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Anyone have an good books they've read lately? I'm out of books to read and don't know where to start.

I like both sci-fi and fantasy fiction.

Enjoyed the Wheel of Time serioius.
Hitchikers guide to the galaxy series was good.

So from the serious to the funny, anything along those lines. I'm even willing to give another genre a shot.

Ilium and Olympos by Dan Simmons

Shadowmarch by Tad Williams

George R.R. Martin (Song of Ice and Fire) (edit: Poldaran beat me to it), Stephen R. Donaldson (Mordant's Need), Terry Goodkind has a new one coming out in November...

Good luck!

Edited, Oct 19th 2007 12:05am by Serielley

Edited, Oct 19th 2007 12:05am by Serielley

The Monk by M.G. Lewis.

Olde school. I think it predates the 1800s.


Edited, Oct 19th 2007 12:21am by tarubstchef

Tell me about it.

Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

Basically its your average book talking about the human awareness mixed in with religion and cover ups by the church. Its total fiction but one of the things in the book they refer to is "Knowing the truth that comes from fiction". From a viewpoint on social economics I thought it was a great read.

The boy in the lake - Eric Swanson

Its really hard to put into words what this book is about...but it made me cry alot.


Edited, Oct 19th 2007 1:31am by Dyadem

Illium and Olympos are good, if you like those check out Hyperion which is a fun series.

Dune, Aztec, Anything by Clive Barker, and also Hellboy.

Aztec Damn good book

That would certainly work. Love ancient cultures. Fiction I assume though?

It's a historical fiction. It's got a good story, it's kept to the history of the Aztec nation. Most important anybody can read it for just about any level on enjoyment.

Edited, Oct 19th 2007 6:49am by LobsterJohnson

Hey LJ, you should read River God, by Wilbur Smith. It's about Ancient Egypt and the period when the Hyksos invaded. It's loosely based on historical events. It's a 3 part series, with The Seventh Scroll which jumps to modern day (1950's I think) and Archaeologists and the 3rd book, Warlock jumps back to Ancient Egypt and continues the story of the 1st book. Warlock gets a little far fetched about midway through though and becomes more fantasy.

Hehe, I didn't notice that his name was altered by a profanity filter.

The "Pern" Series by Anne McCaffery

"The Crown of Stars" by Kate Elliot

Any of Katherine Kerr's series start with "Daggerspell" and go from there.

J V Jones "Master and fool" trilogy and since the third of the Ice trilogy is due out this year you could try "Caverns of Black Ice" and "Fortress of Grey Ice".

David Eddings "Belgariad" and "Mellorean" and Raymond E Fiest's "Magician" series are excellent.