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SabotNoob
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Posted - 2010.08.26 22:43:00 -
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This book looks interesting so I was thinking about picking it up on ebay. Anyone else read it? If so, thoughts?
Anyone have any recommendations for other sci-fi books? I recently finished Contact, by Carl Sagan. I think the movie was alright, not bad.
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Amarr
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Posted - 2010.08.26 23:37:00 -
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http://www.scifi-az.com/novels.htm
All of those.
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Paul Kane
Undiscovered Force
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Posted - 2010.08.27 09:00:00 -
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Some good SF series I have in my bookshelf:
http://www.dunenovels.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_Space
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Known_Space
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SF_Masterworks <- very good books in here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Asher
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Dray
Caldari
Euphoria Released
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Posted - 2010.08.27 09:11:00 -
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I read it last year and it's v.good if you like your space opera vast in scale, which I do.
Have a look at the Hyperion Omnibus, Endymion Omnibus, and Ilium and Olympus by Dan Simmons.
Linkies.
Hyperion Omnibus.
Endymion Omnibus.
Ilium and Olympus.
If you enjoy House of Suns then you should enjoy these, Space Opera at its best for me.
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Rashmika Clavain
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.08.27 12:42:00 -
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I've all of Reynolds' stuff. I was hooked since I picked up Absolution Gap.
Hosue of Suns is pretty good. The ending was fantastic, very melancholic!
I'd strongly recommend Terminal World. I found it utterly riveting.
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Carine Parnasse
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Posted - 2010.08.27 19:01:00 -
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Big fan of Reynolds, I really liked all the fiction set in the Revelation space universe, if you haven't read them grab the books and the short story collections. Also, the collection Zima Blue is amazing, it's a must read for anyone who likes the deeper side of sci-fi, goes beyond most sci-fi in depth and making you consider new ideas.
Which brings me to House of Suns. Honestly, after finishing it I had to check it wasn't writen by a different Reynolds, there is no real substance beneath "Space ships sure are awsome *ZOOOOM*, now the story is a fantasy, no wait its a whodunnit now, oh what the hell dues ex machina ending." The characters are all interchangable (Althought the setting sort of fits that.) The 'bad guys' are bad simply because they are fighting the guys we follow, and neither side has ANY philosophies that are remotely relatable, other then how nice immortally cavorting round the galaxy is. For all you writers out there, you can't make a terrible secret a plot twist if we aren't invested in any of the people it pertains to.
This may not bother others, but gone are the rigidly logical constraints of technology in Revelation Space, which shaped the cultures and societies, House of Suns follows a clan that has become what Clarke called sufficiently advanced, whose technology isn't given any more basis then magic, making everything they do utterly easy until they run into arbitary restrictions, which makes any sense of suspense impossible(for me at least.)
Honestly, it read like Well of Stars by Robert Reed, without the rich setting, interesting characters, believable adversary, and (amazingly) even worse pacing.
This is already a wall of text, so all I will say about Terminal World is the setting is kickass, but it might be worth waiting for the sequel, as you will have questions at the end.
DISCLAIMER: These are only my opinions, feel free to disagree.
TLDR: Buy Zima Blue
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Larg Kellein
Caldari
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
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Posted - 2010.08.27 19:56:00 -
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House of Suns isn't bad at all, but it's poor by Reynolds standards. If you haven't read them, I'd get the Revelation Space series instead. The Prefect in particular is an amazing read.
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Danks
Caldari
Fat Angry Toe Tappin Inbreds
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Posted - 2010.08.28 00:38:00 -
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I'm also a big AR fan. As said before HOS was good, but not the best of his work. The RS books are great, for his stand-alones I really liked Century Rain.
There are a few collections of his short stories out there that are well worth picking up(Zima Blue, Galactic North, Deep Navigation).
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Sma da'Marenhide
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Posted - 2010.08.28 13:41:00 -
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Yeah i really enjoyed it, not like his other stuff but good all the less..
Just got his recent one today(terminal world) and so far so good.
As for other stuff..ever tried Iain M Banks?
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Alexeph Stoekai
Stoekai Corp
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Posted - 2010.08.28 16:19:00 -
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Edited by: Alexeph Stoekai on 28/08/2010 16:19:09
I just finished it a few days ago actually. It is an amazing book!
Originally by: Larg Kellein
House of Suns isn't bad at all, but it's poor by Reynolds standards. If you haven't read them, I'd get the Revelation Space series instead. The Prefect in particular is an amazing read.
The only other Reynolds book I've read is Revelation Space, but I have to say I found House of Suns to be far more gripping and easier to enjoy. It simply didn't engage me like House of Suns did, and left me feeling like Revelation Space was quite dull really.
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Aisley Tyrion
DAB
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Posted - 2010.08.29 20:59:00 -
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Reynold's books are pretty good indeed. I have most of them in my book shelf. As for House of Suns, it was pretty good as a scifi book but most of Reynold's works are better, IMHO. Try Century Rain if you want a standalone piece or go with the Revelation Space saga.
Other great scifis I have read (apart from the obvious classics such as Dune, Foundation saga, etc) are, for example, Iain M Banks' Culture novels (I especially liked Excession) and David Weber's Honor Harrington series which I am currently reading (sixth novel going..).
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Nog Sidewinder
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Posted - 2010.08.30 02:03:00 -
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not scifi but Malazan Book of the Fallen is what I'm reading right now. It's A+
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SabotNoob
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Posted - 2010.09.01 21:33:00 -
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Ok, well thanks for all the reviews and suggestions. Bought House of Suns and it arrived 2 days ago. Can't seem to put it down, already 1/5 the way through, lol. Will line up some more AR books. Chasm City seems interesting...
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Awesomeness Escalated
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Posted - 2010.09.02 00:59:00 -
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I'm currently at reading the Revelation Space saga myself. So far I've finished Revelation Space and Chasm City and I'm almost through with Redemption Ark. Lucky for me it's the beginning of the month so I just ordered the rest of the series.
Haven't read any books in a long time so I've got not much of an idea who is currently writing any good scifi stuff at all but AR stuff is as far as I can judge until now almost certainly worth a read.
From the three books I know so far I liked Chasm City best but there is still a lot of catch up reading to do.
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Carine Parnasse
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Posted - 2010.09.02 11:46:00 -
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Just noticed that the final book of the Void Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton is out around now (finally).
I haven't read this one yet but the last two, as well as the Commonwealth saga were really good. So if you havent read them, I would suggest taking a look.
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Arianhod
Red Dwarf Mining Corporation
space weaponry and trade
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Posted - 2010.09.02 20:50:00 -
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Been a Reynolds fan since I picked up Revelation Space when I was 12, it was my first "oh so this is for adults now is it?" book if I remember right. Defiantly the most memorable and been reading it as it comes out now.
House of Suns.... didn't grip me any where near as the Inhibitors did, those things are Nightmare Fuel unleaded and incredibly realistic in execution.
His best work however I think was in Zima Blue, "Minla's Flowers". That was the single best instance of space opera I think I have ever read. Follows a character called Merlin who seems to be a tribute to The Doctor but with a "you must work for your happy ending" approach with no time travel. Also since its one of his older works it has a faction of unseen aliens who are exterminating humanity in a no FTL setting, so seems the Inhibitors were an evolution of them.
Its the old Clarke's law of technological advancement given to a people who aren't ready for it.
With predictably (and genuinely I felt) horrifying results.
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