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    MyClipboardIsMyViolin replied to the topic Fantasy/Sci-Fi Book Recommendations in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 8 months ago

    • Sandman by Neil Gaiman (comics, but well worth the read)
    • American Gods by Neil Gaiman (warning, lots of sex and pagan stuff)

    Sounds like something that my creative writing prof from two semesters ago would have liked. He was into both comics and…that stuff. I shall have to read this to properly recommend them to him.

    And seriously, kids are reading this forum. 😛

    • The Shining and Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (and a bunch of other stuff, etc. but this gives a great picture of King at his best)
    • Eragon by Christopher Paolini (honestly, if you can stand them, the first 2-3 books are pretty decent, and the magic system’s one of the best you’ll read)
    • The Artemis Fowl series and Airman by Eoin Colfer (they’re for kids, but they’re extremely entertaining and full of heart; just great storytelling)

    Stephen King isn’t fantasy/sci-fi. *looks at topic title 😛 * After reading SK’s memoir [i]On Writing[/i]…there’s a difference between gothic horror (Garth Nix and Kamelot) and just plain ugly horror. Gothic horror has style and form to its darkness – it gives horror definition and character and explains our fears so we can conquer them in God’s power and love. The other kind seems just adding more needless fear to my life.

    I read the first book of the Eragon series – I didn’t like it. It was boring to me. I’ve read one of the Artemis books, I forget which one. Probably the first one. It was good, though the fairy characters felt 2-D.

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