Books you should like

[Thanos]

Meanwhile back on topic..... It's not about books you do like. It's books you don't like but should have. You read the synopsis, reviews, word of mouth, it's in your normal wheel house. It sounds like you would enjoy it and then blah. It's just terrible. See OP.

 

[Timerover51]

Meanwhile back on topic..... It's not about books you do like. It's books you don't like but should have. You read the synopsis, reviews, word of mouth, it's in your normal wheel house. It sounds like you would enjoy it and then blah. It's just terrible. See OP.

A couple of others that I thought I would like, but did not, were A. C. Clarke's 2001, although I like most of the rest of Clarke, and the Julian May Pliocene Exile series. I slogged along with that series through the first two books, and then decided that I really did not like ANY character in the books and did want I very rarely do, took them to the local used book shop and traded them for some Louis L'Amour westerns.

And when it get down to it, I have never really liked any of Asimov's science fiction, and do not have any in my collection at all.

 

[Cryton]

Ahhh. As for the original topic...any Dune book after the first. While I loved the original, all the sequels, and I do mean all, just bore me to tears.

I just cant get into them. In fact, I have used them as a cure for insomnia. This includes all the new House books, and not just the originals by Herbert.

 

[Garyius2003]

David Weber..Honor books...first was good to great, but I kept wondering at the end 'Why is this bitch killing her troops and why is the stick inserted so far'. Two through four, same. I then switched to library copies. I literally quit the series on the Royal Michelle spin off, because there was so much noise and internal debate I gave up. I also tried his space vampire book. Weber sucks as of now, there was no reason for that book other than lazy greed.

Heinlien...loved the children's books as a kid. Read his adult books, Friday was okay, even with the sex. The rest were great writing and sick sex. If a ⌧ mag wrote half of what he did, I would support jail for the publisher.

Ringo, great writer until he got bogged down in the scifi war series. His hero SEAL series is the modern Nick Carter, with too much BDSM.

I really really like Asmoiv's murder mystery club, and robot cop. Foundation was okay for book one, and got way too bogged down after.

Kratman, good to great writer, on the edge of great, with too much right wing (I tend that way, but he uses the hammer when a light touch would be better)

Drake, writes hopeless burned out small unit mil sci fi very well.

 

[BillDowns]

I have never particularly cared for Iain Banks or Alistair Reynolds. Not sure what it is about their styles of writing, but I don't care for them.

 

[Ran Targas]

Okay, to the point ... The books I've really had to force myself to read are both by Umberto Eco; The Name Of The Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. Great stories but I got really tired of the extensive side board exposition to the point that I skipped over some. Not that it wasn't well written and informative, but they kept putting me to sleep. Great for a plane or late night or Sunday afternoon but otherwise too much chewing.

 

[Jame]

I have never particularly cared for Iain Banks or Alistair Reynolds. Not sure what it is about their styles of writing, but I don't care for them.

Same here. Unfortunately I also have the same thing about CJ Cherryh, but the frustrating thing is that I keep wanting to read and like her books.

 

[Garyius2003]

Same here. Unfortunately I also have the same thing about CJ Cherryh, but the frustrating thing is that I keep wanting to read and like her books.

Second, I thought it was just me

 

[Jeff M. Hopper]

Just about anything by Frank Herbert. I should love the Dune books, but I can't stand his writing style. When I saw the SyFy Channel version of Dune and Children of Dune, I loved them both and have the DVDs in my library (the Dino de Laurentis version was boring to me). I just can't get into Frank Herbert's writing style.

 

[Garyius2003]

I gave Weber one more chance based on thinking about this thread. I bought the ARC of A Call to Duty.

I am going to start a thread, but I am impressed for the most part.