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Unread postPosted: **May 14th, 2011, 3:23 pm**

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Warhammer 40k
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Neon Genesis Evangelion
The Greatest List of all Time : Science Fiction and Fantasy

Since my time here I have greatly enjoyed meeting so many of yall who enjoy the same fanfiction authors that I do, so I figured it was past time to create this thread. This will be for published science fiction and fantasy, epic series and short stories are both welcome.

Same rules as the fanfiction recommendation threads, one nomination and two seconds to become accepted. Trying something new, for anything that gives 5+ recommendations there will be a new category above accepted.
Pending = 1 Recommendation
Accepted = 3 Recommendations
Halls of Greatness = 5 Recommendations

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Unread postPosted: **May 14th, 2011, 4:35 pm**

I don't know about "all time", but this book and series does so many things right:
Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson (series)

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Unread postPosted: **May 14th, 2011, 4:54 pm**

The Belgariad and The Mallorean- David Eddings (series)

Unread postPosted: **May 14th, 2011, 5:45 pm**

Seconding The Belgariad and The Mallorean.

And The Hobbit, I guess.

Unread postPosted: **May 14th, 2011, 6:02 pm**

Seconding Dresden Files. As much as I possibly can.

Unread postPosted: **May 14th, 2011, 6:10 pm**

Thirding The Hobbit and nominating The Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley.

Unread postPosted: **May 14th, 2011, 6:35 pm**

Seconding Dune and Dresden

Throwing up

Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)

Chronicles of Narnia (C.S Lewis)

Honor Harrington Series (David Weber) Sci-Fi

Unread postPosted: **May 14th, 2011, 6:39 pm**

Seconding The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings, adding a recommendation for the Harry Potter series.

Unread postPosted: **May 14th, 2011, 7:24 pm**

Fantasy
The Realm of the Elderlings - Robin Hobb (several series)
Fire of Heaven - Russell Kirkpatrick (series)

Scifi
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

+1 Dresden files and HP

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Unread postPosted: **May 15th, 2011, 1:52 am**

Nominating for sci-fi:

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
1984 by George Orwell
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

Also, some specific stories from the Cthulhu mythos, by H. P. Lovecraft himself:

Sci-fi:
The Colour Out of Space
At the Mountains of Madness
The Shadow Out of Time
The Whisperer in Darkness

Fantasy:
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Dunwich Horror
The Haunter of the Dark

Unread postPosted: **May 15th, 2011, 2:17 am**

Seconding Ender's Game.

Unread postPosted: **May 17th, 2011, 1:53 am**

Seconding Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.

Unread postPosted: **May 18th, 2011, 2:34 pm**

Fourthing The Hobbit.

Thirding Harry Potter and Enders Game

Seconding Brave New World.

Unread postPosted: **May 18th, 2011, 3:10 pm**

Let's see for Sci-fi, definitely fourthing Ender's Game. Also seconding Dune.

And for Fantasy seconding,

wait, hold on, Discworld series hasn't been mentioned yet? Firsting, I mean nominating.
Hmm, also Chronicles of Narnia.

Unread postPosted: **May 18th, 2011, 5:02 pm**

I fifth the crap out of the Dresden Files, I second Discworld, and fifthing Enders Game. I also third Hitchhikers Guide. And last but not least I nominate The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.

Unread postPosted: **May 18th, 2011, 6:52 pm**

I recommend the Abhorsen series by Garth Nix and the Books of Bayern by Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl, Enna Burning, and River Secrets).

Unread postPosted: **May 18th, 2011, 10:53 pm**

Updated the list. First to reach the SF-HoG: Enders Game. Definitely one of my favorites.

First to reach the F-HoG: Dresden Files. My favorite series ever, period, hands down.

I just finished re-reading Changes in fact and was wondering something. Any of you other dresden fans feel completely exhausted after finishing one of the books? It seems every book finishes with dresden either tired physically and/or emotionally and reading it just sticks.

Unread postPosted: **May 18th, 2011, 11:07 pm**

The DF books are definitely a ride. I remember that when I finished Changes, I drove over to my buddy's house and gave him my copy of the book so he could read it. He put it down on the coffee table and didn't read it until a day and a half later, which means I was sitting on that knowledge and wanted to talk with him about it, but couldn't. So annoying.

Similarly, I just got done with Side Jobs again, specifically Aftermath, and I really liked the story's from different points of view, showing Thomas and Murphy's takes on the world. And apparently, Butcher is going to write enough short stories to make up at least one more anthology like Side Jobs, and I'd like to see a story from Michael's point of view in there. Michael really is one of my favorite characters (and not just so I can point at him and say, "Him. He's the way you should play a Paladin."). Anybody who meets his wife by slaying a dragon (especially since dragons in the Dresden-verse are apparently terrifyingly powerful) is awesome in my book.

MrRigger

Unread postPosted: **May 21st, 2011, 9:53 pm**

Adding my vote to the following:

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Honor Harrington Series by David Weber
1984 by George Orwell
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Discworld by Terry Prachett

I agree, Ender's Game deserves to be where it is, so add another number to it.

Recommending:

Science Fiction
Nightfall by Isaac Asimov
The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
Farenheit 451 by Raymond Bradbury
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Bourroughs
The Lensman series (good luck finding it in print) by Edward E. Smith

Unread postPosted: **May 21st, 2011, 10:07 pm**

Adding votes to:
Lord of the Rings
Narnia
Dune
Ender's Game
and Fahrenheit 451, I suppose

Nominating:

Fantasy

Code: Select all: Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny [color=#FF4000](series)[/color] Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin [color=#FF4000](series)[/color] The Once and Future King - T. H. White Chronicles of Prydain - Lloyd Alexander [color=#FF4000](series)[/color] Shannara - Terry Brooks [color=#FF4000](series)[/color]

Unread postPosted: **May 22nd, 2011, 1:26 am**

I add a vote to Farenheit 451 and the Earthsea books.

Unread postPosted: **May 22nd, 2011, 4:05 am**

F - Halls of Greatness
Harry Potter
Chronicles of Narnia

I am seconding Shannara and Once and Future King.

Unread postPosted: **May 22nd, 2011, 12:35 pm**

Adding votes for Earthsea, Discworld, Narnia, and Honor Harrington.

Unread postPosted: **May 23rd, 2011, 4:07 pm**

Here's my support for the list:

Dune - Frank Herbert
The Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov (series)
Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling
Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien (series)

Unfortunately my knowledge of the other books and series is very limited or missing entirely

Unread postPosted: **May 26th, 2011, 12:20 am**

I will throw up votes for

The Martian Chronicles of Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Safehold series (David Weber)
The Destroyermen series (Taylor Anderson)
The Old Man's War series (John Scalzi)
and
The Cobra Trilogy (Timothy Zahn)

Everything thats on the top shelf of my bookshelf or on my nightstand at the moment.

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