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What Sci-fi and Fantasy books does everyone like?
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Apr 01, 2011 08:21PM
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I guess she just finished the second one (she started it this morning, so I guess she's a very fast reader).
Cool! They're pretty fast reads, too. Huge print, ton of dialog.
About 10 years ago my favorite was James Tiptree Jr. a.k.a. Alice Bradley Sheldon. Many of her short stories could be quite depressing and characters often end up dead or worse, but I really enjoyed sad stories then. Nowadays I don't know what is my favorite book or author anymore. I'm not quite sure about your definition of "classic" but some other older sf/f authors I like are Issac Asimov (I, Robot, Foundation trilogy), Arther. C. Clarke (Rama, 2001 series), C. J. Cherryh (Morgaine, Cyteen). As to recent and YA stuff I haven't read much recently but I do really enjoy Harry Potter.
I have been meaning to read I Robot for a while too. I haven't read James Tiptree. Isaac Asimov, Jules Vern, Edgar Rice Burroughs I'd consider classic but we don't have to read classics in this group. I might have meant more of the style but now it looks like some of us like the contemporary YA books (like Harry Potter but everyone reads those so I don't want to read them in the group).
Forgive me if some of these aren't really appropriate - I'm still figuring out just what type of books people in this group like!
Has anyone read any of the Pern books by Anne McCaffery? One of my favorites from that is the Harper Hall trilogy, starting with "Dragonsong"
I really like re-told fairy tales. Has anyone read Gail Carson Levine's "Ella Enchanted"? Believe me, it's worlds better than the movie - when the movie came out I ranted and raved and cried because they ruined the book, lol!
What about Frank Baum's book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"? Even if everyone has read that one, not many people realize that Baum wrote another 11 books in the series. 
My favorites from the series is "Ozma of Oz", when Dorothy returns to Oz for the first time, sees the changes that have taken place since her last visit, and revisits with old friends. 
Another is "The Emerald City of Oz", where Dorothy, Aunt Em, and Uncle Henry all move to Oz to live there.
I've just read a couple of Pern and the first Oz book.
I've read Ella Enchanted and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
I haven't read any of them. I plan on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz sometime. There was a play last week (of today).
Cool. It's pretty, good, if I remember right. It's been awhile.
What's nice about the book is they don't sing! I don't like musicals.
Hahaha, ain't that the truth! ;) Well, sometimes they sing in books, but technically you can't hear them. ;)
LOL!!! At least you don't have to hear them. :)
Haha! Yep! But sometimes you get so into a book that you can almost hear them singing, just like you can hear them talking. :)
I can't imagine singing unless I've actually heard it before. I image really lame singing.
That's too bad. My best friend is an amazing singer, so I can hear it pretty well. She's aiming for Juliard.
Connor wrote: "I have been meaning to read I Robot for a while too. I haven't read James Tiptree. Isaac Asimov, Jules Vern, Edgar Rice Burroughs I'd consider classic but we don't have to read classics in this gro..."I think most of the YA books I've read are this kind of popular stuff that most people have already read like HP, LOTR and Twilight. I've read a few Asimov and Jules Vern, but haven't read anything by Edgar Rice Burroughs yet. Last semester I read a few cyberpunks like William Gibson (Neuromancer), Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash, Diamond Age) etc., and recently I started reading some fairytale retelling like some works by Angela Carter or Neil Gaiman.
Also do you like Heinlein or Kim Stanley Robinson? Their sf are almost entirely about politics. And do you think Starship Troopers, Ender's Game, 1984, Brave New World or Handmaid's Tale would be appropriate here?
I think those would probably be appropriate. I really want to read Ender's Game (already on shelf) and I want to read 1984 but my dad said it might have some bad content in it but I'm not sure.
I read Animal Farm, then started reading 1984 but stopped, can't remember why.
I didn't like Animal Farm but I think I'll read it again. I was forced the first time so I didn't like it much. I haven't read 1984.
