Yep, Malazan and Second Apocalypse are some of the best fiction ever written IMO. Traitor Son Cycle is very similar to those in scope, length and tone if you're looking for a new series.
I agree that Thomas Convenant wasn't the best - I added it in because it fits well with the kind of theme I like. Execution was sadly a bit lacking.
I'll go ahead and add the authors I know off the top of my head, may get to all of them at some point.
Reading an Elric anthology just for some historic value.
After that it's probably Jonathan Strange... since my girlfriend wants book club. Or possible the Locke Lamora sequel, or these Vorkosigan books, or...
I like Vorkosigan. Definitely struggles to make sense in the context of modern day technology, but if you like sci-fi from that era it's very well written.
In the sci-fi theme, Diaspora by Greg Egan is probably my favorite book. It's a complete standalone story too, so not a huge time investment.
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I'm quite a fan of many of these.
Malazan and Second Apocalypse are particularly excellent.
Haven't read a few of the others, and the only one which really left me lukewarm was Thomas Covenant.
I may add my own top-level, but you've covered some chunk of it.
For search purposes, would you be willing to add authors to your listings?
Annihilation is a bit hard to distinguish.
Yep, Malazan and Second Apocalypse are some of the best fiction ever written IMO. Traitor Son Cycle is very similar to those in scope, length and tone if you're looking for a new series.
I agree that Thomas Convenant wasn't the best - I added it in because it fits well with the kind of theme I like. Execution was sadly a bit lacking.
I'll go ahead and add the authors I know off the top of my head, may get to all of them at some point.
Haha, I'm currently swamped.
Reading an Elric anthology just for some historic value.
After that it's probably Jonathan Strange... since my girlfriend wants book club. Or possible the Locke Lamora sequel, or these Vorkosigan books, or...
I like Vorkosigan. Definitely struggles to make sense in the context of modern day technology, but if you like sci-fi from that era it's very well written.
In the sci-fi theme, Diaspora by Greg Egan is probably my favorite book. It's a complete standalone story too, so not a huge time investment.
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