jefftheshark

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.

JTS

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Heucrazy

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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Heucrazy

That sucks.

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Pariah

So, Matt...what did you get?

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SuperSpck

Oh man, I assumed he had already passed.

R.I.P. again man.

Mathew81

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.

Zeno

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.

Chaplin

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.

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.

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.

Great series, very similar to The Wheel of Time, except more gory and philosophical.

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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Heucrazy

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.



I've heard that from others as well but I liked them a lot.


I love his books. I get email updates on his publishing schedule.



Fast reads as well.




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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Chaplin

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.

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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CorporalCardinal

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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Jughead

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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CorporalCardinal

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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