Right now I've got several good books to read, Judas Unchained and Outlaws of the Marsh/Suikoden, but I'm looking for some that I could read after I finish those. Also since I'm asking for recommendations I'll also deal out some recommendations of my own. So here goes, author's name in underlines, book's title in italics and underline.
Dan Simmons (Must point out that there is mature content in most of this guys' novels)
Hyperion- I really don't know how to explain it other than it's really good so I'll let the amazon editorial explain for me:
Quote from Amazon
On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope--and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands.
Also must point out that the book is not written in a typical fashion. Basically the book is the pilgrims telling one another their back stories, while interspersed(sp?) between these is little bits of their journey.
Fall of Hyperion- I know the majority of people have either seen or read The Melaoncholy of Suzumiya Haruhi so you might be familiar with this book's title since it's the book that Yuki gives Kyon that contains the bookmark telling him to meet her at a specific time . This book deals with the end journey of the pilgrims from the first book from the perspective of the Cybrid (kinda like a cyborg I guess) of John Keats.
The other two books, Endymion and The Rise of Endymion, make up what is considered the Hyperion Cantos, and are told as memoirs of the title character since when you first meet him he is imprisioned if I recall correctly. I would write something about those two but to understand them you need to familiarize yourself with the first two book.
Whew that was a big block of text for me however I know of several other good sci-fi books but I don't want to make anyone read too much text. Anyway I hope that some of people here can point me in the direction of some good sci-fi/fantasy books that I can read with out thinking too much about.
My only hope is that I get at least a few book titles since it appears that any thread I make is destined to die an early death .
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