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My favourites and not so favourites
Science-Fiction
I Love:
Honor Harrington by David Weber
Lensmen by E.E. Doc Smith
Dune by Frank Herbert
Vorkosigan by Lois McMaster Bujold
Belisarius by David Drake
I never understood why people liked Foundation by Asimov - it just goes on and on and nothing really happens for 100es of pages, it bored me to death (and I've read the whole 1400 pages of the original unshortened Don Quixotte)
Fantasy
I love:
Shola by Lisanne Norman (wonderful, slightly Sci-Fi)
Temeraire by Naomi Novik (wow what an original mixture of dragons and alternative history)
Darkover by Marion Zimmer Bradley (the middle years books are best, early ones are a bit undeveloped and late ones are just not that good)
Pern and Talents by Anne McCaffrey
Kushiel by Jaqueline Carey
Dragon Prince/Dragon Star and Exiles by Melanie Rawn
Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey (especially the Vanyel trilogy, the latest books aren't that great though)
I never understood why people loved Shannara by Terry Brooks - you'll come up with better story lines while playing Dungeons and Dragons.
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