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Maximum Triceratops said:
Just read the Forever War, now working my way through Starship Troopers, can anyone recommend some more books like these two? cheers.
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I've read both of them and also enjoyed on similar lines:

Gavin Smith - Veteran
Gavin Smith - War in Heaven
Richard Morgan - Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs #1)
Richard Morgan - Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs #2)
Richard Morgan - Woken Furies ((Takeshi Kovacs #3)
The W40k Horus Heresy series (up to Book 20 now)

Also I can't recommend the GoodReads website enough - have used it to find so many books :) Any book you enjoyed you can look at 'Readers also enjoyed' and also if you rate 25 books then it will generate it's own recommendations. Great website!
 
Rids said:
So a friend of mine insised that I try and take on the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson, he spurred me on by promising that it was better than ASoIaF.

I resisted the urge for a while as I absolutely love Ice and Fire and I didnt think there would be a fantasy book out there that could challenge it. I'm not going to lie the first book in the series is pretty rough going, Erikson does not ease you in to his world, he grabs you by the throat and launches you into the deep end barely stopping to explain anything. I spent the first 400 pages trying to work out what in the blue hell was going on, I stopped reading at 400 pages and when back and read it again, I was still baffled. In the end I listened to his adice and ploughed through, the first book Gardens of the Moon was very solid - a convincing world, masses of intriuge and a plot that could go almost anywhere.

I've just finished Deadhouse Gates which is the second book in the series, where as the first book took me close to a month to finish this one I have read cover to cover in 4 days. Its is a breathtaking rollercoaster ride of a book - I've never known a book to play on my heartstrings in the way that this has, I experienced moments of true elation and moments of abject despair, I have a new favourite book. So erm, read it.
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That's interesting you say that as I read the first book when it came out and really struggled with it, as a result I never read any further in the series. Perhaps I should give the second book a go, but I definitely will not be re-reading the first!
 
^ same boat, found the first one not as good a read as I thought / heard it was going to be and never gave the 2nd one a try even though I bought it
along with the first one.. Might go back and give them another try
 
Rids said:
So a friend of mine insised that I try and take on the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson, he spurred me on by promising that it was better than ASoIaF.

I resisted the urge for a while as I absolutely love Ice and Fire and I didnt think there would be a fantasy book out there that could challenge it. I'm not going to lie the first book in the series is pretty rough going, Erikson does not ease you in to his world, he grabs you by the throat and launches you into the deep end barely stopping to explain anything. I spent the first 400 pages trying to work out what in the blue hell was going on, I stopped reading at 400 pages and when back and read it again, I was still baffled. In the end I listened to his adice and ploughed through, the first book Gardens of the Moon was very solid - a convincing world, masses of intriuge and a plot that could go almost anywhere.

I've just finished Deadhouse Gates which is the second book in the series, where as the first book took me close to a month to finish this one I have read cover to cover in 4 days. Its is a breathtaking rollercoaster ride of a book - I've never known a book to play on my heartstrings in the way that this has, I experienced moments of true elation and moments of abject despair, I have a new favourite book. So erm, read it.
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Deadhouse Gates blew me away, it is one of if not the, greatest fantasy novels I have ever read. Especially toward the end :eek: Wow is all I can say.

If anyone has not read this series (few of you saying you tried but didn't perservere) trust me and give it a go, as per quote it is not a gentle intro but this goes hand in hand with the series in that it gives you nothing and expects you to engage your brain. Really is a fantastic series and there is now another author (Eriksons mate) who is writing another series of books which are filling in the blanks and fleshing out the story that Eriksons main drama only touched upon.
 
I've been reading His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. Its fantasy genre and revolves around some children who are the central characters in the stories. The fantasy is it a bit distracting because its doesn't make any sense.

Anyone read his books? I don't get the daemon thing, is it an analogy for something? Either way its a good read. Im half way through the trilogy now.

Also picked up Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury recently. Ray Bradbury died yesterday coincidentally.

And I recently finished The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, which i really liked. Post-apocalyptic America, children fighting to the death in battle royale style. I always thought they would get together and gang up against the gamemakers but it never happens. Unpredictably predictable. That is not a spoiler btw!
 
