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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

Anyone know any good sci fi / fantasy books im recently getting into reading / audio books recommendations needed

Thank you

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By *uicy 2020Woman
45 weeks ago

London

Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X

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By *onameyet2Man
45 weeks ago

chorley

Hitch hikers guide for a laugh

Or Dune series, fantastic

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

"Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X

No i have not i will have a look.

All iv read so far is the harry potter books and war of the worlds.

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By *uicy 2020Woman
45 weeks ago

London

"Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X

No i have not i will have a look.

All iv read so far is the harry potter books and war of the worlds.

I feel i must warn you that his books are highly addictive! X

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

"Hitch hikers guide for a laugh

Or Dune series, fantastic"

I was looking at the dune series

Is it really good ?

And iv watched the hitch hikers guide to the gallaxy movie and enjoyed it so maybe the book will be a good idea

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

Oh okay thank you do u have a favourite?

"Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X

No i have not i will have a look.

All iv read so far is the harry potter books and war of the worlds.

I feel i must warn you that his books are highly addictive! X

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45 weeks ago

"Anyone know any good sci fi / fantasy books im recently getting into reading / audio books recommendations needed

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Dune.

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

2 for dune

will defo take a look

"Anyone know any good sci fi / fantasy books im recently getting into reading / audio books recommendations needed

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Dune."

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By *iaisonseekerMan
45 weeks ago

Liverpool

Try something by Philip K Dick. They're all good

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By *eddfmyd11Man
45 weeks ago

Towcester

I second Terry Pratchett. Tom Holt is also great, and the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch

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By *onameyet2Man
45 weeks ago

chorley

"Hitch hikers guide for a laugh

Or Dune series, fantastic

I was looking at the dune series

Is it really good ?

And iv watched the hitch hikers guide to the gallaxy movie and enjoyed it so maybe the book will be a good idea "

Dune is s big read but once you get into it you can’t put it down, Hitchikers books just do the first 3, the rest aren’t as good

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

Thank you i will defo check them out

"Try something by Philip K Dick. They're all good

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By *uicy 2020Woman
45 weeks ago

London

"I second Terry Pratchett. Tom Holt is also great, and the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch "

Ooh yes, the Rivers of London books are a great shout!

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

Thank you for all the recommendations u gave me alot to try

"I second Terry Pratchett. Tom Holt is also great, and the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch "

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

Very well dune is a must

"Hitch hikers guide for a laugh

Or Dune series, fantastic

I was looking at the dune series

Is it really good ?

And iv watched the hitch hikers guide to the gallaxy movie and enjoyed it so maybe the book will be a good idea

Dune is s big read but once you get into it you can’t put it down, Hitchikers books just do the first 3, the rest aren’t as good "

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By *uicy 2020Woman
45 weeks ago

London

"Oh okay thank you do u have a favourite?

Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X

No i have not i will have a look.

All iv read so far is the harry potter books and war of the worlds.

I feel i must warn you that his books are highly addictive! X

Good Omens and the Bromeliad would be good 1st books of his to read i think x

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

I got alot of books to go buy

thank you

"I second Terry Pratchett. Tom Holt is also great, and the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch

Ooh yes, the Rivers of London books are a great shout!"

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

Good omens is that what the tv show was based off ?

"Oh okay thank you do u have a favourite?

Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X

No i have not i will have a look.

All iv read so far is the harry potter books and war of the worlds.

I feel i must warn you that his books are highly addictive! X

Good Omens and the Bromeliad would be good 1st books of his to read i think x

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By *cottish guy 555Man
45 weeks ago

London

World War Z is one of the best books I've ever read.

Ignore the movie, read the book.

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

Oh okay the movie was okay but if u say the books better ill try it

"World War Z is one of the best books I've ever read.

Ignore the movie, read the book.

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By *uicy 2020Woman
45 weeks ago

London

Good omens is that what the tv show was based off ?"

