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Cheeba Don
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2010.03.17 13:07:00 -
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Rendevouz with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
and then there are 3/4 books that follow.
Read it when I was young and was first thing I had read/watched that made me think what was above the clouds.
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DeBingJos
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.03.17 14:22:00 -
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I can't believe this hasn't come up yet: The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
And of course: Enders game (series) from Orson Scott Card.
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MooKids
Caldari
The Graduates
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2010.03.17 14:34:00 -
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Probably because he already said he read Ender's Game and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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rubico1337
Caldari
Mnemonic Enterprises
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Posted - 2010.03.17 14:49:00 -
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this thread fails completely, not enough isaac asimov.
that being said, the foundation trilogy. probably the most influential sci-fi writing ever. if you cant get into it KEEP READING
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DeBingJos
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.03.17 15:27:00 -
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 Originally by: MooKids
Probably because he already said he read Ender's Game and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
/me reads ops post -> LOL I stand corrected.
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Jago Kain
Amarr
Ramm's RDI
Tactical Narcotics Team
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Posted - 2010.03.17 17:56:00 -
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Howabout The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson?
Gratuitous sex, yellow submarines and conspiracy theories abound. What more could you want?
Handbuilt by Roberts.
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Haxfar Portlaind
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Posted - 2010.03.17 18:03:00 -
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What about Metro 2033 and 2034?
ok, i admit. I've never read one of the books... can anyone say if they are good?
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FunzzeR
Death of Virtue
MeatSausage EXPRESS
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Posted - 2010.03.17 20:16:00 -
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Edited by: FunzzeR on 17/03/2010 20:16:40
Yet another vote for Iain Banks brigade...
Though Excession and Look to the Windward are tied as favorites.
Also his regular fiction novels are pretty good too.
Heck, I named my cat 'Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival'.
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M'ktakh
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Posted - 2010.03.17 20:21:00 -
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Stanislaw Lem: Solaris, The Invincible, The Masters Voice, Eden, The Return. Hell, everything he wrote is great, yes, even Pirx.
Lem is about the only sci-fi writer who put real effort into making his aliens really alien, and not just an extension of a few human character marks. The Invincible has a quasi-insectoid noosphere intelligence, and his best work, Solaris, has a living, yet in terms of communication, unreachable planet.
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Guillame Herschel
Gallente
NME1
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Posted - 2010.03.17 21:23:00 -
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Originally by: Pypok
The problem is that I have read most of them by now and need more books. What really stood out was the Nights Dawn Trilogy and The Void series by Peter F. Hamilton, Ender's series and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
OK, your taste is easy enough to identify.
Check out the "Old Man's War" trilogy by John Scalzi ("Old Man's War", "The Ghost Brigades", "The Last Colony" and "Zoe's Tale").
Excellent stuff, reads like a classic from Heinlein, but with up to date tech and less misogyny. Old Man's War
Also, do read the classics by Heinlein: "Starship Troopers" "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" "Puppet Masters" and especially "Stranger in a Strange Land." Also, many of his "Scribner's Juveniles" (novels for teens) are great reads, like "Tunnel in the Sky" and "Have Spacesuit - Will Travel."
Larry Niven writes hard-core sci-fi, where the tech is very advanced and takes a prominent role in the plots. For short stories, look up "Tales from Known Space" and for a trilogy of novels, you won't regret "Ringworld", "Ringworld Engineers" and "Protector." Niven's collaborations with Jerry Pournelle are also very enjoyable: "The Mote in God's Eye", "Footfall", and "Lucifer's Hammer" among the better ones.
-- Nah, that's just my Asperger's kickin' in.
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DigitalCommunist
November Corporation
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Posted - 2010.03.17 21:52:00 -
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My take on Night's Dawn.. the start was great, the middle was extremely drawn out and overall left too little meat on the ending. Sort of am abrupt wrapup that doesn't come off very clean and satisfying, but its the best scientific view on the afterlife that I can think of.
Mars Trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars) by Kim Stanley Robinson, if you prefer a realistic take on what colonization of the red planet would be like.
Dune Series are a must read if you haven't (up until Heretics of Dune maybe, nothing by Brian Herbert oh god).
Revelation Space and Foundation Series are highly recommended, but if you prefer something a bit more militant, then the Honor Harrigton (Honorverse) or Battletech stuff should be good.
For some good short stuff, try Call Me Joe by Poul Anderson, The Sandkings by George R.R. Martin, Robot Dreams by Asimov. If you're getting a bit burned out, avoid the longer trilogies and series and try short interesting stuff.
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Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc.
Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.03.18 00:35:00 -
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I will throw one out that I never finished.
I tried to read Battlefield Earth when I was 15. I really enjoyed the first 400 pages or so and then it got to a point where I thought he could end it within about 20 pages yet there was close to another 500 pages left. I stopped at that point because I got the feeling that I was going to be unhappy if I continued reading.
So that me be one worth trying.
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Irida Mershkov
Gallente
Capsuleers of Doom
Opticon Alliance
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Posted - 2010.03.18 00:58:00 -
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Originally by: Haxfar Portlaind
What about Metro 2033 and 2034?
ok, i admit. I've never read one of the books... can anyone say if they are good?
They're not sci-fi but post apocalyptic settings.
Metro 2033 comes out here in 2 days, got the book on pre-order... will pick up the game same day. Has 2034 been written?
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Slightly Green
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Posted - 2010.03.18 01:33:00 -
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Originally by: DeBingJos
I can't believe this hasn't come up yet: The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
And of course: Enders game (series) from Orson Scott Card.
The only one of the Ender series worth reading, IMHO, is the first one.
Mind you, that's a very good first one.
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Enoch Tarr
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Posted - 2010.03.18 15:55:00 -
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One more vote for Reynolds, Simmons (The Hyperion Cantos is already a classics) and especially Stross. One more name that hasn't been mentioned and deserves it - Greg Egan. Hard SF packed with brilliant ideas. His books sometimes read like physics textbooks, but its well worth the invested effort. The Diaspora is my personal favorite, I experienced a feeling akin to vertigo while reading and thinking about it, but this time not of the deeps bellow, but of the multiverses beyond. |
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