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Liz Williams inspector Chen
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05-04-2011, 09:53 PM | #17 |
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I'll second this! Amazing book . Some may call it silly, but it actually hangs together better (without any particular care taken to that end) than many "serious" SF stories out there .
Another one I'd recommend - Slow train to Arcturus (DRM-free from Baen). Light and entertaining and something that I think might appeal to a wide audience. Last edited by thrawn_aj; 05-04-2011 at 10:26 PM. |
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From the Baen Free Library
Aaron Allston - Doc Sidhe Rick Cook's "Wizard's" series (2 books in free library) Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon's "the SERRAted edge" series Elizabeth Moon's "Sheepfarmer's Daughter" (first of a trilogy) And a series I especially enjoyed, David Weber's "Bahzell" series (the first book, Oath of Swords, is available in the free library) Last edited by zespectre; 05-04-2011 at 10:22 PM. |
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I always suggest that anyone who likes Terry Pratchett try Robert Rankin - although it's very English in setting and I suspect he may fall on the "silly" side of your divide.
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05-07-2011, 07:27 PM | #21 |
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Liz Williams Inspector Chen is lovely IMO.
perhaps look on fantasticfiction for anthologies that your favorite authors or those mentioned here have contributed to as many are grouped by style. http://www.literature-map.com/ is always interesting |
05-07-2011, 08:12 PM | #22 |
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I tried reading the Uplift series. I read Sundiver and found it had promise for the series and given that it was book 1, I thought maybe it gets better from there. Then I tried reading Startide Rising and never did finish it. That where it all fell apart.
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Wow, this is the neatest thing this month! (literature-map)
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Speaking of Mercedes Lackey, I highly recommend...
Five Hundred Kingdoms 1. The Fairy Godmother (2004) 2. One Good Knight (2006) 3. Fortune's Fool (2007) 4. The Snow Queen (2008) 5. The Sleeping Beauty (2010) 6. Beauty and the Werewolf (2011) I've read some of this and plan to read the rest. It's very good. Quote:
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I just bought The Fairy Godmother a couple of days ago. I look forward to reading it.
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I rather enjoyed that one. I'm going to read One Good Knight soonish. It is on reserve at the library and it will be available in no more then 20 days.
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i really like christopher moore, robert rankin, a. lee martinez, and i love david eddings for witty high fantasy (i haven't read his newer stuff but the belgariad, mallorean, elenium and tamuli series are all well written, funny, and full of action)
i liked robert asprin's mythadventures series a lot as well. |
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Take a look at http://www.baen.com/library/books.asp[/URL] The 1632 series in interesting. The first few books are free!!! When you get to the site make sure to scroll down. Their site design isn't the best, but the books offered are very good.
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