Hello everyone, Wow, there is something for everyone in here. A very eclectic group we are. BTW, I finished Ready Player One and it was very good, I am excited about the upcoming movie.
If anyone is looking for a really large series to get started on and you like military science fiction epic space operas, I can recommend the following:
1. The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold, with 30 novels and short stories in the series you will be reading for some time and pushing through the first two or three books to get to Barrayar was hard for me; however, these first few books are essential to understand the motivations of some of the most important characters. Once you hit Barrayar, the series takes off like a rocket ship and is one hell of a ride. I hear a lot of people say that they wish this or some other series would get a Game of Thrones style TV adaptation. While I would like to see many of my favorite series on the little screen, The Vorkosigan sage by far is my most wanted series to get the “Game of Thrones treatment”. It is my all-time favorite series.
2. The Lost Fleet Series by John G. Hemry under the pen name Jack Campbell, the whole series is broken into 5 periods and is still expanding with 16 novels so far. Some hard Scfi here with good character development and world building.
I have a ton of other series that I truly love, Undying Mercenaries, Star Force, The Frontiers Saga, OMW, the Expanse, The Frontlines, etc… but these two are my favorites.
NeoRutty, even on fourth re-reading of Dune I still have trouble with some of the paragraphs, now days its due to confusion on my part with DUNE and the other house books, but I understand exactly what you are saying. Stick with it…
Robert Werden, I will give your book a shot and let you know what I think about it. Thanks for the suggestion.
Firesprite, Love me some goodreads. Without it, I would never be able to keep what I have read and what I want to read in any semblance of order. Without physical books, I get really confused. I also like the recommendation section of goodreads.
Cephus, Thrawn was amazing, I like Zahn’s writing.
Dessa, I have not read the Manga but I love the anime series of Attack on Titan, I was ok with the two movies but like Space Battleship Yamato, I wanted the anime series in a live action version not some director’s excuse to use their artistic license. This is what scares me about the rumors of a live action Robotech.
MrSouthpaw, I have been ignoring the CRLs and am almost done with my Mandalorian cosplay for DragonCon in 25 days…
CutThumb, I just started We are Legion “Bob” and I love it. It was one of the recommended titles from Goodreads based on my interests.
CT1138, I started at the very beginning based on the chronological order of the EU on Wookieepedia with Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void and made it all the way to the Clone Wars. I did skip some of the non-novels. Since then I jumped around based on recommendations from friends. The last Star Wars book I read was Catalyst which was great and fit perfectly with Rogue One. I love the Old Republic books and I would rate my top five EU books of what I have read as follows:
1. Darth Bane (the trilogy Path of Destruction, Rule of Two, and Dynasty of Evil)
2. Darth Plagueis (because, well, its Plagueis)
3. The Old Republic: Revan (because finding who else touched so many factions and live in the SW universe?)
4. The Thrawn Trilogy (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command)
5. Red Harvest (because it is such a different approach to the SW universe)
I will admit that I have not read aftermath yet.
Laspector, Motley Crue’s exploits are truly legendary.
Fawbish, I know exactly what you saying about audio books. I really enjoy the full cast ones such as World War Z. Actually hearing Alan Alda swear like a sailor is mind blowing for someone who grew up seeing him in MASH. But the full cast stories and certainly one in which there are 44 people reading such as WWZ is just a lot of fun.
The Hyperion Cantos is actually in my top 5 best series lf all time. I did not expect to like it nearly as much as I did and each half of the series Hyperion vs Endymion are oddly separate but interlaced. Once I finished The Rise of Endymion, I wanted more but knew that the series ended as it did. I actually wish I could selectively delete my memory of reading this series, just so I can re-read it and enjoy the surprises and have the drive to the answers to the questions I develop throughout the series. Dan Simmons truly created a masterpiece with The Hyperion Cantos. The audio books are amazing as well.
I have added Pierce Brown’s trilogy to my reading list based on your recommendations. BTW according to some information I have found in February 2014, Universal Pictures secured the rights for a film adaptation, to be directed by Marc Forster. Not sure where the project is or if it is still being developed. Kind of dropped off the radar like the Scalzi OMW/ SyFy series that I have been salivating over since its announcement. Also, Bradly Cooper is still trying to bring the Hyperion Cantos to SyFy as a Mini Series, Apparently is as crazy about the series as I am.