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Can someone recommend several good science fiction and fantasy series to me? I recently went to a bookstore and saw many that looked interesting, but I had no idea where to start. I'm the kind of person that has to read a series from beginning to end, regardless of length. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

>> No.1157763

Hyperion Cantos, Dune, Book of the New Sun.

>> No.1157779

Ender's series, Landover series.

>> No.1157789

>>1157763

I've read the first Dune, though I've slowly been acquiring the rest of the series. I've heard of Hyperion Cantos and it seems interesting. I hear it's soft sci-fi, which is fine with me (hard sci-fi tends to be a bit dry to me anyway).

>> No.1157796

>>1157779

I read Ender's Game years ago and loved it, still have the original copy. I just can't seem to understand the chronology of the series. I remember seeing a web of it a while back, but I never saved it.

>> No.1157798

>>1157796

*saved the image, I mean.

>> No.1157799

Ilium/Olympos cycle by Dan Simmons

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>scifi
If you like Star Wars, the X-Wing series and the Thrawn trilogy are highly regarded as not being typical EU silliness. If not, there's plenty of sci-fi classics and I'm pretty sure there's a /lit/ sci-fi guide around somewhere.

Fantasy: Pic related

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>>1157801
Part two

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1157811

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire

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>>1157805
>>1157801

Ah thank you so much! I lost my original copies of LotR and have yet to replace them. I've been meaning to get into A Song of Ice and Fire as well. Read Good Omens, helped me get into Pratchett (and Discworld naturally) and several of Gaiman's books.

Thanks a bunch though.

>> No.1157861

>>1157845
All of those ebooks are here, by the way:
http://www.nautilus-solar.net/SandyGunfox/

Read about-this-archive for .jpg instructions if you don't know.

>> No.1157863

A Song of Ice and Fire for Fantasy.

For sci-fi you've got fuckloads of shit. For lack of a better term, good "entry level" sci-fi is Ender's Game and the sequel Speaker for the Dead. Both are good.