Recommend to me a sci-fi or fantasy book

[DMScott]

Dunno if they made any splash in the US, but I was pretty impressed with Robert J. Sawyer's Neanderthal Parallax. It's a trilogy - Hominids, Humans, and Hybrids are the three books.

 

[Ghostwind]

If you can still find them, I'd recommend:

Legacy of Heorot - Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes
Silverglass - JF Rivkin
Web of Wind (part 2 of Silverglass trilogy) - JF Rivkin
Witch of Rhostshyl (part 3 of Silverglass trilogy) - JF Rivkin
Swordmistress of Chaos (Book 1 of a 5 part series -- see link for other 4) - Richard Kirk
First Flight - Chris Claremont
Grounded - Chris Claremont
Sundowner - Chris Claremont

I found all of these quite enjoyable many years ago. They are still on my bookshelves today as a part of my permanent collection.

 

[thullgrim]

neutronium alchemist by Peter F Hamiliton (see Fallen Dragon mentioned above)
Any of the Gotrek and Felix novels set in the Warhammer Fantasy setting great reads. I am rereading them now actually.

War Against the Chtorr by David Gerrold, I just wish he would finish the damn thing. Jordan fans have nothing to complain about, this series has got to be nearly 20 years in the making.....however the 4 books that are out are enoyable.

Rhapsody, Prophecy and Destiny first book is pretty good have not gotten to the other two though. Non-trite fantasy.

THullgrim

 

[ASH]

Surpised it was not mentioned yet. Book one of A Song of Ice and Fire. A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin.

I have to recommend these books too!!!

Great books.

 

[Garmorn]

I will recommend a publisher where you can find a lots of good books - free.

Go to www.baen.com and check out their free libary. You can down load or read on line lots of good novels.

 

[Altalazar]

STOP!
DO NOT PASS GO!
DO NOT COLLECT $200!

Go Immediately and Read: CRYPTONOMICON - That book defies easy description and has to be my favorite.

 

[Elodan]

Thanks to everyone who's made a recommendation so far. Feel free to keep them coming. I have quite of few of the books listed above on their way from Amazon.

Couple of quick questions and comments.

Deathstalker by Simon Green
WFRP novels Gortex and Filex
Karl Wagner's Kane stories
Any thing by Alan Dean Foster

Loved the Deathstalker stuff and have already picked up and read the next series even though I said I wasn't.

What is WFRP? When I did a search for any of those terms I don't get anything?

Something by Tomothy Zahn, which would be Sci-fi.

I've read all his Star Wars stuff, excellent. For some reason it never occurred to me to look for anything else by him.

If you're looking into Fantasy, I'd recommend Raymond E. Feist's books (a new one is coming out State's side this month!).

I read Magician: Apprentice and liked it a lot then I read Magican: Master and was really disappointed (for lack of a better term) and kind of put me off him. Which books in particular would you recommend?


Again, thanks.

Tom

 

[Altalazar]

Thanks to everyone who's made a recommendation so far. Feel free to keep them coming. I have quite of few of the books listed above on their way from Amazon.
Again, thanks.

Tom

You are welcome - I love it when those big boxes from Amazon arrive.

So did you get Cryptonomicon?

 

[Kesh]

The Ringworld trilogy by Larry Niven.

 

[CCamfield]

For an excellent take on the Star Trek "red shirt syndrome," try James Alan Gardner's Expendable. It's the first of a series, but after having read that one you can read the others in just about any sequence. The other books in the same universe are:

Commitment Hour
Vigilant
Hunted
Trapped

I also recommend Gardner; he's very good. There's one other book in that series which is called Ascending. (Richards, it's the one told from Oar's viewpoint... not necessarily the best in the series but maybe it slipped past you?)

I'd be curious as to why the original poster didn't like G. G. Kay? WFRP is "Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying", btw.

In any case, I am constantly amazed by how many really good books do get written...

- if you like military stuff (Gemmel) you might like The Book of Ash by Mary Gentle. Gritty mercenary action in an alternate medieval Europe invaded by Visigothic Carthage(!).
- track down The Garrett Files, the compilation of the first three such books by Glen Cook. It's out of print, but you should be able to get it from www.abebooks.com. Great wise-cracking fantasy private eye novels.
- oh, if you check out the Baen Free Library, I highly recommend Doc Sidhe by Aaron Allston. An ex-Olympic kickboxer is drawn into an alternate universe of the 1930s in which magic exists. It's sort of Shadow (or, well, Doc Savage) style pulp adventure crossed with fantasy, and a lot of fun.
- in a sort of satiric light SF, I highly recommend Jennifer Government by Max Barry. It's set in a future dystopia in which corporations run everything, and a hapless employee named Hack Nike gets a chance at a marketing job that's sheer murder. The preview chapter is here: http://www.maxbarry.com/jennifergovernment/preview.html