[h3nG]

Hey, I am thinking about joining the science fiction book club again. Even though I'd rather own the original hb, I actually prefer the smaller size. Well I hope this is not the same as other recommendation threads.

But I was wondering if you all could help me select ten omnibus books...

here goes the huge list:

SONG OF THE LIONESS (4-IN-1)
by Tamora Pierce

ORCS: FIRST BLOOD (3-IN-1)
by Stan Nicholls

TIME TRADERS III (2-IN-1)
by Andre Norton and Sherwood Smith

THE SWORD OF SHANNARA TRILOGY
by Terry Brooks

THE PRINCE
by Jerry Pournelle and S.M. Stirling

THE SECOND TOM HOLT OMNIBUS
by Tom Holt

THE BOOKS OF THE GODS, PART TWO
by Fred Saberhagen

THE WAY OF THE WITCH
by Jan Siegel

STAR TREK.: THE JANUS GATE (3-IN-1)
by L.A. Graf

STAR WARS(R): THE NEW JEDI ORDER: ENEMY LINES
by Aaron Allston

THE CLAIDI JOURNALS
by Tanith Lee

STAR TREK: STARGAZER (2-IN-1)
by Michael Jan Friedman

THE SALMON OF DOUBT
by Douglas Adams

ALIEN EMERGENCIES
by James White

THE FAR SIDE OF THE SKY
by David Gerrold

THE FOUNDING OF THE COMMONWEALTH
by Alan Dean Foster

DIMENSIONS OF SHECKLEY
by Robert Sheckley

WARLOCK
by Andre Norton

THE BOOK OF TALTOS
by Steven Brust

BABYLON 5(TM): THE PASSING OF THE TECHNO-MAGES
by Jeanne Cavelos

GULLIBLE'S TRAVELS
by Matthew Hughes

STAR SOLDIERS
by Andre Norton

THE FALL REVOLUTION
by Ken MacLeod

BLACK SEAS OF INFINITY
by H.P. Lovecraft

DRAGON & ISSOLA (2-IN-1)
by Steven Brust

TALES OF THE RIGANTE
by David Gemmell

THE SOUND & THE FURRY (2-IN-1)
by Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson

THE BOOK OF THE SHORT SUN
by Gene Wolfe

BABYLON 5 (TM): LEGIONS OF FIRE TRILOGY
by Peter David

THE BOOKS OF THE GODS, PART ONE
by Fred Saberhagen

HIS DARK MATERIALS (3-IN-1 VOLUME)
by Philip Pullman

CONFLUENCE (3-IN-1)
by Paul J. McAuley

DARK OF THE GODS
by P.C. Hodgell

OBERNEWTYN & THE FARSEEKERS
by Isobelle Carmody

THE BLACK COMPANY: GLITTERING STONE II
by Glen Cook

STAR WARS(R): THE NEW JEDI ORDER: DARK TIDE (2-IN-1)
by Michael A. Stackpole

THE EMPIRE OF ISHER
by A.E. Van Vogt

DRAGONLANCE: THE ANNOTATED CHRONICLES
by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

