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Judging by your fairly prolific reading thus far, I'm gonna struggle to find things I've read to recommend.
In terms of sci-fi, have you read stuff by Paul J McAuley. I've only read a few, since they aren't in the bookstores much, but really enjoyed them. The CONFLUENCE trilogy was good, and the standalone novel FAIRYLAND was a nanotech novel that reminded me of Neal Stephenson's DIAMOND AGE. (I'm assuming you have read Stephenson).
Have you read all of David Brin's stuff. I loved the 2 UPLIFT trilogies, and he has some other stuff which might be worth considering.
I read some stuff by Ken MacLeod ages ago, and thought it was good.
Haven't actually read his stuff yet, but Ian McDonald's work sounds really interesting, and I heard him in an interview with Steven Erikson and he seemed like a really nice guy.
Also heard good things about WOLVES by Simon Ings, but it was gone from the bookstore when i went to get it, and i wanted to have a quick read (and now looking online, the reader reviews seem mixed)
Peter Watts has written some good sci-fi, some of which are available online for free.
I'd say I'm tapped out now.
OMG - yet ANOTHER request for reading suggestions Off on holiday, wanna load up the kindle
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Posted 08 October 2015 - 06:44 PM
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Posted 11 October 2015 - 02:17 PM
Binder of Demons, on 08 October 2015 - 06:44 PM, said:
Have you read all of David Brin's stuff. I loved the 2 UPLIFT trilogies, and he has some other stuff which might be worth considering.
A little known one-off he did way back when is "The Practice Effect". Damn good read, and actually has 1 or 2 Raymond E Feist nods, due to the 2 of them being mates back then. See if you can spot them.
But yeah, anything by Brin is good, each for different reasons. Although the end of the 2nd Uplift trilogy was ... trippy ...
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Posted 11 October 2015 - 09:07 PM
Chris Farnsworth's PRESIDENTS VAMPIRE series is pretty damn fun.
If you're feeling old school weird, I cannot recommend Clive Barker's IMAJICA highly enough. It's a monster but moves fast.
If you're feeling old school weird, I cannot recommend Clive Barker's IMAJICA highly enough. It's a monster but moves fast.
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Gavin Smith-Veteran + War in Heaven duology. Nice mix of cyberpunk, post-apoc and mil SF with the right amount of philosophizing. My favourite reads of 2 years ago.
Lavie Tidhar-Bookman Chronicles. Mostly steampunkish genre-punk mashup with lots of action, giant talking lizard being the Queen of England, and influence drawn from just about every "classic" adventure novel.
Maurice Broaddus- "Knights of Breton Court"-urban fantasy. Think Arturian legends meets "Requiem for a dream" (the heroin movie). Pretty dark, but I enjoyed it.
Lavie Tidhar-Bookman Chronicles. Mostly steampunkish genre-punk mashup with lots of action, giant talking lizard being the Queen of England, and influence drawn from just about every "classic" adventure novel.
Maurice Broaddus- "Knights of Breton Court"-urban fantasy. Think Arturian legends meets "Requiem for a dream" (the heroin movie). Pretty dark, but I enjoyed it.
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Posted 14 October 2015 - 12:04 PM
Read all my recommendations huh....
I still have something in the bag.
The Gor series by John Norman. Even if you've read them, I'm willing to bet you won't own up to it!
I still have something in the bag.
The Gor series by John Norman. Even if you've read them, I'm willing to bet you won't own up to it!
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Posted 17 October 2015 - 02:18 PM
Daniel Polansky's 'Low Town' trilogy.
- The Straight Razor Cure, Tomoorw the Killing and She Who Waits.
relatively short novels, basically a small time crime lord gets dragged into stuff, wouldnt elaborate further without ruining it. Low fantasy, gritty without the grimdark, I found them hugely entertaining, quite a tight focused arc in each book and an overall arc that ties in reasonably well. some great characters and a few great bits of dialogue.
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Drug dealers, hustlers, brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops . . . and sorcery. Welcome to Low Town.
I was sold
- The Straight Razor Cure, Tomoorw the Killing and She Who Waits.
relatively short novels, basically a small time crime lord gets dragged into stuff, wouldnt elaborate further without ruining it. Low fantasy, gritty without the grimdark, I found them hugely entertaining, quite a tight focused arc in each book and an overall arc that ties in reasonably well. some great characters and a few great bits of dialogue.
ETA:
Drug dealers, hustlers, brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops . . . and sorcery. Welcome to Low Town.
I was sold
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