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Galaxion
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Posted - 2005.09.24 20:12:00 -
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Never mind Sci-fi, Pandora's Star by Peter Hamilton is the best book I have ever read. Ever.
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Wanoah
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Posted - 2005.09.24 23:06:00 -
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 Originally by: Galaxion
Never mind Sci-fi, Pandora's Star by Peter Hamilton is the best book I have ever read. Ever.
Good! That very book arrived from Amazon this week, so I'm looking forward to a good read.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at stars.
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keepiru
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Posted - 2005.09.25 01:29:00 -
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Originally by: Ione Hunt
Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy and Pandora's Star. Oh, and the sequel to Pandora's Star is out now, in case you were ****ed at the cliffhanger ending 
Good to know.
Picks (many from SF masterworks series):
Stephen R. Donaldson - GAP series
Philip K. **** - The Man in the High Castle; Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
John Brunner - Stand on Zanzibar
James Blish - Cities in Flight
Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination
Theodore Sturgeon - More Than Human
Samuel R. Delany - Babel 17; Nova
Ursula K. LeGuin - The Lathe of Heaven
Iain M. Banks - Against a Dark Background
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Down for mainteinance while i look for a new pet peeve.
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Dr Happy
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Posted - 2005.09.25 02:14:00 -
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any scifiction writen byu isaac Asimov
foundation series is really good
anything writen by Ben Bova
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Min Davoi
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Posted - 2005.09.25 20:17:00 -
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Enders Game - The best Sci-Fi _Ever_
Tiger, Tiger
anything in the Instrumentality of Mankind Series
Time Enough For Love
Too many others to remember
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Myrrdin
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Posted - 2005.09.26 00:07:00 -
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One author nobody here seems to have mentioned is the great Gene Wolfe. I would rate his Book of the New Sun series the top fantasy saga of the last 25 years or so.
The four books are set millions of years into the future, after a long decline of human civilisation. Technology and magic are indistinguishable. More 'literature' than most modern sci-fi/fantasy, they demand a lot of thought from the reader, but are well worth the effort.
Bah, I simply can't put into words how much I like these books. If you are getting bored with the throwaway nature of much recent stuff, check them out.
Also - Anything by China Mieville, especially Perdido Street Station or The Scar. Steampunk/Fantasy, with a bit of socialism and huge amounts of imagination.
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Madscotsman
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Posted - 2005.09.26 15:55:00 -
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The Lensman series by Edward E. Smith.
Foundation series by Asimov.
Both these series are still very good, considering how long ago they were written.
Hitch Hikers by Douglas Adams, purely because it is so funny.
Haven't really had a chance to read much recently 
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Wanoah
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Posted - 2005.09.26 20:19:00 -
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Quote:
More 'literature' than most modern sci-fi/fantasy, they demand a lot of thought from the reader, but are well worth the effort.
Hmm, you have my attention. Might check this out rather than having another ***** at Crime and Punishment (the book, not the forum ^^).
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at stars.
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Eurydike
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Posted - 2005.09.27 01:55:00 -
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Edited by: Eurydike on 27/09/2005 01:57:15
William Gibson's Neuromancer Trilogy
I just lub Cyberpunk.
And although I normally don't like books for games, Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts novels set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe are excellent.
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Wrayeth
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Posted - 2005.09.27 02:04:00 -
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Gotta second whomever mentioned David Weber. His Honor Harrington series is some of the best work I've ever read. Another of my favorites is W. Michael Gear's Forbidden Borders trilogy. David Drake's Lt. Leary series is another good one (can you tell I like military sci-fi?).
Then there are the classics like Heinlein, Clark, and Asimov.
To the OP, Kevin J. Anderson's probably one of the best new authors to come along in quite some time - what I've read so far of the Saga of Seven Suns has been excellent. My only beef is that I have to wait a year after each new book comes out to be able to get it - can't afford hardcover these days.
-Wrayeth
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Lok Ta'car
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Posted - 2005.09.27 08:47:00 -
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Any of the Hitch Hikers guide books, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and the Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul.
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Sirial Soulfly
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Posted - 2005.10.01 19:33:00 -
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Originally by: Sherkaner
Edited by: Sherkaner on 14/09/2005 08:34:58
Edited by: Sherkaner on 14/09/2005 08:20:16
Alastair Reynolds
The Noir series:
Chasm City
Revelation Space
Redemption Ark
Absolution Gap
Best SF series I've ever read. If you like The Night's Dawn, you'll love this.
