Page 1 of 1
What next?
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:52 pm
by Fullmetal660
I'm just about to finish my current book and I have no idea what to start on next. I like lots of stuff but my knowledge of other books that I haven't read is minimal, so I was wondering if some of your more literary educated people out there might suggest some stuff to me. I'll provide you with a list of stuff that i've read before to help narrow down the search.
Harry potter books - j.k rowling
The chronicles of thomas covenant - stephen donaldson
The belgariad/mallorean - david eddings
The gentlemen bastards - scott lynch
A song of ice and fire - george r.r martin
Lord of the rings - tolkien
The chronicles of amber - roger zelanzy
Dune - frank herbert
A various selection of discworld - terry pratchett
Inheritance cycle - christopher paolini
The life of pi - yann martel
Macbeth - shakespheare
Dracula - bram stoker
I haven't included comics and graphic novels as then the list would be aslong as my arm. As you can see I try to keep an open mind, switching between the more educated literacy and the simplier young teens stuff, which is fitting seeing as I am only 18. Any suggestions on stuff that I should read next then?
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:14 pm
by Menolly
Erikson's Malazan series
O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series
(I admit I haven't read either series yet)
Lawhead's Pendragon cycle
Auel's Earth's Children series
King's Dark Tower series
McCaffrey's Pern series
Leguin's Earthsea series
~*~edit~*~
*smacking forehead*
I can't believe I didn't think to suggest SRD's
The Gap cycle. But, I haven't read it yet, and other than
Dune, your choices seem more fantasy oriented...
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:35 pm
by Cail
The collected works of Phillip K. Dick. Once you're done with them, the Riverworld series by Phillip Jose Farmer.
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:31 pm
by wayfriend
The Riddlemaster trilogy, by Patricia McKillip
( Why are we limited to serieses? )
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:38 pm
by Menolly
wayfriend wrote:( Why are we limited to serieses? )
I don't think the suggestions are limited to series, wf. I just haven't read many stand-alone novels...
A Canticle for Liebowitz is my favorite stand-alone novel; but again, it's not fantasy oriented.
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:27 pm
by The Dreaming
Mary Stewert's Merlin trilogy is a joy, especially for those who like a nice twinge of historical with their fantasy. I'm also in the middle of Orson Scott Card's Chronicles of Alvin Maker, which are absolutely wonderful.
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:06 am
by Menolly
Oh geez, how could I forget the Ender series and the Shadow series by Card? I've heard good things about Alvin Maker, but haven't read them yet.
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:38 pm
by sgt.null
watership down - richard adams
anything by hp lovecraft
robert e howard
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:41 pm
by Avatar
Harder and harder to find stand-alone books anymore...maybe we need to coin a phrase for them.
Read the 1st 3 Alvin Maker books and liked them. Still need to find the last two someday.
--A
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:01 am
by Fist and Faith
Le Guin's Earthsea books.
Erikson's Malazan books.
Zindell's Neverness books.
Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land and Time Enough for Love.
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:18 pm
by stonemaybe
If you want a great stand-alone, try George RR Martin's Fevre Dream, much better than ASOIAF imo (and the best vampires!)
Another good stand-alone is Anubis Gates by Tim Powers - a sort of historical fantasy time-travelling adventure yarn.
And for series, The Saga of the Exiles by Julian May - The Many-Coloured Land, The Golden Torc, The Adversary, and The Non-Born King.
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:38 pm
by jelerak
Also (while on the topic of Tim Powers) try 'On Stranger Tides'.
It is absolutely my favorite stand alone novel.. It also is a bit fantasy, a bit adventure and a bit of history all rolled into one.
If you love pirate tales, then this one is for you.
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:04 am
by Holsety
The Requiem for Homo Sapiens series by David Zindell. (I personally recommend against the Ea series but I've only read one book)
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel.
Kings in Winter by Cecilia Holland.
The Once and Future King by TH White (my personal fave of all the arthur adaptations I've read).
Tales of Dying Earth by Jack Vance.
If you're interested in trying out some history, my favorites are Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War and Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian. I have little idea of how accurate they are but I certainly enjoyed reading them. Someone else said the Aubrey/Maturin books, those are certainly good reads.
Something by Gene Wolfe would probably be a good idea. I think Fifth Head of Cerberus, Shadow and Claw or Soldier of the Mist are the best of his books to start with.