| Re: Help a new Reader!!!
Harry Potter may be many things, but it is not Science fiction (sorry, I'm allowed to be pedantic, it's in my job description)
More seriously, if you enjoyed both the Harry Potter books (simplistic magic and good and evil clearly defined) and the Ender Wiggin books (even "Children of the mind?), (technology based, which leave a lot more questions about morality, even if he does tend to force feed us opinions) you've got an awful lot of speculative fiction (possibly not horror or ultra high-tech) that you'll appreciate; try a trip to the "recommendations" thread in "general book discussions". (no. I wouldn't dare. I'd have steered you away from the "Wheel of Time" books because of ultimate disappointment)
The problem with these enormous series (as against the single, self-contained novels and short stories of my youth) is that, once launched. it's very difficult to stop, even if you're barely enjoying them at all any more, but I suspect you could try one of the Eddings series - perhaps the Belgariad.
Oh, and welcome in, by the way. |