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Shalia Ripper
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Posted - 2012.05.13 08:24:00 -
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"Hardwired" and "Voice of the Whirlwind" by Walter John Williams
"Emerald Eyes", "The Long Run", "The Last Dancer" and "The AI War" by Daniel Keys Moran. yes, it is a series.
"A Million Open Doors" by John Barnes.
Other than that, there are not many recommendations in this thread I would mock. I've read too many of them.
Oh, and go very oldschool and read Edgar Rice Burrows John Carter of Mars books. It is so fun to read them 100 years after they were written.
Why can't I just delete my signature CCP? WHYYYYYYY? |
Alrione
Black Lagoon Inc.
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Posted - 2012.05.13 14:11:00 -
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Culture series by Ian Banks is really good. Alastair Reynolds space stuff is also good, not so sure about his other stylistic endeavours.
Lately I have been reading Takeshi Kovachs series by Richard Morgan, its more of a cyberpunk though. |
Sister Rhode
Wildly Inappropriate Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.05.15 17:50:00 -
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Josef Djugashvilis wrote:Anything by John Wyndham
They are not modern; flash - bang - wallop books.
But along with I. Asimov, about as good as sci-fi writing gets IMHO.
Heh, I was going through this thread thinking, hey, no one has mentioned Wyndham yet, until I got to your post.
His books and short stories are great, old school sci-fi.
Day of the Triffids, Chocky, Chrysalids (which most people read in school, at least here in Canada).
My particular favourite Wyndham story is a short story entitled 'Survival' about a spacecraft marooned in orbit around Mars. It's part of the short story collection 'Seeds of Time' which is a great read in its entirety. |
Ituhata Saken
Crimson Cross Destroyers
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Posted - 2012.05.15 19:41:00 -
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Florestan Bronstein wrote:I'm an absolute sucker for cheesy space opera novels from the 70s/80s C.J.Cherryh can come pretty close to the feeling of the EVE universe at times - try Merchanter's Luck (or Downbelow Station) for some light reading.
I was just going to suggest the Alliance-Union universe. :D I also loved the The Pride of Chanur. Or I guess its a trilogy now but it's loosely tied to the Alliance-Union universe. |
Jno Aubrey
Galactic Patrol
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Posted - 2012.05.16 00:13:00 -
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"The Mote in God's Eye" (Niven & Pournelle) is possibly the best "first contact" book ever written.
+1 for all of Peter Hamilton's works - especially the Void series.
Also, go to Project Gutenberg where you can download off-copyright ebooks in Kindle format for free. You can't go wrong with some of the classics - Wells, Burroughs, Verne, etc.
Name a shrub after me.-á Something prickly and hard to eradicate. |
SabotNoob
Sabot Industries
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Posted - 2012.05.16 19:49:00 -
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As said many times before in this thread, read books by the one, the only, ALASTAIR REYNOLDS!
I'm almost done reading all of his books. I've read his novels, and I'm currently reading his short stories. They are mostly all pretty good. He was an astronomer and worked for the Euro Space Agency before becoming full time writer. He writes his novels in a way that are realistic, and writes about technology that he believes we can achieve at some point.
His Revelation Space trilogy of five novels are awesome, so that might be a good place to start. His stand alone ones are great too.
Here's a link to his Wikipedia article, where you can find all of his novels:
Alastair Reynolds on Wikipedia |
Penelope Star
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Posted - 2012.07.12 08:34:00 -
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SabotNoob wrote:As said many times before in this thread, read books by the one, the only, ALASTAIR REYNOLDS! I'm almost done reading all of his books. I've read his novels, and I'm currently reading his short stories. They are mostly all pretty good. He was an astronomer and worked for the Euro Space Agency before becoming full time writer. He writes his novels in a way that are realistic, and writes about technology that he believes we can achieve at some point. His Revelation Space trilogy of five novels are awesome, so that might be a good place to start. His stand alone ones are great too. Here's a link to his Wikipedia article, where you can find all of his novels: Alastair Reynolds on Wikipedia
Recently started reading Revelation Space - heard so many good things about Alastair Reynolds' writing. Definitely lives up to ALL the hype. Fantastic book. I know your type: -á tall, dark and dead |
pussnheels
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Posted - 2012.07.12 08:54:00 -
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you have to like them but several of the WH 40k novels are pretty good , they not the highstanding classical SF books many of my fellow players mentioned but they surely are entertaining
Some of the better ones are the Horus heresy series Gaunts Ghost series , if you like scottish ninjas in space Space wolf trillogy nighthunters tseries
check the black library website fr more info I do not agree with what you are saying , but i will defend to the death your right to say it...... Voltaire |
Lyskal Oskold
Sefem Ortus Swift Angels Alliance
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Posted - 2012.07.12 10:27:00 -
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Deadspace: Martyr, I found really enjoyable.
Then again I am a Deadspace fan, I couldn't put it down. Pirates are red,buddies are blue,if you're unlucky enough to be orange,I'll f*cking kill you. |
Miregar Shakor
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.07.12 11:19:00 -
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I had to take a break from the genre after finishing The Gap Series by Stephen Donaldson. It made everything I tried to read sort of..plain, and grey. |
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Tibus Massani
Apoclypse Knights
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Posted - 2012.07.15 01:53:00 -
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It's been mentioned earlier, but The Lost Fleet series is really good. |
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