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The most famous you've never read

direstraits said:
By your accounts I've read most of the branches of fantasy already. However, would one consider Umberto Eco a fantasy writer? I've not read him, but from what I gather from TBF he seems to be non-grenre based, slightly bent on historical fiction.ds
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Yes and no - THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE is definitely fantasy / sci fi and FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM is also sci fi - ish.
 
Meadow337 said:
Yes and no - THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE is definitely fantasy / sci fi and FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM is also sci fi - ish.
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I never thought of Foucault's Pendulum as sci-fi, but I guess it is, as you say, sci-fi-ish. :) I have The Island of the Day Before on my shelf and will bump it up on my TBR pile.

Reading back on this thread, I realize I still haven't gotten to any Eddings yet.
 
I've since read Eco, but not his fiction. Foucalt's Pendulum is still sitting on my shelf. I have read This Is Not The End Of The Book, which is a collection of essays and thoughts on literature and ebooks. How our reading is increasingly digital and how it impacts us and culture.

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I'll give Island of the Day Before a shot. It's a day away now.
Pendulum just beat back my attempts to get into it.
SciFi is only occasionally a part of my reading, but I'm willing to try stories that come exceptionally recommended. Maybe someday Pendulum again for a retry. :)
 
As much as I like Pendulum, I wouldn't recommend it actually. Pendulum is one of those strange books that either appeals or it doesn't. No middle ground. If I had to describe it I would say it's what would result if Dan Brown was a Professor of Literature who took acid and then wrote Da Vinci Code and as I said, this either appeals or it really really doesn't.

I prefer Name of The Rose but then that is straight historical / mystery.

Has any one mentioned Salman Rushdie?
 
If you haven't tried Eco's fiction before, I'd recommend reading Name of the Rose before Foucault's Pendulum. FP is packed with all manner of arcana and a labyrinthine plot - things I like in a book, but not everyone's cuppa.
 
The Name of the Rose was quite enough in terms of labyrinthine and arcana.

But thanks for suggestion.
 
ChaosTheory said:
I will!
I've never read any Asimov or Heinlein either. But I don't read much sci-fi or fantasy in general.
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I cut my sci-fi teeth on Asimov! I still have the original Foundation and Robot series on my shelf, yellowing and fading. Can't bring myself to get rid of them.
 
I've not gotten around to Suzanne Collins yet. I want to! Otherwise I shall never watch The Hunger Games! Apparently she's not bad.

Stephenie Meyer though, can continue to sparkle in the sunlight.
 
ChaosTheory said:
I will!
I've never read any Asimov or Heinlein either. But I don't read much sci-fi or fantasy in general.
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tut tut lol I love Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land, The Cat Who Walked Through Walls and Friday are all absolutely brilliant IMO.

And as for Isaac Asimov .... what can I say? If you add Frank Herbert and Ray Bradbury into the mix you have got some of the best sci-fi ever written covered.
 
direstraits said:
I've not gotten around to Suzanne Collins yet. I want to! Otherwise I shall never watch The Hunger Games! Apparently she's not bad.

Stephenie Meyer though, can continue to sparkle in the sunlight.
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The Hunger Games is quite entertaining. I've never read Stephanie Meyer .
 
Most if not all Sci fi I've not read. I'm a big fantasy fan but I've only read really Jordan, Martin, Goodkind and Sanderson.
 
I've never read Ian M Banks (although have read the Wasp Factory which I loved!)

You all need to read PKD & Asimov (I, Robot is a good starter)
 
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