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Posted on Friday, September 19, 2008 at 11:56 (GMT -5)

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

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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.

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Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 15:49 (GMT -5)

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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Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 19:44 (GMT -5)

Asimov, over rated?
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Asimov from literature point is not very interesing material. Although he had few fresh and exciting scifi ideas.
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Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 20:33 (GMT -5)

Let's not confuse scifi with literature.
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Posted on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 12:36 (GMT -5)

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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Posted on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 06:01 (GMT -5)

> 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.
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Posted on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 12:13 (GMT -5)

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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Posted on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 18:05 (GMT -5)

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


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Posted on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:03 (GMT -5)

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


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Posted on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 23:19 (GMT -5)

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.
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Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 12:53 (GMT -5)

I have to add Rumiko Takahashi's "Mermaid Saga" to my list of recommended manga. Great concept and delivery.
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Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 at 14:57 (GMT -5)

How could I forget ElfQuest?!
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Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 07:17 (GMT -5)

Realy nice books :) ElfQuest were interesting.
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