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porndude · 05-30-2003, 09:48 AM

Some really good books suggested here. A lot that I've read, and some that I've read about that I've been meaning to pick up for a while. I feel compelled to throw my two cents in in as well.

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card - can't recommend this one highly enough. Loved it the first time I read it, and I must've read it a half dozen times since.

Jurassic Park - Michael Crighton - forget everything about the movies, the book is ten times better. Couldn't put it down and read it in one night.

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis - Lewis's take on the story of Christ as told as a bedtime story for his grandkids. One day I'll read the other 6 books in the series.

For those of you who like multi-part series:

The Belgariad and The Mallorean - David Eddings - great fantasy series. Saw the first three books on my teachers desk in 7th grade. Read those and then the next two. Finished the series before she did. Start with The Pawn Of Prophecy.

The Riftwar and The Serpent War Sagas - Raymond Feist - great fantasy series part 2 - Start with Magician: Apprentice

Wildcards - edited by George R.R. Martin - anthology series featuring prominent sci-fi and fantasy writers (Martin, Zelazny, John J. Miller, Walter Jon Williams, etc) exploring the theme of "what if superheroes existed in the real world?" Aliens develop a gene altering bomb that can either give you superpowers, disfigure you, kill you or have no effect at all. They come to Earth to test it. Trust me, it's not as hokey as it sounds. Absolutely AWESOME series. If you like comics at all, you owe it to yourself to check this one out. (If you read the comic version, the books are FAR superior) Start with Volume 1.

Myth Adventures: Robert Asprin - good, lowbrow, humorous fantasy series. The puns (good and bad) fly fast and furious. The later books start to really build on each other, but the first four or so can be read on their own. Start with any of these: Another Fine Myth, Myth Conceptions, Myth Directions, and Hit or Myth (those title should give you an idea of what you're in for)

Jhereg - Steven Brust - I second the previous recommendation about this great fantasy series with an Assassin as the hero.

05-30-2003, 09:48 AM	#96 (permalink)
porndude Tilted	Some really good books suggested here. A lot that I've read, and some that I've read about that I've been meaning to pick up for a while. I feel compelled to throw my two cents in in as well. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card - can't recommend this one highly enough. Loved it the first time I read it, and I must've read it a half dozen times since. Jurassic Park - Michael Crighton - forget everything about the movies, the book is ten times better. Couldn't put it down and read it in one night. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis - Lewis's take on the story of Christ as told as a bedtime story for his grandkids. One day I'll read the other 6 books in the series. For those of you who like multi-part series: The Belgariad and The Mallorean - David Eddings - great fantasy series. Saw the first three books on my teachers desk in 7th grade. Read those and then the next two. Finished the series before she did. Start with The Pawn Of Prophecy. The Riftwar and The Serpent War Sagas - Raymond Feist - great fantasy series part 2 - Start with Magician: Apprentice Wildcards - edited by George R.R. Martin - anthology series featuring prominent sci-fi and fantasy writers (Martin, Zelazny, John J. Miller, Walter Jon Williams, etc) exploring the theme of "what if superheroes existed in the real world?" Aliens develop a gene altering bomb that can either give you superpowers, disfigure you, kill you or have no effect at all. They come to Earth to test it. Trust me, it's not as hokey as it sounds. Absolutely AWESOME series. If you like comics at all, you owe it to yourself to check this one out. (If you read the comic version, the books are FAR superior) Start with Volume 1. Myth Adventures: Robert Asprin - good, lowbrow, humorous fantasy series. The puns (good and bad) fly fast and furious. The later books start to really build on each other, but the first four or so can be read on their own. Start with any of these: Another Fine Myth, Myth Conceptions, Myth Directions, and Hit or Myth (those title should give you an idea of what you're in for) Jhereg - Steven Brust - I second the previous recommendation about this great fantasy series with an Assassin as the hero. Last edited by porndude; 05-30-2003 at 11:09 AM..