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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 13:21:06 GMT -5
Great story, sablebrush52 - thanks for sharing it. Bradbury is probably my favorite sci-fi writer, alongside Theodore Sturgeon. I read mostly the classic stuff in pretty much every genre, but will add Rothfuss to my list. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 13:22:02 GMT -5
I'll be safe for another couple of months. Although I've actually never seen a scorpion here - just big-arse centipedes (including in the house). Lots of flesh-ripping red racer snakes last year, but they keep the mice population down. Yikes. Makes me thankful for St. Patrick getting rid of all the snakes in Ireland. That's not the first time I've been compared to a saint, either.  |
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 16, 2018 13:25:17 GMT -5
Yikes. Makes me thankful for St. Patrick getting rid of all the snakes in Ireland. That's not the first time I've been compared to a saint, either. lol. Do you mean in this sense... 'he's nothing like a saint'? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 14:09:50 GMT -5
That's not the first time I've been compared to a saint, either. lol. Do you mean in this sense... 'he's nothing like a saint'? As in, "he reminds me of a saint... Bernard." |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 16, 2018 15:02:25 GMT -5
I'll be safe for another couple of months. Although I've actually never seen a scorpion here - just big-arse centipedes (including in the house). Lots of flesh-ripping red racer snakes last year, but they keep the mice population down. Yikes. Makes me thankful for St. Patrick getting rid of all the snakes in Ireland. We have black racers here, but they are real sweethearts. The hognose snakes and rat snakes are ornery, nasty critters. I wish I could put St. Patrick on the trail of all the water moccasins. They are the worst. I have only seen one scorpion in the wild, in spite of spending a lot of time in areas infested with them. The one I did see had to be pointed out by my wife. If I ever get stung by one, I am sure I will start seeing them everywhere. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 16, 2018 15:07:04 GMT -5
I used to read a lot of SCI-FI and Fantasy. Pretty much anything by Fritz Leiber, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournell, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Ursula K Le Guin, David Gerrold, Robert Heinlein, George RR Martin, Issac Asimov, Phillip José Farmer, Davin Brin, L Sprague De Camp, Roger Zelazny, Anne McCaffrey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Piers Anthony, Michael Moorcock, Jules Verne, Douglas Adams, Richard Adams, Poul Anderson, Clive Barker, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Roald Dahl, Robert E. Howard, and Ray Bradbury are very much worth reading. Among the newer writers I highly recommend Patrick Rothfuss. Ray Bradbury holds a special place for me as he was one of the first speculative fiction writers I read and I later got to collaborate with him on the movie version of Something Wicked This Way Comes. Ray was a pleasure to work with. Wow! The only glaring omission is L. Ron Hubbard! 🤣 |
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Post by Stanhill on Apr 16, 2018 15:51:07 GMT -5
Yikes. Makes me thankful for St. Patrick getting rid of all the snakes in Ireland. Read Frederick Forsyth's short-story "There are no snakes in Ireland". It's in the "No comebacks" collection.  |
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 16, 2018 15:58:54 GMT -5
Yikes. Makes me thankful for St. Patrick getting rid of all the snakes in Ireland. Read Frederick Forsyth's short-story "There are no snakes in Ireland". It's in the "No comebacks" collection. Will do |
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Post by sablebrush52 on Apr 16, 2018 18:23:28 GMT -5
I used to read a lot of SCI-FI and Fantasy. Pretty much anything by Fritz Leiber, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournell, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Ursula K Le Guin, David Gerrold, Robert Heinlein, George RR Martin, Issac Asimov, Phillip José Farmer, Davin Brin, L Sprague De Camp, Roger Zelazny, Anne McCaffrey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Piers Anthony, Michael Moorcock, Jules Verne, Douglas Adams, Richard Adams, Poul Anderson, Clive Barker, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Roald Dahl, Robert E. Howard, and Ray Bradbury are very much worth reading. Among the newer writers I highly recommend Patrick Rothfuss. Ray Bradbury holds a special place for me as he was one of the first speculative fiction writers I read and I later got to collaborate with him on the movie version of Something Wicked This Way Comes. Ray was a pleasure to work with. Wow! The only glaring omission is L. Ron Hubbard! 🤣 Never read him. Never will. There are a number of other writers I neglected to mention. |
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Post by username on Apr 16, 2018 19:14:01 GMT -5
Piers Anthony is a favorite. Cs lewis I make it a point to try and reread chronicles of narnia atleast every other year or so. As narnia sparked my lifetime love of reading.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 20:08:32 GMT -5
