Books need books (again)

[chipper]

ok so im through the farseer and the tawny man trilogies up to date with teh dragon throne series tbh last one was a bit dissapointing read all of discworld books about 40 times over

i need new material indulge me big fan of sci and fiction like above gimme ya best.


oh and if you havent read the farseer trilogy or the tawny man trilogy order them now best trilogy ive ever read and ive read a stupid amount of books. these are seriously cannot put down books.

 

[throdgrain]

If you fancy something that hasnt got any bloody wizards in it, (you probably came from the DAOC forum ) try Dark Light by Stephen Hunter. This is a fearsome book.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Ever thought about expanding into non-generic literature? I've lots of recommendations there but nothing in the genres you've listed.

 

[chipper]

ill read anything if its a good book im not a fan of factual literature i like to read for escapism not too keen on horror or excessive gore either

sci fi and fantasy are just my preference i have enjoyed other books very much gimme ya best ideas guys i can always read the teaser

and yes technically i did come from the daoc forums when mythic shut theres back in the days of Barrysworld now i just mooch around general chat and sometimes stray into offtopic if im feeling brave

 

[Gil]

Neal Asher

Dan Simmons - Ilium and the sequel
Olympos

Also

Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere,
American Gods or
Anansi Boys

 

[Macey]

Anything by David Gemmel if you havent read them, I would recommend starting with the Troy trilogy.

Or anything by Conn Iggulden, the Rome series on Julius Caesar or the Genghis Khan series are all amazing books, some of the best Ive ever read, real page turners all of them.

 

[Bullitt]

A book i'll always recommend to anyone is The Time Traveller's Wife.

Basically it's about a man who inexplicably time travels; sort of a sci-fi romance thing. I would have never considered this type of book, then my girlfriend lent me it and I was hooked. Chuffed that they're now apprantly making a movie

 

[SilverHood]

Lee Child - Killing Floor

Steven Erikson - Malazan book of the Fallen (Gardens of the Moon is 1st book)

Raymons E Fiest - Magician

Glen Cook - Black Company

 

[DaGaffer]

Anathem, Neal Stephenson. Best SF book I've read in the last 12 months. If you want proper SF (rather than fantasy) pick up pretty much anything by Alistair Reynolds. Charles Stross is another good option; I'd especially recommend Halting State for anyone who's come from the DAOC forums.

 

[throdgrain]

Black Light isnt a horror book, I meant it's fearsome as in it's really good It's about the murder and rape of a black girl in the 1950's in the U.S.A. It's got Bob Lee Swagger in it, and his Dad!

If you must have bloody wizard books may I reccomend anything by Micheal Moorcock, particularly the Elric series, I read them years ago and still have them, they are very good if you like that sort of thing.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere,
American Gods AND(editor note)
Anansi Boys

That and in that order too :lol:

 

[mycenae]

I second the Neil Gaiman suggestions....and in the order Toht was saying.
Also second Raymond E Feist and Conn Iggulden.
You could try Stephanie Meyer and quadrupolgy that starts with Twilight which has just been made into a film, though you might find them a bit girly.
Manda Scotts series of Boudicca books are incredible, one of the few books that has made me actually cry.
Garth Nix and his necromancer books, Lirael, Sabriel and Abhorsen.....couldn't put them down and have read them over and over

 

[mr.Blacky]

What kind of SF? hardcore or easy reading?

Try looking for the writers John Ringo, David Weber and Eric Flint.
John Ringo
the series Posleen war and Looking glass.

David Weber
Fantasy and SF writer. Latest series is the Multiverse, gates linking alternate dimensions with each other. It is basicly a fight between magic and science (with a bit of extra 6 senses).

there are more but these are good reads.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

A book i'll always recommend to anyone is The Time Traveller's Wife.

Basically it's about a man who inexplicably time travels; sort of a sci-fi romance thing. I would have never considered this type of book, then my girlfriend lent me it and I was hooked. Chuffed that they're now apprantly making a movie

It's passable, but the male character is very lazily written. It's a shame she did so little research on the way men think and behave, it's very much what a woman thinks a man thinks like... it's very wrong in parts.

Recommendations from me:

Paul Auster - Any of his fiction. He's truly remarkable. A good place to start is his first book, The New York Trilogy. It's 3 short story takes on the detective novel and is very well written and quite clever.

