Your top 10 Sci-fi/Fantasy books you've ever read

[ChurchOfSubgenius]

Originally posted by: NeoV
Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson - a look at man's attempt to transform/colonize Mars

The Mote in God's Eye - Niven & Pournelle - Mankind's first contact with an Alien Race, sequel is called "The Gripping Hand"
These 2 are excellent writers - also recommend "Footfall", a War of the Worlds type story by them

Greg Benford is my favoriate Sci-Fi author, along with Arthur C Clarke - they collaborated on "Beyond the Fall of Night", which is excellent.
His Galactic Center series are all very good as well.

Nightfall, by Isaac Asimov, my favorite book by him, would make a great movie too.

I think there are 3 versions of Nightfall listed on IMDB (based on the Asimov book)...all of them are pretty sad wastes of film


quote: The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers

This book was one of the most entertaining books I ever read, it is neither sci-fi or fantasy really, more like science gothic history, now THAT would make a good movie.

 

[dabuddha]

Belgariad/Mallorean series by David Eddings

 

[Bryophyte]

Most of mine are already listed, like the Hyperion series, Mars trilogy (Stan Robinson lives in Davis California, met him when I lived there), Card's sci-fi/fantasy works (not as keen on his 'historical' or 'Mormon' books), Dune series, stuff by David Brin, Asimov, Bradbury, etc. Some others I've enjoyed that I didn't notice listed include Lois McMaster Bujold's "Vorkosigan" series, David Gerrold's "Chtorr" series (that is out of print and the bastard hasn't finished yet, don't think he ever will finish it). I've started reading more fantasy lately (Ice & Fire series, Wheel of Time series, etc) and am just starting to get to where I can read them and not feel a little embarrassed. Sometimes I feel like I've been caught reading some cheap harlequin romance when people see me reading fantasy.

 

[Tobolo]

1) Dragonriders of PERN series (too many to list)
2) Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451
3) Otherworld series
4) LOTR
5) Douglas Adamas - HG2TG series
6) Orwell - War of The Worlds
7)

More as I have time to think about it.

 

[TheAudit]

In no particular order, these are some of my favorite books from this genre.

The Seer King trilogy by Chris Bunch
The Seer King
The Demon King
The Warrior King

Human-Posleen War series by John Ringo
A Hymn Before Battle
Gust Front
When the Devil Dances
Hell's Faire

A few books from Guy Gavriel Kay
A Song for Arbonne
Tigana

I love the Recluse series of books by L.E. Modesitt as well as the Vlad Taltos books from Steven Brust.

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
1) George RR Martin - Song of Fire and Ice series
2) Douglas Adams - H2G2 series
3) Tolkien - Hobbit/LOTR series
4) Raymond Feist - Riftwar series
5) David Eddings - Belgariad/Mallorean series
6) Fred Saberhagen - The "Swords" series
7) Weis and Hickman - The Deathgate series
8) Thomas Mallory - Le Morte D'Arthur
9) Niven and Pournelle - Lucifer's Hammer
10) Asimov - Foundation series

FTW!!!

 

[GrantMeThePower]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
1) George RR Martin - Song of Fire and Ice series
2) Douglas Adams - H2G2 series
3) Tolkien - Hobbit/LOTR series
4) Raymond Feist - Riftwar series
5) David Eddings - Belgariad/Mallorean series
6) Fred Saberhagen - The "Swords" series
7) Weis and Hickman - The Deathgate series
8) Thomas Mallory - Le Morte D'Arthur
9) Niven and Pournelle - Lucifer's Hammer
10) Asimov - Foundation series

great list. its funny cuz as i read through the suggestions i look at what other people have on their lists and then if i agree with some i'll check out the other stuff. My list would be very similar to yours only i never read the Feist or Saberhagen stuff. Everything else is some of my favs.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: NeoV
Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson - a look at man's attempt to transform/colonize Mars

The Mote in God's Eye - Niven & Pournelle - Mankind's first contact with an Alien Race, sequel is called "The Gripping Hand"
These 2 are excellent writers - also recommend "Footfall", a War of the Worlds type story by them

Greg Benford is my favoriate Sci-Fi author, along with Arthur C Clarke - they collaborated on "Beyond the Fall of Night", which is excellent.
His Galactic Center series are all very good as well.

Nightfall, by Isaac Asimov, my favorite book by him, would make a great movie too.

David Brin is another good author

My all-time Fav is "The Boat of a Million Years" by Poul Anderson - sort of a Highlander-like story about a group of Immortals, traces their story from man's early history to it's future, it's great

My vote for the Mote. Never read the sequel. I think I will give it try.