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Favourite Science Fiction/Fantasy books

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Ecci · 29/10/2020 23:01

Just wondering what the scifi & fantasy folks out there enjoy most?
For me, it's currently Jodi Taylor's Chronicles of St Mary and The Expanse by James S A Corey.

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Faircastle · 30/10/2020 22:35

I'm really enjoying the White Space series by Elizabeth Bear (only two books so far, but I'm hoping for more).

I've also loved the Wayfarers books by Becky Chambers (starts with The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet).

Chronicles of St Mary's are my perfect comfort books to read during difficult times.

SisyphusDad · 30/10/2020 22:21

Julian May - The Saga of the Exiles. Absolutely brilliant.

dolphinpose · 30/10/2020 22:01

I love the classics - John Wyndham (Day of the Triffids, the Chrysalids, Midwich Cuckoos) Huxley's Brave New World, Orwell's 1984 and anyrthing by Ray Bradbury.

lazylinguist · 30/10/2020 22:00

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It's not just my favourite fantasy book, it's my favourite book full stop. And the sequel, A Wise Man's Fear. Unfortunately we've been waiting a very long time for him to publish the last in the trilogy!

BookishZen · 30/10/2020 21:58

Haven’t read too much fantasy but really enjoying Robin Hobbs the Elderling series.

banivani · 30/10/2020 20:58

@JeanBodel

The Dispossessed by Ursula le Guin.
Snap, or The Left Hand of Darkness. But I really love some of the short stories too.
JeanBodel · 30/10/2020 20:53

The Dispossessed by Ursula le Guin.

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Ecci · 30/10/2020 20:52

@MsIreneWinters I haven't read any John Scalzi since Old Man's War and it's follow ups. I'll have to try them. Just go ogling Becky Chambers, never heard of her.

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MsIreneWinters · 30/10/2020 18:41

I've recently read John Scalzi's Independency trilogy and really enjoyed it.

I also love Becky Chambers and the Invisible Library series by Genevieve Cogman.

Lalanbaba · 30/10/2020 00:22

Foundation by Asimov
The wheel of time by Robert Jordan

nocoolnamesleft · 30/10/2020 00:01

Love Chronicles of St Mary. Also anything by Lois McMaster Bujold (used to do more scifi, but recent stuff more fantasy).