I read The Martian by Andy Weir not too long ago. Great read, and there is allegedly a movie coming out in the fall.

I'm current on George Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series, though I'm a little sour on it because it takes him 5 effing years to write any book. If you like that sort of fantasy fiction, I'd suggest Patrick Rothfuss' Kingslayer series (not yet complete), Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastard series (not yet complete), Peter Brett's Demon Cycle series (not yet complete), and Anthony Ryan's Raven's Shadow series (not yet complete). I hear good things about Brandon Sanderson's new series, Stormlight Archives (also not yet complete).

I was on a Cormac McCarthy kick a few years back. The Road is a great read. He has a complex writing style that is not for everyone though.

I read a lot of the Reacher series. Quick reads, but entertaining. Lately, I haven't been reading much as I've been stuck on the "We're Alive" podcast.

Miko @ 21/6/2017 16:36

Been going through a sci-fi phase lately (particularly with movies), but have an entire collection of sci-fi novels I have yet to read on my book shelf. Here are the 4 primary ones I'm thinking of: Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness James S. A. Corey - Leviathan Wakes Arthur C. Clarke - Childhood's End Andy Weir - The Martian 3 that I have on the side I'm thinking about: Stephen Baxter & Terry Pratchett - The Long Earth Ian McDonald - New Moon Frank Herbert - Dune But taking the 4 primary ones into consideration - which ones would you guys do?

I read The Martian and loved it. I like the movie too, but I woke my wife up a couple of times laughing.

Miko @ 27/6/2017 23:24

Heard that that is an amazing series! I plan to pick it up soon! I always see it lying around in book stores, but for some reason, knowing the amount of books I still have lying around it's always daunting to get such a huge novel knowing you might not get to it soon. So I stupidly get a couple smaller novels instead. (: I heard it's apparently going to be a 10-book series, so the fact he releases them every 3 years, it's reassuring that I'll for sure have enough time to get in the mix of everything before the series comes to an end. Heard it is indeed a great thirst quencher for the wait of 'The Winds of Winter', haha. Recently bought Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss which is apparently the first book in a supposed trilogy, apparently he takes just as long as GRRM to write his novels, the final book of the trilogy is more than 6 years in the making at this point, but yeah, I should really start that one soon if I want any of the gratification to be part of the fan community before the final book gets released. I also have some other sci-fi/fantasy series on my shelf that I'm hoping I'll be getting to soon, including; 'The Expanse' (9 book series; 6 books out so far), 'The Long Earth' (5 book series, complete), 'Luna' (so far 2-books, probably more to come), 'The First Law' (a complete trilogy), 'Seraphim' (2 books released, supposedly from a 4 book series), 'Dune' (an original 5 book series, but an expanded upon universe - countless novels now) So yeah, that's not even counting the stand-alone novels I still have that include 'The Martian', 'American Gods', 'The Stand', 'It', 'Cloud Atlas', etc. Haha. I even plan on immediately rereading the A Song of Ice and Fire series as soon as The Winds of Winter is out - so I still have a lot of reading to do. :p btw to make matters worse, just barely got back from Barnes and Noble and bought: Ursula K. Le Guin - The Dispossessed (science fiction) George Orwell - Down and Out in Paris and London (coming of age) Haruki Murakami - Hear the Wind Sing (coming of age) Haruki Murakami - Pinball, 1973 (coming of age) yay more books!?

The 1st 2 in The Way of Kings series are great, and Sanderson writes pretty fast, especially compared to a lot of his contemporaries.

The 1st 2 books in the Name of the Wind series are also amazing, but the wait for this last one is maddening.

I read The First Law series, and it is pretty good. Abercrombie seems to release books pretty quick. He's good, nothing special.

I read American Gods and liked it a lot. I have not been able to really get into the Starz series yet though.

I've been thinking about getting into the Steven King books for a while now, but haven't made that plunge yet.

vladykins @ 29/6/2017 13:06

Miko- The First Law is an interesting series. Abercrombie is great for visualizing a battle, with the plots being fairly decent. If you want me to add to your "should read" books, there is the Gene Wolfe "New Sun" stuff (which is followed by the Long Sun and Short Sun miniseries). This is one series I could genuinely say I had no idea how the next book would go as I read them.

I started the New Sun series and didn't make it through the first book. I did the same thing with the Malzahn Book of the Fallen series, though. I've heard both are really good, so maybe I just didn't power through until I was hooked.

wikey @ 28/1/2021 11:52

Why thank you Christian. Reading something a bit lighter next: The Expanse, aka Game of Thrones in space. Up to book 7 I think.

Hey I am reading that too ... by streaming it on Amazon Prime Video

Stargate @ 15/8/2021 18:03

I have the entire Riverworld series on my bookshelf waiting to be read, but I also want to read The Wheel of Time book series after having read the first like 5-10 chapters of the first book, and just loving it to it's core. I'm just so slow on the reading.

That series will take a rather large time commitment. TV series coming soon, though!