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keg in kc 03-27-2012 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Buck (Post 8497575)
It's Brandon Sanderson. He's a pretty big name in current sci-fi.
Fantasy. He hasn't written any science fiction that I'm aware of.

He's okay. Nothing mind-blowing yet, but he writes a ton of stuff.

patteeu 03-27-2012 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 8497132)
They seem to be very quick reads so far. Have finished Nine Princes of Amber and moved on to book 2, The Guns of Avalon. Enjoying the series so far....different is probably the best description, but different in a good, well written way.
I read several of those books back in the early 80s and thought they were pretty good. I don't know if the whole series was even out then, but I don't remember finishing it. How many books are in the series?

Buck 03-27-2012 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by keg in kc (Post 8497579)
Fantasy. He hasn't written any science fiction that I'm aware of.

He's okay. Nothing mind-blowing yet, but he writes a ton of stuff.
Right, sorry, I had sci-fi on my mind coming into this thread.

listopencil 03-27-2012 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 8491194)
I just started reading the Nine Princes of Amber by Roger Zelazny. About 25% in so far, and it is very good. Not sure why I had not gotten into this series earlier in life, since it was written awhile ago.
I can't believe I had forgotten about that series. Very enjoyable.

keg in kc 03-27-2012 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by patteeu (Post 8497593)
I read several of those books back in the early 80s and thought they were pretty good. I don't know if the whole series was even out then, but I don't remember finishing it. How many books are in the series?
There were 10 in the omnibus I have. Like 1100 pages total. The last one came out in '91 I think.

listopencil 03-27-2012 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by vailpass (Post 8491078)
Great idea for a thread Buck. Surprised to see you haven't read any Asimov if you are a sci-fi fan. He is part of the foundation of sci-fi, please forgive the pun. There are some great books and series in this thread. I'd like to nominate some story collections.

Great list. Definitely several classics in there.

patteeu 03-27-2012 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by keg in kc (Post 8497634)
There were 10 in the omnibus I have. Like 1100 pages total. The last one came out in '91 I think.
Yeah, I probably stopped reading them in '86 or so when I started my first real job.

listopencil 03-27-2012 06:19 PM
Buck, if you want to give Piers Anthony a try (other than what is already mentioned), Incarnations Of Immortality and the first few books of his Zanth series are fun. I'm trying to remember when his Zanth books turned to shit. Maybe around book five or so. Much of the rest of his stuff is crap.

Buck 03-27-2012 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 8497653)
Buck, if you want to give Piers Anthony a try (other than what is already mentioned), Incarnations Of Immortality and the first few books of his Zanth series are fun. I'm trying to remember when his Zanth books turned to shit. Maybe around book five or so. Much of the rest of his stuff is crap.
I wish I could read every recommendation in this thread now, but I've already stocked myself with over 3 or 4 months of reading at this point.

Buck 03-27-2012 06:43 PM
Reading The Stand currently. Got to this part today and started cracking up at work.

mnchiefsguy 03-27-2012 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 8497653)
Buck, if you want to give Piers Anthony a try (other than what is already mentioned), Incarnations Of Immortality and the first few books of his Zanth series are fun. I'm trying to remember when his Zanth books turned to shit. Maybe around book five or so. Much of the rest of his stuff is crap.
Incarnations of Immortality are good, not great. Never really got into Zanth. Supposedly Anthony was going to write another Incarnations book after For Love of Evil, but I have never seen any official word on one.

ChiefFripp 03-27-2012 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 8497699)
Incarnations of Immortality are good, not great. Never really got into Zanth. Supposedly Anthony was going to write another Incarnations book after For Love of Evil, but I have never seen any official word on one.
It's called "And Eternity".

mnchiefsguy 03-27-2012 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ChiefFripp (Post 8497800)
It's called "And Eternity".
Been awhile since I had read the series..you are right, that is the last book. There was supposedly going to be another book after that that focused on Nox, the Incarnation of Night, but that was never officially announced.

whoman69 03-28-2012 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 8497653)
Buck, if you want to give Piers Anthony a try (other than what is already mentioned), Incarnations Of Immortality and the first few books of his Zanth series are fun. I'm trying to remember when his Zanth books turned to shit. Maybe around book five or so. Much of the rest of his stuff is crap.
Incarnations of Immortality is one of my favorites. It humanizes the concepts of death, time, war, nature, fate, good and evil. Looking it up because I couldn't remember them all, didn't know he put out a new one a couple of years ago. Sci Fi bookclub doesn't carry Anthony anymore. I have to get it.

Its Xanth, btw. That is a good series, but its up to over 30 volumes now.

whoman69 03-28-2012 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 8497810)
Been awhile since I had read the series..you are right, that is the last book. There was supposedly going to be another book after that that focused on Nox, the Incarnation of Night, but that was never officially announced.
It came out in 2007 and is called Under a Velvet Cloak.


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