Kds54 Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 I've recently ran out of books to read and wondered if anyone could recomend any? I was looking for something in the fantasy/si-fi area. Though if anyone knows of any that are good for getting your malifaux jucies flowing that would be cool. Cheers all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 King Rat, China Merveille Perdita Street Station, China Merveille Snow Crash, Neil Stephenson. Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson. The Japanese Devil Fish Girl and other unnatural attractions, Robert Rankin (because he's a really nice chap, and I enjoy chatting with him about ninjas and custard) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxXhayzelXxx Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Blood lust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Blood lust is that more vampiric homoerotic pseudo-porn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the imp Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Start with Valis and then read the rest of Phillip K Dick's stuff. That ought to keep you busy for a while...and twist your mind. Or if you're more interested in stuff that has influenced Malifaux, pick up a couple HP Lovecraft anthologies. I highly recommend reading them while sleep deprived and alone in a very quiet house. The shadows will start moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kds54 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Cheers peeps i'll be looking on amazon shortly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eturns Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Start with Valis and then read the rest of Phillip K Dick's stuff. That ought to keep you busy for a while...and twist your mind. Or if you're more interested in stuff that has influenced Malifaux, pick up a couple HP Lovecraft anthologies. I highly recommend reading them while sleep deprived and alone in a very quiet house. The shadows will start moving. you can get a load for the kindle for £1.40. [ame]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Definitive-H-P-Lovecraft-Halcyon-Classics/dp/B002E19KU4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1299266864&sr=8-3[/ame] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the imp Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 you can get a load for the kindle for £1.40. That's a great deal, but I think the smell of decaying pulp paper is part of the Lovecraft experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Amos Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre - H.P. Lovecraft anthology by Del Rey. It is the absolute best collection of his works. Period. Robert Heinlen's Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, and Glory Road make for good Sci-Fi/Fantasy reads, as well. And, if you haven't read it, Clive Barker's The Hellbound Heart is a good foray into horror goodness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Alleycat Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Glen Cook's Black Company series is spectacular gritty fantasy. William King's Gotrek And Felix novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 While we're on Lovecraft, be sure you've read In the Walls of Eryx. It's one of my personal favorites of his and I rarely see it in printed collections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prunesquallor Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 King Rat, China Merveille Perdita Street Station, China Merveille Seconding China Miéville. Perdido Street Station is a great place to start, and Iron Council is very Malifaux-y, with a steam-train/western feel to it. All his Bas-Lag books are awesome. Only slightly Malifaux-related, but Mervyn Peake is my all-time favourite fantasy author. Very different from typical fantasy. Read Titus Groan and then Gormenghast. They're dense and wordy, but well worth it. Titus Alone (the third book of the Gormenghast series) is considered by many to be proto-steampunk, but is much weaker than the first two (partly because Peake was dying of Parkinson's while writing it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Amos Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 While we're on Lovecraft, be sure you've read In the Walls of Eryx. It's one of my personal favorites of his and I rarely see it in printed collections. Dell Ray's The Road to Madness collection has Walls of Eryx. And Herbert West - Reanimator. And Cool Air. ....ORDER THE BOOK, DAMMIT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondur Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Check out this graphic novel "The Stuff of Legend". It's a kids story on a similar level with Jim Henson's works like The Dark Crystal and Storyteller. It has enough substance to be very enjoyable even for adults. Sure, it's not packed with R-rated violence or anything but some of the characters and themes share similarities with the feel of Malifaux. Highly recommended! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 I found Iron Council to be a bit er... too gay for me, and that's saying something from someone who has Exquisite corpse by Poppy Z Brite as one of his favourite novels (I think it got far too much in the way of the story). King Rat is great, it's all about Hamelin and Rats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathjester Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Have to go with sitting down with a load of H P Lovecraft anthologies really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson. It's epic-military fantasy. It's dense, and that throws people. The payoff is HUGE. I've never found another writer to handle character deaths better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymric Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 for steam punk goodness i would recommend any of the clock work century novels/novellas they are written by cherie priest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xango Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Stephen King, dark tower saga. (7 books) Sergei Lukyanenko, Night watch saga. (4 books) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eudaimon Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 For a Sci-fi book, Hyperion by Dan Simmons is peerless. For a Sci-fi series, Dune by Frank Herbert. For a fantasy book (a King Arthur one) I can't go past Mists of Avalon by Marrion Zimmer Bradley (its a bit feminist, but brilliant). Then there is my all time favourite fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin, starting with A Game of Thrones. HBO are about to start showing that series, a trailer is here... http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/19547.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetid Strumpet Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I recommend: The Lies of Locke Lamora and its sequel Red Sails Under Red Skies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyco Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Discworld books by Terry Pratchett or landover books by Terry Brooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMac Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 +1 to books already mentioned: Dark Tower Black Company DsicWorld (great on audio) Perdito Street Station Song of Ice and Fire Some Others I don't think have been mentioned: Elric series (really any of the Eternal Champion books by M Moorecock) Amber series by Zelazney Name of the Wind (and Wise Man's Fear) Sandman Slim Dresden Files By Butcher (Fight past the first book and a half then you will read the other 12 in a month, great characters) American Gods Nightside series by Green (a little light on story but enjoyable, best on Audio) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuffdaddy Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 a game of thrones: fire and ice I got the book on cd and really enjoy listening to it while at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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