I need a new series to read. I like fantasy (not alien) and sci-fi series can somebody please suggest a series with at least 2 (preferably more) books in it.Don't be afraid to list long books. Thanks so much! :)
2006-07-13 13:35:34 · 31 answers · asked by Tea 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea Cycle, starting with The Wizard of Earthsea, then The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu. It rarely gets better than this for fantasy.
Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars (sci fi)
The group of Madeline L'Engle books. Even though they were written for children originally, they are very good.
The C.S. Lewis sci fi trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength
Isaac Asimov's Foundation books (it used to be a trilogy but expanded) Start with Foundation.
2006-07-13 13:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
C. J. Cherryh did several:
one started with Fortress of Eagles (I think that was the first book)
one included the Tree of Swords and Jewels
the Wizard of Earthsea trilogy
Ursula K. LeGuin
all the various Videssos Cycle series (there are several series *within* the series) by Harry Turtledove
They are not formally series, but most of Judith Tarr's books fall into one of several worlds she has created. A Wind in Cairo stands alone; all the others I know about follow certain characters, etc. just like a more formal series. And she's one of the best!
The series by Terry Brooks that begins with Magic Kingdom for Sale is pretty good, although not up to the standards of the others I've mentioned.
(Sorry - I almost never remember formal series names)
2006-07-13 13:41:40 · answer #2 · answered by Riothamus Of Research ;<) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could name off the usual (Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, etc...) but I am sure that if you are a fantasy buff you have already read all those. Some lesser known (but just as popular) are Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series & Alan Dean Foster’s The Taken trilogy, & Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Trilogy (Eragon, Eldest, & the third is yet to be released. They are just as good but somehow are not publicized as much.
One to watch out for this autumn is The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party (ISBN 0763624020). It is only going to be two volumes. But the first one is really good.
Refer to link for more details:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0763624...
2006-07-14 06:28:14 · answer #3 · answered by Selkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C J Cherryh - The Dreamstone & The Tree of Swords and Jewels
This was published in a two book series, but was also done under a single cover "Arafel's Saga". Excellant novels.
C J Cherryh also did a series of books centered around a character named Chanur...The Pride of Chanur, Chanur's Venture...and several others in the series. This series is more scifi, but it isn't hardcord scifi.
C J Cherryh is probably one of the best and most intelligent authors in the USA.
2006-07-13 13:49:41 · answer #4 · answered by Shaula 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several sub genres in Fantasy. There is mild reality like harry potter series. For hard reality George.R.R.Martin's A song of Ice & Fire series. For humorous fantasy, try Robert Asprin's Myth Series. For light romance, try Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth Series and Johnathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Series. For horror, try Stephen King's Gunslinger series.
2006-07-13 17:15:29 · answer #5 · answered by Balaji K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld is great.
And Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is the first of the series. It's relatively new (2005) and the first sequel New Moon will be released in a few months. It is one of the best books I've ever read. It's a "realistic" YA novel featuring an amazing romance between Bella Swan, average yet clumsy girl, and Edward, a vampire. It's long too!!!
2006-07-14 03:52:17 · answer #6 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Belgariad by David Eddings it has 5 books in it and also by the same author and a continuation of the above series...The Mallorean also has 5 books and also continuing and expanding upon the same stories Polgara the sorceress and Belgarath the sorcerer
here is a list of the individual names of the books in the series
The Belgariad
Pawn of Prophecy
Queen of Sorcery
Magician's Gambit
Castle of Wizardry
Enchanters' End Game
The Malloreon
Guardians of the West
King of the Murgos
Demon Lord of Karanda
Sorceress of Darshiva
The Seeress of Kell
Read them you wont be dissapointed trust me!! they are one of the best fantasy books I have read and I love them all!!
2006-07-13 17:44:36 · answer #7 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dragon Prince series by Melanie Rawn, Sworddancer Series by Jennifer Roberson, and anything by David Eddings. By the way, Strong women in all of these series. I especially like the sworddancer series, there are 6 books. Happy reading.
2006-07-13 13:49:59 · answer #8 · answered by mightymite1957 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you ought to circulate classic and study the 7 books of the Chronicles or Narnia. I heard the recent sequence Infinity Ring is usual yet have not yet examined it. you ought to attempt The Hitch Hiker's handbook to the Galaxy. Stephen King's sequence for The dark Tower has solid techniques yet no longer relatively this variety of large study. I did like his e book with Peter Straub The Talisman it is why I gave The dark Tower sequence a shot. you additionally can try the celebrity Wars books - there is the unique from which the action pictures have been taken and now a gaggle of latest off shoots giving greater intensity to distinctive circumstances in the unique tale physique.
2016-10-07 21:44:13 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should try Anne McCaffery's Pern Series, there is a ton of them and her son Todd McCaffery is now continuing the series. I'm not sure that he is writing with her or whatever but the series is good. It's about a people who use huge dragons, the dragons have special riders that are mind linked to them and if one dies the other usually does too. They use the dragons to fight a substance called thread, kind of like acid rain but each strand is like a worm, boring into anything that isn't rock.
2006-07-14 01:42:25 · answer #10 · answered by santana84_02 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