where to start?

Vokes

apart from tolkien ive never read any other fantasy/scifi books. id like to get started reading again but i dont know where to start as every other book seems to be part of a trilogy or a long arc of books.
if you folk could make some suggestions as to where to start id be very grateful indeed

yossarin

the first dune book by frank herbert: 'dune'

the rest of them are a bit pants though

I posted a similar request here a while back
http://www.boards.ie/bulletin/Forum13/HTML/000327.html

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ConUladh

Legend by David Gemmell

This was the first of his books I read (and the first one he wrote) about 8 years ago and prob only the third fantasy author I'd read (After Tolkien and <cringe>Dragonlance Chronicles</cringe> )

Have all his books except the most recent one, themes can be repetitive but that's not really an issue when you're reading him for the first time

ConUladh

As for Sci Fi

Rendevous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke was very good(must reread that)

For a laugh (back to fantasy) you should read Terry Pratchett's Discworld books

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Hendrix_Nighn

The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

TwoShedsJackson

The Hyperion series by Dan Simmons - the best set of SF books ever.

Celt

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Castor Troy:
The Hyperion series by Dan Simmons - the best set of SF books ever.</font>

Just... no.