I want to try to get back into reading. I enjoyed reading mystery and sci-fi/fantasy books. Some authors I had enjoyed were Brian Jacques and R.A. Salvatore. Anyone have any suggestions?
PS The only sci-fi I'm not into is star wars and other outer space stuff
2007-06-28 02:58:44 · 18 answers · asked by bluedevil1642 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
Very indepth character developement and plot schematics.
Very lengthy as well, with I think 11 books so far and each being between 700-1200 pages each.
The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
Again good character developement, a little perverse in some way, extremely melodramatic (which fantasy books aren't?), but I think this one gets over the top sometimes.
2007-06-28 03:14:39 · answer #1 · answered by I love pollution! 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Let's see. I'm not into sci-fi much, but I love Ray Bradbury's works. he does some sci-fi and some not. Fahrenheit 451 isn't so much sci-fi as it is futurism, but it's an AMAZING book. "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm", by Nancy Farmer, was also a fair book, if I remember correctly.
Mystery? I'd go for the classics - Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle were both brilliant writers.
And fantasy...If you enjoyed Brian Jacques, you might like Angie Sage or Philip Pullman.
2007-06-28 10:54:09 · answer #2 · answered by Michaela 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi. If you're looking for great science fiction, you might try Robert A. Heinlein. All of his stuff is good, but my favorite is Starship Troopers (do NOT be influenced by the movie). For fantasy, I recently met a new author with a super series. Her name is Michelle Weston (writing under the name of M.B. Weston) and her first book, A Prophecy Forgotten, is an excellent tale of angels, demons, and humans. Finally, if you're looking for mystery you could read Hank Phillippi Ryan's debut mystery Prime Time. Hank is a TV news investigator in Boston, and she can really tell a story. I would be remiss if I didn't mention my own mystery series, which is set in the Florida panhandle (see sample chapters at www.vincenthoneil.com). Hope this helps.
2007-06-28 13:59:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I simply have to recommend Orson Scott Card (a Nebula award winning author). For Science Fiction, start with Ender's Game (there are three other books in that series, as a parallel series that starts with Ender's Shadow). If you want Fantasy, start with Seventh Son in the Alvin Maker series. I was able to get my copy of Seventh Son for only about 3 bucks (a good choice on the store's part, since I quickly bought the rest of the series at the regular price).
Additionally, if you are looking for good sources of Fantasy/Sce-Fi/Horror, might I recommend picking up one of the "Year's Best..." for the proper genre? I have always had good luck with "The Year's Best Science Fiction Annual Collection." There is a similar collection called "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Annual Collection" which, as the name implies cover's fantasy. I have, on occasion, also seen "The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Annual Collection" but those seem to be harder to find and I am not even sure if the annual collection is still updated. These are a good choice as they help "get your feet wet" in the genre and the new voices. As far books go, I have generally found these to get the most bang for my buck.
2007-06-28 10:14:56 · answer #4 · answered by Thought 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I highly reccomend The Traveler By John Twelve Hawks. It's a new author/trilogy. Also:
Thunderhead By Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child
Deep Storm By Lincoln Child
Books By:
Clive Cussler
John Sandford
Greg Iles
Lee Child
David Thurlo
2007-06-28 11:27:56 · answer #5 · answered by writergal16 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How about comedy sci-fi/fantasy? If you like your fantasy w/ a bit of humor I would say the "Myth" series by Robert Lynn Aspirin. Some of the titles are "Hit or Myth", "Mything Persons" and "The Mything Link". You also can't go wrong with *R.I.P.* Douglas Adams classic "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.
I'm not a huge mystery fan but I do love Laura Jor Rowland's Sano Inchiro series. It's a series of mysteries but the storries take place in Feudal Japan.
2007-06-28 10:05:16 · answer #6 · answered by starikotasukinomiko 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Blackflame Novels - Fantasy Books
2000AD Fantasy: fantasy books based on 2000AD comic characters like Judge Dredd, Slaine, and Rogue Trooper
Black Library books, based on Games Workshop's games:
Warhammer Fantasy: fantasy books set in Games Workshop's medieval Warhammer world.
Warhammer 40,000: science-fantasy books set in Games Workshop's futuristic Warhammer 40,000 world.
Necromunda: science-fantasy books set in Games Workshop's futuristic Warhammer 40,000 world, in a nightmare industrial underworld.
Penguin Books: Fantasy Novels
Conan: fantasy novels
Mage Knight: fantasy novels
Mech Warrior: fantasy novels
Shadowrun: fantasy novels
Wizards of the Coast: Fantasy Books:
Dragonlance: fantasy novels
Eberron: fantasy novels
Forgotten Realms: fantasy novels
Magic The Gathering: fantasy novels
RavenLoft : the Covenant: fantasy novels
ComicsOne: Fantasy
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: fantasy graphic novels
IDW Publishing: Fantasy
Fallen Angel: fantasy graphic novels
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu7Wg1INGXGkBD1tXNyoA?p=list+of+best+selling+science+fiction+authors&fr=
ibooks: Fantasy
Transformers - More than meets the eye: science-fantasy novels.
Margeret Peterson HADDIX. Some of her books like...Turnabout : which was about these two girls who's age is decreasing every year because of a science project they participate in. What will happen when they hit age zero!?
And then there's also Double Identity : here a girl comes to a new town with her parents....but lately things aren't going so well. Her mother is always crying and her father is acting all stiff. But most of all... the people in her new town all seem to know her. Could it be a clone?
Margeret Peterson Haddix is a very good suspense author with no profanity or gore.
There is also William Lashner and his very critically acclaimed Victor Carl seris and Falls the Shadow.
There is also Jodi Compton, author of Sympathy Between Humans.
Richard Montanari, author of The Rosary Girls.
There is Bob Wiltz & Bob Rustico who have written a good suspense/thriller Seed Money.
And Michael Williams...author of books like the four horsemen and and The Commitment.
Lee Smith of the book : Another Me (suspense thriller).
Also a very good futuristic fantasy suspense thriller author is Eoin Colfer. The much critcallly acclaimed and bestseller seris was by him. The Artemis Fowl seris.
I hope this has helped you in any which way
2007-06-28 12:11:53 · answer #7 · answered by Stargirl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Philip K. Dick is the god of sci-fi. Start with Man in the High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Also check out his short stories, they're great!
A lot of people haven't heard of him but they know the movies based on his works: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Paycheck, A Scanner Darkly...
2007-06-28 10:02:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mystery- 1.)Carolyn Keene( Nancy Drew)
A teen slueth who goes through many odbtacles and dangers to solve a case. With Bess, Goerge, and her boyfriend Ned.Whenever Nancy goes a mystery follows.If you like the books play the interactive games or see the movie. Its incredible.
2.) Fanklin W. Dixon ( Hardy Boys)
Frank and Joe Hardy, two brothers who ride motorcycles, meet new people, and of course solve mysteries its great.
Nancy Drew Series has over 160 books. Hardy Boys has many to I suggeut start with extreme danger.
Fantasy- J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter)
Harry Potter along with Hermione and Ron as to defeat you no who. While going through Hogwarts he discovers potions, spells, and more. Riviting.
Also try this book. A series of Unfortunate events by Lemony Snicket. Three Baudelaire orphans who lost there parents and mansion in a horrible fire.Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire were forced to live on the run from Count Olaf. A villian who wants to steal their fortune. I adore these 13 books. I am their number 1 fan.
i love to read.total bookworm.Good Luck.
2007-06-28 11:23:09 · answer #9 · answered by minoko1212 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov, H.G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe,
2007-06-28 12:06:48 · answer #10 · answered by Dios es amor 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