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What novels have you read that you've found enjoyable?


I've enjoyed reading:

Dragonriders of Pern series
and
Doona series
by Anne McCaffrey

Humanx Commonwealth series
by Alan Dean Foster

Dragon Companion series
by Don Callander

Dragonback series
by Timothy Zahn

Dragonworld
by Byron Priess & Michael Reeves
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Like dragons, eh? What do you think of Eragon or Eldest?
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DBS wrote:Like dragons, eh? What do you think of Eragon or Eldest?
Certainly the film Eragon was derivative rubbish.
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I tend to enjoy Tom Clancy allot, the Hunt for Red October is by far my favorite. I like the evolution of Ryan throughout the series. I also enjoy the spin offs such as Rainbow Six (I'm a special forces Junkie) and Red Storm Rising (WW3 but non nuclear)
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Anothere dragon fan I see. :)

I agree with Tom Clancey, he's pretty good.

Timothy Zahns Star Wars books were excelent.

Most books by Dan Abnett are also very good.

The Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell is a great series.

Anything by Terry Pratchett or Douglass Adams. :)
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I like Carl Sagan's "Contact"
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The Dune series. Loved the books by Frank Herbert, and I really enjoy the ones by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson.
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I liked Frank Herberts books but I found Brian Herberts and Kevin J Anderson's to be lacking..something.
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Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson do tend to focus more on action and graphic violence than Frank Herbert did, and if I had to choose I would say Frank's were the better books. But Brian and Kevin still devliver entertaining reads. Although the trilogy about the Butlerian Jihad wasn't their best work. Still, these books are the only ones I actually buy in hardcover at full price.
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Love Peter F. Hamilton's books. The Night's Dawn trilogy blew my mind. The Pandora's Star/Judas Unchained books are not up to that, but still pretty good.
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DBS wrote:Like dragons, eh? What do you think of Eragon or Eldest?
I only read Eragon. I saw the movie, too. It was okay, even if was patched together with ideas from other stories. I did love the dragon though.

I prefer Pern.
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Yeah, the Pern books are very good. I didn't think too much of Eragon though.
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Tim Zahn and Bernard Cornwell seconded.

Allan Mallinson's Hervey books are a good read in the post-Napoleonic military vein.

Of course my favourite sci-fi books are the Seafort Saga by the late David Feintuch. *points at name* :D
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I used to be into Warcraft so I read all those novels which are preety good.

Lord of the rings but everyone loves that.

I like the Harry Potter series but don't think it is great writting.
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As Simple As Snow, by Gregory Galloway.

egotistical in some places, and the puzzle of figuring out the main character's name is laughable (HINT: the author is clearly fantasizing), but the book itself is just beautiful, touching, and poetic, without going so deep into "Her actions made me sad" territory.
It's a love story in part, and a mystery in the latter half, and it ends isn exactly the right place, to the point where i will hunt down and kill that man if he writes a sequel (ya hear that Galloway? off with your head!). i just love the way it all intertwines, and the constant communication is just brilliantly inspirational.
the book made me decide to start making mix CD's of my own.


Eragon and Eldest:

obligatory mention. i do have both of those books, and am looking forward to the thrid, but it's more a matter of good story than good writing, especially in Eragon, which just feels phoned in.
that is all.


Pern:

Woot for Pern!
Ruth is my homeboy!


Deverry Cycle:

I forget who writes this one, but it's very, very good. huge, epic series of books.
i.
want.
Dweomer.
Oops.

I shouldn't have told you that last part.
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