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My brothers, girlfriend, and I have a little book club. We read something, chat about it, and then move to something new.
Looked through the wiki and it's sad there's not more sci-fi on the list.
Looking for some sci-fi or fantasy stuff you folks would recommend.
Authors we like: Tolkien, Rothfuss, Martin, Heinlein, Gaiman, King.
Read Roadside Picnic due to /lit/, mixed feelings on that one.

P.S. The Black Company sounds pretty bad ass, is it?

>> No.4563962

>>4563933
I'd recommend:
For Tolkien, try Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake

Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five
Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles
Terry Pratchett's Nation

I don't read too much sci-fi or fantasy but there are novels I'd recommend that have elements of it. Like you guys could try Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. It's not a good start for Pynchon but it has some fantasy.

You guys could read some comics too like V for Vendetta

>> No.4564031

>>4563933
Try The Stars my Destination by Alfred Bester, The End of Eternity or The Complete Robot by Isaac Asimov or Starship Troopers by Heinlein (if you haven't read it yet).

the recommendations on the wiki are pretty good though

Fantasy:
http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110612005644/4chanlit/images/a/a8/1307836551252.jpg

http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110117013454/4chanlit/images/2/2c/Beginner-fantasy.jpg


Sci-Fi:
http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100805080416/4chanlit/images/e/e3/128088780713.jpg

http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100710233346/4chanlit/images/a/a6/Scifilit.jpg

a flowchart for both:

http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120428154934/4chanlit/images/b/b6/Sci_fi_chart.jpg

>> No.4564045

>>4563933
>P.S. The Black Company sounds pretty bad ass, is it?
It's not really "bad ass," no. It deals with grunts being grunts in a world dominated by demi-god wizards. It's well written, but the style is very atypical of fantasy. Many people find it off-putting.

Just make your group read Ender's Game or something. Light and fast-paced sci-fi. Or check out Abercrombie, he's similarly very light and easy to get through.

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4564488

There's a sci-fi list

>> No.4565611

>>4564045
>The End of Eternity
Are there any sci-fi books on this list that have elements of fantasy? As in light magic.

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4565638

>>4564488
>Dune is nowhere on the list

>> No.4565651

>>4565638
consider buying glasses

>> No.4565970

>>4565611
bump

>> No.4566053

Book of the New Sun. it's always Book of the New Sun

>> No.4566061

>>4566053
Reading BOTNS feels like Gene Wolfe is laughing at you, how stupid you are with very wonderful way of writing about things.

>> No.4566078

asimov is the only sci fi ive read. I, robot makes some pretty good remarks on sexism.

>> No.4566994

>>4566053
>>4566061
This sounds amazing.

>> No.4567042

Malazan Book of the Fallen

>> No.4567408

>>4565638
First book under Modern.

>> No.4567452

>>4566078

...It does? Refresh my memory, haven't read it in a while.