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John 2557
Naga Stole My Bike. Space Turtles
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Posted - 2013.09.17 17:26:00 -
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Does anyone have your favorite Sci Fi in your mind? |
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CCP Delegate Zero
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2013.09.17 17:32:00 -
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
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John 2557
Naga Stole My Bike. Space Turtles
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Posted - 2013.09.17 17:35:00 -
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[quote=CCP Delegate Zero]The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein [/quo
book ? Does it have online version? |
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CCP Delegate Zero
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2013.09.17 17:37:00 -
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It's a book and it won't be hard to find an ebook version.
DZ
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Colt Blackhawk
Inglorious-Basterds OLD MAN GANG
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Posted - 2013.09.17 17:49:00 -
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Peter F. Hamilton and his Void Trilogy. |
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Posted - 2013.09.17 18:07:00 -
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CCP Delegate Zero wrote:It's a book and it won't be hard to find an ebook version. DZ
From Baen's forum (they publish a lot of Heinlein in both physical and electronic form)
The Tor/Orb printing is copyright 97 and "first edition"; clearly a case of emptying out the warehouse slowly. The MMPB they're listing is dated 68, but I'd be surprised if all the used copies are that print. The HC is an UK import.
Effectively I'd say it's OOP in the US; and hope it comes available for someone, preferably Toni, to put out a new edition.
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Response from Toni Weisskopf (boss of Baen)
Can't imagine they'd let that one go out of print, but I can check.--Toni |
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CCP Delegate Zero
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2013.09.17 19:22:00 -
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That's kind of annoying. I knew a lot of his stuff was available in ebook form but that's one I've always had to hand in hard copy so I admit I've never actually checked. Pretty amazing that it's not readily available as an ebook given its place in his canon.
Backup choice:
Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
That one definitely isn't a problem to source in ebook form and has some very EVE-relevant themes.
DZ
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Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc Shadow Cartel
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Posted - 2013.09.17 19:25:00 -
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Book - In Conquest Born. BYDI recruitment closed-ish |
James Amril-Kesh
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2013.09.17 19:43:00 -
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Dune My Youtube Videos Latest video: August 25, 2013 |
Hashi Lebwohl
Oberon Incorporated RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2013.09.17 20:55:00 -
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Book - Gap Series of Books by Stephen Donaldson.
TV Episode - Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 5, Episode 2: Darmok
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CCP Spitfire
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2013.09.17 21:14:00 -
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- Blindsight by Peter Watts - probably the best hard sci-fi book of our generation. Besides the paper version, it is available as a free e-book download from the author's website under Creative Commons (but you should buy it, it's absolutely worth it).
- Anything (but especially the Revelation Space saga) by Alastair Reynolds. Dark hard sci-fi with baroque overtones, which is very reminiscent of EVE and is just... beautiful.
- And, of course, anything and everything by Iain M. Banks. As far as space operas go, his stuff is anything but dark (nor it is particularly hard as far as the genre goes), but what a bloody diamond the man was!
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Esna Pitoojee
Wolfsbrigade Lost Obsession
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Posted - 2013.09.17 21:36:00 -
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Most of the Berserker series by Fred Saberhagen. |
Fredfredbug4
Eve Defence Force Cult of War
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Posted - 2013.09.17 22:46:00 -
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Book: Ravenor by Dan Abnett. It's part of the warhammer 40k Universe so you might want to look into that a bit more before reading just so you aren't confused out of your mind.
Movie: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
TV Show: Doctor Who, specifically the major Dalek story arcs. Watch Fred Fred Frederation and stop cryptozoologist! Fight against the brutal genocide of fictional creatures across New Eden! Is that a metaphor? Probably not, but the fru-fru- people will sure love it! |
Ston Momaki
Disciples of Ston
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Posted - 2013.09.18 00:00:00 -
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Book: A Canticle for Lebowitz by Walter Miller A different sort of science fiction. The Disciples of Ston bid you peace |
Cat Harkness
Twilight Labs Unsung Voices
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Posted - 2013.09.18 00:17:00 -
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All suggestions here are very good but....
There is only ONE set of Science Fiction books you Can Not Miss Reading!
The Foundation Series By Isaac Asimov. |
Aelisha
Achura-Waschi Exchange
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Posted - 2013.09.18 08:21:00 -
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3001 The Final Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
Of course the preceding books are excellent, but this was a pretty nice look at both a far-future scenario and the resolution of the story in general. CEO of the Achura-Waschi Exchange: An International trade corporation that adheres to State values
Intaki born State Citizen and supporter of the Practicals Bloc. |
Nicen Jehr
Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective
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Posted - 2013.09.18 15:03:00 -
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Gonna have to second Iain M. Banks' Culture novels.