Connor wrote: "I think those would probably be appropriate. I really want to read Ender's Game (already on shelf) and I want to read 1984 but my dad said it might have some bad content in it but I'm not sure."Starship Troopers was also intended as YA though a bit controversial for it's criticism of democracy. 1984 seems to be quite popular in China these days, probably because we were ruled by a totalitarian government for decades until 1980s. There's a little sex and quite a bit of violence in it, but many YA books nowadays can also be rather bloody, e.g. Hunger Games.
Xdyj wrote: "Connor wrote: "I think those would probably be appropriate. I really want to read Ender's Game (already on shelf) and I want to read 1984 but my dad said it might have some bad content in it but I'..."That's very interesting. For some reason I imagine China to be different in every way. I don't know why. Maybe it's because it's on the other side of the world and GREATLY populated. I imagine you guys to read different books over there. I would have guessed maybe old 1800s classics were popular over there too because they're old enough to be spread all over the world, but 1984 for some reason just seems to new. I don't know (I hope I'm not offending you).
Connor wrote: "Xdyj wrote: "Connor wrote: "I think those would probably be appropriate. I really want to read Ender's Game (already on shelf) and I want to read 1984 but my dad said it might have some bad content..."Sorry by "popular" I don't mean bestselling or something-the bestseller list in China of foreign books is usually more or less similar to NYT. I just happened to have quite a few friends in China who have read 1984.
I mean, bestselling lists here like in Amazon.com or New York Times. The majority of the bestsellers in China are probably still books by Chinese authors, though when some extremely popular stuff like Harry Potter or Twilight released they stayed in top 10 in China for months.
:P I love international people...they're so...international!
lol. (in a commercial tone) If you like writing stories, I have the group for you! Great, forgot what it was called... one sec...
Yay! Lemme dial the number on my screen right know!
nope! Everyone else is off topic, so don't worry! A Sci-fi book that I like is the one I'm trying to write. Actually, it's pretty bad, but I still like it! I liked The Tripods Trilogy, and yeah.
Xdyj wrote: "Sorry does it mean some of the stuff I typed here are off topic or something?"No! You're the one who gets us back on topic most the time.
What were we talking about here again?
What book do you like? I like The Lord of the Rings. :)
Okay! I like everything I've ever read! Well.. almost everything. Okay, not everything. :)
Jdaniels wrote: "Forgive me if some of these aren't really appropriate - I'm still figuring out just what type of books people in this group like!Has anyone read any of the Pern books ..."I love Ella Enchanted! I was sooo disappointed when they made the movie. :( They really could of just kept to the original story and I think people would have liked it. It was very original.
Er, let's see ...Love the Night's Dawn trilogy and Commonwealth series by Peter F. Hamilton, and the Waylander series by David Gemmell. I'd probably say those were my favourite go-to books.
Some of my favs:Chronicles of The Black Company
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Lord of the Rings
Neuromancer
The only one of those I've read is LOTR.... I've never heard of Chronicles of the Black Company.
Connor wrote: "The only one of those I've read is LOTR.... I've never heard of Chronicles of the Black Company."
Me, neither...
My favorite series is definitely:
Artemis Fowl
Bit of sci-fi and fantasy mixed together, and always humorous. :)
Me, neither...
My favorite series is definitely:
Artemis Fowl
Bit of sci-fi and fantasy mixed together, and always humorous. :)
I haven't read that series....... yet...
Definitely check out Jennifer Fallon's books if you like Fantasy. She writes some truly gripping stuff.Her Second Sons trilogy is what got me into her. Each one is over 500 pages, and I read each book in just over a day (which is super-fast for me).
Connor wrote: "I haven't read that series....... yet..."
You really should read it. It's one of my favorites, by a wonderful author. :)
You really should read it. It's one of my favorites, by a wonderful author. :)
hey guys and connor don't think people r feeling left out!(:
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