Comments | oelear13: Just finished Harry P 7

oelear13

Just finished Harry P 7 - what now?

Jul 23, 2007 21:49

Yep, I did it. Pre-ordered the book and read it - slowly - over a 2 day time period. And it was a great ending to saga, I think, though I must admit that for the first time I correctly and precisely guessed the major twist at the end which was kind of exciting. It really makes me wonder, though, through all these years of the story as lovely J.K ( Read more... )

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madeofmeat July 24 2007, 06:52:52 UTC

Do not enter into this request lightly, as I will UTTERLY SUGGEST STUFF. Here's a few:

- Not the rest of the Dune series. I've only heard bad things about going down that rabbit hole.

- Peter Watts' Starfish. It's hot. It's first in a four-book series (three, but the publishing cartel made him split the last one into two units, a point on which Watts bitches mightily in the foreword to book 3). You can stop at 1 if you want and not lose a whole lot on the cost-benefit scale. But if you read books 2 and 3 in the Dune series, you sound like a finisher. It's the kind of sci-fi that biogeeks love to little pulpy bits. Watts is frigging amazing in his ability to conjure sheer terror out of biology that is eminently realistic. See also Peeps by him (in the young adult section at the library).

- Scott Westerfeld, The Risen Empire and The Killing of Worlds, a two-book series with an open end for more. It certainly doesn't need a third; the ending is perfectly sufficient. This is the best space/military sci-fi I've ever read. ( ... )

madeofmeat July 24 2007, 06:55:23 UTC

Oh, on Hyperion, I did some remembering. The second book is worth it, but stop there. The third gets into author wank.

Thanks dude! oelear13 July 26 2007, 19:03:24 UTC

Thanks Andy! I'm super excited and will definitely check out some of these reads and let you know how I do. The name Pratchett sounds familiar... I'll have to check around the house to see if it exists here somewhere as we have quite a collection of fantasy and sci-fi around.

You're awesome! And I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want an answer. :) Thanx!

Re: Thanks dude! madeofmeat July 27 2007, 01:04:14 UTC

Excellent.

Oh, and Peeps is Scott Westerfeld, not Peter Watts. The fact that it and Starfish are both so biogeeky kind of threw me off. Wanna see how cool Watts is? Here: it's a presentation he gave, posing as a pharmaceutical company rep, at some sci-fi conference. About 20min, and totally worth your time.

dragonflyer July 28 2007, 00:21:02 UTC

I think the Dune series is actually a worthy read, but it is very de-constructive of the glory that was the original trilogy. That said I would STRONGLY suggest reading the prequels written by his son Brian Herbert. there are the first 3 which are breakdowns of the great houses and their formations. Then if you get into the 3 books before that you go waaaaaaay back in time to were it all begins. The finding of Dune, The start of the Freman, The start of the guild. All of it, and it's a wonderous thing.

For fast super fun Read I also suggest the Nightside series by Simon R Green and for something a little more sexy give the Anita Blake series by Laurel K Hamilton a go. MMM MMM. Tasty
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