Yes, a good adaptation i thought x

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By *hrough the looking gla55Couple
45 weeks ago

Epsom

Ready player 1 & 2 are great audio books

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By *ools and the brainCouple
45 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

"Anyone know any good sci fi / fantasy books im recently getting into reading / audio books recommendations needed

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Try the Necroscope series of books by Brian Lumley.

It's epic and it's got everything horror,fantasy Sci-Fi some romance ok it's between vampires and it's twisted.

It's got time travel, werewolves.

How it's never been made into a film is beyond me, possibly the complexities of actually making it into a film.

1st book is a warm up really gets going by number 3.

And the vampire world books are fricking awesome.

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By *hocolate37Man
45 weeks ago

Heathrow

"Anyone know any good sci fi / fantasy books im recently getting into reading / audio books recommendations needed

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Try the Necroscope series of books by Brian Lumley.

It's epic and it's got everything horror,fantasy Sci-Fi some romance ok it's between vampires and it's twisted.

It's got time travel, werewolves.

How it's never been made into a film is beyond me, possibly the complexities of actually making it into a film.

1st book is a warm up really gets going by number 3.

And the vampire world books are fricking awesome."

I second the Vampire World series - but I find it diffcult to recommend anything, as people's tastes are so different, even in a niche market like SF/Fantasy...I loved the Thieves' World anthology, for example, but never known or heard of anyone else that even read them, let alone liked them!!

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

I never got timento watch it so maybe the book will be a good idea

Good omens is that what the tv show was based off ?

Yes, a good adaptation i thought x

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

"Ready player 1 & 2 are great audio books "

I was looking at these but the comments say they wasn't great

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

I will take a look but what do u mean by it gets good on book 3 does that mean 1 and 2 aint that great ?

"Anyone know any good sci fi / fantasy books im recently getting into reading / audio books recommendations needed

Thank you

Try the Necroscope series of books by Brian Lumley.

It's epic and it's got everything horror,fantasy Sci-Fi some romance ok it's between vampires and it's twisted.

It's got time travel, werewolves.

How it's never been made into a film is beyond me, possibly the complexities of actually making it into a film.

1st book is a warm up really gets going by number 3.

And the vampire world books are fricking awesome."

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

I will take a look at the thieves world thank you for the recommendation

"Anyone know any good sci fi / fantasy books im recently getting into reading / audio books recommendations needed

Thank you

Try the Necroscope series of books by Brian Lumley.

It's epic and it's got everything horror,fantasy Sci-Fi some romance ok it's between vampires and it's twisted.

It's got time travel, werewolves.

How it's never been made into a film is beyond me, possibly the complexities of actually making it into a film.

1st book is a warm up really gets going by number 3.

And the vampire world books are fricking awesome.

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By *sleWightCoupleCouple
45 weeks ago

Ryde

For some fun retro reading, dig out the Stainless Steel Rat books by Harry Harrison.

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By *hocolate37Man
45 weeks ago

Heathrow

"I will take a look at the thieves world thank you for the recommendation"

Hope you find something that works for you!

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By *hocolate37Man
45 weeks ago

Heathrow

"For some fun retro reading, dig out the Stainless Steel Rat books by Harry Harrison."

Again, seconded!!

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

Thank you i will look at these but what do you mean by retro read... can books feel dated ? Even the war of the worlds dont seem dated so didnt know it was possible

"For some fun retro reading, dig out the Stainless Steel Rat books by Harry Harrison."

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

Thank you i put a list of all the recommendations together and going to go waterstones and see what i can get

"I will take a look at the thieves world thank you for the recommendation

Hope you find something that works for you!

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By *sleWightCoupleCouple
45 weeks ago

Ryde

"Thank you i will look at these but what do you mean by retro read... can books feel dated ? Even the war of the worlds dont seem dated so didnt know it was possible"

It's that the main character is a real 70s-style antihero, and the books are written in an almost classy type of pulp fashion.

A hell of a lot of fun!

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By *riendlylocal OP Man
45 weeks ago

folkstone

Oh right thank you

will have alot of fun with this list

"Thank you i will look at these but what do you mean by retro read... can books feel dated ? Even the war of the worlds dont seem dated so didnt know it was possible

It's that the main character is a real 70s-style antihero, and the books are written in an almost classy type of pulp fashion.

