A Good Sci Fi Read?
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No, Ender's Shadow started the spin-off series following Bean. The main series is: Ender's Game -->Speaker For The Dead-->Xenocide--->Children of the Mind. The spin-offs are Ender's Shadow--->Shadow of the Hedgemon--->Shadow Puppets--->Shadow of the Giant.blacktwar said:
Now that I think of it, Card's Homecoming series is pretty good too. First one is either "Memory of Earth" or "Call of Earth", can't remember.
Well in that case I heartily recommend Ghosts of Onyx, Contact Harvest, and The Cole Protocol.Jarc42 said:
Also Dan Abnett is a good writer. He's wrote quite a few Warhammer 40k books (I've read the Eisenhorn trilogy and am looking to read the Gaunt's Ghosts series).
Oh yeah, I forgot Amber, that was pretty good. My only complaint was switching the protagonist from Corwin to Merlin halfway through, just when I was starting to like Corwin, but that's relatively minor.blacktwar said:
If you enjoyed "Ender's Game," you should read "Ender's Shadow" as well. The whole book is told concurrently with the former, but from Peanut's PoV.
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*Completely ignore this entire post. ninja'd and wrong info.
Since no-one else is going to recommend it, ever, The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers. It's a collection of short stories in somewhat of a sci-fi vein written before the turn of the century. To give an idea of what ways it's gloriously weird/messed up, it was inspiration for Lovecraft. As a note: the first story takes place in the glorious future of 1921 or so, the nation has just installed public suicide booths, and a guy thinks he can take over the world by royal lineage and the power of a book/play.
Also, try Piers Anthony, the Witchworld series by Andre Norton, and Friday and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by R. A. Heinlein. This is not to mention C. J. Cherryh.
Also, try Piers Anthony, the Witchworld series by Andre Norton, and Friday and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by R. A. Heinlein. This is not to mention C. J. Cherryh.
Most of Larry Niven's "Known Space" books are good, especially the short story collections. The Ringworld books are hit or miss, but they're worth a try (I liked them...eventually).
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. Good book to get you into science fiction as it's both one the best in the genre and a lot of fun to read.
Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon. Millions of years of future history. Lots of imagination.
Gradisil by Adam Roberts. This guy is a great writer.
Accelerando by Charles Stross. Good book by the antipope of the church of the singularity.
Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon. Millions of years of future history. Lots of imagination.
Gradisil by Adam Roberts. This guy is a great writer.
Accelerando by Charles Stross. Good book by the antipope of the church of the singularity.
You mean -Neuromancer- right? Although, that could be considered more Cyberpunk, then again, it is set in the future somewhat and has lotsa sci-fiey stuff.VaultBoy said:
Hmm, Ian M. Banks, awesome Scottish author, his Culture novels are the best, I'd recommend Consider Phlebas and The Player of Games to start off with.
No, Anne McCaffrey's Pern is FIRMLY rooted in SciFi. Genetics, my friend, genetics.Wicky_42 said:Anything by Ian Banks and you're sorted. His Culture series in particular is excellent.
The Honour Harrington series is ok to start off with, but the characters are pretty shallow and the story not much better. Nice action in it, but that's easily the best bit and as I understand it the later books drop the action in favour of politicking n stuff. Once you realise that most of the combat is based heavily on Napoleonic-era naval warfare it looses its charm a little.
Lets be honest here, they're mostly more fantasy than sci-fi - though yeah, they were a good readMookie_Magnus said: