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<blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 1302710" data-attributes="member: 924">Sean Russell's &quot;Moontide &amp; Magic Rise&quot; duology (&quot;World Without End&quot;, &quot;Sea Without Shore&quot;), and it's sequel/prequel &quot;The River Into Darkness&quot; duology (&quot;Beneath the Vaulted Hills&quot; and &quot;The Compass of the Soul&quot;) are the best books I've read, period (with the exception of Voltaire's &quot;Candide&quot;). The second duology books, I simply had to read in one sitting, they were that good (admittedly, I read fast, but they're long-ish books, took me 5 or so hours straight).It's a unique setting, sorta. It's kind of akin to the 16-1700s, in a world somewhat like ours. At least, the world has many parallels with ours. It's set at the start of the age of rationalism. The main character in the first duology is a young scientist, just out of school. But he is the heir to a mysterious legacy, his uncle was an apprentice to a &quot;Mage&quot;. (as this is explained in the first chapter, it's not really a spoiler).Anyway, it's full of mystery, politics, exploration, magic, romance, sea travel, sea combat, mysterious ruins. The second duology was came out later, but is actually set before the first one (kinda like the Star Wars movies). It's main character is the uncle of the character in the first duology. It explains many of the mysteries and things only hinted at in the first duology. Sadly, I don't think they sold well,&nbsp; and he's now working on a Jordan clone. A bad Jordan clone. Sigh.SF wise, I really like H. Beam Piper. Space Viking in particular. He's not a great writer, and some of his characters tend to be almost caricatures, but I've always enjoyed them.The worst books I've ever read were by Steve Perry. If you ever want to feel like you've been both kicked in the groin and the head, try reading his Space Ranger series (I think that's the name of it)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trancejeremy, post: 1302710, member: 924"] Sean Russell's "Moontide & Magic Rise" duology ("World Without End", "Sea Without Shore"), and it's sequel/prequel "The River Into Darkness" duology ("Beneath the Vaulted Hills" and "The Compass of the Soul") are the best books I've read, period (with the exception of Voltaire's "Candide"). The second duology books, I simply had to read in one sitting, they were that good (admittedly, I read fast, but they're long-ish books, took me 5 or so hours straight). It's a unique setting, sorta. It's kind of akin to the 16-1700s, in a world somewhat like ours. At least, the world has many parallels with ours. It's set at the start of the age of rationalism. The main character in the first duology is a young scientist, just out of school. But he is the heir to a mysterious legacy, his uncle was an apprentice to a "Mage". (as this is explained in the first chapter, it's not really a spoiler). Anyway, it's full of mystery, politics, exploration, magic, romance, sea travel, sea combat, mysterious ruins. The second duology was came out later, but is actually set before the first one (kinda like the Star Wars movies). It's main character is the uncle of the character in the first duology. It explains many of the mysteries and things only hinted at in the first duology. Sadly, I don't think they sold well, and he's now working on a Jordan clone. A bad Jordan clone. Sigh. SF wise, I really like H. Beam Piper. Space Viking in particular. He's not a great writer, and some of his characters tend to be almost caricatures, but I've always enjoyed them. The worst books I've ever read were by Steve Perry. If you ever want to feel like you've been both kicked in the groin and the head, try reading his Space Ranger series (I think that's the name of it) [/QUOTE]

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