I used to read a lot of SCI-FI and Fantasy. Pretty much anything by Fritz Leiber, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournell, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Ursula K Le Guin, David Gerrold, Robert Heinlein, George RR Martin, Issac Asimov, Phillip José Farmer, Davin Brin, L Sprague De Camp, Roger Zelazny, Anne McCaffrey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Piers Anthony, Michael Moorcock, Jules Verne, Douglas Adams, Richard Adams, Poul Anderson, Clive Barker, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Roald Dahl, Robert E. Howard, and Ray Bradbury are very much worth reading. Among the newer writers I highly recommend Patrick Rothfuss. Ray Bradbury holds a special place for me as he was one of the first speculative fiction writers I read and I later got to collaborate with him on the movie version of Something Wicked This Way Comes. Ray was a pleasure to work with. I used to read a lot of sci-fi and a little fantasy. I enjoyed most of the authors you mentioned and also Arthur C. Clarke. Some serious scientists in that list. |
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Post by sablebrush52 on Apr 16, 2018 21:26:20 GMT -5
I used to read a lot of SCI-FI and Fantasy. Pretty much anything by Fritz Leiber, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournell, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Ursula K Le Guin, David Gerrold, Robert Heinlein, George RR Martin, Issac Asimov, Phillip José Farmer, Davin Brin, L Sprague De Camp, Roger Zelazny, Anne McCaffrey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Piers Anthony, Michael Moorcock, Jules Verne, Douglas Adams, Richard Adams, Poul Anderson, Clive Barker, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Roald Dahl, Robert E. Howard, and Ray Bradbury are very much worth reading. Among the newer writers I highly recommend Patrick Rothfuss. Ray Bradbury holds a special place for me as he was one of the first speculative fiction writers I read and I later got to collaborate with him on the movie version of Something Wicked This Way Comes. Ray was a pleasure to work with. I used to read a lot of sci-fi and a little fantasy. I enjoyed most of the authors you mentioned and also Arthur C. Clarke. Some serious scientists in that list. Yep, Arthur C, Clark was a terrific writer! I also forgot to mention Frank Herbert. Sic Gloria Mundi... I've always thought that Dream Park would make a terrific film. I pitched it when I was at Disney. Their response: "We don't make pictures about murders in theme parks." Duuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 22:39:27 GMT -5
Wow! The only glaring omission is L. Ron Hubbard! 🤣 Never read him. Never will. There are a number of other writers I neglected to mention. Some of his stuff before he decided he was the messiah was good pulp SF/Fantasy - fun, adventurous, humorous, and shows none of the creeping weirdness of his later endeavors. Except for the sci-fi content, anyway! |
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Post by simnettpratt on Apr 17, 2018 14:38:40 GMT -5
The T fellow in the thread title kinda ruined me for other fantasy novels. I did like Fred Saberhagen's Berserker stories, not least because a lot of time the Berserkers (the galactic bad guys) won. The first book I read after the T fellow that created a reasonable alternate world was Frank Herbert's Dune. However, Dune 2 became tedious and Dune 3 was impossible. I've actually read, or attempted, most of the others you guys just mentioned, but was already ruined  PS Cool story about Bradbury, Jesse. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 15:05:45 GMT -5
The T fellow in the thread title kinda ruined me for other fantasy novels. I did like Fred Saberhagen's Berserker stories, not least because a lot of time the Berserkers (the galactic bad guys) won. The first book I read after the T fellow that created a reasonable alternate world was Frank Herbert's Dune. However, Dune 2 became tedious and Dune 3 was impossible. I've actually read, or attempted, most of the others you guys just mentioned, but was already ruined PS Cool story about Bradbury, Jesse. The problem with so much sci-fi and fantasy is that good story-telling and good writing don't always go hand-in-hand. Dune is a great example. |
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Post by simnettpratt on Apr 17, 2018 17:49:11 GMT -5
Here's the ultra-condensed version of Dune 2 and 3:
Frank Herbert: I am so smart, I dare you to try and understand even ONE of my sentences!
Reader: You are a god, Frank Herbert!
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Post by erikredd on Apr 17, 2018 20:50:24 GMT -5
I have read all of WOT. I think you will like it. The main characters are each flawed in some way, but they overcome it to reach their goals. More complex characters than most similar stories, a lot of character development. There were some complaints about a couple of books that were mostly character development with little action, but I found that they added immensely to the overall story. The last 2 or 3 volumes were by Sanderson, and he does Jordan as well as Jordan did. I read a couple of the first ones, but the characters did incredibly stupid things that you knew were stupid. I also thought it moved too slowly. |
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Post by erikredd on Apr 17, 2018 20:57:41 GMT -5
I've enjoyed some of Tad Williams books. I really liked Patrick Rothfuss' first book in the Kingkilleer chronicles, but was disappointed in the second.
Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy #1 was also very good, but I haven't cared for any of his following books.
Harry Potter was surprisingly good as a series.
None compare with Tolkien though.
