 | A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin
Buy new: £5.22 / Used from: £2.22 The first book of The Song of Ice and Fire series. Good writing, good research, good characters who die horribly. All things that aren't readily found in fantasy books!
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 | The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £1.50 The Wheel of Time series. A real epic spanning over 10 books. Enormous plot, likeable characters, humour, generally good writing. Very absorbing.
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 | Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen
Buy used from: £0.18 Full of interesting plot devices. The characters are particularly enjoyable, and certainly not stereotypical.
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 | Eon (S.F. Masterworks) by Greg Bear
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.48 Great stuff! Science fiction with grand scope. Covers all the important stuff: time travel, aliens, politics, space ships, and the end of the universe.
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 | Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy - Book 1) by Robin Hobb
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £1.99 Robin Hobb shows that good writing and fantasy can occur in the same book. All her books are great, the Assassin series moreso.
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 | Excession by Iain M. Banks
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 Ian Banks is a thought-provoking writer whose science fiction novels push the barriers of the genre. Excession is a particularly gripping story of galactic civilisations and intelligent machines.
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 | Foundation (The Foundation Series) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: £4.42 / Used from: £0.01 The foundation series is one of Isaac Asimovs classics. Written ages ago, but you cant tell always a sign of good science fiction. Nice to see a mathematician as a hero.
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 | The Caves of Steel (Robot Series) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: £4.91 / Used from: £0.01 The first novel in Isaac Asimovs famous, and somewhat epic, robot series. Very inspiring.
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 | Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen) by Steven Erikson
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £1.89 The Malazan series - a very rewarding read, despite having more characters than you can shake a stick at.
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 | Chronicles of the Black Company: The Black Company - Shadows Linger - The White Rose by Glen Cook
Buy new: £10.46 / Used from: £7.50 Gritty characters, intelligent writing, and very readable.
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