Looking for some new Sci/Fi or Fantasy novels.

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OK, so I just finished Ender's Game... it was a good read. Not really what I was expecting honestly and the end seemed a little anti-climactic to me, but whatever... are the follow on books worth the time?

Ender's shadow I enjoyed, also really liked Xenocide. They're all pretty different though.

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My favorite series is the Wheel of Time. It is very long so when suggesting it to people, I always tell them to read just the first one since the story moves along very quickly (compared to the rest of the books I guess) and it has a good enough ending that it doesn't leave you hanging. Also, if you can get past books 7, 8, and 9 (seriously, you can just read a short book summary of each since not much happens in them) it picks up a lot after that. Book 12 came out last November and I think I read it in about 2 weeks it was so good (Sanderson is writing this and although it looks like he's trying to match Robert Jordan's writing style, he doesn't bore you to death with as much detail). It was just like the first one, non stop action since he's trying to wrap up all the loose ends and preparing for the huge war that will take place during the entire last book. The next book comes out in November of this year and the last comes out next year.

And whats wrong with the Dark Tower series? How often do you get the chance to read a book where the Author throws himself into the story?

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When I tell people to read WoT I generally suggest they stop at the the end of the 6th book. Its like reading a term paper after that.

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i made it through half of one.

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The first 6 books are really fun.

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the first half of the first one bored the shiat out of me.

/i know I'm in the minority here.

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Don't read Song of Ice and Fire then. The first half of the first book is really boring.

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boring is one thing. boring and uninspired is another. Wheel of time was like reading a role playing game.

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Almost all fantasy is like that. You can thank Tolkien for it.

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tolkein has choked originality from the genre that he created FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!!!1

no. I will blame the perpetrators. Tolkein, though dry at least wrote good stories and created vivid worlds.

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Game of Thrones.

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tolkein has choked originality from the genre that he created FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!!!1

no. I will blame the perpetrators. Tolkein, though dry at least wrote good stories and created vivid worlds.

Dry is putting it nicely. Bland and predictable would be more appropriate.

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predictable after 100 years of people ripping him off?

I'm SHOCKED!

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I read it before I read any other fantasy, so it was new to me.