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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4911 days, 2 hours, 52 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
I am going to add Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller series and Tad Williams Shadowmarch series to my recommended Fantasy list. I am adding Hamilton's Fallen Dragon to my SciFi list [Edited 1 time, last edit on 9/19/2008 at 12:08 (GMT -5) by Caladriel] |
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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4911 days, 2 hours, 52 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
Oh . My . Goodness! Whoever is reading this: Go now to the library and check out the two books in Jacqualine Carey's "The Sundering" series. For all my fellow SciFi/Fantasy geeks, if you hated your comp. lit. classes; if the only reason you wanted to know which authors were influenced by Hemingway was so that you would know which authors to avoid; if you ever wanted to give your teacher a proper example of literature; then read these two books. As with Terry Brooks' Sword of Shanara and Tad Williams "Memory Sorrow and Thorn", "The Sundering" has a story line that largely mimics J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings." However, Jacqualine Carey takes the added step of telling the tale largely from the "Dark" One's side. Through this book, she takes on the concept that just because those who are considered "good" consider you evil, doesn't mean that you necessarily are. [Edited 1 time, last edit on 11/19/2008 at 09:17 (GMT -5) by Caladriel] |
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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4911 days, 2 hours, 52 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
I forgot to include a nod to Asimov and Clarke in my Sci Fi picks. Albeit, I have only added a nod, since I think they are both a tad over rated. |
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gut Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 5111 days, 10 hours, 47 minutes and 50 seconds ago. |
Asimov, over rated? Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong! |
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Soirana Registered user Chaos Freak Last page view: 4363 days, 13 hours, 47 minutes and 45 seconds ago. |
Asimov from literature point is not very interesing material. Although he had few fresh and exciting scifi ideas. A root is a flower that disdains fame. Kahlil Gibran(1883-1931) |
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gut Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 5111 days, 10 hours, 47 minutes and 50 seconds ago. |
Let's not confuse scifi with literature. Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong! |
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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4911 days, 2 hours, 52 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
gut: from your first post, I thought you were a proponent of Asimov, but your second post seems to claim Sci Fi is not literature . . . Which side do you fall on? (FYI, if you think SciFi is not literature, I recommend The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlan, the first two books of the Hyperion Cantos by Simmons and the Gap Series by Donaldson) Soirana: I dunno . . . Although I care for very few of his writings, I have to admit that he influenced others. Many later works by other authors trace their influence to ideas he came up with. |
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gut Registered user Painted this one too. Last page view: 5111 days, 10 hours, 47 minutes and 50 seconds ago. |
> thought you were a proponent of Asimov, but > your second post seems to claim Sci Fi is not > literature In the scifi field there is 99% noise, and 1% signal. I consider Asimov to have created some signal in this mess, and that's more than most have done. I consider Doyle's 'The lost world' to be scifi and literature, and there are some other gems as well, but as far as 99% of scifi is concerned, it's just noise. Thanks for the recommendations. I will look into them all. Put me in the 'fool filter', where I belong! |
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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4911 days, 2 hours, 52 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
gut: Gotcha, and agreed (for the most part. I do think that there is more than 1% fluff) I am confident recommending any of the entries in my Sci Fi posting, earlier in this thread. Wow, Arthur Conan Doyle. That's old school. I think you might like Edgar Rice Burrough's The land that Time Forgot. Within my post, if you like old school, try Slan. It is an almost modern SciFi story (World of the future type Sci Fi with Space and human evolution, etc) written in the 40s. Hmmm, Speaking of Old School, I guess I should add some of H.G. Wells in my post. The Time Machine and War of the Worlds come to mind. |
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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4911 days, 2 hours, 52 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
Hmmm, I think that this thread cannot be complete without a list of graphic Novels. I am only listing complete stories, as opposed to on-going series. Super Hero: Alan Moore - Watchmen - V for Vendetta - The League of ExtraOrdinary Gentlemen - Top Ten - Miracleman (Books 1-3) Neil Gaiman - The Sandman - Miracleman (Book 4) - The Books of Magic * Only the first book (issues 1-4) Frank Miller - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns * Only the first book. Not the sequel The Luna Brothers - Ultra: Seven Days Alex Ross - Marvels - Kingdom Come James Robinson - The Golden Age Adventure Jeff Smith - Bone * Fantasy/Comedy Mike Carey - Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere" Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra - Y the Last Man Wendy and Richard Pini - Elfquest Drama Art Spiegelman - Maus (I and II) * Historic (Holocaust) Manga Katsuhiro Otomo - Akira Rumiko Takahashi - Ranma 1/2 - Inuyasha * It is complete in Japan. English translations have not caught up. - Mermaid Saga Hitoshi Iwaaki - Parasyte Yukito Kishiro - Battle Angel Alita * Only the original 9 collections Hayao Miyazaki - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds [Edited 1 time, last edit on 5/17/2010 at 14:58 (GMT -5) by Caladriel] |
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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4911 days, 2 hours, 52 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
On-Going Trade Paperbacks, or incomplete stories: Alan Moore et al - Swamp Thing * Read the first collected addition, in order to get the background, then start with Alan Moore's run. Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris - Ex Machina Robert Kirkman - The Walking Dead Bill Willingham - Fables Yoshiyuki "Buronson" Okamura - Fist of the North Star * Manga * Of absolutely no literary value, but sometimes it is fun to see people blow up [Edited 1 time, last edit on 5/17/2010 at 14:59 (GMT -5) by Caladriel] |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4453 days, 8 hours, 30 minutes and 54 seconds ago. |
I love Fist of the North Star, but I've heard the new comics are pretty poor. The anime series was actually quite epic. Okay, not exactly the greatest story in the world, but it turned out to have more depth to it than the childish violence I initially fell in love with. Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4911 days, 2 hours, 52 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
I have to add Rumiko Takahashi's "Mermaid Saga" to my list of recommended manga. Great concept and delivery. |
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Caladriel Registered user ReGiStErEd UsEr Last page view: 4911 days, 2 hours, 52 minutes and 34 seconds ago. |
How could I forget ElfQuest?! |
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daniel88 Registered user daniel88 Last page view: 4734 days, 12 hours, 51 minutes and 29 seconds ago. |
Realy nice books :) ElfQuest were interesting. [L=kompiuteris]http://www.mediashop.lt/kompiuterine-technika/nesiojami-kompiuteriai[/L] |
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