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Post by crapgame on Apr 17, 2018 21:48:41 GMT -5
I've enjoyed some of Tad Williams books. I really liked Patrick Rothfuss' first book in the Kingkilleer chronicles, but was disappointed in the second. Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy #1 was also very good, but I haven't cared for any of his following books. Harry Potter was surprisingly good as a series. None compare with Tolkien though. like tailchasers song? |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Apr 17, 2018 21:55:02 GMT -5
I used to read a lot of SCI-FI and Fantasy. Pretty much anything by Fritz Leiber, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournell, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Ursula K Le Guin, David Gerrold, Robert Heinlein, George RR Martin, Issac Asimov, Phillip José Farmer, Davin Brin, L Sprague De Camp, Roger Zelazny, Anne McCaffrey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Piers Anthony, Michael Moorcock, Jules Verne, Douglas Adams, Richard Adams, Poul Anderson, Clive Barker, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Roald Dahl, Robert E. Howard, and Ray Bradbury are very much worth reading. Among the newer writers I highly recommend Patrick Rothfuss. Ray Bradbury holds a special place for me as he was one of the first speculative fiction writers I read and I later got to collaborate with him on the movie version of Something Wicked This Way Comes. Ray was a pleasure to work with. Was it the early 80s version?! I saw that particular film when I was 3 or 4 and it existed in my mind as if it were a lived experience. It was years later when I was eleven or twelve that I read the story and it was such a strange euphoric experience as it was so familiar, yet I had been so young, I didn't realize it was a film I had seen and not just a dream. Haha |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 22:30:20 GMT -5
Anyone read the Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake? He started it in the 40s and never finished. He was a poet, so the writing is beautiful. The story is surreal and full of bizarre characters. Someone once said it's like Dickens on acid.
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Post by cappadoc on Apr 17, 2018 23:05:49 GMT -5
OMG, I forgot Raymond Feist’s Magician/Riftwar series. Absolute favorite after Tolkien.
Outstanding stuff as is Robin Hobbs as above.
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Post by hannahmoe710 on Sept 17, 2018 21:17:27 GMT -5
My all time favorite book/book series is The Shapeshifters: The Kiesha'ra of the Den of Shadows. 5 books, but each book is not very long. They don't have to be. Love the Shapeshifters.
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Post by stilllernin on Sept 17, 2018 21:38:14 GMT -5
Try the eragon series christopher paiolini can bring you in.
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Post by blackmouth210 on Sept 17, 2018 22:15:22 GMT -5
Stephen R. Donaldson's "Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" series. Ten books all told. Excellent series that I will read again some day. This is my favorite as well. Although I have only read the First and Second Chronicles (the original double trilogy). I read these back waaaay before the final 4 books were published. That double trilogy was fantastic though. It has been, by far, my favorite fantasy book(s) I've ever read. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 0:12:57 GMT -5
Stephen R. Donaldson's "Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" series. Ten books all told. Excellent series that I will read again some day. This is my favorite as well. Although I have only read the First and Second Chronicles (the original double trilogy). I read these back waaaay before the final 4 books were published. That double trilogy was fantastic though. It has been, by far, my favorite fantasy book(s) I've ever read. I really need to give them a try. They seem to be really polarizing. |
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Post by blackmouth210 on Sept 18, 2018 7:44:39 GMT -5
This is my favorite as well. Although I have only read the First and Second Chronicles (the original double trilogy). I read these back waaaay before the final 4 books were published. That double trilogy was fantastic though. It has been, by far, my favorite fantasy book(s) I've ever read. I really need to give them a try. They seem to be really polarizing. The first 2 chronicles are readily available at my local library. If it's the same in your area, check the first book out to see if you like the story and writing style. If so, you can check out the rest of the series or buy it. If not, no money was wasted on a book you didn't like. Either way, let us know what you think if/when you read it! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 8:01:21 GMT -5
I have read all of WOT. I think you will like it. The main characters are each flawed in some way, but they overcome it to reach their goals. More complex characters than most similar stories, a lot of character development. There were some complaints about a couple of books that were mostly character development with little action, but I found that they added immensely to the overall story. The last 2 or 3 volumes were by Sanderson, and he does Jordan as well as Jordan did. Ron, I am on book 5 now! Enjoying the series immensely. |
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Post by Quintsrevenge on Sept 18, 2018 9:53:43 GMT -5
Master and Commander series , one of my favorites
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 18, 2018 9:56:19 GMT -5
This is my favorite as well. Although I have only read the First and Second Chronicles (the original double trilogy). I read these back waaaay before the final 4 books were published. That double trilogy was fantastic though. It has been, by far, my favorite fantasy book(s) I've ever read. I really need to give them a try. They seem to be really polarizing. Yeah, they are the Laphroaig of fantasy, except I love Laphroaig. You might like them, as this character represents what I see as our political differences. |
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