Dune - Looking for a Dune style book Recomendations please

[Alicia]

Hi.

Need some help please I am trying to read something in the lines of Dune. I did read the whole saga, and Asimov's saga as well.

Please help

[Gabriela]

That's a great topic you brought up. I've been searching for similar books (having read Dune and Asimov). I'd gladly hear about any reading suggestions in this specific genre.

[Peter]

Gabriela wrote: "That's a great topic you brought up. I've been searching for similar books (having read Dune and Asimov). I'd gladly hear about any reading suggestions in this specific genre.

"

If you like sagas, I recommend "The Book of the New Sun" by Gene Wolfe, staggering in its imaginary and literary scope. Wolfe creates a world just as rich as anything that Frank Herbert or Asimov envisioned.

[Gabriela]

Peter wrote: I recommend "The Book of the New Sun" by Gene Wolfe, staggering in its imaginary and literary scope. Wolfe creates a world just as rich as anything that Frank Herbert or Asimov envisioned.


Thanks for the tip - actually I've started reading it lately (the 1st book) and it got me interested. I hope I'll like all of this saga.

[Peter]

Gabriela wrote: "Peter wrote: I recommend "The Book of the New Sun" by Gene Wolfe, staggering in its imaginary and literary scope. Wolfe creates a world just as rich as anything that Frank Herbert or Asimov envisio..."

Keep us posted and stick with it. I've been screaming about how good this series is for a long time, to anyone who'll listen.

[Michele]

Alicia wrote: "Hi.

Need some help please I am trying to read something in the lines of Dune. I did read the whole saga, and Asimov's saga as well.

Please help"

Use of Weapons

I'd recommend Iain M Banks books Iain M. Banks - specifically as a starting point Use of Weapons - he also writes novels under the name Iain Banks - they are all listed together on this site but you can see the title pages to sift out which are sci-fi and which are novels. The novels are wonderful too by the way.

Have you read the Gormenghast series? A bit more fantasy than sci-fi but nevertheless well worth diving into - a real 'lose yourself' experience.The Gormenghast Novels: Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone

More in the Sci-Fi genre are the Heinlein books Robert Heinlein there aren't any of his more famous books here under his author listing but I found this one individually The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - OK that's enough to be getting on with :)

[Gabriela]

Michele wrote: "I'd recommend Iain M Banks books..."

Thanks for Iain M. Banks books tip - haven't read his novels yet. I'm familiar with R.Heinlein though (eg. "Stranger in a strange land"), and also with Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels, it's just like you said: reading those books is one of a kind experience, very vivid, imaginative and fantastic.

[Bill]

I would suggest CJ Cherryh's Foreigner, Company Wars, Chanur... series.

[Dirk]

I'd have to agree with Kernos that CJ Cherryh is a good bet. How about her Faded Sun trilogy? You should definitely check out the Zones of Thought novels by Vernor Vinge (A Fire Upon The Deep, A Deepness In The Sky).