They are set in various times and places; they involve various elements of the Culture, an advanced civilization who is most notable for considering their AI's to have equal rights to biological life. The most advanced AI's are called 'Minds' and generally inhabit and control badass spaceships. Smaller drones have AI's sufficient for the culture to consider them sentient, rights-holding entities as well. Many parts of the books are told from the POV of Minds and drones.
Although the Culture is anarchistic and leaderless, much of the decision making happens when a group of Minds analyze a situation and decide what, if anything, they should do. The Culture is post-scarcity; the manufacturing capabilities and resources available are such that everyone can have whatever they want for free. Thus money isn't used within the Culture.
The books are not sequential so you can read them in any order. My suggested reading order, if you want to take advantage of the few characters and tropes that occur in multiple books, is:
Matter - A Culture operative interferes to save a developing world
Consider Phlebas - follows a soldier in the Idiran War, the only full scale war the Culture has fought
Look To Windward - Another civilization plots a terrorist attack on the Culture; lots of followups on the Idiran War
The Player of Games - A game player attemps to beat another civilization at their own game to prove the Culture is better
Excession - A time-space anomaly beyond known Culture technology causes havoc as various groups fight to seize it
The State Of The Art - Culture operative Diziet Sma contacts Earth
Use of Weapons - A Culture mercenary with a sketchy past kills lots of people
Surface Detail - Some civs transcribe their bad people's minds into virtual reality 'Hells' to punish then beyond death. A war is fought to keep or eradicate these hells
The Hydrogen Sonata - A civilization prepares to 'Sublime' (i.e. everyone vanishes into some higher plane) while others attempt to prevent the sublimation from taking place
Inversions - Two operatives act as advisors in medieval civilizations (barely a Culture novel IMO, not much tech or other Culture tropes)
My favorite book is probably Matter. It's hard to choose, I loved them all except Inversions. Little Things to improve GëíGïüGëí-á| My Little Things posts |
SueSlick
Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective
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Posted - 2013.09.18 17:21:00 -
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I just recently finished reading "Leviathan Wakes" by James S.A Corey (pen name for Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham). It's the first book followed by two more known as Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate.It's pretty damn great, also been highly recommended by George R.R Martin. A definite must read. In short summary, the first book is about a conflict in our solar system with various intriguing characters from backgrounds as ice belters (ice miners), etc. |
John 2557
Naga Stole My Bike. Space Turtles
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Posted - 2013.09.20 08:04:00 -
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Wow I believe this is really helpful to anyone who is looking for a Sci Fi suggestions. Hope there's more. Thanks for all ! |
Thanos The Mad-Titan
Serene Vendetta Li3 Federation
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Posted - 2013.09.20 13:09:00 -
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Cat Harkness wrote:All suggestions here are very good but.... There is only ONE set of Science Fiction books you Can Not Miss Reading! The Foundation Series By Isaac Asimov. You just earned yourself a +1
From the Warhammer 40.000 Dan Abnett has done some amazing trilogies: Eisenhorn Ravenor Gaunt's Ghosts (on book 3-4 right now, I love how lives are worthless and people die)
EVE players might enjoy The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campell. Hard science fiction with a LOT of discussion about vectors, fuel, support ships and repairs of starships in an extended war.
The Diamond Age was also good, futuristic earth ideas
The Forever War, great military sci-fi and ideologies of war!
Hyperion is simply a great story full of wonders |
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Vince Mctavern
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.09.20 13:30:00 -
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In a harsh universe where we're alone to rely on our own wits, imagination and blind luck to make our fortune and survive, I'm surprised nobody's suggested Joss Whedon's Firefly yet.