Are those to be read in any particular order ? :) I have them all now but dont know where to begin :p
Regards
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Zakalwe
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Posted - 2005.10.01 22:24:00 -
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Bah, the man who invented my name  . In RL, i've a twin so... (those who've read Use of Weapons will get that, hehe...) Consider Phlebas, A Look to Windward, etc.
Well Sci fi always, of course...
At 14 Dune ( which is a metaphore of islam) and the Pandora serie, then Clarke, Roberts (pavane), Priest, Heinlein (starship troopers, road of glory,) Sturgeon (all), Abraham Merrit (all), Robert E. Howard (all) Farmer (all), Coney (all), the man which i always come back : Jack Vance , the Kirth Gersen serie, the Suldrun serie (best Fantasy ever)the Tscha´ serie.
And the best of the best imho, the best who have made my tears flowed at 16 or 17, the magnificent, the inegalable Robert F. Young. Nobody knows him, only a few, who don't like to share the pearls they find...
Hmmm...
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Digitalfox
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Posted - 2005.10.02 16:27:00 -
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I would recomend
Robert A. Heinleins books:
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Starship Troopers and
Friday
Along the same lines as Starship Troopers but imo much better
John Steakleys book
Armor
If cyberpunk is your thing I would highly recomend
Neal Stephensons
Snow Crash
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Maranhao
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Posted - 2005.10.02 17:43:00 -
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Timeline by Michael Crichton. Great book!!
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kessah
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Posted - 2005.10.02 23:40:00 -
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Originally by: Tsietisin
Just finished Hidden Empire the fist book of the saga of the seven suns series by Kevin J Anderson. Very good it was too. Space Opera at its best.
Anyone else got any recomedations?
Tsietisin.
Godly Book seris, was the best book seris ive ever read and i just couldnt put it the seris down after the 1st book. i simply cannot wait for book 5 "Of fire and Night"
Read the next 3 books dude u will love them.
It just gets so good after book 1, I love what happens to Jess Tamblyn.
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kessah
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Posted - 2005.10.02 23:45:00 -
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Originally by: TauTut
Arthur C Clarke?
I'm reading Rama atm ... thought provoking rather than cooking people with laser beams.
Cant seem to get into this book. ive read about half of it but hasnt really hit me yet.
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Juwi Kotch
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Posted - 2005.10.03 16:04:00 -
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Edited by: Juwi Kotch on 03/10/2005 16:04:51
Originally by: keepiru
John Brunner - Stand on Zanzibar
John Brunner was a visionary. In Stand of Zanzibar he mentioned a car make called Rolls-Skoda. Actually, for some time, both Rolls Royce and Skoda belonged to one car maker - Volkswagen. How could anyone expect this in the high time of the cold war, that those two companies would actually part of one (Skoda is and was a Czech company)?
Besides that, I allready read most of the books in this thread already, but I got some new hints and tips and I thank you for them.
A fantastic series wasn't mentioned, however that is no direct space thing: Helliconia by Brian W. Aldiss. One other truly amazing book not mentioned yet is The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell.
Lot's of my all time favorits are already mentioned: Ender's Game, the Hyperion/Endymion series (the first book Hyperion is outright genious), Snow Crash and Diamond Age as well as the Otherland series (both better cyberpunk then the original Neuromancer series) just to mention a few.
It was already mentioned: Try Bean Books. You can get Honor Harrington for free and lots of other space based fiction. You can download the books as eBooks and just pay half the normal price! I have downloaded at least 10 books there already, since it is by far the cheapest way to get english language SF novels in Germany :).
Juwi
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Tekran
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Posted - 2005.10.03 20:53:00 -
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dig into just about anything you see with that little Baen seal on the spine. baen scifi=good scifi.
(^my sig got nerfed?^)
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Wanoah
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Posted - 2005.10.03 21:41:00 -
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Originally by: Zakalwe
Bah, the man who invented my name . In RL, i've a twin so... (those who've read Use of Weapons will get that, hehe...)
I'm so jealous that you managed to get that name! Actually, I always enjoy playing 'I Spy' and trying to spot my favourite fictional characters in Eve. Pretty sure I saw Livueta around somewhere...
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at stars.
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Zakalwe
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Posted - 2005.10.04 23:43:00 -
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Originally by: Wanoah
Originally by: Zakalwe
Bah, the man who invented my name . In RL, i've a twin so... (those who've read Use of Weapons will get that, hehe...)
I'm so jealous that you managed to get that name! Actually, I always enjoy playing 'I Spy' and trying to spot my favourite fictional characters in Eve. Pretty sure I saw Livueta around somewhere...
Well, it's very excited to see that so many people love Banks ; a great writer, sure.
