If you want some epic length Sci-Fi with a nice gothic twist I highly recomened the revelation space series
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_Space_universe
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 29 Oct 2012, 10:03,
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My mum bought me the first. I thought it a steaming heap of boring, badly-written bilge. Weighed a fucking tonne, too.
What was I missing?
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 29 Oct 2012, 10:14,
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Oh look: I dare criticise something a ginger recommends
& all the other tangerine-haired freaks pile on.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Mon 29 Oct 2012, 10:38,
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If you're not a fan of the space opera genre then it's a bit to much to invest in
But the series running though the books creates and destroys some really well defined characters.
Absolution Gap has one of the most genuinely creepy characters i've ever seen in a book.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 29 Oct 2012, 13:23,
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Only one of Reynold's books hasn't been worth reading for me
"Terminal World" was terrible. Started well, then turned into a clumsily written "as you know, Bob..." tell-not-show fest. And it had a Stephenson-type nonending, without the fun of Stephenson's erudition.
All the others are great! Haven't read Blue Remembered Earth yet.
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Fronds are waving gently on, Mon 29 Oct 2012, 13:34,
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