Seriously, every time I undock I hear that blessed refrain ("You can't take the sky from meeee...") and fancy myself an Independent Mal Reynold clone. |
Stitcher
Re-Awakened Technologies Inc
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Posted - 2013.09.20 13:55:00 -
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Books: + The Mindstar Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton + The Brainships books by Anne McCaffrey (My personal favourites are "The Ship who Searched" and "the City who Fought") + The Cassandra Kresnov novels by Joel Shepherd. + Basically anything and everything by Larry Niven, especially when co-authoring with Jerry Pournelle. + Transmetropolitan + The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi + Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
Movies/TV + Alien (Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver, you know the one) + Firefly (you REALLY should know this one) + The Fifth Element (VERY Gallente)
Games + Deus Ex trilogy (yes, all three of them.) + Shadowrun + Half-Life trilogy
An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
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Na Kahm
Garoun Investment Bank Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.09.20 17:35:00 -
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kif_Strike_Back
The Chanur novels by science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherry |
Vorll Minaaran
Centre Of Attention Middle of Nowhere
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Posted - 2013.09.20 23:24:00 -
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Babylon 5 TV series, must see everyone interested in Sci-Fi. :) Great characters, great storyline, simply perfect sci-fi series. |
Celeste Taylor
Ruby Dynasty
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Posted - 2013.09.20 23:53:00 -
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Hyperion is my favorite too and I really like this book. I own the Easton Press leather edition as well as the numbered Subterranean Press along with the compiled Hyperion Cantos and a few other copies around.
I can go on for hours about my favorites, but when it comes to Eve one series comes to mind. Bujold's Vorkosigan/Wormhole books are the most like Eve that I can think of, especially since she has on multiple occasions stated she created a universe without sentient alien life since we through genetic modification will become our own aliens.
We will miss you Ian Banks and remember folks TANSTAFL. |
DheCuir
Rock Transport Inc
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Posted - 2013.09.21 07:25:00 -
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A an avid SF reader I'll add a few books (series), some already mentioned.
I could go on and on, but I'll save some books and series for other people's suggestions ;)
Happy reading!!
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unimatrix0030
Viperfleet Inc. Disavowed.
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Posted - 2013.09.21 08:30:00 -
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Also check out any books from David Brin, especialy the uplift series! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brin |
Noroswen
Argentum Aquilae
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Posted - 2013.09.21 08:38:00 -
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You are not going to go wrong with any of the above suggestions.
I will also throw out David Webber's Honor Harrington Series.
Also, a guilty pleasure of mine, The Caiphas Cain Novels by Sandy Mitchel |
Athelas Loraiel
StarFleet Enterprises Fatal Ascension
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Posted - 2013.09.21 20:51:00 -
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Why don't you CCP go and make a movie with Dust and Eve pilots as protagonist, like battle of Caldari prime combined with Amarrian invasion of somewhere, or amarrian tournament of choosing a new Empress etc.
Those movies would be fantastic.... |
Nerriana
Fistful of Finns Game Over.
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Posted - 2013.09.22 15:35:00 -
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Iain M. Banks' Culture-series is absolutely recommended, as someone mentioned earlier. Hannu Rajaniemi has also put out couple absolute recommendations: The Quantum Thief and The Fractal Prince.
Athelas Loraiel wrote:Why don't you CCP go and make a movie with Dust and Eve pilots as protagonist, like battle of Caldari prime combined with Amarrian invasion of somewhere, or amarrian tournament of choosing a new Empress etc.
Those movies would be fantastic....
I'd be cheaper: A CGI-animated series chronicling the story of a pod pilot fresh out of academy, trying to simply survive and make little money. Soon, however, the rookie gets involved deeper in something, does a tour in low- and/or Nullsec while learning the ropes and making money, possibly a stint in Faction Warfare and so on. Culminating in some big story arc of heroic proportions (saving CONCORD project, repelling (or instigating) big FW/Nullsec invasionor something). Big Empire politics should also be on background and possibly influencing the story (eg. Tibus Heth making a speech in broadcast and political debate in Gallente Senate).
Mix liberally with regular crewmembers (naturally interacted only on stations or via holoprojection), their stories and fates (my own interpretation about crew: capsuleer ships have lifepods for crew, but casualties are still awful) and the yawning chasm between capsuleer and his crew. |
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WREV Ofsharrow
Eternal Seekers of Darkness
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Posted - 2013.09.22 18:28:00 -
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No need to glance at the bookshelf for this one, Ian M. Banks "Culture Novels" , Alastair Reynolds "Revelation Space" Space Opera's, and some older stuff like (for Halo fans) Larry Nivens "Ringworld" , Alfred Bester 's "The Decievers" and "Tiger Tiger" and also Julian May's "Many Coloured Land" Trilogy , so many out there Heinlien, Asimov, Clarke, but as far as stuff that puts me in mind of EVE then the first two authors, Banks and Reynolds. |
Celeste Taylor
Ruby Dynasty
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Posted - 2013.09.22 21:20:00 -
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WREV Ofsharrow wrote:No need to glance at the bookshelf for this one, Ian M. Banks "Culture Novels" , Alastair Reynolds "Revelation Space" Space Opera's, and some older stuff like (for Halo fans) Larry Nivens "Ringworld" , Alfred Bester 's "The Decievers" and "Tiger Tiger" and also Julian May's "Many Coloured Land" Trilogy , so many out there Heinlien, Asimov, Clarke, but as far as stuff that puts me in mind of EVE then the first two authors, Banks and Reynolds.
