What's the best Sc-Fi book you've read?

[Icaruss]

I think that I've been brainwashed by Bungie into enjoying game-based novels.

Something a little more on the classic end? Fahrenheit 451.

Have to be i own three or so of the novels and their all meh..the last cole protocl was painfully boring..had to force myself to reach the end like the last few miles in a long run.just inside of a feeling of spent satisfaction and contentment i felt extreme indiffrence(did't know that was possible) and a dimished affection for a once beloved franchise, And of topic as always but is no one else going to mention Arraon dembski bowden, i know his only worked for the black libary and not everyones into warhammer but i seen almost a dozen refences to Dan abneett's work.Really?

 

[gruggins]

mortal engines by phillip reeve!...

come on, i mean seriously? what other sci-fi book series has towns that roll around and eat each other like giant animal/tank things (plus peter jackson is making a movie of it)

either that or "i have no mouth and i must scream" by Harlen Ellison
good books

as for fantasy i reccomend either the belgariad or the misleadingly titled monster blood tatto trilogy by D.M Cornish

 

[Sonicron]

If you're looking for dark sci-fi, you can't go wrong with Warhammer 40.000. They're not all winners, but in my experience just about anything by Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill, James Swallow and Aaron Dembski-Bowden can be considered top of the line.
Special recommendations:

Dan Abnett:
- Eisenhorn (Omnibus) (this is what got me hooked on W40k)
- Ravenor (Omnibus) (sequel trilogy to Eisenhorn)
- Brothers of the Snake (very good one-shot)

Aaron Dembski-Bowden:
- Cadian Blood (one-shot)
- Soul Hunter (start of an ongoing trilogy)

Aside from that, the ongoing Horus Heresy series of novels is also great, with a few small exceptions. I'd recommend you start with a one-shot to get into the groove, but if you find W40k to your liking, then this series is pretty much a must.

 

[Scrubiii]

Depends if you want something serious or lighthearted. For serious I would recommend Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide and Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card. For lighthearted I would recommend the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and it's four sequels by Douglas Adams.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Anything by Dan Abnett, and much of the Horus Heresy series.

Less niche stuff would be: Foundation (series) by Isaac Asimov, Saga of the Seven Suns (if space opera is your thing) by Kevin J Anderson

Well of Echoes isn't sci-fi (or high fantasy), dark steampunk fantasy (and depressing as hell). Give Ian Irvine a go.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

The Halo books.

They are actually good narratives, with some morally complex characters.

 

[Koroviev]

The Halo books.

They are actually good narratives, with some morally complex characters.

I've actually considered reading the Mass Effect books. It's a universe I'd care to learn more about, but it depends on the quality of the writing.

 

[Mr Somewhere]

Man Plus by Frederik Phol has been my personal pick for quite some time now. It's an interesting mid twentieth century science fiction novel (the best time for science fiction) about a man being slowly transformed into a cyborg. He has nearly everything taken from him, completely dehumanized. It has a very strong Frankensteinesque atmosphere and is quite touching. It's a very absorbing read.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

The Halo books.

They are actually good narratives, with some morally complex characters.

I've actually considered reading the Mass Effect books. It's a universe I'd care to learn more about, but it depends on the quality of the writing.

That's how I got into the Halo books.

They tell you a ton about the universe, and the newer onezs have execellent writing.

Can't speak for ME though.