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Mar 19 '11 by JeF
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Anyone out there read any nerdy fantasy/sci fi/ weird fiction book and have any recommendations?

I've unfortunately fallen behind a bit on my reading so I could really use some new material.

Here's a list of my recommendations:

Sci Fi:
Douglas Adams - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Iain M Banks - The Culture Novels
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game

Fantasy:
J.R.R. Tolkein - The Lord of the Rings
Steven Erikson - The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series
Neil Gaiman - All of his novels/graphic novels
George R.R.Martin - Song of Ice and Fire Series

Weird Fiction:
China Mieville - All his novels

psherman42 on Mar 19 '11 at 7:08pm

The current link redirects back to this blog, but this should point to the right thing

JeF on Mar 19 '11 at 7:12pm

fixed, thanks.

jeffreyg on Mar 19 '11 at 7:13pm

Douglas Adams - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

this.

Kookaberry on Mar 19 '11 at 7:16pm

Oh no, not again.

So did you read Good Omens? I very much enjoyed that book. But I am even nerdier than you; I typically read non-fiction.

JeF on Mar 19 '11 at 7:16pm

Another reason I brought this up is because I just got back from C2E2 and I had a chance to attend the China Mieville panel and he was really awesome. I'd highly recommend his books. Perdido Street Station is probably his most popular. I'd also recommend Un Lun Dun which is a young adult book but I think all ages would enjoy it.

JeF on Mar 19 '11 at 7:18pm

I loved Good Omens, Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite authors and I love the humor that's in all of Terry Pratchett's novels as well.

squintygirl on Mar 19 '11 at 7:32pm

Terry Pratchett is fantastic. I'm also currently on a Christopher Moore kick, though his books aren't sci-fi/fantasy in the traditional sesnse.

I've also been keeping track of the books I've read since 1995. NERDS 4 LYFE!

tracerbullet on Mar 19 '11 at 7:37pm

my favorite sci-fi series is The Tripods by John Christopher

d3d on Mar 19 '11 at 7:37pm

fantasy:
david eddings-the belgariad
robert jordan-the wheel of time

classic horror:
frankenstein
dracula
the picture of dorian gray

d3d on Mar 19 '11 at 7:38pm

day of the triffids!

Chipmnk on Mar 19 '11 at 8:01pm

I actually quite enjoyed the His Dark Materials trilogy.

HorsefaceDee on Mar 19 '11 at 8:34pm

I nerd out for the Jean M Auel "Earth's Children" series! About caveman days and the ice age..NERD

pyr4lis on Mar 19 '11 at 8:56pm

Roger Zelazny - pretty much anything he's written but my favorites are:
Donnerjack
Lord Demon
Lord of Light

I'd classify them as fantasy with a touch of sci-fi although Donnerjack would be the most sci-fi

spinnerMC on Mar 19 '11 at 8:57pm

"An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

Not sci-fi or fantasy, but plenty nerdy if you like math equations.
NERDFIGHTERS FTW!!!

[+duracell-] on Mar 19 '11 at 9:13pm

I just came in here to say that if you ever do a Loves challenge that is about food, please offer the Modernist Cuisine 6 volume set a prize. That would be nerdtastic.

Manupix on Mar 19 '11 at 9:16pm

By Ursula Le Guin: "The Disposessed", "The Left Hand of Darkness", the classic Earthsea trilogy. Lots of other stuff too even though she's let herself fall into heavy-handed political correctness lately.

Doris Lessing: "The Marriages Between Zones 3, 4 and 5" (that title alone is worth worlds), "The Making of the Representative for Planet 8".

Austin Tappan Wright: "Islandia". Possibly my all-time fav book.

More later, maybe.

Boycey on Mar 19 '11 at 10:08pm

Arthur C Clarke's A Space Odyssey (trilogy)

Boycey on Mar 19 '11 at 10:10pm

Also, I've not read any of their stuff but on Wikipedia it says that Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein (along with Clarke) were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.

cjmacs on Mar 19 '11 at 10:14pm

I've kept a book list for forever, too. :)

how about Madeleine L'Engle (Wrinkle in Time, etc.)?

d3d on Mar 19 '11 at 10:28pm

I'd classify them as fantasy with a touch of sci-fi although Donnerjack would be the most sci-fi

that genre always bugged me. James Herbert and Hugo Cook's writing is like that, and it's like "if you have laserguns and spaceships why the fuck do you carry swords and ride dragons?"

pyr4lis on Mar 20 '11 at 3:45am

well theres not really laser guns and spaceships.... it has ghosts and a castly and this virtual reality system. It sort of challenges the concept of what makes something real

mike bautista on Mar 20 '11 at 4:56am

My friend recommended me some steam punk book, but I forgot the title.

Chipmnk on Mar 20 '11 at 3:18pm

Steam Punk Book by Steam Punker

Krimson on Mar 20 '11 at 5:00pm

Orson Scott Card will forever be the king of Sci-Fi

Philip K. Dick if you want a more psychological, less-SciFi novel, but with all the fun paradox, mindfucks, and craziness

Krimson on Mar 20 '11 at 5:03pm

Also, this is a must-read:

135 days later

JeF on Aug 03 '11 at 10:24am

Has anyone read the series "A Tale of Malazan Book of the Fallen" series by Steven Erikson? I just picked up the tenth and final book of the series and I'm really excited to get into it.

This is actually one of my favorite current fantasy series. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a really good Epic fantasy series.

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