Just wanted to point out that you might have to look for Tiger Tiger under the title The Stars My Destination. This is indeed a great book about survival, and JMS even named a telepath in Babylon 5 Alfred Bester after the author. There is something about Eve that feels like the current batch of British/Scottish authors, then again there are so many good ones out there. I also enjoyed Ken Macleod's Fall Revolution series. I read them as they were being released in the US, which oddly enough I believe was in a different order from the UK release. |
Sonoros Rahl
Active Fusion Cold Fusion.
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Posted - 2013.09.22 22:19:00 -
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"...in the grim darkness of the far future there is only war."
Love the W40K books...
I agree that eisenhorn was awsome.... enjoyed ultramarine too.
Asimov foundation series is still up there... |
Da7id Huren
EVE University Ivy League
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Posted - 2013.09.22 23:01:00 -
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Neuromancer, William Gibson, top of list for changing, well, everything.
Herbert's Dune and Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land were life changers, but then I'm old and recall the 60s. Well, portions at least . . .
Phil **** 60s & 70s, esp. Martian Timeslip, Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Ubik, Man in the High Castle.
Slanislaw Lem's Pirx the Pilot novels should not be neglected.
Glad to agree with several who have mentioned Iain M. Bank's Culture series. This guy can write.
Just finished MaddAddam, third and looks to be final Oryx & Crake installment from Margaret Atwood. Pretty darn good throughout.
And, if we accept a slightly broadened definition of scifi, then Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow is way up there.
In fairness to the concept itself, Wells' Things to Come, the very young Ms. Shelley's Frankenstein, St. John's Revelation.
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Yaturi
The Scope Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.09.23 12:20:00 -
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In terms of novels, I have only read a couple paper versions. I'm more of a audio/visual oriented person. So recently, I listened to the audio book of Hyperion and found it to be very intriguing.
It really is 'full of wonders' as Thanos put it on the first page. Torch ships, tree ships, oceanic planets, artificial intelligence, a second species of human beings, spies, space battles, it is truly an amazing story.
As for tv or movie, its hard to find a space faring anime I wont watch.
Good examples : Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Legend of Galactic Heroes (huge fleet battles), etc. |
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ISD Rontea
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
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Posted - 2013.09.23 16:50:00 -
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Books: 1. Edmond Moore Hamilton Kaldar, World of Antares[/list] Snake Men of Kaldar The Star Kings The Star Hunters Return to the Stars 2. Ursula K. Le Guin Orsinian Tales The Earthsea Trilogy Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea 3. William H. Keith Decision at Thunder Rift MercenaryGÇÖs Star The Price of Glory 4. Kir Bulychev "-ƒ-+-ü-æ-+-+-¦" (original name). Translate to english by John H. Costello with name "Those Who Survive" Movie: [b]The Matrix. Trilogy [b]Minority Report [b]Equilibrium [b]Ghost in the Shell [b]Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Games: EVE Online Dead Space 1, 2, 3. ISD Rontea Lieutenant -Æ-+-+-+-+-é-æ-Ç -¦-Ç-â-+-+-ï -+-+ -¦-+-¦-+-+-+-¦-¦-¦-ü-é-¦-+-Ä -ü -+-¦-Ç-+-¦-¦-+-+ Interstellar Services Department
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Kira Hhallas
Very Drunken Eve Flying Instructors Brotherhood Of Silent Space
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Posted - 2013.09.26 11:37:00 -
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Book i can tell, they are worth to read in German.
Andreas Brandhorst.
Diamant Metamorph Der Zeitkrieg
Feuertr+ñume Feuerv+¦gel Feuerst++rme
Das Artefakt DIe Kinder der Ewigkeit
John Scalzi
Krieg der Klone Die Geisterbrigade Die Letze Kolonie Der Wilde Planet Androiden Tr+ñume
Allan Cole
Die Sten Chroniken; 10 Romane
Michael McCollum
Der Antares Krieg Sternenfeuer Sternenfall Die Segel von Tau Ceti Lebenssonden
Wing Commander Romane
Die Befreier Der Hinterhalt Die Geheimflotte Das Herz des Tiger Der Preis der Freiheit Die Bedrohung Das Buch zum Film
James White
Orbit Hosbital Romane.
