A Storm of Swords

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It's a bit good.

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Finally gotten around to a Brandon Sanderson book and I'm impressed as its easy to get into, cuts the fat from the meat compared to other fantasy writers and has a Gene Wolfe influence, but without the complexity of a Gene Wolfe novel, so far recommended.

Gave up on The King in Yellow about halfway through. The first few stories were really good but then it went downhill. All style over substance.

I need a good Sci-Fi. Any suggestions?

I don't read much scifi, but have you read Stand on Zanzibar?

No. I'll check it out. Thanks.

I'm with you.
Went downhill pretty fast.
Some stories are just meh, others outright lame.
I'm still strugglingly trying to make it through.

I've recently enjoyed reading "Rendezvous with Rama" and would recommend it. You might already have read it though, seems to be one of the sci-fi classics.

Ya, I've read pretty much of the classics. Rama is great. Numerous people through the years have tried making it into a movie but it always falters for one reason or another. Morgan Freeman was one of them.

Could you recommend something similar?
I heard the sequels sadly suck.
I love sci-fi like this, with some kind of fascinating, mind-blowing premise that is explored in a more scientific, analytical way.

Rama is pretty one of a kind but all of these are absolute essential Sci-Fi reading with lots of the same wonderment at the premise.

Ringworld
The Foundation Trilogy
The Legacy of Heorot (only book I've read 3X)
Enders Game
Hyperion + The Fall of Hyperion
American Gods
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep
2001 A Space Odyssey (same basic story but so much more detailed than the movie)
The Martian Chronicles
The Forever War
I Am Legend (the movie SUCKED!!!)