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  • 24-05-2001 6:21pm
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    Vokes
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    apart from tolkien ive never read any other fantasy/scifi books. id like to get started reading again but i dont know where to start as every other book seems to be part of a trilogy or a long arc of books.
    if you folk could make some suggestions as to where to start id be very grateful indeed


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    yossarin
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    the first dune book by frank herbert: 'dune'

    the rest of them are a bit pants though

    I posted a similar request here a while back
    http://www.boards.ie/bulletin/Forum13/HTML/000327.html

    [This message has been edited by yossarin (edited 24-05-2001).]


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    ConUladh
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    Legend by David Gemmell

    This was the first of his books I read (and the first one he wrote) about 8 years ago and prob only the third fantasy author I'd read (After Tolkien and <cringe>Dragonlance Chronicles</cringe> )

    Have all his books except the most recent one, themes can be repetitive but that's not really an issue when you're reading him for the first time


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    ConUladh
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    As for Sci Fi

    Rendevous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke was very good(must reread that)

    For a laugh (back to fantasy) you should read Terry Pratchett's Discworld books

    [This message has been edited by ConUladh (edited 25-05-2001).]


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    Hendrix_Nighn
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    The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield


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    TwoShedsJackson
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    The Hyperion series by Dan Simmons - the best set of SF books ever.


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    Celt
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    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Castor Troy:
    The Hyperion series by Dan Simmons - the best set of SF books ever.</font>

    Just... no.


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