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Waterstone's guide to science fiction and fantasy

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  • 10-03-2010 7:43pm
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    Eliot Rosewater
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    Waterstone’s guide to science fiction and fantasy

    We see quite a few science fiction and fantasy threads on the forum, so I thought I'd put up a guide I found. This was posted on the BookMooch mailing list. Its an introduction to the various sub-genre's involved and gives quite a few recommendations. Especially good are pages 12 & 13, which gives a list of "if you like this author, you'll love this author" for about 10 different writers.

    I haven't really read any of either genre, excepting the Lord of the Rings, but with such an accessible guide its something to look into!


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    MikeC101
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    Nice find.

    A good list of books, a really great mix of classics and quality modern stuff.


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    raah!
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    I think I will go and buy "Consider Plebas" by Iain M Banks thanks to this list. I really enjoyed the wasp factory, but I am always a bit anxious buying any new science fiction after the hours wasted on Terry Goodkind.


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    kevin_de_big
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    raah! wrote: »
    I think I will go and buy "Consider Plebas" by Iain M Banks thanks to this list. I really enjoyed the wasp factory, but I am always a bit anxious buying any new science fiction after the hours wasted on Terry Goodkind.

    I thought it was very good. It's very well-written and within the context you won't have a hard time suspending disbelief. It's usually quite cheap too.


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