Quick! Recommend me a Sci-Fi or Fantasy Book!

[Korten12]

I am in the library at my school and I need a book to read since I just finished the series (The Hunger Games) and need a new series or just stand-alone book.

I only have 23 minutes left so give me the book name and info about it!

 

[DeadlyYellow]

The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, starting with the Eye of the World. Fantasy at it's finest.

 

[Nimcha]

House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds. Relatively short, but amazing pace.

 

[Absimilliard]

The Discworld-books by Terry Pratchett, (now Sir Terry Pratchett), starting with The Colour of Magic. Standalone books, but some tie-ins. There are now 38 of them. Excellent humorous fantasy, though also very deep and serious, especially in the later books.

 

[Chaos Incarnate]

Homeland: The Dark Elf Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore

 

[Bloodstain]

The Discworld-books by Terry Pratchett, (now Sir Terry Pratchett), starting with The Colour of Magic. Standalone books, but some tie-ins. There are now 38 of them. Excellent humorous fantasy, though also very deep and serious, especially in the later books.

Listen to this man.

 

[Warped_Ghost]

Eragon

 

[Vie]

Anything in the Honorverse series by David Webber.

On Basilisk Station is the first in the series.

 

[Korten12]

The Discworld-books by Terry Pratchett, (now Sir Terry Pratchett), starting with The Colour of Magic. Standalone books, but some tie-ins. There are now 38 of them. Excellent humorous fantasy, though also very deep and serious, especially in the later books.

38... Does that include the main series..?

 

[Nerf Ninja]

"Dr Bloodmoney" by Pillip K Dick, it's one of the influences on the fallout universe.

So is "Treason" by Orson Scott Card, that's pretty good too.

 

[WolfLordAndy]

The Discworld-books by Terry Pratchett, (now Sir Terry Pratchett), starting with The Colour of Magic. Standalone books, but some tie-ins. There are now 38 of them. Excellent humorous fantasy, though also very deep and serious, especially in the later books.

38... Does that include the main series..?

As such all the books are based in the same world, and their are about 3 different main stories. Rincewind and the Wizards, The Witches and The Nightwatch, but all the stories cross over here and their, and there are a number of books that are based in other continents, or follow characters who don't interact with any of the main ones.

I'd also support Alastair Reynolds for very future science based sci-fi, its all about nanobots and travelling at 0.99 the speed of light type stuff. Revelation Space is the first of the main series, but House of Suns is an excellent one that doesn't relate to the main series. Pushing Ice is also very good.

 

[Delock]

Night Angel Trilogy. Have fun.

 

[Vorocano]

The Mistborn Trilogy (Mistborn, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages) by Brandon Sanderson. Good deep story with some excellent twists.

Starfire Trilogy (Crusade, In Death Ground, The Shiva Option) by David Weber. Very similar style to the Honorverse novels by him, but I like the space travel system better.

The Death Gate Novels (Dragon Wing, Elven Star, Fire Sea, Serpent Mage, The Hand of Chaos, Into the Labyrinth, The Seventh Gate) by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman. Classic fantasy.

 

[Gnarynhar]

Definitely the Terry Pratchett books, Discworld or otherwise, anything by David Eddings is pretty good too.

 

[Wildcard5]

The Discworld-books by Terry Pratchett, (now Sir Terry Pratchett), starting with The Colour of Magic. Standalone books, but some tie-ins. There are now 38 of them. Excellent humorous fantasy, though also very deep and serious, especially in the later books.

I too would like to recommend Terry Pratchett's stellar Discworld series as it is funny yet at the same time serious analysis of modern things like insurance, economics, and persuasion.

 

[kerkanka]

The Edge chronicles is a great series of books. There are three "generations" in them: Quint, Twig and Rook and each generation has a number of books following those characters. It's fantasy but is different to tolkein style fantasy with it's own creatures; not elves, orcs and men etc. Quint's series is an exploration of high society and how they don't react to the theats presenting themselves, Twig's is a voyage of self discovery and adventure; Rook's is a rebellion against the society presenting itself after a large disaster hits the world. They all have a "large" scope though: travelling throughout the known world in some amazing transport (I.E. sky-pirate ships) with some huge battles.

 

[Absimilliard]

The Discworld-books by Terry Pratchett, (now Sir Terry Pratchett), starting with The Colour of Magic. Standalone books, but some tie-ins. There are now 38 of them. Excellent humorous fantasy, though also very deep and serious, especially in the later books.

38... Does that include the main series..?

Uhm, what do you mean by main series? The total tally of Discworld novels is 38.

 

[Marowit]

Dune, The Neuromancer, or Jupiter.

Really great reads - I particularly love Jupiter (by Ben Bova).

 

[Quellist]

Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
Glasshouse by Charles Stross
feersum endjinn by Iain M Banks

Cant go wrong with any of those IMO

 

[Volothos]

House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds. Relatively short, but amazing pace.

Or any of the Alastair Reynolds novels, they're excellent.