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i've decided i'm fed up of reading fantasy, and i'm determined to pick up a few sci-fi/mystery/suspense/historical/regular fiction books to give myself a change of pace. any suggestions? (note: i'm not guaranteeing i'll read them, just that i'll look into them).
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sf: ok um anything by neal stephenson, especially snow crash; neil gaiman is kinda cool too, ok ok im into cyber punk so sue me:P ; absolutely ANYTHING by david brin, cuz hes amazing; the ender wiggins saga; i liked lisanne norman - heheh think psychic kitty people; there's the star of the guardians series, its a weis/hickman thingy but its kinda cool, they're OP though so youd have to borrow them from me; um theres always DUNE; then there's the mars series by kim stanley robinson - not exactly light reading between the politics, psychology and technobabble, but interesting nonetheless and a rather astute examination of human culture and interaction in stressed environments; always isaac asimov; and at over a thousand pages, battlefield earth was actually a really good BOOK, the movie not so much - that was by L Ron Hubbard ; greg bear is ok ; i liked psion, cat's eye and dreamfall, a trilogy of books by Joan D Vinge, even though i read them years ago. there's the 2001 series, which is okay. very dated though. or yeah cyber punk is a great way to go, its a cult offshoot fo mainstream sci-fi so there isnt thatlarge a selection, bu ti mean if you want to read abou the zany, crazy adventures of master hacker/pizza delivery man for a mafia owned franchise Hiro Protagonist, there's nowhere else you'll find that kind of amusing, thought provoking drivel. :) anyway if you want ill walk you through my closet o' books or the sf section at chapters and go oooooh you have to read this, and this and this was good, oooooh!, no not that, oh god no!, oh you absolutely HAVE to read this, this was just FAH-BU-LOUS! etc etc etc...
yeah im not great at genres other than scifi/fantasy but here goes nothing
historical fic:
the pillars of the earth -ken follet its one of my favorite books period, you shoudl check it out
the power of one - bryce courtenay not sure how historical it is, but its set at aroun the beginning of the 20th century (i think)or well sometime after the boer war in south africa - very good i always reccomended to customers, in fasct ive had customers come up while i was recomending and reccomend it themselves... repeatedly...
memoirs of a geisha - arthur golden its really good in my opinion
namako:sea cucumber - Linda Watanabe McFerrin about an asian-american girl growing up in the states and i japan and how she didnt fit in in either place i think it was a post war one - i can lend it to you
Wilbur Smith
one hundred years of solitude - gabriel garcia marquez
the gabaldon books are supposed to be really good, as are the pauline gedge ones and havent you read the guinevere ones? if i can thin kof anything else ill let you know... wasnt name of a rose historical...
i dont really read mystery/suspense it never really interested me so id actually be open to anyoen suggestions on this as well... um my mom likes the alphabet murder books, i dont remember the series the whole a is for alibi thing, the number ones too, and kathy reichs. if thats any help :P also diana mott mason and her cookie related mysteries...
general fic: to kill a mocking bird is still one of my favorite books ever, and catcher in the rye, im sure youve read them but if not, do
um catch 22 - joseph heller
cat's cradle and slaughterhouse-5 - kurt vonnegut for both
although those are insane enough that they overlap scifi in some ways
the alchemist - paulo coelho
chocolat was good
sadly i enjoy clive cussler's dirk pitt novels and teh wholesome american adventurerNESS of this whole thing
um ...
the unbearable lightness of being - milan kundera - amazing book
well im tapped out for now. give me time though. heheheh
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thanxs for the suggestions. i may even take some of them. =)