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Posted by Macheath on November 8, 2000 at 16:42:48:

In Reply to: Need your help musketeers posted by Beladorizid on November 8, 2000 at 13:37:53:

Good books: if you're looking for science fiction, I recommend William Gibson's Neuromancer, or Neal Stephenson's juvenile-yet-entertaining Snow Crash. And certainly, certainly, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead; if you like those, I'd recommend finishing off the series with Xenocide and Children of the Mind. If you find that you liked Ender's Game better than Speaker for the Dead, then skip those two and go straight to Ender's Shadow. And then, of course, I'd recommend any of Timothy Zahn's Star Wars books and virtually nothing else from that universe.

As for fantasy books... possibly my favorite ones are never mentioned in these little polls. They're Stephen R. Donaldson's Covenant Trilogies; a set of two trilogies (six books, for the english/math impaired) which explore an entirely unbelieving leper's transporation into another world (to do the plot no justice in brief synopsis). It was fascinating to read as Thomas Covenant went from complete and deliberate disbelief to acceptance over the course of the books... not to mention that Donaldson does such a fantastic job of relating the man's real and imagined pain that you tend to wonder if he might not be a leper himself. And, yes, if you haven't read J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, it's really a very good (albeit somewhat dry) read.

"Good books" to avoid: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, I find to be formulaic and contrived, and can barely bring myself to read them any more despite his otherwise fine writing style. David Eddings' Belgariad was cute for a while, but his Malloreon got real old, and I never bothered to read the Elenium or the Tamuli as a result.

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Re: My input Macheath 16:57:15 11/8/2000 (1)

Shadow and Claw books were Excellent! (n/t) Graeluumn 08:31:42 11/9/2000 (0)

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Comments: > Good books: if you're looking for science fiction, I recommend William Gibson's Neuromancer, or Neal Stephenson's juvenile-yet-entertaining Snow Crash. And certainly, certainly, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead; if you like those, I'd recommend finishing off the series with Xenocide and Children of the Mind. If you find that you liked Ender's Game better than Speaker for the Dead, then skip those two and go straight to Ender's Shadow. And then, of course, I'd recommend any of Timothy Zahn's Star Wars books and virtually nothing else from that universe. > As for fantasy books... possibly my favorite ones are never mentioned in these little polls. They're Stephen R. Donaldson's Covenant Trilogies; a set of two trilogies (six books, for the english/math impaired) which explore an entirely unbelieving leper's transporation into another world (to do the plot no justice in brief synopsis). It was fascinating to read as Thomas Covenant went from complete and deliberate disbelief to acceptance over the course of the books... not to mention that Donaldson does such a fantastic job of relating the man's real and imagined pain that you tend to wonder if he might not be a leper himself. And, yes, if you haven't read J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, it's really a very good (albeit somewhat dry) read. > "Good books" to avoid: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, I find to be formulaic and contrived, and can barely bring myself to read them any more despite his otherwise fine writing style. David Eddings' Belgariad was cute for a while, but his Malloreon</> got real old, and I never bothered to read the Elenium or the Tamuli as a result.

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Comments:	> <b>Good books:</b> if you're looking for science fiction, I recommend William Gibson's <i>Neuromancer</i>, or Neal Stephenson's juvenile-yet-entertaining <i>Snow Crash.</i> And certainly, certainly, Orson Scott Card's <i>Ender's Game</i> and <i>Speaker for the Dead</i>; if you like those, I'd recommend finishing off the series with <i>Xenocide</i> and <i>Children of the Mind</i>. If you find that you liked <i>Ender's Game</i> better than <i>Speaker for the Dead</i>, then skip those two and go straight to <i>Ender's Shadow</i>. And then, of course, I'd recommend any of Timothy Zahn's <i>Star Wars</i> books and virtually nothing else from that universe. > As for fantasy books... possibly my favorite ones are never mentioned in these little polls. They're Stephen R. Donaldson's <i>Covenant Trilogies</i>; a set of two trilogies (six books, for the english/math impaired) which explore an entirely unbelieving leper's transporation into another world (to do the plot no justice in brief synopsis). It was fascinating to read as Thomas Covenant went from complete and deliberate disbelief to acceptance over the course of the books... not to mention that Donaldson does such a fantastic job of relating the man's real and imagined pain that you tend to wonder if he might not be a leper himself. And, yes, if you haven't read J.R.R. Tolkien's <i>Lord of the Rings</i>, it's really a very good (albeit somewhat dry) read. > <b>"Good books" to avoid:</b> Robert Jordan's <i>Wheel of Time</i> series, I find to be formulaic and contrived, and can barely bring myself to read them any more despite his otherwise fine writing style. David Eddings' <i>Belgariad</i> was cute for a while, but his <i>Malloreon</> got real old, and I never bothered to read the <i>Elenium</i> or the <i>Tamuli</i> as a result.