including comic books.
You must log in or register to comment.
- Necromancer by William Gibson gripped me hard.
- anything by Terry Pratchett. Hard to choose, but probably Feet Of Clay.
- anything by Ursula Le Guin, probably The Dispossessed.
Probably forgetting a few, those would all be in my top 5 though
Neuromancer… Necromancer is TOTALLY different!
If I have to pick just one, Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson, which is a 3rd book in the Stormlight Archive series.
Not a book, but two series: The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (Douglas Adams) and the Discworld series (Terry Pratchett)
In both series I think the first book is the best
I’ll always love corporal carrot!
Mine are “The luggage” and “death” …still waiting for them to join in adventure
The first book is debatable in discworld. Not its quality, but whether it’s first or not. That seems fitting for it.
me? I dont mean anything
In both series I think the first book is the best
Yeah, the Hitchhiker’s Guide series starts out with dark humor, sure, but…it’s still irreverent and kind of done in a light-hearted way. But that series gets grimmer and grimmer the further one goes, and I just found myself not enjoying myself by the end of it. I don’t understand people who love the whole series. I just found it wearing to read towards the end.
That and the Dune series are my own top “love the first book, but the series goes downhill over the course of the series” series.
EDIT: Calvin and Hobbes did the same thing. I love a ton of the Calvin and Hobbes cartoons, but man, in his last few books-worth of material, Bill Watterson was not happy and his cartoons were just cynical and unhappy too.
Three series:
- The Wheel of Time
- The Dark Tower
- The Expanse
Based and cultured
A real person of culture, kudos my friend
Reading Nevada by Imogen Binnie finally allowed me to come out as trans to myself when I was in my teens. No other book has changed my life that profoundly.
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse I think… I normally don’t re-read books, but made an exception for this one.
Tough choice though.
It reallyy depends on a lot of factors.
I don’t really have the favorite.
But I’d consider these books/series as my favorites:
- Hitchhikers guide series
- Children Of Time series
- Three body problem series
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein. I read that when I was in high school over 30 years ago and it had more impact on me (no pun intended if you’ve read it) than anything before or since, I think. I read Stranger In A Strange Land shortly after and that one did a number on me, too. Heinlein’s place in the pantheon of science fiction gods was well earned.
For lighter stuff, the Scions of Shanarra series, by Terry Brooks, is one I have gone back to many times.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is also my favourite book!
Short but always like Hatchet.
Hatchet is a 1987 young-adult wilderness survival novel written by American writer Gary Paulsen.
This is one of those questions where the answer will probably change from day to day.
Today I’ll say Count Zero, the middle book of William Gibson’s Cyberpunk trilogy. It built on the ideas he explored in Neuromancer and was tighter and less rambling than Mona Lisa Overdrive.
Haha I’m always arguing with a friend over which is best, I prefer MLO out of the three.
Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance; a collection of 5x short stories, 2x novels, and 3x novellas set in the far, far future Earth. Wonderful mix of SF and Fantasy.
Galactic Pot-Healer by Philip K. Dick
At this stage in life, Infinite Jest and A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again.
For comics, I really liked Calvin and Hobbes.
The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive) - Brandon Sanderson
When I first bought it, I got through about 3 chapters and then shelved it. A couple of years later I was looking for something to read, I saw this book being praised and remembered I had a copy. I ended up getting hooked and sucked into the cosmere.
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke - magical fantasy set in England around 1800, absolutely beautiful imo and one of those books you just live inside while you’re reading it
Note to anyone thinking of picking this up: read it, don’t listen to it. The book layout is meant to mimic a history book, and is filled with footnotes that have a life of their own. 11/10 book, imo. And I believe it took Clarke a solid decade to write because it was such an undertaking, but that work paid off!