William Gibson
Neuromancer BioChips Mona Lisa Overdrive
Philip K. ****
BladeRunner
Robert A Heinlein
StarShiptroopers
Ben Bova
Mars; Venus; Jupiter; Saturn; Die Kolonie, die R++ckkehr zum Mars Die Dunklen W++sten des Titans, Asteroidenfeuer; Asteroidenkrieg, AsterodidenSurm.
Isaac Assimov:
Fundation / Foundation und Imperium/ Secon Foundation / Fr++he Foundation Trillogie.... etc etc
And more books from ShadowRun and BattleTech ..... Yes I have read many books before I found EVE Online :-P Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare -
Irren ist menschlich, doch im Irrtum zu verharren ist ein Zeichen von Dummheit. |
Torquemada DeSade
Athena Enterprises
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Posted - 2013.09.26 12:49:00 -
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Books: Starship Troopers The Moon is a Harsh Mistress The Vorkosigan series Most books by Ray Bradbury Any Philip K. **** Any Stephen Bachman and of course The Lensman Series by E.E.Doc Smith
Movies: Bladerunner Alien The original Starwars Trilogy
As for TV: Doctor Who ( from the first Doctor onwards) Red Dwarf Farscape Lexx (Except the last season) |
Nactor
Viziam Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.09.26 19:27:00 -
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So many good reads in here already, sadly Iain M. Banks died, so no more Culture novels :(
Maybe add:
Peter F. Hamilton : Commonwealth Saga - its set before The Void books .)
Richard K. Morgan : Takeshi Kovacs novels - hard stuff
Tad Williams : Otherland books - cyberspace in a different way
And : Perry Rhodan ! - THE pulp booklet format SciFi, with (more or less) ongoing storry and different writers. |
Desmond Robinson
The Romantics
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Posted - 2013.09.28 03:41:00 -
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Cat Harkness wrote:All suggestions here are very good but.... There is only ONE set of Science Fiction books you Can Not Miss Reading! The Foundation Series By Isaac Asimov.
Absolutely! The pinnacle work by the grand master of Science Fiction.. could not agree more! |
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Heather Cole
Bio-Tech Research
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Posted - 2013.09.28 14:21:00 -
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As many people have said there's Banks's Culture series. I've not read all of them, but those I have read I've enjoyed immensely. Also, Jack Campbell's books are worth a read, specifically his Lost Fleet series. They can get repetitive when the back story and the science is explained every novel, but then huge fleets blow each other up and all that is forgiven. If you like your sci-fi with a dystopian bent, then Three by Jay Posey is worth a read. It's not big on world building. The world is built outside of the book and the reader is just thrown into the middle of it. It could have been awful, but the world is so well realised that it's practically a character in its own right. The writing is also above average for sci-fi. Some great imagery.
As for TV: Firefly. Firefly. FIREFLY. |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2013.10.02 14:57:00 -
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Celeste Taylor wrote:WREV Ofsharrow wrote:No need to glance at the bookshelf for this one, Ian M. Banks "Culture Novels" , Alastair Reynolds "Revelation Space" Space Opera's, and some older stuff like (for Halo fans) Larry Nivens "Ringworld" , Alfred Bester 's "The Decievers" and "Tiger Tiger" and also Julian May's "Many Coloured Land" Trilogy , so many out there Heinlien, Asimov, Clarke, but as far as stuff that puts me in mind of EVE then the first two authors, Banks and Reynolds. Just wanted to point out that you might have to look for Tiger Tiger under the title The Stars My Destination. This is indeed a great book about survival, and JMS even named a telepath in Babylon 5 Alfred Bester after the author. There is something about Eve that feels like the current batch of British/Scottish authors, then again there are so many good ones out there. I also enjoyed Ken Macleod's Fall Revolution series. I read them as they were being released in the US, which oddly enough I believe was in a different order from the UK release. Yes, it's published in the U.S. as The Stars My Destination and in the U.K. as Tiger Tiger. A really excellent book, highly recommended. It's hard to believe it was written in the 1950s. Anti-hero protagonist, almost cyberpunk in outlook, but still has that '50s hard SF approach. |
Bibosikus
Caldari Deep Space Ventures Black Core Alliance
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Posted - 2013.10.02 23:39:00 -
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Frankly amazed that Neil Asher's Polity series haven't been voted in. I'm a Peter F Hamilton fan, but I recommend Asher for a robust comination of SF and humour. The box said "Requires Windows-á2000 or better", so I installed Linux. |
Durbon Groth
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.10.09 16:01:00 -
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Been reading quite a bit of sci-fi recently. Just finished The Penultimate Truth by Philip K ****, which was interesting though gets a bit weird. Also just read Dune, loved it. My official recommendation however goes out to Blood Music by Greg Bear. I've read other books by the author since and havn't been impressed but Blood Music was really inventive - goes down the nanotech 'grey goo' path and the story stuck with me for a long time. Go read! |
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CCP Spitfire
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2013.10.09 17:19:00 -
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Da7id Huren wrote: Slanislaw Lem's Pirx the Pilot novels should not be neglected.
