Reading suggestions.

[eagl]

P.S. Has anyone read Isaac Asimov's Foundation series?   It sounds interesting.  The only Asimov I've read was I, Robot which is great, but it's short stories, so the entertainment isn't as long.

The Foundation series really dragged on because the original three books never wrapped up anything.  After reading the original Foundation series but before reading the "final" book which was actually the first book in the story timeline, I concluded that it was a big joke on his readers.  A fascinating detective puzzle thriller that never ended and we never got to find out who really did what.  I think it gets wrapped up in the "first" book "Prelude to Foundation", and if you read that one first then you might as well skip the whole rest of the series 

If you can put up with that, go for it.  I recommend reading the original trillogy first, then give the rest of them a whack to fill in the gaps.  Read this first though, or you might get the books in the wrong order:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series

If you read the "prequel" books first, the puzzles in the original trillogy will probably be tedious and boring.

[Dragon]

some of the very best fantasy books every written are from Terry Brooks...The Shannara series....the first three books especially the third book, called the "Wishsong of Shannara" is about the best there is.

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Sad part about it is my dog ate my trade version of Wishsong.  Ugh!

[Raphael]

hitchhiker's guide

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Sad part about it is my dog ate my trade version of Wishsong.  Ugh!

oh man.....thats my favorite one in the whole series.....after this the books just go downhill.

Garret Jax is one of the coolest and baddest characters ever created 

Allanon is pretty awesome also

[Tom5572]

I started reading Brandon Sanderson and found his mistborn trilogy good. I thought The Way of the Kings was a great read

[Devil 505]

How about a mix of WW2 and Sci-Fi. This is the cover of the first book of the "Worldwar" series.

Awesome story with great characters, real, fictional, and alien.

[skorpion]

if you want a really good war book take "Give War a Chance" by P.J. O'rourke.


was a pretty good read after the first few chapters.

[Sonicblu]

P.S. Has anyone read Isaac Asimov's Foundation series?   It sounds interesting.  The only Asimov I've read was I, Robot which is great, but it's short stories, so the entertainment isn't as long.

I started here and did not finish I think some of his writing style is brilliant, he understood some of the secrets to effectively pulling in the reader. It was interesting how he doesn't finish a thought and jumps to new character and time, creating a vacuum hoping you'll find out what the hell is really going on. Nothing ever gets wraped up so I felt lost with no closure. So I jumped ship after first book.

He is considered a god in the Sci-fi stuff because of some of the tech stuff he foresaw, and acuratly described.

He gets a two stars out of five from me.

[gunnss]

(Really evil Grin)

Go to the Baen free library, get 1632..... Fair warning, the story cycle now runs to over five million words. Disclamer, about seventy thousand of those words were writen by me and my wife. Grin

Regards,
Kevin

[WYOKIDIII]

I would suggest Steven Brust. Start with "Jhereg" . Also highly recommend The "Black Company" series by Cook .

[coombz]

also a book done by Stephen King and Peter Straub called "The Talisman" great book 

there is an even better sequel called 'Black House', check it out

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there is an even better sequel called 'Black House', check it out

wow never heard of it...I will check it out thanx

[saggs]

hitchhiker's guide

Read the whole series already.  Though I liked it, I wouldn't call it sci-fi, more sci-fi parody, but it is great for a laugh. 

[texasmom]

Hunger games didn't suck, it was awesome.

[B-17]

How about a mix of WW2 and Sci-Fi. This is the cover of the first book of the "Worldwar" series.
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Awesome story with great characters, real, fictional, and alien.

Just finished reading the wikipedia articles... Did you read all 7 of the books?