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I like the Wheel of time by Robert Jordan. The sword of truth series is also really great.
Runaway Jury was a good movie, but the Grisham book is better. I've read about a dozen of Grisham's novels and Runaway Jury is my favorite. Well, right up the with the Pelican Brief.
 



If you liked the latest Wheel of Time book ( by Brandon Sanderson since Robert Jordan died ) try Brandon Sanderson's "Mistborn" series. It is pretty much unique and that is something good fantasy was lacking.
 
Another good series of books to read are the Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony. 8 books in total, goes through the different incarnations (Earth, War, Time, Satan, God etc.). Very good series, but does require a bit of thinking. Especially the 2nd book where he follows the incarnation of time. Very good author, probably about 80 something years old now.
 
Hmm, I enjoyed the Riverworld series by Phil Farmer (who for some reason insists on using his middle name, Jose 😛). However he caught a lot of flak over the alien whose name escapes me, who in one book was a particular planet and in the next, another planet, and in a third book, tried some lame excuse as to why he didn't know which planet he was from 😛.
 

Was it entropy?
And Asimov #1 for me, foundation is fantastic, almost time to read it again, 4th time thru

Cheated, it was the last question, as google is my friend
 
"Lucifer's Hammer" is one of the best end of the world books. By Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle....a great sci-fi team. Their other books are awesome too...both alone and their collaborations. Hot fudge sundae falls on a tuesday this year!

Tad Williams books..I can't believe nobody has mentioned "Otherland" yet. His fantasy works are also quite good. I even liked "Tailchaser's Song" although it is more of a kid's book.

"World War Z" is an amusing book about the zombie apocalypse told in an interview with the survivors style.
 
How does "Lucifer's Hammer" compare to say, Swan Song?

That's a book that I know well but I'm curious if another book covers the subject as comprehensibly.
 



Lucifer's Hammer is older and is purely science based, there is no supernatural element so it is hard to compare. From a 1970s science perspective Lucifer's Hammer is as good as it gets. One of my favorite books and one I reread every 6 or 8 years for sure. Of course I do the same with Swan Song and The Stand as well.
If you like these you HAVE to read The Passage by Justin Cronin!!!!!! Best book I have read in years and it will be a trilogy at least with the first book over 700 pages. Author's first book and I can't wait for more.

Talking about Swan Song I wish McCammon would write more damnit. I loved "Wolf's Hour" and his other older books. He actually quit writing for years for some crazy reason like he was ashamed of his early books.........hell I liked them all.
 


LOL, OK you win - I just went to Wiki and looked up Asimov to try to find the story title - no joy 😛. Too many hits in google or bing to wade through..

IIRC that was the story that Asimov wrote during a contest, when short story authors were given a theme and told to write a story in the time allotted. His story won, I think..

Asimov was given to doing goofy things for his fans, which I also found an endearing quality about him..
 


Yeah, I liked Lucifer's Hammer as well as the Mote in God's Eye by Pournelle.

Branching off-topic, my favorite sci-fi series is a tie between Stargate SG-1 (not Atlantis or the latest one, Universe), and Babylon-5. I've watched both series a couple times now. SG-1 was really good in years 2-5, but sorta went downhill after Jack (Richard Dean Anderson) became more of a guest star than regular cast member. B5 was really good in years 2-4, up until the Shadow war finale..
 
B5 is a tie for me as well. The best Sci-fi story told on the small screen is a tie between B5 and the remade Battlestar Galactica. (BSG is more of a drama however, so be prepared for that.) I have no clue if the story told in those shows is redone in book form or not but they are both very much worth watching. Find those missing seasons any way you can JDJ, they should be seen.
 


Who dropped B5 - Netflix or Hulu? Anyway you can get the complete series on Amazon.com, used, for $100, or individual seasons for as low as $13. I bought each season when it came out at Sam's Club, for about $35 apiece, but that was a good 7-8 years ago. Definitely worth the investment IMO. You are really missing the heart of the show, since the first hints of the Shadows started appearing in season 2, IIRC, after Bruce Boxleitner replaced Michael O'Hare as the station chief. O'Hare reappeared as a guest star since he was involved with the Minbari (won't spoil it but he figured prominently in the Minbari ancient history due to time travel).

I had originally given up watching the show on TV during season 1, as it appeared to be mainly talking heads and zero action. I don't mind some talking head stuff but without action and a captivating story arc (and J. Michael Straczynski did an excellent job as the main story writer/creator - I don't recall any flubs at all during the series where something disagrees with something earlier), I'll soon tune it out. However a friend of mine stuck with the show and I started watching again in season 5, then taped all the prior episodes off Sci-Fi (now Sy Fy). When the DVD series was released, I knew I had to add it to my collection since VHS tapes of OTA broadcasts generally suck eggs, unless you like watching ancient commercials years later 😀.
 
Sorry, I couldn't stand "boods" anymore. 😀

Anyways, I just finished "Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare" by Philip Short. It's well researched expose on the former Cambodian leader who was responsible for 1.5 million deaths in the country throughout the 1970's. You always hear of Stalin, Hitler, etc..., but Pol Pot was just as bad.
 
We are curently watching ancient Asian wars and comparing them to Robinhood, who incidently is my all time make believe Saxon hero. Asians preferred swords and riding atop elephants with spears. Robinhood used archery which is like Sandybride technology of the time. Fire arrows. Whoa!
 
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