Overrated Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Discover the most overrated sci-fi and fantasy books that don't live up to the hype. See which popular titles made our list of overrated reads and why they fall short.
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Guy Montag is a fireman, his job is to burn books, which are forbidden.
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Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
Child hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.
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The Wheel of Time, Boxed Set I, Books 1-3
by Robert Jordan
The Eye of the World/The Great Hunt/The Dragon Rebornnclude "The Dragon Reborn, The Great Hunt" and "The Eye of the World"
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His Dark Materials
by Nicholas Wright
With sales of three-quarters of a million copies last year alone, Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials is already acknowledged as a classic. A cunning blend of traditional children's adventure with sophisticated fantasy and science fiction, it follows the escapades of Lyra and Will in their parallel worlds. Dramatized by award-winning playwright Nicholas Wright for the National Theatre.
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Revelation Space
by Alastair Reynolds
Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin. For the human colonists now settling the Amarantin homeworld Resurgam, it's of little more than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden, almost perfect Amarantin city and a colossal statue of a winged Amarantin. For brilliant but ruthless scientist Dan Sylveste, it's more than merelty intellectual curiosity - and he will stop at nothing to get at the truth. Even if the truth costs him everything. But the Amarantin were wiped out for a reason, and that danger is closer and greater than even Syveste imagines ...REVELATION SPACE: a huge, magnificent space opera that ranges across the known and unknown universe ...towards the most terrifying of destinations.
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The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss
In these pages you will come to know Kvothe the notorious magician, the accomplished thief, the masterful musician, the dragon-slayer, the legend-hunter, the lover, the thief and the infamous assassin.