Good reads

[Laurasea]

Any book recommendations? I am in dire need of good books! I like science fiction. And books that are different like The Speed of Dark, Geek Love, A Prayer for Owen Meany... So any suggestions?

 

[Jen5200]

A friend of mine recommended Behind the Throne by KB Wagers to me...said it was really good. It’s on my list to read, but I haven’t gotten to it yet (I prefer sci-fi and fantasy).

 

[Anansi]

Science Fiction? (And Fantasy) That's where I live! Lol!

The Dune novels! The original 6 by Frank Herbert! "Dune", "Dune Messiah", "Children of Dune", "God-Emperor of Dune", "Heretics of Dune", and "Chapter House: Dune"! Science-Fiction at it's finest!

Then there's "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman. (First book to receive both the Hugo AND Nebula awards!)

"Hyperion", "Fall of Hyperion", "Endymion", and "Rise of Endymion" by Dan Simmons.

"Neuromancer" by William Gibson (The man who came up with the idea of "Cyberspace" before there was such a thing as the Internet!) Almost anything by William Gibson, really.

"Snow Crash" by Stephen Williamson.

The Revelation Space Trilogy by Alastair Reynolds.

Gene Wolfe's "The Shadow of the Torturer", "The Claw of the Conciliator", "The Sword of the Lictor", "The Citadel of the Autarch", and "The Ruth of the New Sun" (Definitely fits your want for something different.)

Then in Fantasy...

"The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever" and "The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant". Both are trilogies. There was a 3rd set, but I think ending after the 2nd set offers the more satisfying conclusion.

Contemporary Fantasy: The Dresden Files. Currently at around book 15 or so of a planned 23 book series. Good stuff.

"Children of Blood and Bone" by Tomi Adeyemi.

"Kindred" by Octavia Butler.

Those should hold you for now, I reckon.

 

[Jen5200]

Nice! Thanks for a new list of reads . And if you like the Dresden Files - I also recommend his other series.

 

[Scott]

My sci fi favorites are most anything by A.C. Clarke. Best known for 2001 a Space Odyssey and sequels 2010, 2061, and 3001.

Other favorites by Clarke:
Rendezvous with Rama (and sequels)
Childhood's End
A Fall of Moondust
Glide Path (non sci fi)
The Lost Worlds of 2001 (alternate scenarios from 2001)

Clarke was prolific and author of many short stories. He also collaborated with other authors; many fall short of the mark imo.

 

[LaManuka]

A man after my own heart Scott, I think hubby and I have the whole Arthur C collezione!

Hubby has just finished reading “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” by Philip K. Dick which many people would know as the movie “Blade Runner” - I haven’t read it yet but hubby says it’s great!

 

[ChristaNL]

I thought the Dresen series were finished by now? (I binged them a few months ago).


Fantasy-wise with a lot of humor thrown in/ If you like celtic based stuff with some serious old-religions tongue-in-cheek (do not read if you have sensitive long toes about your own religion/ but that are usually not the people who read fiction/fantasy anyway) :
the iron druid series


(if you still dare to use piratebay etc, the are complete sets going around with all the OoooOold stuf - Asimov etc. - which I think is a complete bore untill you realised he was the first to actually pose these ideas / still boring as hell imho ;P great as ideas go but long winded and awfully predicatable )

 

[Laurasea]

Thank you thank you friends! I have read many of these, like of course Dune! Jim Butcher is great I have read all of the Dresden files, and all of his books! Have read everything ever by A.C Clarke. But man I you have all suggested I will have to make a list and get asap!!!!!! Yippie you all really came through!! Keep the coming though , because of my MG I read two to three books a week, and sometimes a book a day....( No life) Have you all read Sara King, I like her Zero series. Please keep those Titles coming! When I wake up better will get pen and paper to write them all down.

 

[Jen5200]

I loved the Iron Druid series that Christa suggested (by Kevin Hearne)! Now I’m going to have to make a list too....I’m always looking for new authors/series and I see some in here that I haven’t read

 

[Inger]

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[Anansi]

Nice! Thanks for a new list of reads . And if you like the Dresden Files - I also recommend his other series.

Oh, yes! I absolutely LOVED the Codex Alera series as well! Great stuff, and I'm hoping one day for a sequel. Haven't read his Aeronauts stuff as of yet, though.

 

[Anansi]

Oh! House of Suns & Pushing Ice are also really good ones by Alastair Reynolds.

 

[Laurasea]

I was afraid at first to post this thread, I figured I might get hollered at that this is a parrot forum.. now I am thrilled to have so many books to read!!!!!! I'm getting ready to search Kindle, abd hopeful that will also read to better recommendations from Kindle . How about Parrot books, either as characters or training behavior? But don't stop the Sci Fi!! And The Speed of Dark is about an autistic man that through science has the choice to change his life, but maybe loose himself, I really loved this book... Abd I live that our flock has so many sci Fi fans!!! Who knew!! My memory is terrible these days but I will try and add some of my favorites to the list, Dean Kootz has many I love. Abd I think a book called the Sphere was good. I think some one already mentioned Terry Brooks books. I also liked the Naturalist it's a crime thriller kind of, and normally I don't care for crime thrillers but it was very unique!

