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'nuther vote for Michael Marshell Smiths .... 'Only forward' is just great. Very funny.
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Not sci-fi but try The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. I must have read it over 10 years ago but it still sticks in my mind as one of the truly groundbreaking books. Then have a go at some of his sci-fi books which he writes under a psuedo name - Iain M Banks
The Gap Series by Stephen Donaldson
If you dont mind Fantasy then the follwing are awesome, kinda like LOTR but for adults.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: "Lord Foul's Bane", "Illearth War" and "Power That Preserves" (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) by Stephen Donaldson
The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: "Wounded Land", "One Tree" and "White Gold Wielder" by Stephen Donaldson
As DavidM says below, Chronicles can be very very heavy reading, but well worth it. The first one Lord Foul's Bane, is really really slow, but im glad I stuck with it, after the first 100 pages it kicks off and I couldn't put it down.
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The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - heavy reading, but very good.
A much lighter read would be Alan Dean Fosters "Spellsinger" series
Thoroughly enjoying Hidden Empire - the saga of the seven suns (Book 1 of 5).
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If you haven't already read them, you HAVE to read Raymond E Feist's Riftwar trilogy, "Magician", "Silverthorn" and "A Darkness in Sethanon". Just finishing the last one now, they really are fantastic
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Nimbu ... that was a thread bump of the highest order. I was reading through thinking I've recommend Michael Marshal Smith, only to find that I'd already done so...FIVE MONTHS AGO!
But not to worry, since seeing a list of worth reading scifi is always a good thing
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A Gathering of Storm Clouds by C. Craig R. McNeil
An Atlantean Triumvirate, Ghosts of the Past, The Centre Cannot Hold
The Pillars of Britain, Foundations of the Reich, Cracks in the Pillars.
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The song of ice and fire series/ Not sci fi more fantasy based but not too OTT sometimes it comes across as more civil war ish. Ive not explained that very well but they are great books. Avoid Robert Jordan 1-3 are OK 1 and 2 are pretty good the rest just go on and on and on without getting anywhere
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The Book of the New Sun tetralogy by Gene Wolfe
Anything by Iain M. Banks
Jack Vance: Dying Earth series, The Languages of Pao, Big Planet, The Last Castle
Ursula le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed are classics of silver-age SF.
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