Fantasy
How about the genre known as urban fantasy? I like the books of Charles de Lint, for instance, such as The Little Country. I suppose Jim Butcher could be put into this category as well, since his books take place in the present time.
Sci Fi recomendations?
As someone who I assume is considerably younger than the average el Reg reader I would like to draw on your expertise to guide my science fiction reading habits. To date I have read many of the 'classics' including dune, foundation trilogy, starship troopers, use of weapons and most of John Wyndam's …
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Monday 11th February 2019 01:42 GMT kr236rk
Recommendations?
Hi.
Am hooked on both 'Roadside Picnic' by the Strugatsky brothers & 'Solaris' by Lem. I have seen both novels in film, by Tarkovsky; the novels are different to the films and vice versa, I love them all.
Any recommendations for similar story-lines please? I recently read Harrison's 'Empty Space Trilogy' for example, which was engaging.
Thanks.
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Thursday 30th July 2020 09:18 GMT Paul Kinsler
Find a good anthology
I usually buy one of the annual "Year's Best SF" anthologies; ion the past mostly (invariably) the Dozois one but sadly that's no longer an option. You get a good mix of authors (albeit not necessarily always to one's taste) and this can give you a good idea as to what else you might want to search out.
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