Aha, finally! It is a shame that Lem is not as famous in the English-speaking world as he is in Poland and Russia, but he was definitely one of the most funny, depressing, charming, bitter and thought-provoking -- often all at the same time -- writers of the 20th century.
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Othon Romero
Unknown Reality Investigation Unknown Reality
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Posted - 2013.10.17 23:16:00 -
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My favorite SF-books:
- Dune by Frank Herbert (by far the best SF book I have read so far, I loved the whole series)
- The Foundation novels by Isaac Asimov
- The Culture novels by Iain Banks
- The Revelation-series by Alastair Reynolds
- Hyperion by Dan Simmons
- The Odyssey novels by Arthur C. Clarke
I also enjoyed:
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- The short stories by Philip K. ****
- Rendevouz with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
So far, I missed the novels by Stanislaw Lem but I'm going to read some of them, as they are considered to be classics of the genre.
My favorite SF-movies:
- 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick
- Alien by Ridley Scott
- Blade Runner by Ridley Scott
- The Matrix-Trilogy by the Wachowskis
- Twelve Monkeys by Terry Gilliam
- The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky
- Solaris by Tarkovsky / Steven Soderbergh
- Gravity by Alfonso Cuar+¦n
My favorite SF-TV-series:
- Star Trek (TNG & DS9)
- Battlestar Galactica (the new series)
Oh, and here is one more thing: anybody into comic books? Then I highly recommend the Incal series by Moebius and the fantastic spin-off The Meta-Barons by Jodorovsky/Gimenez. The best SF-comic books I have ever read!
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Turk MacRumien
EVE University Ivy League
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Posted - 2013.10.24 13:16:00 -
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I suppose it's not really what most consider sci-fi, but one of my favorite series is the Axis of Time, by John Birmingham - its a fascinating clash of cultures kind of book, and I thought it was very enjoyable throughout.
As for other media, they've been pretty well covered, but I have to included Mass Effect. God only knows I've spent a looooong time on their wiki reading about it - Bioware created an absurd amount of history behind that series, and I enjoyed it. |
Vis Aldent
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.10.30 14:03:00 -
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1. Best Science Fiction book: - - Right now, it is the old Star Wars, which is now Episode IV. I had a special French version, but I know the original is as good if not better. The writing style is not that easy to understand and refer to. However, It relates to the movie, which are followed by the series and hidden contents.
- - I also read Star Trek which is now the Star Trek I, the Motion Picture, and Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan. I believe I read those after the Star Wars novel. That was back in around 1983 and then probably 1984. I don't recall reading the whole novels, especially the Star Trek ones, where I had to speed read some parts for ease.
I definitely don't read much, and myself practice to write a lot to overcome some risk with this system of communication.
- - I also read Jules Verne, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon. Which is a 1965 novel, 100 years and change before Amstrong stepped on the surface of the nearby natural satellite. There are some similarities with Star Trek but way ahead of its time. The style is easy to understand.
I don't like to read long text in general, and in my design tend to simplify subject by categorizing them. I prefer structured communication which is easy for quick access reference and maximize usefulness and efficiency.
2. Best Science Fiction movie: - - I don't know for sure right now. Star Wars, which by the way will have 3 new movies coming out in the next few years. - - I'd definitely like to be working on a project like this, whether in a (movie editing) lab, or analysis, or other design systems.
