[imh]

Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C. Clarke

Set in the near-ish future, a big asteroid comes whizzing into the solar system. Looks weird, so we investigate. It's a total page turner, and reads like an adventure/mystery. Highly recommended.

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The Malazan Book of the Fallen series - Steven Erikson

A fantasy series, set in a really unique setting. It's an epic fantasy series with a huge ensemble cast and a bunch of parallel plots that break a lot of the usual tropes. It's tough to describe, but if you like epic fantasy it's a must read. I'm on book five of ten and loving it.

[captn3m0]

It took me a huge time to get through Rendezvous with Rama. (I stopped reading and then finished it almost an year later). Even though it is a pretty short book. For me, it just too much hard-SF with none of the character development. The ending doesn't help with that either.

But then, I didn't like Eon either (Greg Bear), so maybe hard-SF isn't really for me.