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Just finished Sniper One by Dan Mills. An account of his time as a Sergeant of a sniper platoon posted in the city of Al Amarah in Iraq 2004, during the Sadr uprising. Really heart in mouth at times, and such an eye opener as to how intense things got for our lads out there. They got told it was a peacekeeping tour, but it rapidly went overboard. Really enjoyed the read, and had me chuckling at times with the typical Brit Army humour.

Starting The King's ******* (word for illegitimate son) by Rowena Cory Daniels. See what it's like.
 
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Just finished 'The Penal Colony' by Richard Herley. A bit different to what I usually read and thoroughly enjoyed it! It's based around a one of the channel islands called 'Sert' which is being used by the government as a penal colony.

I've now started The Kite Runner which is unlikely to disappoint I can imagine!
 
Last night I finished 'Seeker' by Jack McDevitt.

The story is set approximately 10,000 years in the future, after civilization has expanded to inhabit countless worlds. Alex Benedict and his partner Chase Kolpath specialize in a new active type of space-archeology, involving the examination of abandoned bases and deserted space-craft in search of valuable items.
Alex is approached by a mysterious woman who asks him to ascertain the value of a strange cup riddled with archaic symbols. They discover that the cup is a 9,000 year old relic from one of the first Faster-than-light vehicles built, the Seeker. This was a colony ship manned by a faction known as the "Margolians" who were fleeing the then-oppressive society of Earth in hopes of establishing a free world. Records indicate that they succeeded, as the Seeker made several voyages, but they kept the location of their colony world a secret and it remains unknown to the present day.
With insight and some luck, Alex and Chase discover who brought this cup back. By retracing the route of these long-forgotten space explorers, they begin to get an idea of where the Seeker was found. With excitement high, they set off in hopes of finding the biggest discovery of the century, the colony of "Margolia". Thus begins an adventure which will take them to the brink of death and the ends of the universe.
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I really enjoyed it. If you like Asimov or The Gateway series/stuff like that, I would definitely recommend this.



8/10


I have read pretty much all the sci-fi I had on my to-read list, but I have never looked at Dune. I think I might start that next, along with 'Tree of Smoke' by Denis Johnson which I have been reading for months now, but am finding a bit of a chore tbh....not sure I will finish it



Borden said:
I've now started The Kite Runner which is unlikely to disappoint I can imagine!
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Corny, but brilliant
 
No1newts said:
Deadhouse Gates blew me away, it is one of if not the, greatest fantasy novels I have ever read. Especially toward the end :eek: Wow is all I can say.

If anyone has not read this series (few of you saying you tried but didn't perservere) trust me and give it a go, as per quote it is not a gentle intro but this goes hand in hand with the series in that it gives you nothing and expects you to engage your brain. Really is a fantastic series and there is now another author (Eriksons mate) who is writing another series of books which are filling in the blanks and fleshing out the story that Eriksons main drama only touched upon.
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thanks (& Rids) for the tip, will give it a try, just looked, 10 books in the series :)
 
Borden said:
Just finished 'The Penal Colony' by Richard Herley. A bit different to what I usually read and thoroughly enjoyed it! It's based around a one of the channel islands called 'Sert' which is being used by the government as a penal colony.
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Read that a while back and thoughroughly enjoyed it, even more so as I got it for free. Just finished Perigee: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Perigee-ebo...ital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1339109224&sr=1-1-spell by Patrick Chiles, another freebie and quite good too, certainly kept me up until 4am this morning to finish it lol...

Just starting Gridlinked by Neal Asher: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gridlinked-...C6I6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339109327&sr=8-1 99p and if it's as good as The Skinner it'll be another bargain on my kindle :)
 
Read book 1 and 2 of the Dark Tower series and loved them. Not got around to buying any more yet but really looking forward to the 3rd one now.

Also read Autumn by David Moody. Liked it, despite the characters being really annoying. Thought it was quite slow to begin with but fair picked up and now looking forward to reading the next one.

Trudi Canavan's Ambassador's Mission and Rogue have also been enjoyed massively. Annoyingly the next book isn't released until August :(

Currently reading Rule 34 by Charles Stross (I think that's his name). Could be interesting but too early to tell, literally on the 3rd page!
 
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