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Books

Books To Read, And Books To Avoid


Introduction

I start a lot of books, but finish only a small percentage of them. Why? Because many of the Sci-fi/ Fantasy books written these days are ether trash, or unworthy. By trash I mean full of depraved filth, and by unworthy I mean of exiguous quality.

I thought I'd start a list of books I didn't read due to one of the above reasons. Or rather, that I started but did not finish. Then I got to thinking, why have a list of books that aren't worth the reading, but not a list of books that are worth reading? So I'll add that section when I have time.

I have also included books and authors to avoid or read from other people whose judgement I trust.

Avoid These

Author Title Reasons not to read
Eric Flint & Ryk E. Spoor "Boundary" PP
James Patrick Hogan "The Legend that was Earth" PP
David Louis Edelman "Infoquake" PP
Herbie Brennan "The Faerie Wars Chronicles" (Starting with "Faerie Wars") DP, PP
??? "Free Fall" TR
Linda Wichman "The Legend of the Emerald Rose" TR

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DP: Depraved Filth.
PP: Profuse Profanity.
TR: Too Romantic.
EQ: Exiguous Quality.


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