3. Best Science Fiction TV episodes: - - I used to like Star Trek back in the early 1970s before I was a teenager. Of course there are many others, and I'd have to spend more time to find out which other ones I liked the most. |
Drake Omaristos
Red Phoenix Rising Rolling The Dice
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Posted - 2013.10.31 15:22:00 -
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I'm kinda surprised no one mentioned Charles Stross. If a tech support handbook for computer programming, the kama sutra, and a sci-fi book had a crazy love fest a Charles stross novel would be their love child. |
Nifong Vong
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.10.31 22:21:00 -
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Book : Any title by either R.A. Heinlein or Spider Robinson. Movie : OK, that's a tough one. So many choices in so many categories. I guess I'd have to pick Star Wars IV. Not the digitally enhanced CGI joke that it has become, the version that I was sitting in the front row in 1977 watching. TV Show : Between Erin Grey in white Spandex and Thom Christopher's pure Bad MFerdom as Hawk I'd have to go with Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. |
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Ibrahim Tash-Murkon
Inter Vivos Trust Service
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Posted - 2013.11.01 00:02:00 -
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All the big names have already been mentioned, obviously, but I think I'd give a shout out to the Forerunner Saga novels by Greg Bear which are set in the Halo Universe. A lot of the older books range from mediocre to terrible (and none were written by a hard science fiction author like Bear) but these are pretty good. The Kilo-Five trilogy, by Karen Traviss, is also pretty good though not the same hard science fiction at all. Unless you're very interested in the Halo Universe I would advise against the rest, there are some gems of back story to be found but they are hidden beneath poor writing and minimal plot. "I give you the destiny of Faith, and you will bring its message to every planet of every star in the heavens: Go forth, conquer in my Name, and reclaim that which I have given."-á- Book of Reclaiming 22:13 |
Wayay Bonnylad
Mining Trade and Industrial Empire
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Posted - 2013.11.01 10:39:00 -
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+1 for the Culture novels by Iain M. Banks
I was working in London a few years ago and was commuting in and out of town on the Underground, spending a lot of time reading. This was when I discovered the Culture books and I have loved reading every one of them.
I was browsing in a charity shop not long ago and came across a signed hardback first edition of Inversions. Needless to say, I bought it on the spot. The following week it was announced in the press that Iain had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. It was a sad loss when he finally passed away.
Being Scottish, he also wrote a fantastic study of Scotch Whisky in which he travelled Scotland visiting various distilleries and having 'tasting' sessions with his mates. He discussed all manner of things in the book, including some of his influences in the storylines of Culture novels. One of my favourite books. |
Thanos The Mad-Titan
Enlightened Industries Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2013.11.01 14:13:00 -
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Torquemada DeSade wrote: Any Philip K. ****
tee hee hee |
Gottin
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
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Posted - 2013.11.09 18:07:00 -
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My picks for favorite scifi books keep coming back to H. Beam Piper.
Uller Uprising, Space Viking, the Paratime stories, I enjoyed those very much.
All of his works are now available for free online: H. Beam Piper at Project Gutenberg
I liked Jerry Pournelle's Falkenberg's Legion stories.
I enjoyed Stephen R. Donaldson's Gap Series very much. The Gap Series The characters were intense, driven, fallible people which made them interesting.
Walter J. Williams Hardwired and Voice of the Whirlwind
Liege Killer by Christopher Hinz. This is the first book in the trilogy, and in my opinion the only one worth reading.
and Mike Resnick's Santiago
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Lew Riot
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.11.12 16:26:00 -
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A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge. Holy cows that book was awesome. I would also highly recommend Permutation City by Greg Egan. |
Narcotic Gryffin
Bombin Busch Wookies
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Posted - 2013.11.12 22:50:00 -
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CCP Delegate Zero wrote:The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Heinlein a genius author.
I'd recommend Starship Troopers also by Heinlein http://www.sortius-is-a-geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/history-channel-hd-aliens-thumb.jpg |
Sheave Yens Nor
EvE Warfare Resources Corporation
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Posted - 2013.11.15 15:53:00 -
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As others have already suggested: anything by Philip K ****, Assimov's "Foundation" series.
I also enjoyed, "The Saga of the Seven Suns" by Kevin J Anderson and "The Thrawn Trilogy" by Timothy Zahn (Part of the Star Wars EU, so more Sci-fi/Fantasy). |
Jafri Arashmid
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.11.17 11:07:00 -
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but , I feel that one crucial book has been overlooked:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
I second the earlier suggestions of:
Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
Commonwealth Saga & Nights Dawn Triology by Peter F. Hamilton |
Voluspa Dreamweaver
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.11.17 17:41:00 -
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Authors:
Isaac Asimov - Anything and everything, but especially the Foundation series. Frank Herbert - Dune series and more. Poul Anderson Greg Bear C.J. Cherryh Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars trilogy |
Smile killer
Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective
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Posted - 2013.11.18 02:35:00 -
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Thanks for those info. really good stuff here |
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Lew Riot
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.11.19 11:34:00 -
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The Culture novels are obviously also extremely awesome, although I must admit that Consider Phlebas left me depressed for the rest of the day when I finished it. |
David Kir
Endless Winter Night The Kingdom of Heaven
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Posted - 2013.11.27 16:40:00 -
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Literature: Stanislaw Lem: pretty much everything, Solaris is a must.
