Week 2 Books: Science fiction/fantasy

[Anonymous]

This week we are heading into unknown personally for me but this was suggested by a Moderator whose name will not be mentioned (it wasn't Leonard)

Before we delve into this amazingly unknown area for me I wanted to recap on last weeks book subjects which was Biographies/Auto Biographies and Memoirs.

Some great books suggested and I hope that somebody picks up at least one of the suggestions.

So the list is:

Dear Fatty - Dawn French
Slash - Slash
The Dirt - Motley Crue
High Voltage -Kat Von D
Stephen Hawkings ( not sure which one as there are a few.)
Gypsy Boy -Mikey Walsh
Mr Nice - Howard Marks
The Damage Down - Warren Fellows
Booky Wook - Russell Brand
Look Who it is! My Story - Alan Carr
Hunting With Barracuda's - Chris Snyder
On the Run - Greg and Gina Hill
Lucky Man - Michael J Fox

On the Cobbles - Jimmy Stockin
The Guvnor - Lenny Mclean
Marilyn's letters- Marilyn Monroe
Lions Tale - Chris Jericho 
Tattoo Chronicles - Kat Von D
What you see is what you get - Alan Sugar
Between The Lines - Victoria Pendleton ( Wouldn't that have been a great book name for the rolling stones)
All Those Moments - Rutger Hauer
Why we Suck - Dennis Leary


I know that I have literally hundreds more I could add to this personally so I think we will have another go at this one in the future but here is the link if anybody wants to add to it.

http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-topic/Week-1-Books-Biographies/td-p/361092/page/4

Sorry this is a day late.

[Liquid]

Digital fortress by Dan brown great read kept me hooked.

One of the few books I can happily read more than once:)

[Anonymous]

does the LOTR triloy count as fantasy, been reading them again...

[Liquid]

I can promise they're not included in non fiction now:)

Great books:) I have read them many times.

[Liquid]

The time machine.

[Anonymous]

Mostly "Golden Age" sci-fi - especially Asimov (one of my heroes) - but I also love Edgar Rice Burroughs (late 19th century) and E E (Doc) Smith - (1920's).

My all-time fave though is "Dune" - somewhere between sci-fi and fantasy (which I normally dislike) but incredibly well written and totally convincing.  After that, there's a short stort called "Manifest Destiny" that is darned near perfect - moralistic story that stays just the right side of becoming patronising - well worth a go.  Also, I'd recommend that everyone reads the original "Starship Troopers" - the fil was good but the book is much better - black comedy as much as sci-fi.

[Anonymous]

Science fiction:

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress By Robert A. Heinlein

Foundation Trilogy By Isaac Asimov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series

Any book by A. E. van Vogt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._E._van_Vogt

Fantasy:

On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_a_Pale_Horse

Any of The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett

[Toby]

Game of thrones is a brilliant fantasy read. It compliments the TV show and vice versa.

In Sci-fi, I have read a few Star Wars novels that were surprisingly good. 'Foundation' from Isaac Asimov was fairly mind-blowing!

[Anonymous]

One of my favourite series was The Death Gate Cycle by Weiss and Hickman. Also thoroughly enjoyed The Wheel of Time. I think the next one in the series is out soon.

Has anyone read either?

[Anonymous]

I see this is ticking along, sorry I am not able to contribute much as not my thing really.

Other than The hobbit when I was about 10 I am struggling to think of a book that I have read that falls into this topic.