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Gary Talbot says:
TBH Iain M Banks Culture series would be my first choice
It’s driving me completely insane I’m just assuming none of the stupid journalists have concentration span capable of his books which are without doubt and without question the most imaginative far reaching funny and terrifying books of any genre ever put to paper 😉
interesting to see that neither MZB’s Darkover series nor Andre Norton’s MANY series are on that list. And what about the two great series Jack McDevitt does?
Not an unreasonable list. Take out the one by some guy I never heard of, and replace it with the Culture series by Banks, the Xeelee series by Stephen Baxter, the 2001 series by Arthur C. Clarke, the Hyperion quartet by Dan Simmons, or the Demon Princes by Jack Vance, and it would be completely reasonable. However, my vote still goes to the Revelation Space series (five novels; two books of shorter fiction) by Alastair Reynolds.
While there a couple on the list I haven’t read any of, most I have read in or read all of . Yes I like Dr. A.’s Foundation Series and Herbert’s first 3 books of the Dune series, I have never gotten into Jordan’s work, although I have put my toe in. Kind of surprised that Heinlein’s series that started with Methuselah’s Children isn’t on the list, even if it became a linked series after the fact, not starting out that way. And where is the Ring of Fire by Eric Flint, et al.? I mean there are ONLY 32 books in it so far and they are definitely re-readable, with all the science you could want (even if it is retro-science, as our time traveling small town was plunked down over 350 years in their past, and have to try and maintain as much technology as they can without an existing infrastructure).
I know it’s not a big series of books, but I absolutely love the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper series from Nathan Lowell. The first book is “Quarter Share.” It started as an audio series and even won Parsec awards in 2008 and 2009. There’s now 9 books in the series.
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TBH Iain M Banks Culture series would be my first choice
I agree with you, it’s really hard to beat the Culture series.
OMG Thank you !!
It’s driving me completely insane I’m just assuming none of the stupid journalists have concentration span capable of his books which are without doubt and without question the most imaginative far reaching funny and terrifying books of any genre ever put to paper 😉
interesting to see that neither MZB’s Darkover series nor Andre Norton’s MANY series are on that list. And what about the two great series Jack McDevitt does?
Not an unreasonable list. Take out the one by some guy I never heard of, and replace it with the Culture series by Banks, the Xeelee series by Stephen Baxter, the 2001 series by Arthur C. Clarke, the Hyperion quartet by Dan Simmons, or the Demon Princes by Jack Vance, and it would be completely reasonable. However, my vote still goes to the Revelation Space series (five novels; two books of shorter fiction) by Alastair Reynolds.
Surely there’s more to the nominees than that.
There are thousands of good books out there in the wild, and hundreds of worthy series.
You’re absolutely right! In the original nominations round, over 75 series! You can check out the original nominations post here to see what didn’t make the cut: https://discoverscifi.com/whats-the-best-one-liners-sci-fi/
While there a couple on the list I haven’t read any of, most I have read in or read all of . Yes I like Dr. A.’s Foundation Series and Herbert’s first 3 books of the Dune series, I have never gotten into Jordan’s work, although I have put my toe in. Kind of surprised that Heinlein’s series that started with Methuselah’s Children isn’t on the list, even if it became a linked series after the fact, not starting out that way. And where is the Ring of Fire by Eric Flint, et al.? I mean there are ONLY 32 books in it so far and they are definitely re-readable, with all the science you could want (even if it is retro-science, as our time traveling small town was plunked down over 350 years in their past, and have to try and maintain as much technology as they can without an existing infrastructure).
I know it’s not a big series of books, but I absolutely love the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper series from Nathan Lowell. The first book is “Quarter Share.” It started as an audio series and even won Parsec awards in 2008 and 2009. There’s now 9 books in the series.
This list should include the EE ‘Doc’ Smith “Lensman” series. Classics from the 1950s.
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