 

[ChristaNL]

LOL I am glad you asked. I am also running out of ideas of things to read.

Parrotbooks... parrots in books
ehm not that many...there is Polynesia (C african grey?) in the Doctor Dolittle books of course.
(They are supposed to be kidsbooks, but I really loved them growing up)

That annoying macaw in "Sandiego Zoo", I forgot her name (the book is at a friends atm).

Currently reading "The Lucky Gallah" - it is awfully depressing and fairly inaccurate (well the moonlanding stuff anyway).
No idea how it ends, my e-reader ran out of batterypower the day before yesterday, haven't had any time to read since. But there is a real thinking and screaming gallah in there and yes she is named "Lucky", not sure if she is...
Probably a not fun but good read if you are still on a pink-parrotkeeper-cloud.

(I can send it over - like many others- if you like e-books, I use the EPUB format)

Terry Brooks is not my fav. -> go for David and Leigh Eddings if you want quests and humor. (Belgariad& Mallorean, the six Sparhawk books are fun too)

(Avoid the Sword of Truth series like the plague, book one starts out fine and then it is steadily downhill for the next nine books, and the ending is superlame.)

 

[Allee]

This is a fantastic idea for a thread, I'm so glad you decided to post it. There's a multitude of benefits from reading, think of it as exercise for the brain.

Reading is the highest intellectual activity of the human experience. More sectors of the brain are active than in any other endeavor including mathematics or flying an airplane. It's the most totally interactive processing of information even with children reading Mother Goose.
Quote by: Gary Braver, Gray Matter

I've never been able to stick to one genre, I love them all from non-fiction to satire and sci-Fi. Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams is one of my personal all time favorites, the book not the movie.

I haven't read this one yet but I bought a copy for my son so I can borrow it as soon as he opens it. The Ravenmaster: My life with the ravens at the Tower of London by Christopher Skaife.

 

[Taprock]

I’m fortunate enough to be a librarian so I get to read anything I want all the time. I live science fiction but I tend to gravitate to post apocalyptic. It’s also rare I find people who have read the same as me. The best recent sci-fi is the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. My director made me read it, I don’t like AI or robots but in spite of that I loved them. The Last Policeman series by Ben Wnters, The Space between the Stars by Anne Corbett, Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker and I’m an oddball that likes the Hell Divers series by Nicholas Smith - all PA.

It’s nice to see everyone else’s lists because you can never have too many on you TBR list!

 

[Laurasea]

Ooooo so excited to check out these titles!!!!! I also love to hear that instead of wasting time reading I am pursuing the highest intellectual activities!!!! Oh la la!

 

[riddick07]

I used to read a lot of sci-fi/fantasy stuff when I was in junior and senior high but not as much anymore. I can barely remember the series anymore and I just gave them all away to a friends daughter. I think the one author I liked was Kate Forsyth, Alison Croggon, Kate Elliott...those are the only ones I remember off the top of my head from back then.

More recently Guy Gavriel Kay (Pretty much all of them...he only has a few books I didn’t like that much.), KF Breene (Fire & Ice trilogy first), Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels Series), Patrick Rothfuss (Name of then Wind), probably more that I can remember. I read a lot but don’t remember most of them enough to recommend them haha. KF Breene and Ilona Andrews series are more Urban Fantasy but they have a lot of humor that make them fun to read.

 

[Scott]

Under the Dome by Stephen King was enjoyable. A TV series was made, but lost its way and rambled until inevitable cancellation.

 

[texsize]

LOL I am glad you asked. I am also running out of ideas of things to read.

Parrotbooks... parrots in books
ehm not that many...there is Polynesia (C african grey?) in the Doctor Dolittle books of course.
(They are supposed to be kidsbooks, but I really loved them growing up)

That annoying macaw in "Sandiego Zoo", I forgot her name (the book is at a friends atm).

Currently reading "The Lucky Gallah" - it is awfully depressing and fairly inaccurate (well the moonlanding stuff anyway).
No idea how it ends, my e-reader ran out of batterypower the day before yesterday, haven't had any time to read since. But there is a real thinking and screaming gallah in there and yes she is named "Lucky", not sure if she is...
Probably a not fun but good read if you are still on a pink-parrotkeeper-cloud.

(I can send it over - like many others- if you like e-books, I use the EPUB format)

Terry Brooks is not my fav. -> go for David and Leigh Eddings if you want quests and humor. (Belgariad& Mallorean, the six Sparhawk books are fun too)

(Avoid the Sword of Truth series like the plague, book one starts out fine and then it is steadily downhill for the next nine books, and the ending is superlame.)

The Sci-Fi book that has a parrot in it is Emergance byDavid Palmer.
the bird plays a very important part in the book and the guy that wrote the book MUST have had a parrot at one time.