What's the best Sc-Fi book you've read?
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That one book written by Philip K. Dick. Can't for the life of me remember the title...
Oh, I'm definitely a fan of Dune, as well as William Gibson's Neuromancer and Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, but good ol' Mr. Dick has just got a way with the imagination that, though technically not spacy-esque Sci-Fi, is just filled with absolute WTFery as you go through.
Oh, I'm definitely a fan of Dune, as well as William Gibson's Neuromancer and Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, but good ol' Mr. Dick has just got a way with the imagination that, though technically not spacy-esque Sci-Fi, is just filled with absolute WTFery as you go through.
That had to be the most depressing series in all of the Star Wars EU. Stick with it, because there are a few books which are landmarks in the whole canon. Vector Prime for the obvious reason, Star By Star is a major whammy, Traitor is riveting, and The Unifying Force could have easily been the end all to the post Return of the Jedi books. It was fucking fantastic.thenumberthirteen said:I'm enjoying the New Jedi Order series of Star wars books at the moment. Vector Prime brought a tear to my eye
But stop there. Please don't go any further. The Dark Nest Trilogy is a festering pile of shit, and Legacy of the Force pretty much defiles everything that made the NJO brilliant.
Another series is the already mentioned Gaunt's Ghosts. Really good books.
I usually avoid novels; science-fiction doesn't sit very well with that literary format, in my opinion. Off the top of my head, though, I would have to nominate Light Music by Kathleen Ann Goonan. I haven't been able to acquire the other books in that series, sadly. As for novels that incorporate elements of sci-fi.. Cloud Atlas and Slaughterhouse 5 are two of my favorite books ever..
I love Asimov's "The End of Eternity". It's just sooo... just yeah. Although I have just got the Robots series so I'm hoping that'll be even better.
Also any film adaptation of anything by H.G. Wells, yeah they change the story massively but in doing so they manage to cut out all the "Get to the point!" that he did so well to drag out with.
Also any film adaptation of anything by H.G. Wells, yeah they change the story massively but in doing so they manage to cut out all the "Get to the point!" that he did so well to drag out with.
I'm just about finished Jedi Eclipse (the 5th one) so I've got a few to go yet. I've already read Legacy of the Force (and what has been released so far of Fate of the Jedi), and didn't think it was so bad. I'm enjoying NJO and FotJ more than Legacy though.Soviet Heavy said:That had to be the most depressing series in all of the Star Wars EU. Stick with it, because there are a few books which are landmarks in the whole canon. Vector Prime for the obvious reason, Star By Star is a major whammy, Traitor is riveting, and The Unifying Force could have easily been the end all to the post Return of the Jedi books. It was fucking fantastic.thenumberthirteen said:I'm enjoying the New Jedi Order series of Star wars books at the moment. Vector Prime brought a tear to my eye
But stop there. Please don't go any further. The Dark Nest Trilogy is a festering pile of shit, and Legacy of the Force pretty much defiles everything that made the NJO brilliant.
Another series is the already mentioned Gaunt's Ghosts. Really good books.
Also Gaunt's Ghosts (and the Eisenhorn/Ravenor series) are really good. In fact my current glut of Star wars books is a break from reading nothing but 40K fiction for the past 6 years.
Ender's Game for me. Absolutely didn't see the end coming.
I'm kinda mixed up about the rest of the books. The writing is still great but some of the content is a little too weird for me, especially most of the stuff in Children of the Mind, didn't really like some of Card's decisions
What's wrong with liking the continuing books more than the first one anyway?
I'm kinda mixed up about the rest of the books. The writing is still great but some of the content is a little too weird for me, especially most of the stuff in Children of the Mind, didn't really like some of Card's decisions
Actually it's kinda the first book. After that Card went and turned Ender's Game into a novel.Sean565 said:
What's wrong with liking the continuing books more than the first one anyway?
Oh man, so many. Here's the Sci-Fi:
Dune by: Frank Herbert
World War Z by: Max Brooks (Ridiculously awesome.)
The Stand by: Stephen King
Ender's Game by: Orson Scott Card (If you haven't read this book, shame on you.)
1984 by: George Orwell
Little Brother by: Cory Doctorow
EDIT: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by: Douglas Adams
Here's the Fantasy:
The Dark Tower Series by: Stephen King (It's just so fucking awesome....)
Lord of the Rings by: JRR Tolkien (more shame on you if you haven't read these either)
The Inheritance Trilogy by: Christopher Paolini
EDIT: The Abhorsen series by: Garth Nix
Youth in Revolt by: C.D. Payne (It's technically a "realistic fiction", but nothing in this book could ever happen, so I consider it fantasy. (This is a joke. This book sucks.))
Dune by: Frank Herbert
World War Z by: Max Brooks (Ridiculously awesome.)
The Stand by: Stephen King
Ender's Game by: Orson Scott Card (If you haven't read this book, shame on you.)
1984 by: George Orwell
Little Brother by: Cory Doctorow
EDIT: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by: Douglas Adams
Here's the Fantasy:
The Dark Tower Series by: Stephen King (It's just so fucking awesome....)
Lord of the Rings by: JRR Tolkien (more shame on you if you haven't read these either)
The Inheritance Trilogy by: Christopher Paolini
EDIT: The Abhorsen series by: Garth Nix
Youth in Revolt by: C.D. Payne (It's technically a "realistic fiction", but nothing in this book could ever happen, so I consider it fantasy. (This is a joke. This book sucks.))
