Best Fantasy/Sci Fi series you have read, or are reading?

[Elim Garak]

I heavily recommend the Vorkosigan saga by Bujold. And the Honor series by Weber, although that is getting to be a bit monotonous. Can't put it down. A bunch of other things by Weber - he is actively involved in writing at least four separate series that I am following. Hellgate one, Roger the emperor, Honor, and that Merlin thing.

BTW, if you guys haven't seen www.webscription.net yet, check it out. It has a ton of e-books without DRM, cheap, and all with teaser chapters. So you can figure out whether you like something before reading it.

 

[Khazoth]

Lord of the Clans and Rise of the Horde by Christie Golden.

 

[Attie]

Recommend any thing by Mike Resnick

Outpost and Santiago being his Best works. (or maybe the Widowmaker series)

 

[rekabdarb]

the "watch series" (Nightwatch, Daywatch, Twilight Watch, and soon to be (in oct) Final Watch) its kinda like Russia's Harry Potter... execpt good and not contradictory
the movies do not live up to the book... the director doesn't like magic and he made a movie on a book BASED ON MAGIC @#$%^
The main Dragonlance stories, the ones that usually have tassalholf burrfoot in it... or Raistlin Majere, thats right he's a god (the ones by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis)
unfortunetaly there is a crappy movie for the second (unoffically the third) book "Dragons of autumn twilight"
Drizzt chronicles (R.A. Salvatore) (have fun reading all of the drizzt books, probably round 20 of them each of them are around 300 pages long)

 

[jad4400]

The Emberverse series, by S.M Stirling (a good series, but not the best)

Basicaly somthing called the Change causes all technology to stop working and now everyone has to live like it was the middle ages, set in Post-Change Oregon.

List of books Ib order (Dies the Fire, the Protector's War, A Meeting at Corvallis,The Sunrise Lands, The Scourage of God)

 

[Rocksa]

Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, words...

One thing to be forewarned about the Sword of Truth series. Every book follows the exact same formula, so much so that if you read just book 1, you can predict the entire outcome of every subsequent book after just 2 chapters. Not exaggerating.

Richard is recovering from previous book's situation. New situation arises that if he doesn't fix within X time, either he or his lover Kalahn, will die. Tons of chapters about him being prevented from completing an otherwise simple task, last few chapters he succeeds, and on to the next book.

Yeah, there's that, and the fact that anything good that happens to anybody that isn't Richard, Kalahn, or Zed, will be undone within the first ten pages of the next book. Anybody who falls in love or finds any kind of happiness will have it ripped from them.

Seriously, *slight spoiler here, and I'm htm lilliterate enough not to know how to do the spoiler block*





Can't remember which book it was exactly, but there's one that ends on a high note with this goat having babies and how that gives hope for new life and all this stuff, and the next book begins with the goat and both of it's kids being ripped apart by some kind of giant raptor bird while everyone looks on in horror.

 

[TimMc]

Frank Herbert's Dune. The series of books that followed the original are great, they expand the mythology of the Dune universe and it's just plain awesome to read. I've been a fan ever since I was in High School.

This.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Cleverly... Try Forgotten Realms' Elminster saga. Elminster: Making of a Mage, Elminster in Myth Drannor, The Temptation of Elminster, Elminster in Hell, and Elminster's Daughter.

i have and read the first 2, got the first book signed by Ed too and i don't live too far from him, he lives somewhere in ontario, so yeah Forgotten Realms is a Canadian invention

as far as i know Elminster, he is Ed's personal char that he invented oh so long ago. much like the dragonlance novels were based on an actual campaign

oh i totally forgot about the Drizz't stories, they are a pretty good series to read

as for those saying Darktower, it's good for a Stephen King series but i found it a bit dry, maybe after book 4 it gets better but book 4 kinda dragged on

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Grrrrr...hate Elminster....hate hate hate. Stupid Mary-Sue of a character. Stabbity Stabbity Stab.

Sorry...the whole Waterdeep, Tantras series got me very wound up in D&D.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Dune, but R A Salvator's D&D books come close.

 

[Rocksa]

Chronicles of Amber is pretty good, almost forgot that one. Lots of weird crap about an immortal royal family who can run around in alternate dimensions at will. Features a scene where a guy manages to piss on his own grave. Good stuff. Gets weird at times, but good.

Fred Saberhagen (think that's how it's spelled) has a nice series called, I believe, either the Song of Swords or the Complete Book of Swords. Can't really remember the exact name of the series as a whole. Anyway, weird mythology, powerful magical swords, weird post-apocalypse scenes. A bit dry at times, but a nice read.

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

I've never read Dune is it really that good?

I like WH40K so if you are interested in that try the Gaunts Ghosts, really good or The Ciaphas Cain series.

Outside that anything by Terry Pratchett.

 

[Aries_Split]

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Hienlin.
And of course, Snow Crash. How has no one mentioned that?

It's obvious, but Dune. Nothing beats Dune.

 

[somerandomguy76]

I'm a big fan of Ender although I actually liked Speaker for the Dead better than the original.

The Wheel of Time does fantasy for me.

 

[Copter400]

Discworld books by Terry Pratchett

/thread. Pratchett is incredibly witty, but many of his books present insight on life and the world around us.

 

[fedpayne]

Red Dwarf books = sci fi + funny man hit in testicles

My alltime favourite fantasy series has to be the whole load of 'Beloved' books by Robin Hobb, the Farseer, Liveship and Tawny Man trilogies. A trilogy of trilogies. I seriously seriously can't reccomend them enough. If I heard of a film adaptation I would fly to the States to be a part of it.

Heard a couple of Gemmell fans on here. R.I.P. Gemmell (and Waylander).

 

[Gotham Soul]

I've always had a soft spot for the Dragonlance series and Richard Knaak's War of the Ancients series.

Discworld and Mech Warrior also rank up there.

 

[Aanorith]

Oh my, time for a little thred necroing.
I was looking for a good book thread ^^
Lately I've bin reading Nick Perumov's book's Keeper of the Swords. I've read 3 so far and loving them and highly recommend them to anyone who's into dark fantasy. I'm also a big fan of Trudy Canavan's books the black magician and age of the five.

 

[Lordmarkus]

I can't really call any of the Jules Verne books series but that doesn't take away the fact that I love the author. I love the Harry Potter series too and they are probably the only fantasy series I have read so that shall be my pick.