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Diddles
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the isaac asimov robot books are good, also some philip k dick, though not valis as it is the worst book ever written
there's another dude called alastair reynolds who writes big huge epic scifi books
Could never get into Asimov, I did enjoy his book of limericks though.
Read revelation space by Alistair Reynolds - it was going well and then seemed to end in nothing happening.
Still my favourite genre.. I've essentially bought the sci-fi section in Waterstones..
Hyperion by Dan Simmons - simply sublime, and the sequels are (very unusually) just as good, if not better.
I thought Hyperion was deadly! Endymion was rubbish though. Ilium and Olympos were pretty cool.
the silmarillion reads like an academic history book.
It's my bible.
Magician was my lord of the rings. Fantastic book that. Then i read lord of the rings and felt stupid.Never got into stephen donaldson. The Wheel of Time series by Robert jordan was pretty good too, but i lost interest after the 36th book. The first few Vampire Chronicles were'nt bad either; i'd also suggest 'I was a teengae Goth' by, uh...me.
Grrrr - Wheel of Time. That fella must've made a fucking fortune dragging that story out.
I reckon Julian May is one-of my all-time favourites. The Saga of the Exiles is amazing - science and fantasy fiction combined.