2006-10-19 10:15:05 · 20 answers · asked by Mae 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Terry Brooks is my favorite author. He's great! His best book is Elf Stones of Shanara. Go to his website www.terrybrooks.net to learn more about his books. My next favorite is J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter books. Right now I'm reading 'Eldest' by Christopher Panini (sp?). It's about dragon riders.
2006-10-19 10:24:18 · answer #1 · answered by Justina 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sci-fi:
Honor Harrington Series---David Weber
Fantasy:
Laurell K. Hamilton
Jim Butcher
Christine Feehan
Melanie Rawn
Kate Forsyth
2006-10-19 10:25:03 · answer #2 · answered by arenee1999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gibson is mind-blowing in case you do no longer thoughts having your thoughts performed with each and every now and then. His Neuromancer is a sturdy place to start. Orson Scott Card isn't undesirable. i like the Fionavar Tapestry, yet on condition which you like your fantasy with a hearty dose of medievalism. Terry Pratchett is a company common, even with the actuality that I truthfully tend to pass the colour of Magic and the easy mind-blowing. Nightwatch became awesome and exceptionally plenty suitable. Ian M. Banks, Scottish SF author. and fairly some the previous ones, possibly, f.ex. Ursula ok. LeGuin The Left Hand of Darkness. the guy interior the intense citadel is What If? Sf. i like Dies the hearth, that's heavy on info yet between the greater advantageous end of the worldwide as all of us comprehend it books. Which jogs my memory of The Years of Rice and Salt that's extensive yet properly worth analyzing if somewhat sluggish in places. Robert Harris' homeland is a cracking crime tale besides as an exploration of what the worldwide could be like had Germany gained WWII. and that i think of i'm going to provide up there. desire that became effectual
2016-10-02 11:36:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
This is the man the first uttered (or wrote) the words "cyber space"! He is what I consider on of the best of all times. He has two others (NEUROMANCER and COUNT ZERO) which could be considered part of a trilogy.
MLO mainly follows the same pattern as COUNT ZERO. Several different characters are notable: Bobby Newmark, aka Count Zero, who is jacked into cyberspace. Kumiko, daughter of a Yakuza, supposedly protected in London. Sally Shears, aka Molly, who may attempt to kill or kidnap Angie Mitchell, a star of Internet simulation programs, and various other bit players. Of course there is Mona, an illegitimate human, since she exists without an ID number in the digital age. Mona is almost a street person, a nonentity, but she looks much like Angie Mitchell. Sinister persons have plans for Mona and Angie: they plot (apparently) to kidnap one and kill the other. Cyberspace cowboys, Yakuza, Londoner thugs, and weird freakish types populate the plot, with The Finn from COUNT ZERO playing a minor role in this novel as well. Gibson, as always, manages to make the various plots converge at the end.
Gibson's world is futuristic, fantastic and somewhat scientifically plausible, dystopic and frightening. London is trapped in a time warp. Japan is shiny and ultra-modern. Cleveland is a dump. The Sprawl is forbidding, amazing, huge, and imposing. Cyberspace is where everyone wants to be. In MONA LISA OVERDRIVE, he mainly succeeds at delivering his vision and an entertaining plot. Kudos to Gibson for creating this amazing fictional universe; this is his forte. I found the novel's ending somewhat confusing and unsatisfying. Don't let me dissuade you! MONA LISA OVERDRIVE is a fine novel and a successful conclusion to The Sprawl Trilogy; however, if you're new to Gibson, start with BURNING CHROME (short stories) or NEUROMANCER.
2006-10-19 10:22:58 · answer #4 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (5 books) - Douglas Adams and the much Maligned L Ron Hubbard's Mission Earth series.
2006-10-19 10:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by onetruekev 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i just happen to have a list
Poul Anderson
Catherine Asaro
Isaac Asimov
Iain Banks
John Barnes
Stephen Baxter
Greg Bear
Gregory Benford
Ben Bova
David Brin
C. J. Cherryh
Arthur C. Clarke
Hal Clement
Robin Cook
John Cramer
Michael Crichton
Greg Egan
Michael Flynn
Robert Forward
Tom Godwin
Joe Haldeman
Peter F. Hamilton
Harry Harrison
Robert A. Heinlein
James P. Hogan
Fred Hoyle
Nancy Kress
Geoffrey A. Landis
Stanisław Lem
Wil McCarthy
Jack McDevitt
Marvin Minsky
Larry Niven
Jerry Pournelle
Paul Preuss
Alastair Reynolds
Kim Stanley Robinson
Carl Sagan
Charles Sheffield
Joan Slonczewski
Allen Steele
Charlie Stross
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
David Weber
H. G. Wells
James White
Robert Charles Wilson
John Varley
Jules Verne
Vernor Vinge
Ivan Yefremov
Robert Zubrin
2006-10-19 10:20:36 · answer #6 · answered by oldhippypaul 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Neal Stephenson - but he expects his readers to understand a lot about science or you won't know what the heck he is talking about. It's scifi for grownups who really love science! He also has written some awesome historical novels of the 17th century that set the stage for his characters in the 20th and 21st century sci-fi books. He is amazing.
2006-10-19 13:06:41 · answer #7 · answered by matt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really like Anne McCaffrey's Pern Series (especially the first few) and the Crystal Singer series (I wish there had been more!). Enjoyed Piers Anthony and his Xanth Series for a time, like his Immortality Series and the Adept Series. Oh, then there's Katherine Kurtz and the Deryni Series.
Lots of fantasy - magic and mayhem. I haven't read much science fiction, but I did like the Dune trilogy, too.
2006-10-19 14:15:49 · answer #8 · answered by Isthisnametaken2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Asimov tops my list
with a close second of Raymond E. Feist and Roger Zelazny
I also like Edgar Rice Burroughs and Margerat Weis
2006-10-19 10:32:03 · answer #9 · answered by wi_saint 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Old hippy, has the best answer, but I'd add H. Rider Haggard, H. Beam Piper and Edgar Rice Burroughs to the list.
2006-10-19 13:38:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