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We have our annual used book sale going on, and I saw that they had a bunch of Star Trek books (all four shows). And they had Star Wars too. What are some good or entertaining Star Trek books to get?

And what are some good Sci-Fi or Fantasy books to keep an eye out for? They have some oldies so if there's something rare, they might have it.

Or what authors are good? I finally got some Earthsea books to try, and I'm wondering what other things are good or interesting.

For Star Wars, I highly recommend any of the X-Wing novels, either by Aaron Allston or Michael A Stackpole. Very entertaining. Or any of the novels written by Timothy Zahn.

Neal Stephenson and William Gibson are two good authors of the sci/fi genre.

Earthsea is great!

You should definitely be on the lookout for stuff by Lois McMaster Bujold. Her scifi is amazing (the Vorkosigan books), and so is her fantasy.

For Sci-Fi, I will always, always rec the Warchild series by Karin Lowachee. They are probably pretty rare (and not that recent) so maybe you'll see them around.

holy shit I thought I was one of like 3 people in the world who read those books!

THEY ARE SO GREAT. And I'm so damn happy because she's in the process of writing a fourth and hnghhh.

omg, seriously?? I am SO GLAD we are having this conversation. I will have to be on the lookout for it!

Yes! She'll probably host a kickstarter for it to get it published when it's ready.

This is the draft blurb for the 4th book (some tiny spoilers maybe?): http://warchilduniverse.tumblr.com/post/118763688475/the-warboy-warchild-universe-4

http://warchilduniverse.tumblr.com/
This is her tumblr - she'll probably post updates there and she also answers a lot of reader questions there. And she wrote some awesome reader-prompted vignettes: http://warchilduniverse.tumblr.com/tagged/readersourced-vignettes

Doctor's Orders.

Also if they have A Stitch in Time you should probably grab it since it's out of print and in high demand, it's the one Andrew Robinson wrote about Garak and the show took a lot of canon from it.

I haven't read The Lives of Dax but I've been meaning to.

Agree with Doctor's Orders.

Lives of Dax is a very good anthology.

Would also recommend Diane Duane's Rihannsu books. She weaves a wonderful look at Romulan culture pre - reboot.

Can't help you on the Star Wars/Star Trek, I'm afraid, but for sci-fi/fantasy:

* Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan saga - great blend of sci-fi space opera adventure, with the occasional mystery, humor and romance thrown in

* Melanie Rawn is something you might find, and these two trilogies were good:

Dragon Prince Trilogy: Dragon Prince, The Star Scroll, Sunrunner's Fire

Dragon Star Trilogy: Stronghold, The Dragon Token, Skybowl

* Phyllis Eisenstein: The Sorcerer's Son, The Crystal Palace - older fantasy with demon elementals, very enjoyable reads

* A lot of Terry Brooks shows up in book sales like the one you describe. If you find a copy of The Sword of Shannara, you might try it. It's definitely derivative of Tolkien, but not a bad read on its own and if you like it, he's written a ton of books on that universe

* Jim Butcher's Dresden Files - urban paranormal with a wizard private investigator, lots of geek humor and craziness

* Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard series - The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves - thieves, magic, insane plans and cons

if you are at all interested in what it would be like if Lovecraft was born in 1965 and wrote a James Bond movie, I suggest you see if they have any of Charles Stross's 'Laundry Files' series. "The Jennifer Morgue" would be choice even though it's technically the second book, followed by "The Atrocity Archives" or "The Fuller Memorandum," but any later in the series and you're going to be very confused.

Also, Ann Leckie's "Ancillary Justice" if you're interested in space political drama with a main character who used to be a multi-present AI and is spectacularly terrible at determining the gender of others at first guess. Give it a miss if you're going to be triggered by pervasive, if unintentional, misgendering though!

Seconding the Ann Leckie recommendation. Those books are amazing and I love them.

Diane Duane wrote amazing Star Trek novels. La Graff's Janus Gate trilogy is also some amazing TOS goodness, full of plot and characterization (early in the 5-year mission!) and time-travel hijinks. I am very fond of the novel Ishmael, which has an amnesiac Spock trapped in Earth's history, and I also love Uhura's Song for it's great portrayal or an alien culture--although fair warning, it also has a pretty blatant MAry Sue and can be a little eye-roll-y. For Voyager, Christie Golden wrote the best and most in-character tie-ins. For TNG, Diane Duane wrote a good one or two.

CJ Cherryh is a terrific science fiction writer, mostly famed for creating amazing alien cultures and getting you in their heads to the point that humans begin to look strange and alien. Cuckoo's Egg is a stand-alone novel you can try, or you can read my favourite of her series--the Chanur saga. Amazing alien POV characters, a half-dozen other distinct and cool cultures, xeno-socio-politics and some action as well.

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