Suggest a book to me.

[David Howery]

one of my favorite books in recent years is "Wildside" by Steven Gould. It's a nice little story with a mysterious/sci-fi background, but it's very character oriented. And it's a stand alone story... one novel, not part of a trilogy (how often do you see that these days...)

 

[Chaldfont]

Iain M. Banks: The Algebraist is his latest and pretty fun.
Naomi Novik: series starting with His Majesty's Dragon is very fun to read.
John C. Wright: The Golden Age series is mind blowing.

 

[Pyrex]

The Magic of Recluse and Spellsong Cycle series by L. E. Modesitt Jr are both excellent, as are his standalone SciFi novels.

 

[Richards]

one of my favorite books in recent years is "Wildside" by Steven Gould. It's a nice little story with a mysterious/sci-fi background, but it's very character oriented. And it's a stand alone story... one novel, not part of a trilogy (how often do you see that these days...)

I also rather liked "Jumper" by the same author - a standalone novel about a man who can teleport.

Johnathan

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

I also rather liked "Jumper" by the same author - a standalone novel about a man who can teleport.

Jumper actually had a recent sequal written to it. My wife read Jumper and loved it but was not all that fond of the sequel, Reflex.

 

[Mycanid]

The space trilogy is actually back in print now. I know because the vocalist for my band found a giant stack of "Out of the Silent Planet" copies at Barnes the other day with brand new covers.

Yes ... a friend of mine got me this trilogy a few months back from B&N. I love this trilogy. Good stuff.

You might consider Tad William's "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" trilogy as well if you have not already read them. I enjoyed them quite a bit!

 

[Zogmo]

Hmm, I had thought I had read all his stuff, but I've not heard of the Cosmic Trilogy before. I'll give it a look.

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[Zogmo]

Also, try for some of these. Classics one and all.

Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson

I love the entire Eternal Champion series by Michael Moorcock, so perhaps try the Corum series since Elric wasn't to your taste.

The Kane series by Karl Edward Wagner is a favorite for dark fantasy.

The Vlad Taltos series by Steven Brust

The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett

Fafhrd and Gray Mouser series by Fritz Leiber

Dune series by Frank Herbert

 

[Evil Monkey]

I'll make another recommendation for Raymond Feist's books. I've only read the Krondor trilogy, but it was very good. I have a few other books of his sitting on my shelf, but haven't gotten around to reading them yet.

If you're into horror-type stuff, check out a book called "Drawing Blood" by Poppy Z. Brite. It is hands-down one of the best haunted-house type stories I've ever read. However, be warned - if depictions of homosexuality make you uncomfortable, you might want to stay away from her writing. She also has a few other books, but the only other one I've read is "Lost Souls", which is something of a vampire story (not totally, but it's been some years since I've read it). I think "Lost Souls" is also good, but "Drawing Blood" is definitely better.

Even if you're not a fan of the video games, the novels for Halo are pretty good science-fiction reading, IMO. There is a trilogy of books in paperback (The Fall Of Reach, The Flood, First Strike) and a new novel that just came out called "Ghosts Of Onyx" only available in trade paperback. Three of those books are written by Eric Nylund, while "The Flood" is written by William C Dietz.

I see you read the "original Dragonlance trilogy" and enjoyed it, I assume you mean "Chronicles". If you haven't yet, check out "Legends", that is another very good trilogy written by the same authors and continues the story of the Majere twins. IME, many people rank "Legends" right up there with "Chronicles" when it comes to best D&D fiction.

 

[Lady Mer]

Well, most of the people I like (Steven Brust, Terry Pratchett, Roger Zelazny and Elizabeth Moon) have been suggested above. But I haven't seen a mention of Lois McMaster Bujold. The Miles Vorkosigan series (sci-fi) is great, and the Chalion books (The Curse of Chalion and The Paladin of Souls, with The Hallowed Hunt being set in the same world but with no characters from the other 2) are some really solid fantasy.