Recommendations?
Anyone have a book they want to recommend? I just finished up Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere (excellent, as usual) and am ready for something new.
I’m thinking something with spaceships. I haven’t had enough spaceships lately.
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January 18th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
If you want a non-Sci-Fi book. I cannot recommend Lone Survivor enough. You know I don’t read at all, and I went through that in a week. You cannot put it down.
Should be required reading for all High School students. The writing is not very good, and he preaches a bit much in it. But the story is overwhelming.
January 20th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I ran into this blog the other day when looking for stories similar to “Firefly”. I haven’t read any of the books, but there are some recommendations in it that look interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/Sci-Fi-books-space-without-aliens/forum/FxD96I7QLGODOM/Tx19LJSFFSN18DP/1?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B000Q9IZ5C
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:06 pm
If you like more realistic fantasy (less with the magic, more with the medieval setting), George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” series (1st book — “Game of Thrones”) is excellent. I think it’s great for all writers, as he is masterful at telling a complete story using many separate points of view to paint a picture.
January 25th, 2008 at 9:47 am
I believe Martin’s “Ice and Fire” series is indeed on my list of books to read. If only I could find that list, hehe.
Shopping at Half-Price Books for a series is always tricky – it seems like they never have book one.