Favorite Scifi/Fantasy book series

[DBella]

The Belgariad - David Eddings
The Malloreon - David Eddings

Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles

 

[RogueLDN]

you should try the artefacts of power by maggie furey, very similar in style to mcaffery

 

[jaguarr]

So many of my favorites have already been mentioned (most notably C. Lee's list, the Piers Anthony, Michael Crichton and P.K. Dick stuff), so I'll just add my current favorite author to the list: Laurell K. Hamilton. Check out her "Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter" series. Great stuff.

jag

 

[DBM]

I'm a big fan of the "Myth" books by Robert Aspirin as well as the Xanth books by Piers Anthony (though the last few have been really stupid).

 

[November Rain]

star wars:clone wars, awesome...

 

[Malice]

Here are my favorites that I currently own:

Dragonlance - Dragons of Autumn Twilight - Chronicles Trilogy (Volume I)
Dragonlance - Dragons of Winter Night - Chronicles Trilogy (Volume II)
Dragonlance - Dragons of Spring Dawning - Chronicles Trilogy (Volume III)
Dragonlance - Dragons of Summer Flame
Dragonlance - The Second Generation

The Scions of Shannara - The Heritage of Shannara (Volume I)
The Druid of Shannara - The Heritage of Shannara (Volume II)
Elf Queen of Shannara - The Heritage of Shannara (Volume III)

Forgotten Realms - Homeland - The Dark Elf Trilogy (Volume I)
Forgotten Realms - Exile - The Dark Elf Trilogy (Volume II)
Forgotten Realms - Sojourn - The Dark Elf Trilogy (Volume III)

Ravenloft - Knight of the Black Rose

The Sum of All Fears
The Bear and the Dragon
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
The Hunt for Red October
Clear and Present Danger
Red Rabbit
Red Storm Rising
Executive Orders
Debt of Honor

Star Wars - Heir to the Empire - The Thrawn Trilogy (Volume 1)
Star Wars - Dark Force Rising - The Thrawn Trilogy (Volume II)
Star Wars - The Last Command - The Thrawn Trilogy (Volume III)

On A Pale Horse - Incarnations of Immortality (Volume I)
Bearing An Hourglass - Incarnations of Immortality (Volume II)
Being A Green Mother - Incarnations of Immortality (Volume V)
For Love of Evil - Incarnations of Immortality (Volume VI)
And Eternity - Incarnations of Immortality (Volume VII)

 

[3dman27]

doc savage
the last legionary by [i believe] a.a. hiller
i read this series years ago about kyle radnor the sole survivor of the planet morose and the legions of morose[sp] , a race of martial artists whose mercenary army only sold their services to the right side in a conflict. the series recounted hisa battle wirh the darkwing the organization that committed the genocide of morose

by the way did i spell the hero's name right why hasn't someone brought back this series? with the star wars hoopla last year it would've been perfect

 

[3dman27]

star wars:clone wars, awesome...

the novelization of the mini series?

 

[C. Lee]

Right now I'm on book 8 of the "Starfist" series....it's about Marines in the future fighting wars on different planets.

 

[jaguarr]

Right now I'm on book 8 of the "Starfist" series....it's about Marines in the future fighting wars on different planets.

Hmmm....it would seem the video with this name deviates significantly from the aforementioned plotline.

jag

 

[C. Lee]

Hmmm....it would seem the video with this name deviates significantly from the aforementioned plotline.

jag

I don't know about any similarly named video....this is a series written by David Sherman and Dan Cragg....both former long time military men who use their knowledge of that adapted to space and the future.

 

[jaguarr]

I don't know about any similarly named video....this is a series written by David Sherman and Dan Cragg....both former long time military men who use their knowledge of that adapted to space and the future.

It was a porno joke. Shhhh!

jag

 

[Malice]

Anyone have any good suggestions for a Post-Apocalyptic book for me?

 

[jaguarr]

Anyone have any good suggestions for a Post-Apocalyptic book for me?

Like, post-war type stuff? Or like alternate future type stuff? "Farenheit 451" was always one of my favorites if you've never read that before.

jag

 

[Malice]

Alternate future type thing...

 

[C. Lee]

Alternate future type thing...

"Time Storm" by Gordon R. D ickson - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553251465/102-7658831-4982554?v=glance&n=283155

 

[jaguarr]

Alternate future type thing...

Check out stuff by L. Neil Smith, Jon Courtenay Grimwood and Len Deighton.

jag

 

[Malice]

Check out stuff by L. Neil Smith, Jon Courtenay Grimwood and Len Deighton.

jag

What books titles offhand?

 

[jaguarr]

What books titles offhand?

For Grimwood, the Arabesk Trilogy is cool. "Pashazade" is the first book.

For Smith, "The Probability Broach" kicks off a whole series based on the premise of what the world would be like if the Confederacy had won the Civil War.

Deighton's "The Ipcress File" is good stuff, as well.

Of course, you could really get into some cyber-punk authors like William Gibson (Neuromancer, All Tomorrow's Parties, Pattern Recognition), John Shirley (City Come A Walkin') or Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash), not to mention Philip K. Dick. You want your mind bent, those guys can do it.

jag

 

[DBM]

On A Pale Horse - Incarnations of Immortality (Volume I)
Bearing An Hourglass - Incarnations of Immortality (Volume II)
Being A Green Mother - Incarnations of Immortality (Volume V)
For Love of Evil - Incarnations of Immortality (Volume VI)
And Eternity - Incarnations of Immortality (Volume VII)

DAMN! I forgot all about the Incarnations of Immortality series. I love that series, though I was a little disappointed in the last book. And the two you left out, With a Tangled Skein or Wielding a Red Sword, are also good.

 

[War Lord]

The Sword of Shannara series and the Magic Kingdom, both by Terry Brooks was my second favorite after LOTR.

 

[AndThePickles]

The Sword of Shannara series and the Magic Kingdom, both by Terry Brooks was my second favorite after LOTR.

Yes, those are awesome

 

[tzarinna]

Anyone have any good suggestions for a Post-Apocalyptic book for me?

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, gave me nightmares

 

[Leto Atrides]

Anyone have any good suggestions for a Post-Apocalyptic book for me?

Stephen Baxter's The Time Ships

Great book, there are various alternate timelines, and more than one are post-apocolyptic. A good portion of the middle of the book concerns one in which WWI went on into the '50s. Everyoe lives in cities covered by giant concrete domes.

 

[SapphirePrima]

Alternate future type thing...

Clay's Ark And Parable of the Sower- Octavia E. Butler