March 18th, 2008, 04:17 PM
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I would add Asimov's "Foundation Trilogy" to Heu's very good list, along with Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End" and Larry Niven's "Ringworld".
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Arthur C. Clarke passed away today. He was probably the last of the Old School Sci-Fi writers, and the world is a sadder place today because he is gone.
R.I.P.
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March 18th, 2008, 04:32 PM
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The Lost Regiment Series by William R. Forstchen is very well written but it sucks that he hasn't written any new books in the series in 10+ yrs.
Its about a Civil War regiment who gets sucked through some time portal to another planet where humans are "cattle" to a horde of 8 foot tall humanoids that control the planet...but nobody there knew what gunpowder was. The Union soliders weren't going to stand by and watch as other humans are eaten.
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That makes me think of Harry Turtledove's books. He writes a ton of "alternate reality" series. Some of which deal with The South winning the civil war and a few that deal with Earth being invaded by Aliens in the midst of WWII.
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March 18th, 2008, 04:33 PM
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Arthur C. Clarke passed away today. He was probably the last of the Old School Sci-Fi writers, and the world is a sadder place today because he is gone.
R.I.P.
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That sucks. 
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March 18th, 2008, 06:09 PM
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So, Matt...what did you get?
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March 18th, 2008, 06:30 PM
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Arthur C. Clarke passed away today. He was probably the last of the Old School Sci-Fi writers, and the world is a sadder place today because he is gone.
R.I.P.
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Oh man, I assumed he had already passed.
R.I.P. again man.
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March 18th, 2008, 06:55 PM
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So, Matt...what did you get?
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I'm a little short on funds right now, so nothing yet. I'll probably end up just checking something out from the library but right now I'm busy looking for a job. Once I get that straightened out, I'll let you know what I get.
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March 19th, 2008, 04:32 PM
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That makes me think of Harry Turtledove's books. He writes a ton of "alternate reality" series. Some of which deal with The South winning the civil war and a few that deal with Earth being invaded by Aliens in the midst of WWII.
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I've read those too, I like Forstchens books more. The best Turtledove books I've read recently is Days of Infamy and its follow up End of the Beginning. They deal with the Japanese following the attack on Pearl Harbor with an immediate land invasion and the American response.
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March 23rd, 2008, 10:14 PM
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For fantasy:
"The Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan is fantastic. There is only one book left and 11 already written.
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The first 3 or 4 books are some of the best written epic fantasy ever. However, after that the books become repetitive and very little happens over the past 4 or 5 books. The series probably should have ended 3 books ago.
And FYI, Book 11 is not quite written. Since Jordan died, another writer is going to complete Book 11, which right now is nothing more than a lot of notes and scribbles made by Jordan.
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For a series that is complete I would recommend "The Death Gate Cycle" by Margret Weiss and Tracy Hickman it's 7 books.
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Being that I am a fan of their early books, I just could not get into this series--it just didn't hold my interest.
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Raymond E. Feists "Magician" saga is also a great read and will suck you into his books and his world.
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Loved this series as a kid, and it was one of the first series (along with the below Dragonlance) that got me starting to want to be a writer.
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"The Sword of Truth" series by Terry Goodkind is decent ,entertaining, and complete.
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Great series, very similar to The Wheel of Time, except more gory and philosophical.
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And you can never fail with the old school "Dragonlance" books. "The Chronicles" and the "Legends" trilogies are IMO some of the best fantasy books ever written.
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I thought that as a teenager, but now I think the quality of the writing has not aged well. It is geared to a younger reader and you can tell that in the style. But for many years, this to me was the standard that all fantasy was measured. (That is, until I read Eye of the World and of course, Lord of the Rings)
Oh yeah, you might want to look at Lord of the Rings as something to read as well. 
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March 25th, 2008, 01:55 PM
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The first 3 or 4 books are some of the best written epic fantasy ever. However, after that the books become repetitive and very little happens over the past 4 or 5 books. The series probably should have ended 3 books ago.
And FYI, Book 11 is not quite written. Since Jordan died, another writer is going to complete Book 11, which right now is nothing more than a lot of notes and scribbles made by Jordan.
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Book 11 is Knife of Dreams and has been out for quite awhile. Book 12 which is titled "A memory of light" is being finished by Brandon Sanderson. If you haven't read KOD then I highly recommend that you do as it is the best WoT book since Lord of Chaos and moves very fast.
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Being that I am a fan of their early books, I just could not get into this series--it just didn't hold my interest.
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I've heard that from others as well but I liked them a lot.
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Loved this series as a kid, and it was one of the first series (along with the below Dragonlance) that got me starting to want to be a writer.
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I love his books. I get email updates on his publishing schedule.
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Great series, very similar to The Wheel of Time, except more gory and philosophical.
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Fast reads as well.
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I thought that as a teenager, but now I think the quality of the writing has not aged well. It is geared to a younger reader and you can tell that in the style. But for many years, this to me was the standard that all fantasy was measured. (That is, until I read Eye of the World and of course, Lord of the Rings)
Oh yeah, you might want to look at Lord of the Rings as something to read as well.
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I still measure fantasy against those trilogies. Even more so than Lord of the Rings. There is something about the Weis, Hickman Dragonlance books that captured my imagination when I was young and has kept me reading the fantasy genre for 17 years.
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March 25th, 2008, 02:46 PM
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Book 11 is Knife of Dreams and has been out for quite awhile. Book 12 which is titled "A memory of light" is being finished by Brandon Sanderson. If you haven't read KOD then I highly recommend that you do as it is the best WoT book since Lord of Chaos and moves very fast.
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Obviously, I got the numbers mixed up. Book 11 ends pretty well, but most of it is just like the previous 4 books--a whole lot of nothin'. Really boring.
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I still measure fantasy against those trilogies. Even more so than Lord of the Rings. There is something about the Weis, Hickman Dragonlance books that captured my imagination when I was young and has kept me reading the fantasy genre for 17 years.
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Again, there's nothing wrong with that, I just disagree that you can measure fantasy against that. ALL epic fantasy, including Dragonlance, owes everything to Lord of The Rings.
Besides, the characters in the Dragonlance books came from Dungeons & Dragons characters the authors made in their basement. 
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May 8th, 2008, 08:36 PM
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I personally like the Republic Commando series, it's nice to see someone other than the Jedi getting some attention in that universe. Frankly the Jedi get a little boring, although the New Jedi Order series was great. Also the X-Wing series was good, 'specially the Stackpole written books.
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May 8th, 2008, 08:50 PM
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The Lost Regiment Series by William R. Forstchen is very well written but it sucks that he hasn't written any new books in the series in 10+ yrs.
Its about a Civil War regiment who gets sucked through some time portal to another planet where humans are "cattle" to a horde of 8 foot tall humanoids that control the planet...but nobody there knew what gunpowder was. The Union soliders weren't going to stand by and watch as other humans are eaten.
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I might go check that out...that reminds me of a book about a Vietnam vet who gets sucked into fantasy world.
The Janissaries Series is a good read to about a CIA military unit that's kidnapped by aliens...Unfortunately the author is still working on the fourth book. He's been working on it since like 1987.

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May 9th, 2008, 06:34 AM
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oh, and don't forget the old school Casca series. Nothing like an eternal mercenary cursed by Jesus wandering from war to war.
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