Hyperion, the original book.
Schismatrix, by Bruce Sterling.
Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes.
Rendez-vous with Rama, by Clarke.
Beetle in the Anthill, by the Strugatski brothers.
I would definitely suggest reading Hyperion and Flowers for Algernon, they're all-time classics that go far beyond sci-fi.
Beetle in the Anthill is perhaps the best sci-fi book I've ever read.
Movies: Solaris and Darkstar. Blade runner, of course.
Comics: BLAME!/NOISE!/BIOMEGA
Games: EvE. You should really check out this one, it's awesome. Friends are like cows: if you eat them, they die. |
Owen Levanth
Federated Deep Space Explorations
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Posted - 2013.11.28 17:56:00 -
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David Kir wrote:Literature: Stanislaw Lem: pretty much everything, Solaris is a must.
And the Cyberiad. It's a double must. |
Ralph King-Griffin
Var Foundation inc.
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Posted - 2013.11.28 19:18:00 -
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fail post If in doubt...do...excessively. |
Ralph King-Griffin
Var Foundation inc.
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Posted - 2013.11.28 19:20:00 -
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Ralph King-Griffin wrote:CCP Spitfire wrote:
- And, of course, anything and everything by Iain M. Banks. As far as space operas go, his stuff is anything but dark (nor it is particularly hard as far as the genre goes), but what a bloody diamond the man was!
any chance of extending the charicter limit on ship names to accomadate as a mark of respect.? If in doubt...do...excessively. |
Ralph King-Griffin
Var Foundation inc.
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Posted - 2013.11.28 19:26:00 -
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Nicen Jehr wrote:Gonna have to second Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. They are set in various times and places; they involve various elements of the Culture, an advanced civilization who is most notable for considering their AI's to have equal rights to biological life. The most advanced AI's are called 'Minds' and generally inhabit and control badass spaceships. Smaller drones have AI's sufficient for the culture to consider them sentient, rights-holding entities as well. Many parts of the books are told from the POV of Minds and drones. Although the Culture is anarchistic and leaderless, much of the decision making happens when a group of Minds analyze a situation and decide what, if anything, they should do. The Culture is post-scarcity; the manufacturing capabilities and resources available are such that everyone can have whatever they want for free. Thus money isn't used within the Culture. Many Culture citizens change their sex occasionally, just by thinking about it. Most Culture 'pan-humans' are also born with a set of drug glands that can secrete any of hundreds of various side-effect-free drugs just by thinking about it. Some (especially the operatives for Special Circumstances) have a 'Neural Lace,' a brain implant that improves their thinking speed and interfaces with other machines, transhumanism style. The books are not sequential so you can read them in any order. My suggested reading order, if you want to take advantage of the few characters and tropes that occur in multiple books, is: Matter - A Culture operative interferes to save a developing world Consider Phlebas - follows a soldier in the Idiran War, the only full scale war the Culture has fought Look To Windward - Another civilization plots a terrorist attack on the Culture; lots of followups on the Idiran War The Player of Games - A game player attemps to beat another civilization at their own game to prove the Culture is better Excession - A time-space anomaly beyond known Culture technology causes havoc as various groups fight to seize it The State Of The Art - A collection of short stories, including one where Culture operative Diziet Sma goes to Earth Use of Weapons - A Culture mercenary with a sketchy past kills lots of people Surface Detail - Some civs transcribe their bad people's minds into virtual reality 'Hells' to punish then beyond death. A war is fought to keep or eradicate these hells The Hydrogen Sonata - A civilization prepares to 'Sublime' (i.e. everyone vanishes into some higher plane) while others attempt to prevent the sublimation from taking place Inversions - Two operatives act as advisors in medieval civilizations (barely a Culture novel IMO, not much tech or other Culture tropes) My favorite book is probably Matter. It's hard to choose, I loved them all except Inversions. edit: relevant, CCP Delegate Zero wrote:It's a book and it won't be hard to find an ebook version. reiterating,read this mans work
If in doubt...do...excessively. |
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