'm about to sit down and finish of EVE: The Empyrean Age with some Skittles vodka and I was wondering if people had any suggestions for some more Sci-fi / fantasy books that could fill the void left by me having read every Discworld book on the way to work this year. I know its a little random to be asking for suggestions but amazon is doing a piss poor job of recommending and the people in Waterstones don't give a **** and just point me to the sci-fi / fantasy section.

    In the past year I have read:
    Lord of the Rings
    Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy
    Disc world from The Colour of Magic to Making Money including Wee Free Men books
    Harry Potter 1-7 because I read 1-6 a while ago and I like to know how things end
    Clock Work Orange

    So what do the people of bit-tech read and what can you recommend me? And also why no Books tag in the forms? Is reading really a dying (right die?) art?
     
  2. Fod

    Fod what is the cheesecake?

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    'Last Chance to See...' by Douglas Adams. It's non-fiction but bloody brilliant. Read it now.

    (Dying, btw. Dyeing is when you're changing the colour of your clothes/hair.)
     
  3. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. Truly awesome.
     
  4. pimonserry

    pimonserry sounds like a party.

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    Have you read Ender's Game? I think almost everyone has :eek:
     
  5. jhanlon303

    jhanlon303 The Keeper of History

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    Worked on the 'Dune' series?
     
  6. Techno-Dann

    Techno-Dann Disgruntled kumquat

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    Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. Half hard sci-fi, half rather intense psychological fiction. Good stuff all around.
     
  7. Akkatha

    Akkatha *SCREECH!* /run away.

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    From the list you've given us, I think you'll like some of my fav's too :)

    The Magicians Guild series by Trudi Canavan, The Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks and of course the masterpiece that is 'Magician' by Raymond E Feist.
     
  8. Voluntary_Pariah

    Voluntary_Pariah a Real Man™

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    /\ Kudos for the "Magician", it is really an amazing book. The other books in the trilogy I didn't really like, but the first one blew my mind :D
     
  9. Sir Digby

    Sir Digby The Supprising Adventures

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    Perhaps the Truckers/Diggers/Wings series by Terry Pratchett?

    I suppose you've probably already read them, but worth suggesting anyway I think :)
     
  10. Shepps

    Shepps Slacking off since 1986..

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    Hunter s Thompson. Rum diaries / kingdom of fear. Epic win.
     
  11. Brooxy

    Brooxy Loser of the Game

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    It's not sci-fi or fantasy, but the Art of War is a pretty compelling read when you get into it
     
  12. whisperwolf

    whisperwolf What's a Dremel?

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    capnPedro Hacker. Maker. Engineer.

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    Yes, a million times yes!

    Read Dune / Dune Messiah / Children of Dune, I command you.
     
  14. julianmartin

    julianmartin resident cyborg.

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    Iain M. Banks is the bomb - he has a couple of styles, pretty much space opera sci fi, really really good reads. His Culture novels are godlike.

    I can recco:

    The Algebraist (one of the best books I've ever read)
    Excession
    Matter

    and I'm in the process of reading the rest!

    The Rama series is pretty damn good, by Arthur C. Clarke.

    I also enjoyed Stamping Butterflies by Jon Courtenay Grimwood.

    That's all I can think of right now :D

    edit: Risen Empire by Scott Westerfield. EPIC!
     
  15. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    THE ROAD by CORMAC McCARTHY
     
  16. Voluntary_Pariah

    Voluntary_Pariah a Real Man™

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    also the Ian Cormac series by Neil Asher. Really good Sci fi there :D
     
  17. [PUNK] crompers

    [PUNK] crompers Dremedial

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    defo enders game if you haven't read it yet. xenocide (the follow up) is pretty good too, beyond that it got a bit convoluted to me
     
  18. iwog

    iwog Linux cursed

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    Yeah have read them along with, Nation, Dark Side of the Sun, Strata and Good Omens.

    And many thanks to everyone else, I didn't expect so many replies so quickly. I always new bit-tech housed some odd people, but it seems even odder now I've found out so many read in a world of TV and MP3s.
     
  19. [PUNK] crompers

    [PUNK] crompers Dremedial

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    cos only odd people read lol. its just another form of entertainment. and bit-techers like being entertained!
     
  20. Aterius Gmork

    Aterius Gmork smell the ashes

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    This. And Neuromancer by William Gibson.
     

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