Hmmm...
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Kyguard
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Posted - 2005.10.04 23:54:00 -
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I recommend you read Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, Woken furies by Richard Morgan. They are based in the future where mankind has branched to different worlds.
It combines a good basis of reality, badassness, and good ol' action, definitely worth the read.
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Posmart
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Posted - 2005.10.06 18:36:00 -
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Revelation Space is first, then Chasm city, then Redemption Ark
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Orvas Dren
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Posted - 2005.10.07 02:39:00 -
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Honor Harrington books.
Also beyond Ender's Game, there is also Xenocide, Shadow of the Hegemon, etc
Useless Trivia: Orsen Scott Card is LDS (Mormon) :)
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F'nog
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Posted - 2005.10.07 05:19:00 -
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Originally by: DeMundus
I command you to go read Peter F. Hamilton, The Nights Dawn Trilogy. Alot of eve stuff in there - some of the devs have def. read it. Like the name of Tranquility, its a starbase in the books. What else? Jovian, Wasp, well alot of small thing and good imo.
Oh and the books a awsome.
Regards
DeM
TOTALLY one of the best series EVER!!!!!
I haven't read the who thread, but I'm surprised JC hasn't chimed in on the first page. His whoring skills are definitely not what they once were.
And you just can't beat Dune (the original 6). Nothing better.
Also, the Benford, Heinlein and Asimov novels are amazing.
**Warning** If you thought KJA was actually good, your brain may explode from reading these.
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Bad Harlequin
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Posted - 2005.10.07 08:32:00 -
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Edited by: Bad Harlequin on 07/10/2005 08:35:31
/signed on damn near all the above, tho i'd like to reemphasize Banks. A lot.
Originally by: keepiru
Philip K. **** - The Man in the High Castle; Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
good gawd, poor phil k. censored. will the man ever get a break 
Also Valis, if your mind can stand a good twisting. And find the 'original' works the movies were supposedly based on - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is what eventually became blade runner. Nothing like it really, but read it and you'll realize it's damn near un-movie-able and Blade Runner captured the overall feel of the book, a rare thing for Hollywood to do.
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Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination
FINALLY, someone mentions Bester! Quite a variety of writing he did. Read The Demolished Man and you'll know why the head PsiCop in B5 was named Al Bester  .
Al's books are unique in a few ways, not the least of which i must mention was his use of the type and text to convey images and experiences that a serial procession of words can't - without getting all gimmicky about it. The near-final sequence in Stars as well as the telepathic interaction in Demolished Man are astounding.
Also, Demolished Man has the best "telepathy test" you'll ever hear of .
Lastly, go looking for the Catspaw series by Joan D. Vinge. Rather different, and across the three books the writing gets ... sharper. Not like a suit, like a blade. It gets downright relentless (and kicks "telepathic super race pwnz0rs us all!" in the nuts along the way, but the real triumph is why, and how, and what next).
OH: Zak, and for that matter the rest of you,
this is for you.
It came from here, and one could easily spend quite a bit of time just browsing shipnames
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Clavain Gobuchul
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Posted - 2005.10.07 11:28:00 -
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Alastair Reynolds
Richard Morgan
and the Master - Iain M Banks
Anyone read any Neal Asher? I keep getting Amazon recommendations for his stuff based on above purchases. Is it any good?
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Kheldar DoMarrUlTier
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Posted - 2005.10.07 12:40:00 -
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I had the pleasure of seeing Mr Ian M Banks on the train a couple of weeks ago crossing the Forth.
Being aware that being pestered by random strangers isnt much fun, I simply enjoyed the fact I got to see someone who had written such brilliant works.
As to novelists:
A E Van Vogt
Ian M Banks
EE Doc Smith
Joe Haldeman
Joel Rosenberg
Isaac Asimov
al greats.
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My grandfather
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Posted - 2005.10.07 15:23:00 -
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All the way on top of the list: R. Adams. Best books i've ever read, even though he was on LSD when he wrote them.
Like 1984 a lot too. Starship troopers and Star Wars too.
Oh! and Thunderbirds ofc.
It's nothing personal. It's just galactic domination.
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Burga Galti
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Posted - 2005.10.07 15:45:00 -
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As was mentioned before, the Noir Series & The manifold Trilogy (Reynolds & Baxter respectively) are both worth a read. The other series that I have been unable to put dowm are the Academy novels by Jack McDevitt (Engines of God, Deepsix, Chindi & Omega). They're based in a world where people are just starting to explore space and the discoveries that area made. Inspired writing that will suck you in and not let you out till your done.
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