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Hello! I have exhausted my current supply of reading material and am looking for some new books! I am going to pick up Neil deGrasse Tyson's 'Space Chronicles', any other suggestions? I'm big into sci-fi and some fantasy. Help! :)

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Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on March 1, 2012 at 1:59pm

If you are into a trilogy I would recommend Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy -Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars. My favorite current authors are Dan Simmons - Hyperium series and, although I'm not into the Horror genre, Simmons writes some great ones. The Alternate History genre is placed within SF because the earlier stories all involved time travel but that is not a factor in many (and IMO the best). The masters of this genre are Harry Turtledove -The World War series and dozens more, the best starter is The Agent of Byzantium. Harry Harrison - the West of Eden trilogy and Stars and Stripes in Peril series.

For non-fiction a must read is Charles Mann's 1492, it's an incredible account of the pre - Columbian people and cultures of the Western Hemisphere

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on March 1, 2012 at 3:12pm

Cool! All of those sound pretty interesting, Jim. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Regina M on March 2, 2012 at 12:17pm

The only Harry Harrison I've read is the first Bill the Galactic Hero, which I remember being of the silly humor sort. Does that carry through to his other books?

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Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on March 2, 2012 at 1:58pm

No most of his works are serious SF - although he has written some funny stuff.

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Permalink Reply by Regina M on March 2, 2012 at 3:11pm

Good to know!

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Permalink Reply by Jessica on March 2, 2012 at 1:57pm

I'm reading Stephen King's new book 11/23/63 and it is so different from his other books. I love it! It is about 900 pages but it will keep you glued.