A hell of a lot of fun!"

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By *ndycoinsMan
45 weeks ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

"Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X

No i have not i will have a look.

All iv read so far is the harry potter books and war of the worlds.

Then Pratchett should be to your taste

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By *toobguyMan
45 weeks ago

Manchester

Foundation series by Asimov.

The Godfather of sci-fi.

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By (user no longer on site)
45 weeks ago

If you like Star Trek, I’m currently reading “We Have Engaged the Borg”. It’s a fan-fiction story, done as an oral account of the events leading up to, during and the aftermath of the Wolf 359 story, from different perspectives, some well known Star Trek characters and some that were relatively minor on screen but important in the universe. I’m about 2/3 of the way through it at the moment and it’s pretty good to say it’s a free download from wolf359project.

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By *ostindreamsMan
45 weeks ago

London

For classics, go for Isaac Asimov and Arthur Clarke.

For mindfuck plots, go for Philip K.Dick and Ursula Le Guin.

For pure entertainment, try Andy Weir(Martian and Project Hail Mary) or the Expanse series if you have a lot of time.

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By *oubleswing2019Man
45 weeks ago

Colchester

If you find Terry Pratchett too whimsical, try Tom Holt. His work is more "grounded" in my opinion, and he draws a lot from real world mythology. I will caution however, he also tries to make Fantasy funny and humour is very subjective.

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By (user no longer on site)
45 weeks ago

"For classics, go for Isaac Asimov and Arthur Clarke.

For mindfuck plots, go for Philip K.Dick and Ursula Le Guin.

For pure entertainment, try Andy Weir(Martian and Project Hail Mary) or the Expanse series if you have a lot of time."
Totally agree re Philip k dick.Total mindbenders.Love the3 stigmata of Palmer eldritch

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By *aizyWoman
45 weeks ago

west midlands

I recently read The Martian by Andy Weir that was good, and Stephen King's Dark Tower series are a really good read.

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By *mf123Man
45 weeks ago

with one foot out the door

Chronicles of the raven start with dawnthief

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By (user no longer on site)
45 weeks ago

"Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X

Nah

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By *ildbillkidMan
45 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

Robert Jordan's "wheel of time"

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By *uicy 2020Woman
45 weeks ago

London

"Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X

Nah"

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By *stellaWoman
45 weeks ago

London

Culture series - Iain M Banks

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By (user no longer on site)
45 weeks ago

For a left-field option try these books by Jeff Noon

Vurt

Pollen

Nymphomation

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By *estYorkshireGentMan
45 weeks ago

Leeds

As others have said, Terry Pratchett is a great starting point!

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By *inda May SimmonsTV/TS
45 weeks ago

hexham

Has anybody mentioned Michael Moorcock yet?

If not then hey! What about Michael Moorcock?

The Dancers at the End of Time trilogy is well worth reading.

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By *ugarCumFairyWoman
45 weeks ago

Fuckerville, Oxon

Just finished The Will of the many by James Islington which was phenomenal.

Sword of Kaigen and I also have Red Rising on my TBR

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
45 weeks ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Dune is a solid read

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By (user no longer on site)
45 weeks ago

Another one for discworld

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By *ittlemiss Hal O weenCouple
45 weeks ago

Southampton

Love discworld

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
45 weeks ago

Reading

Yeah brandon sanderson. Thank me later.

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
45 weeks ago

Cheshire

Alien - Alan Dean Foster.

Read the book before I saw the film as I was too young to see it. However the bookseller didn’t particularly care it would scare the me, even the cover said ‘in space nobody can hear you scream’.

No Hayes code or British Board of Classification for books.

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By *ake_or_deathMan
45 weeks ago

Manchester

"Have you tried any Terry Pratchett? X

No i have not i will have a look.

All iv read so far is the harry potter books and war of the worlds.

If you enjoyed War of the Worlds then you could try Wells' The Time Machine and The Island Of Dr Moreau which I think are better novels than WOTW.

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