Recommend a good sci fi book ? - Page 7

[jeca]

The Odd Thomas books.

[Pinoikoi]

Am I the only person that read Battle Circle by Anthony? I found it to be VERY spellbinding. If I remember correctly it is the same world divided into three book sections. The first is very male dominated- very barbarian/superstition, but when you read deeper you realize it is actually scifi because of a second society on the world. One of the last societies was made of woman warriors..

[Storm Bride]

Originally Posted by alaskanteach

Am I the only person that read Battle Circle by Anthony? I found it to be VERY spellbinding. If I remember correctly it is the same world divided into three book sections. The first is very male dominated- very barbarian/superstition, but when you read deeper you realize it is actually scifi because of a second society on the world. One of the last societies was made of woman warriors..

As of about 1990, I'd read everything Anthony had published. I honestly don't remember Battle Circle very well, though. Maybe I'll borrow them off a friend and read them. I really used to enjoy his writing, but there's something in the way he depicts his female characters - even the "strong" ones - that grates on me.

[mamapixie]

Since it looks like this thread is still active, I'll add a few choices I haven't seen listed yet.

Kathy Tyers' Firebird Trilogy. They are considered to be "Christian" sci-fi, but the books have a more spiritual over-tone than distinctly Christian. Female protagonist in the books. Tyers is one of my favorite authors, she's also done a few Star Wars books(where I first heard of her in fact, she used to post on a SW messageboard, and I "talked" to her there a bit.)

Sara Douglass-Wayfarer Redemption series, however only the first 3 books. The 4th book goes off on a really odd tangent, and the series just completely lost me there.

Tad Williams-Otherworld series. The first book takes awhile to really get into, but once you do, you're hooked.

[SleeplessMommy]

I love almost anything by Dave Duncan... and he still writing more!

More modern and better developed characters than some of the "older" fantasy like McCaffrey and MZB. And many women characters that are tough not wimpy.

[JessasMilkMama]

Originally Posted by zinemama

Help me out with a title here: I read this book around the same time that I read Gate to Women's Country, but it is NOT that, although the premise is somewhat similar.

Women live in walled dome cities and outside is the wilderness. Men are reputed to be lurking out there. Inside the cities the women have everything they need and life is peachy now that men are out of the picture.

A woman gets exiled from the city/dome because she kills someone (a lover?) It might have been an accident, but the law's the law. She goes, and I think her mother or her daughter decides to go into exile with her. The book is about what happens to them out in the wilderness.

Ring any bells?

Google found it
http://www.amazon.com/Shore-Women-Pa.../dp/1932100369

looks good!

[JessasMilkMama]

So this month someone selected:
http://www.amazon.com/Women-Wonder-C...6590446&sr=1-1

Which kind of stole my whole female heroine theme.

And I just spent the last hour reading this thread and looking up all of these books and I have a ton saved away, they look so good, and I have a feeling Octavia Butler will become a new favorite of mine!

I now have it narrowed down to 4 books

Replay:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...X0DER&v=glance

Kindred:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...X0DER&v=glance

Camp Concentration:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...X0DER&v=glance


The Host:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...X0DER&v=glance


Care to vote on which one I should use?

[JessasMilkMama]

OK, I chose..Replay!

Its different than the dystopias we've been doing, its not too romantic like The Host might be, and it makes for a good discussion on "Would you like to know your future before it happens?"

[JessasMilkMama]

Originally Posted by sadie_sabot

anything by Octavia Butler is great

oh my word.
I just finished her book "Kindred" which was WONDERFUL. It is now one of my favorite books, and I never would have read it without this thread

[Aubergine68]

Originally Posted by JessasMilkMama

oh my word.
I just finished her book "Kindred" which was WONDERFUL. It is now one of my favorite books, and I never would have read it without this thread

I'm happy for you -- Love Butler! Probably, Kindred is her most powerful book, but Wild Seed and Parable of the Sower are my other faves by her.

[sapphire_chan]

Originally Posted by Storm Bride

3) Lackey. It's interesting that someone said that she pulled it out with the Mage Storms books. I hated them. They seemed so unbelievably slapdash. It was like she suddenly went "oh - it's time to get rid of Need, and Vanyel's still hanging around, and I set up this romance of propinquity between Andesha and Firesong - how can I tie up all these loose threads?" but instead of tying them up, she just chopped them all off. I found them almost painful to read, after really enjoying the "Arrows" books, and The Last Herald-Mage trilogy. The Mage Winds books were okay, but definitely getting into the "I'm just going to keep writing books about Valdemar" category. By the Sword was good, though.

And I enjoyed that she seemed to finally be breaking away from the stories that focused entirely on major power players. I <3 the compass rose crowd. I also felt that she started to do a better job with portraying romantic relationships--the earlier ones felt sort of teen-written fanficish to me.

I do see what you're saying about the story lines, but I guess the storylines had been bugging me or something so the clean sweep was happy making.

[philomom]

Replay was a good read. I was just disappointed that the character didn't learn more with all his "chances".

[foreverinbluejeans]

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