My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before
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Re: My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before
#2Anyone got some favs to share?
I need to read the new Peter Hamilton book (book 2 due out soon). And I am ashamed to admit I haven't read any Greg Egan yet, need to get on that :)
Re: My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before
#3Anyone got some favs to share? I need to read the new Peter Hamilton book (book 2 due out soon). And I am ashamed to admit I haven't read any Greg Egan yet, need to get on that :)
Robert L. Forward's Dragon's Egg and Starquake:
Re: My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before
#4Anyone got some favs to share? I need to read the new Peter Hamilton book (book 2 due out soon). And I am ashamed to admit I haven't read any Greg Egan yet, need to get on that :)
> And I am ashamed to admit I haven't read any Greg Egan yet, need to get on that :)
Permutation City is his best-known work, and while some people (including me) enjoy the density of ideas, others find the characterisation weak. I'd start with one of his short story collections, such as Luminous.
Re: My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before
#5Anyone got some favs to share? I need to read the new Peter Hamilton book (book 2 due out soon). And I am ashamed to admit I haven't read any Greg Egan yet, need to get on that :)
The Steerswoman series by Rosemary Kirstein. It's become my go-to recommendation for anyone I know that likes to read. Most people I've recommended it to have ended up buying all four books.
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Re: My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before
#7Anyone got some favs to share? I need to read the new Peter Hamilton book (book 2 due out soon). And I am ashamed to admit I haven't read any Greg Egan yet, need to get on that :)
The Steerswoman series by Rosemary Kirstein. It's become my go-to recommendation for anyone I know that likes to read. Most people I've recommended it to have ended up buying all four books.
Also: a little more widely known, but the Black Company series by Glen Cook.
Re: My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Steerswoman series by Rosemary Kirstein. It's become my go-to recommendation for anyone I know that likes to read. Most people I've recommended it to have ended up buying all four books.
Also: a little more widely known, but the Black Company series by Glen Cook.
Midworld Press have started putting out some really nice signed editions of these which has made me quite happy.
Re: My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before
#9Anyone got some favs to share? I need to read the new Peter Hamilton book (book 2 due out soon). And I am ashamed to admit I haven't read any Greg Egan yet, need to get on that :)
Little, Big by John Crowley. Also everything else he's written.
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#10Of these I've only read The Worm Ouroboros, and I cannot recommend it enough. The structure is a bit weird at first—you gotta get past the first chapter—but after that it settles and is astounding. If you have any passing interest in Lord of the Rings, you'll likely love it.