Other sf/ef book's that you have read!

[Adanedhel_Mormegil]

My idea is to start a conversation about other books of sf and ef that people read. I don't know if there is similar topic, but I would like to hear peoples opinion about other sf and ep books, and also, suggestions what to read. I don't think twice when I say, that Tolkien's work is the greatest on the world and there is no other feeling that can be compared with the one, when you sit down and start reading his masterpieces, but also there can be find various other writers that have good works and no argue about that they should be read!

[Dorwiniondil]

Excuse me for being out of touch (I really am old!), but could you explain sf and ef? To me "sf" used to mean science fiction, but "ef" is a new one.
However, if these are forms of fantasy, you may be intereted in theis thread:
http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/forum...asp?TID=240325

And welcome to the Plaza!

[Winter is Coming]

It could mean epic fantasy I guess.

[Adanedhel_Mormegil]

My topic so I would like to write about first book that is sf, which nail me down to chair and that is not Tolkiens work.Book is Terror from Dan Simmons. Great book that talks about polar expedition with first steam powered ships, their idea was to go trough Northwest passage, where their ships hit thick ice and they have been left on terrible cold for two years, with small amount of food, but that was not the most terrible think. Some creature or spirit or what ever it was attacked them, and was killing them one by one, giving them no chance to survive. It really scared me, there is one part where my hair stood up, it goes like this: some of the guys from ship Terror killed two polar bear puppes and wanted to make a trap for this beast that have been killing them, so they slay them and sprayed their blood over the snow and left their bodies to lay down, after that they have made a shelter where couple of guys whit guns have been sitting and waiting for creature to show. They were siting there for a moment, one of the guys has been watching the hole in the ice couple feets away that they have been dig to throw the body of killed friend, which was killed by the same monster couple hours ago. He looks at it, and in one moment he thinks that blak whole is blinking and moving like it was big eye of a great monster, and he cant believe it, because it starts to move towards them, he is in shock, he can not tell anything to guys beside him, and in a moment some big thing is over their tent and staring to tear the apart like they are feathers. In other moment same guy that saw the eye found him self deep inside the same hole he was loking at. Hes in cold water 15 feets in side the whole, he dont feel his leags, which are torn of, after few moment of agony, he feels cold touch and horrible breath and big jaw crushing down his scull. Sorry for the explanation, I described it with my words, just read the book, its goooood!

[Adanedhel_Mormegil]

Yes I was thinking of epic fantasy