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thegeelonghellswan Wrote:David Gemmell - The "King" of heroic fantasy. Seriously love that guy, he's dead now

I'd like to discover new authors. Can you share some of his books that you particularly enjoyed?

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I haven't seen the anime 5 star stories, but I have read and seen Akira and 風の谷のナウシカ. And I got the same feelings I get when I read a book and then see the movie. Movies are nice, but they are not as deep as the originals, stories wise. So yeah, I say check out the manga too.

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草上仁 is like modern 星新一. Any of his work is good but start with 無重力でも快適 if you need a recommendation. He's not even famous but I'm sure you'll like it if you like 星新一.

Neuromancer by William Gibson. Here's the first sentence:

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

If that doesn't set the tone, then I don't know what else could. Plus, the first chapter is titled "Chiba City Blues", which is almost an advertisement to this forum's users.

Here's another legit quote:

Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts . . . A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the non space of the
mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding . . .

Literary gold, my friends. Unfortunately, I sold my copy of Neuromancer at Moe's Books in Berkeley (yes, I'm only including the name of the bookstore because I want to advertise how great it is). At the time, I labeled the book as indulgent genre fiction. Thus, I left it to find a new owner. Unfortunately, I don't see things quite the same way anymore. It's time that I find myself a new copy.

Oh, and as a graduate student in philosophy, here's my +1 for Philip K. Dick.

As a person who grew up in Chiba reading Cyberpunks, I'm ashamed of myself not having read that one. But now I need to read Dune, Diskworld and Neuromancer, and I haven't even finished 2061 and 3001 ether. mmm, life is too short.

masaman Wrote:mmm, life is too short.

Truer words were never said. I have never read out of books on my 'to read' list. To re-read a book I loved, I have to put that list on hold. And that hurts.

vileru Wrote:Neuromancer by William Gibson. Here's the first sentence:

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.

...bright blue? :-)

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captal Wrote:Anything by Robin Hobb- I'm always excited when she writes more- start with Magician Apprentice and go in order. I should really re-read her books but all my books are back in America

I'm guessing you mean _Assassin's Apprentice_ there? (_Magician: Apprentice_ is by Feist and _The Magician's Apprentice_ by Trudi Canavan...) I quite liked reading that series at the time but found it a bit depressing somehow.

Yes! I've also read the Feist series however

I ordered some of the books your rec'ed, I'll let you know how they are after I read them. cheers again

If you're talking about Hobb- you won't be disappointed. Really spectacular stuff IMO.

Hey all,

I just finished the The Second Sons (Jennifer Fallon) triliogy and it was fantastic.

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I'll put this here, I might wanna come back to this later.

The Bankrupt Nihilism of Our Fallen Fantasists

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The Bankrupt Nihilism of Our Fallen Fantasists

Hmm, they liked Robert E. Howard but not modern stuff that's dark and caustic?