SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

Hello. I am here because I need a good recommendation for what to read next. I have finished reading all the Expanse books and the Red Rising ones. I was especially enthralled by the Expanse and can't wait for the next book to come out. In the meanwhile, can you recommend me something in the genre? I prefer a story arch spanning more than one book, but any suggestion is welcome.

Do you have a preferrence for a given sub-genre, like time travel, or space wars, or alien encounters?

Ryk Brown's 'Frontiers Saga.' 15 books (shortish) in the first part, part 2 just starting.

http://www.frontierssaga.com/

John Hemry's 'The Lost Fleet' series is also very good, especially if you like realistic space fleet battles.

http://www.jack-campbell.com/_series/...

My favorite genre is... the Expanse! I simply drank all the books up. I like science fiction books where there's an intricate and interesting plot, where characters are well developed, where the language is well written, where there's an element of mystery (important) and where different styles are used (humor, horror, action, etc.)

Have you read Ringworld and the sequels? A lot of the early Known Space books like Protector and The World Of Ptavvs have a sort of Expanse/Red Rising feel.

The Sten series is pretty fun. Lots of space stuff, and they riff on classic movies like The Great Escape. First book is Sten.

I also really like Jack Chalker's Well World series and Lords of the Four Diamond series. Midnight at the Well of Souls is the first Well World. The next four books really make it epic.

For something a little different but has kind of the same feel is the Destroyermen series, where a WWI-era destroyer is outmatched during WWII and goes up against a Japanese battleship. During their fight they encounter a weird storm that transports them to an alternate Earth where dinosaurs never went extinct and humans never evolved. They find themselves in another world war between intelligent dinosaurs and intelligent giant lemurs from Madagascar, except this one is for extinction. As the series goes along, they discover that other humans have come through at various times in the past, such as lost East India Company ships which have set up an ersatz British empire. It gets complicated and has a lot of widescreen action. The first one is Into the Storm.

Poor mans fight series by Elliott Kay. page burner!

Ender's Game (the ender quintet) Orson Scott Card

Frank Herbert's Dune series is one of the all time greats.

The Gap Cycle by Stephen R Donaldson.

It's gritty but that's how he writes--he has a dark streak. There are five books.

The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story

Zippergirl wrote: "The Gap Cycle by Stephen R Donaldson.

It's gritty but that's how he writes--he has a dark streak. There are five books.

The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story"

I absolutely loved that series! I can never seem to recommend it because it is so dark/abusive and because books 2-5 are very different than book 1.

How about The Verkosigan Saga? Lots of books, lots of action, well-developed characters.Lois McMaster Bujold or Weber's Honor Harrington books?

Hank wrote:
I absolutely loved that series!
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Hank, nice to meet someone who has something nice to say about SRD. His Thomas Covenant books, particularly the first three, remain on my mind, and I reread them occasionally.

I, too, hesitated to recommend them but I love the depth.

Zippergirl wrote: "Hank wrote:
I absolutely loved that series!
..."

Hank, nice to meet someone who has something nice to say about SRD. His Thomas Covenant books, particularly the first three, remain on my mind, an..."

I also like SRD's books. I enjoyed the first two Thomas Covenant series - I'll re-read them someday before I read his Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series. I also read and enjoyed the Mordant's Need duology, and his short story collection A Daughter of Regals. I recently read The Man Who Killed His Brother and liked it even though it's not the greatest mystery I've ever read.

I need to read the Gap series though. I have the first book sitting on my shelf. Just need more time....

Randy,

Just wanted to thank you for the free book list you post. I've read some real gems that I never would have found on my own.

And yes, there was so much to love about The Land, like Saltheart Foamfollower and Seareach.

Thank you for you recommendations. I have started the Frontiers Saga but I will check out all the recommendations you gave me You guys have been very helpful.

Hi there, I wanted to ask if someone knows good book tagged cyberpunk?

♎ Nereta♎ wrote: "Hi there, I wanted to ask if someone knows good book tagged cyberpunk?"

For classic cyberpunk I really liked

Burning Chrome by William Gibson
Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams
Queen of Angels by Greg Bear
Heavy Weather by Bruce Sterling
Synners by Pat Cadigan
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

For modern cyberpunk my favorites so far have been Daniel Suarez's Daemon and Freedom™.

Trike wrote: "For classic cyberpunk I really liked

Burning Chrome by William Gibson
Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams
Queen of Angels by Greg Bear
Heavy Weather by Bruce Sterling
Synners by Pat Cadigan
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

For modern cyberpunk my favorites so far have been Daniel Suarez's Daemon and Freedom™. "

I really liked Burning Chrome (short story collection) and Snowcrash.

I would add Neuromancer by William Gibson since that's where it all started.

Also the anthology Mirrorshades is a good sampler.

And a lot of people think Alfred Bester is the grandfather of cyberpunk. My favorite Bester is The Stars My Destination .

+1 for the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold

I also suggest:
- Pretty much anything by John Scalzi, I've enjoyed everything that I've read by him
- Doomsday Book, Kindred and Timeline - great time travel books
- The Martian and The Martian Chronicles - totally different takes involving the red planet
- Ender's Game and the related books - I still love the books even though I am not a fan of the author
- The MaddAddam Trilogy: Oryx and Crake; The Year of the Flood; MaddAddam and other books by Margaret Atwood - she has this way of pushing her stories to the point of discomfort, but in a good way?