THE BOOK OF JHEREG
by Steven Brust

STAR WARS(R): THE BOUNTY HUNTER WARS (3-IN-1)
by K.W. Jeter

THE UNEXPECTED DRAGON
by Mary Brown

WINTERLANDS (2-IN-1)
by Barbara Hambly

THE CLERIC QUINTET (5-IN-1)
by R.A. Salvatore

CHRONICLES OF THE LENSMEN, VOLUME 2 (3-IN-1)
by E.E. "Doc" Smith

BLACK MOON INN (2-IN-1)
by Laurell K. Hamilton

ALVIN WANDERING (2-IN-1 OF ALVIN JOURNEYMAN AND HEARTFIRE)
by Orson Scott Card

DAEMONS, INC. (2-IN-1)
by Camille Bacon-Smith

CHRONICLES OF THE LENSMEN, VOL. I (3-IN-1) GALACTIC PATROL
by E. E. "Doc" Smith

THE BLACK COMPANY: GLITTERING STONE I (2-IN-1)
by Glen Cook

THE MIDNIGHT CAFE (3-IN-1)
by Laurell K. Hamilton

CLUB VAMPYRE
by Laurell K. Hamilton

TALES OF DISCWORLD (3-IN-1)
by Terry Pratchett

VALORIAN'S CHILDREN (2-IN-1)
by Mary Herbert

THE ELRIC SAGA: PART THREE (2-IN-1)
by Michael Moorcock

THE BLACK COMPANY GOES SOUTH (3-IN-1)
by Glen Cook

THE THREE OF SWORDS (3-IN-1)
by Fritz Leiber

THE LOST SWORDS: THE FIRST TRIAD
by Fred Saberhagen

JOHN GRIMES: TRAMP CAPTAIN
by Bertram A. Chandler

THE DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN.
by Anne McCaffrey

THE FIRST CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER
by Stephen R. Donaldson

A TOLKIEN MISCELLANY
by J.R.R. Tolkien

THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF LUCKY STARR
by Isaac Asimov writing as Paul French

THE EMPIRE NOVELS (3-IN-1)
by Isaac Asimov

THE FOUNDATION TRILOGY
by Isaac Asimov

THE ELRIC SAGA: PART ONE
by Michael Moorcock

THE ELRIC SAGA: PART TWO
by Michael Moorcock

THE HARPER HALL OF PERN
by Anne McCaffrey

THE SPACE TRILOGY
by C.S. Lewis

THE DARK ELF TRILOGY (3-IN-1)
by R.A. Salvatore

THE PIT DRAGON TRILOGY (3-IN-1)
by Jane Yolen

THE WINGS OF PEGASUS
by Anne McCaffrey

COUNTERFEIT UNREALITIES
by Philip K. Dick

ENDER'S WAR
by Orson Scott Card

JOHN GRIMES: SURVEY CAPTAIN
by A. Bertram Chandler

ANNALS OF THE WITCH WORLD
by Andre Norton

THE BOOK OF FREEDOMS
by Anne McCaffrey

THE ICEWIND DALE TRILOGY (3-IN-1)
by R.A. Salvatore

CHRONICLES OF THE WITCH WORLD (3-IN-1)
by Andre Norton

THE HITCHHIKER'S TRILOGY (5-IN-1)
by Douglas Adams

THE IMPERIAL STARS (3-IN-1)
by Poul Anderson

THE SPACE TRILOGY (HARDCOVER)
by C.S. Lewis

HATRACK RIVER: THE TALES OF ALVIN MAKER: PART ONE
by Orson Scott Card

ANNALS OF THE BLACK COMPANY (3-IN-1)
by Glen Cook

THE LORD OF THE RINGS (3-IN-1 OMNIBUS)
by J.R.R. Tolkien

RINCEWIND THE WIZZARD (4-IN-1 VOLUME)
by Terry Pratchett

whew...that was long

THANKS!:D

[Lani]

Here's the ten I would pick out of your list:

1. TALES OF THE RIGANTE
by David Gemmell

2.THE LORD OF THE RINGS (3-IN-1 OMNIBUS)
by J.R.R. Tolkien

3.THE HITCHHIKER'S TRILOGY (5-IN-1)
by Douglas Adams

4.CHRONICLES OF THE WITCH WORLD (3-IN-1)
by Andre Norton

5.ENDER'S WAR
by Orson Scott Card

6.THE DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN.
by Anne McCaffrey

7.TALES OF DISCWORLD (3-IN-1)
by Terry Pratchett

8.THE FIRST CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER
by Stephen R. Donaldson

9.DRAGONLANCE: THE ANNOTATED CHRONICLES
by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

10.THE ELRIC SAGA: PART ONE
by Michael Moorcock

[ChrisW]

I'd pick:

