A Good Sci Fi Read?
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More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon or Planet of the Blind are both fine science-fiction books without ray guns, space battles and warp engines (I recall the space travel done in the latter to be enabled by 'simple' suspended animation).
Alright, I'll play. I'm going to stick to newer authors though as you blokes seem to have the classics covered. And for those that re heavy on the classics - don't be afraid to let go of those and explore some new guys every so often, you might be surprised at the newest crop of talent out there.
I third (or are we up to fourths?) the Richard K Morgan recc's. You get the sci-fi with him and you also get a nice shovel full of noir'ish murder mystery and bleak outlook...and bloody violence, mmmm bloody violence.
Also:
The Bright of the Sky by Kay Kenyon (Book 1 of the Entire and the Rose Quartet, 3 of which are currently published) It's character driven space opera that has a considerable amount of fantasy included with it. Probably my personal favorite of the bunch I'm bringing up.
Old Man's War by John Scalzi. Starship Troopers if it were made by Tarantino.
Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell. More space opera that is high on the adventure and character development.
Infoquake by David Louis Edelman. Not space opera. Heavier on tech and politics within future corporations.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Just get it. Right now.
I third (or are we up to fourths?) the Richard K Morgan recc's. You get the sci-fi with him and you also get a nice shovel full of noir'ish murder mystery and bleak outlook...and bloody violence, mmmm bloody violence.
Also:
The Bright of the Sky by Kay Kenyon (Book 1 of the Entire and the Rose Quartet, 3 of which are currently published) It's character driven space opera that has a considerable amount of fantasy included with it. Probably my personal favorite of the bunch I'm bringing up.
Old Man's War by John Scalzi. Starship Troopers if it were made by Tarantino.
Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell. More space opera that is high on the adventure and character development.
Infoquake by David Louis Edelman. Not space opera. Heavier on tech and politics within future corporations.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Just get it. Right now.
i was going to scream "DUNE" but you already read it...
The Myst series is clever and unique
and Kushiel's Legacy is tramendously wonderful, but its not Sci-fi, its fantasy-fi (patent pending, j/k)
sorry thats all i got, i'm not a sci-fi reader, rather play or watch.
The Myst series is clever and unique
and Kushiel's Legacy is tramendously wonderful, but its not Sci-fi, its fantasy-fi (patent pending, j/k)
sorry thats all i got, i'm not a sci-fi reader, rather play or watch.
If you enjoyed Iain Banks then Ken Macleod might be worth a look.
I've only read the Cassini Division so far but he seems to have the left field, left wing thinking you get from Banks and the same dark backgrounds and characters.
Edit: Also Asimov has some excellent short stories. Some of them more impressive than his Foundation series in my opinion.
I've only read the Cassini Division so far but he seems to have the left field, left wing thinking you get from Banks and the same dark backgrounds and characters.
Edit: Also Asimov has some excellent short stories. Some of them more impressive than his Foundation series in my opinion.
I can not recomend the Diskworld novels (by Terry Pratchet) enough. Really, they are very, very good. Not exacly sci-fi but that is irrelivent.
A King of Infinitive Space by Allen Steele is fun. A young man dies in a car accident, is frozen in licuid nitrogen and brought back to live in the future. Trouble follows.
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, half of it happens in the past (world war 2) but it is very good. Snow Crash is also good.
If you are prepared to give the Warhammer 40.000 universe a chance (in the grim darkness of the far future ther is only war, war, and more war). Then I would recomend the Space Wolf omnibus by William King. It explains a bit about what a space marine is and how he is made.
The Gaunts Ghosts series by Dan Abnet are good if you want to learn about the Imperial Guard (regular army) and the Ciaphas Cain novels by Sandy Mitchell are less grim and more funny and entertaining.
A King of Infinitive Space by Allen Steele is fun. A young man dies in a car accident, is frozen in licuid nitrogen and brought back to live in the future. Trouble follows.
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, half of it happens in the past (world war 2) but it is very good. Snow Crash is also good.
If you are prepared to give the Warhammer 40.000 universe a chance (in the grim darkness of the far future ther is only war, war, and more war). Then I would recomend the Space Wolf omnibus by William King. It explains a bit about what a space marine is and how he is made.
The Gaunts Ghosts series by Dan Abnet are good if you want to learn about the Imperial Guard (regular army) and the Ciaphas Cain novels by Sandy Mitchell are less grim and more funny and entertaining.
Not sure if they're science fiction but the Mortal Engines series by Phillip Reeve are an entertaining read.