Haruki Murakami - Again, any of his fiction, although I prefer is novels to his short stories. Weird, incredibly readable, amusing and quaint, his stories play with the notions of consciousness and reality and lead you down some very interesting paths. I'd initially recommend The Wind Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore.

Robert McLiam Wilson - Ripley Bogle. One of my favourite books, this charts the life of a young, intelligent adult from Belfast living on the streets of London. The character he has crafted is simply superb.

J.G Ballard - A very important author, frequently writes about unsettling dystopias based around elements of degrading social life. A lot of his stuff is fairly similar (he's a bit of an autersistic author) but well worth a look into.

Yann Martel - Life of Pi. If you haven't read this book yet you simply need to go and do it as fast as you can. Very well written, starts off a little slow but very very good.

There's plenty more where that came from too....

 

[TdC]

Haruki Murakami - Again, any of his fiction, although I prefer is novels to his short stories. Weird, incredibly readable, amusing and quaint, his stories play with the notions of consciousness and reality and lead you down some very interesting paths. I'd initially recommend The Wind Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore.

Yann Martel - Life of Pi. If you haven't read this book yet you simply need to go and do it as fast as you can. Very well written, starts off a little slow but very very good.

Recently read Kafka on the Shore, and as always the (ooh err) Oriental focus never fails to throw me off. I also want to read Norwegian Woods on the recommendation of a mate.

Read Life of Pi ages ago (in fact it was on the plane to New Zealand) and thought it was quite awesome, though even though you say that the beginning was slow I'd have loved to have the author/narrator talking about tea have taken longer because I thought it was great

Currently reading Markus Zusak's The Book Thief. Bought on a whim in the airport for reading at Iceland Airwaves, however I still haven't finished it, mostly because it makes me very sad (the story, not the writing) and I really have to get myself going to stay at it.

Read in the mean time: well, er KOTS obv, and Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory.

 

[taB]

Dan Simmons - Ilium and the sequel
Olympos

I thought Dan Simmons' Hyperion books were excellent sci-fi but these two you mention were goddamned awful.

 

[chipper]

thanks for the titles guys ill have a look at em and see if any of em take my fancy

alot of my sci fi books have been star trek star wars etc

ive read the engines of light trilogy and judas unchained they were pretty good i didnt enjoy hyperion i must confess think it was hyperion anyway its sat upstairs in a box not on my book shelf so i cant have enjoyed it.


one of the books ive really enjoyed was called orcs by stan nicholls i recommend it highly.

 

[sayward]

Dean Koontz.

 

[SilverHood]

Orcs was great. If you want something in a similar genre, try Glen Cooks Black Company books. They're a mercenary outfit fighting for the bad guys, with lots of battles written from a grunts perspective.

 

[chipper]

thanks silverhood that sounds like something i might enjoy

 

[Ctuchik]

David Eddings are good, so is Terry pratchett, Terry Goodkind also writes some fantastic books.

 

[kirennia]

Not really what you asked for but I doubt you'd be disappointed with the 'watchmen' comic nor 'my lovely bones'. The first, I'd suggest reading before the film comes out as the cinema release is dropping a fair amount of the story even though the dvd release isn't (3hrs long compared to 5 1/2hrs long).

My lovely bones is a strange one which I was given to read... initially dbeing put off by a richard and judy award strapped to the front, I found it to be one of the best books I've ever read. Peter Jackson is directing (iirc) the film for it to come out this year which I fear is going to be not as good as the book experience was.

 

[mycenae]

The wasp factory is an awesome book...incredible strange and a bit disturbing but very readable nonetheless.

 

[Pfy]

The lovely bones

That book? My Mrs loved it. When she told me about it seemed a bit too girlie.

Alice Seebold or smmt right?

 

[Pfy]

Read Yes Man and Dice man a little while back, enjoyable but guess not really your bag. Mr Nice was good too.

What about ... The Book of Poo: A Spotter's Guide: Amazon.co.uk: Anish Sheth, Josh Richman: Books No idea what it is but I liked the neame.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Or how about:

I Love Poo! (Odd Squad I Love Collection...S.): Amazon.co.uk: Allan Plenderleith: Books

 

[kirennia]

That book? My Mrs loved it. When she told me about it seemed a bit too girlie.

Alice Seebold or smmt right?

Google says yep; didn't know myself in all honesty. No shame in admitting I enjoyed it, so did many of my friends too both male and female. It was just very well written but I don't want to give away the story in case anyone here does end up reading/watching it