1. TALES OF THE RIGANTE
by David Gemmell

2. THE HITCHHIKER'S TRILOGY (5-IN-1)
by Douglas Adams

3. ENDER'S WAR
by Orson Scott Card

4. THE BOOK OF TALTOS
by Steven Brust

5. THE BOOK OF JHEREG
by Steven Brust

6. THE DARK ELF TRILOGY (3-IN-1)
by R.A. Salvatore

7. THE LORD OF THE RINGS (3-IN-1 OMNIBUS)
by J.R.R. Tolkien

8. ORCS: FIRST BLOOD (3-IN-1)
by Stan Nicholls

9. The Wheel of Time (10-IN-1)
by Robert Jordan

10. A bookcase.

[kyria]

I saw Ender's Game on sale the other day but hesitated about buying it. Is it good? I saw you both recommending it. I'm not really into sci-fi or modern-world-setting fantasy, although I am a Star Trek Voyager fan because I find the episodes funny and refreshing.

I like Tolkien, Jordan, Martin, Tom Clancy, Dumas & Dickens, I like the banter in the Belgariad, read the occasional Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms as light reading, and don't like Terry Brooks. You think I'd like it?

[Lani]

Kyria, I think you might like Ender's Game. It is not really fantasy, I'd say, but I think it is an excellent book and you definitely should give it a try.

[kyria]

Thanks. I'll buy it tomorrow then.

Ender's Game, Ender's War. Is it a series? I tried to check at Amazon but they don't have any Ender's War listed. Is it the same book but named differently (for different markets)?

Anyway, here's what I'd pick:

1. HIS DARK MATERIALS (3-IN-1 VOLUME)
by Philip Pullman

2. DRAGONLANCE: THE ANNOTATED CHRONICLES
by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

3. THE CLERIC QUINTET (5-IN-1)
by R.A. Salvatore

4. THE FIRST CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER
by Stephen R. Donaldson

5. A TOLKIEN MISCELLANY
by J.R.R. Tolkien

6. THE DARK ELF TRILOGY (3-IN-1)
by R.A. Salvatore

7. ENDER'S WAR
by Orson Scott Card

8. THE ICEWIND DALE TRILOGY (3-IN-1)
by R.A. Salvatore

9. THE HITCHHIKER'S TRILOGY (5-IN-1)
by Douglas Adams

10. THE LORD OF THE RINGS (3-IN-1 OMNIBUS)
by J.R.R. Tolkien

It's only mostly because these are the ones in the list that I am familiar with or have heard of. And the others in the list are incomplete, only 1 to 3 books of a series, and you'll have a hard time completing those. And you can't beat the 5-in-1 or 3-in-1s.

[Lani]

I'm not sure it's really called Ender's War, but I assumed it includes five of the books that feature Ender in them. Ender's War is actually the name of the short story that Orson Scott Card initially wrote and then later remade into the novel Ender's Game. However, it is possible that the collection of these books may have been called Ender's War.

[Daedalusman]

Ender's War has the first two of the series in it (ender's game and Speaker for the Dead). The series is up to 7 books now they are...

1) Ender's Game
2) Speaker for the Dead
3) Xenocide
4) Children of the Mind
5) Ender's Shadow
6) Shadow of the hegemon
7) Shadow Puppets

I haven't read the series but would like to, maybe some day I will go out and buy them.

[ezchaos]

I'd go with the classics:

1.BLACK SEAS OF INFINITY
by H.P. Lovecraft
2.THE BOOK OF THE SHORT SUN
by Gene Wolfe (If you've read the other 'Sun' books first).
3.HIS DARK MATERIALS (3-IN-1 VOLUME)
by Philip Pullman
4.THE LORD OF THE RINGS (3-IN-1 OMNIBUS)
by J.R.R. Tolkien
5.THE THREE OF SWORDS (3-IN-1)
by Fritz Leiber
6.THE LOST SWORDS: THE FIRST TRIAD
by Fred Saberhagen
7.CHRONICLES OF THE LENSMEN, VOL. I (3-IN-1) GALACTIC PATROL
by E. E. "Doc" Smith
8.THE FIRST CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER
by Stephen R. Donaldson
9.THE ELRIC SAGA: PART ONE
by Michael Moorcock
10.THE SPACE TRILOGY
by C.S. Lewis

I'd go with these, however there are a few other books on the list I'd go with. It's a long list!






;) ;)