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Frater Perdurabo
Amarr
The Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria
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Posted - 2007.01.17 20:28:00 -
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Edited by: Frater Perdurabo on 17/01/2007 20:29:00
I found it hard to believe certain authors and books havent got a mention yet, so i'll try a list of those:
Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination.
Michael Marshall Smith - Spares/Only Forward/One of Us (If you diddn't like the end to nights dawn i doubt you'll like these  )
Kurt Vonnegut - The Sirens of Titan, Cats Cradle, Slaughterhouse 5.
Michael Moorcock - The Dancers at the End of Time
Harry Harrison - The Stainless Steel Rat
Also i would highly recommend almost all of the authors already mentioned, Smith, Heinlein, Hamilton, M. Banks, etc.
One question for you all: anyone ever read any Stanislaw Lem?
Edit - Oh and in a vague attempt to be somewhere nearly ontopic, i think Alastair Reynolds style comes quite close to that of eve, but not technologicaly.
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Anator Namon
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Posted - 2007.01.17 21:03:00 -
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Edited by: Anator Namon on 17/01/2007 21:00:01
Many authors mentioned are great, many are crap. Many aren't at all EVEish. Lem is amazing, but not at all EVEish (and wouldn't want to be).
Webber is an example of a poor (not terrible, I have read read some of his) author that is EVEish. Sirens of Titan, OTOH, is not at all EVEish. I thought that the point was:
"What are some good Sci-Fi novels you could recommend that are in a similar vein to Eve-Online? Just something that has the same sort of atmosphere and feel to it."
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Synapse Archae
Amarr
Solarflare Heavy Industries
Pure.
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Posted - 2007.01.17 21:23:00 -
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Edited by: Synapse Archae on 17/01/2007 21:20:06
I'm going to support Frank Herbert's "Dune" again. Its that good.
Edit: Crap I forgot "Ender's Game" Quite good even if I think the author is an ass.
Since I'm a cyberpunk fan Ill put up William Gibson's "Neuromancer", and Neil Stephenson's "Snow Crash", although any book by either author is good.
Ive heard numerous good things from various people about Ian Banks. Probably also worth reading from the amount of praise I hear.
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Chupacabro
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Posted - 2007.01.17 21:43:00 -
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Another book were the pilots are hard wired with implants and actually connect with the ship. Is Malisa Scott's Dreamships. It is not particularly a good book(Most eather love it or hate it. I thought it was Meh.) It is alright if you are interested in the subject matter. Her discription of the technology is what I found most interesting about the book. And the actual pilots sound a lot like what the Jove go through.
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RuleoftheBone
Minmatar
UK Corp
Lotka Volterra
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Posted - 2007.01.17 22:52:00 -
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Edited by: RuleoftheBone on 17/01/2007 22:50:18
Alright...so some of the title mentioned are not EvE-related-but honestly-who really cares? A good book is a good book and while books like "Dune" or "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep" do not feature deep space warfare (except in the abstract--Herbert's son's Dune prequels somewhat excepted) they do explore explore what is truely interesting about humanity and what that means regardless of setting. Some of these novels seriously question what it means to be human in the context of galactic warfare (or fantasy--or whatever--you pick 'em).
And as the EvE universe is supposed to be player-driven...as in variations of human-the variety of titles mentioned thus far are more than applicable.
I'll step off my soapbox and offer up another couple of gems:
China Meiville-"Perdido Street Station". Don't walk...run to the bookstore and grab this. And the follow-ups "The Scar" and "Iron Council". To try and define the work as simply dark fantasy/steampunk is like comparing George Lucas as an author to Shakespeare. And again...no %^*$ing elves or other silliness.
Stephen Dedman-"The Art Of Arrow Cutting". Brooklyn guy meets Yakuza and is dragged into battling various magical nasties of Japanese origin. The follow-up "Shadows Bite" is fun as well. If you liked Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" this author is for you!
And finally...back on the sci-fi track:
Grant Naylor-"Red Dwarf" and "Better Than Life". 
Best read when errrrrr....how can I put this...under the influence 
Don't say I didn't warn you-fans of the show will know where I am coming from 
**EDIT**Noticed that Savesti Kyrsst mentioned China Meiville first. Credit where credit is due!
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Anator Namon
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Posted - 2007.01.17 23:43:00 -
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If we are just talking about good books, I liked:
Faulkner, in particular a Fable and Absalom Absalom.
Lilith by Macdonald.
War and Peace by Tolstoy. Conrad I am a fan of also.
I have only read His Master's Voice and Solaris by Lem, but they were both very good.
Everything I have read by Wolfe is amazing, he is probably one of the best writers writing today. Many people start with his Torturer series. Neil Gaiman has some I like a lot, in particular Stardust and Neverwhere. Zelazny has some good books, in particular Lords of Light, Amber, Jack of Shadows, and Creatures of Light and Darkness. The Gap series has already been mentioned, but I also thought that the Mirror series was good (by Donaldson).
Freidman has some good ones, and some of hers are even EVEish (This Alien Shore is probably my favorate). Song of Ice and Fire by Martin is very good. ****son also has some EVEish ones, although most focus on space. The Childe cycle I recommend.
I of course recommend Lord of the Rings by Tolkien and Harry Potter (both Fantasies). Beloved by Toni Morrison is excellent also.
I could go on and on and on, I agree with a number mentioned, and think that a number of others mentioned are pretty poor.
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Neon Genesis
Gallente
Developmental Neogenics Amalgamated
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Posted - 2007.01.17 23:56:00 -
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 Originally by: Katrina Coreli
Adolf Huxly - A Brave new world is a *****er
But for true scope its always goign to be Ian M Banks
Aldous Huxley
And agreed.
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Romeda
Minmatar
Trojan industries
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Posted - 2007.01.18 00:26:00 -
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I would say you could try a quick read at The Dark Wheel it's set in the Elite universe, I still remember the short stories book that came with Frontier Elite 2, but I could not find any of them on the net.
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sartorii
Genco
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.01.18 00:35:00 -
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Edited by: sartorii on 18/01/2007 00:32:38
hmm it seems odd to me that the "Greats" of Science Fiction (not SCIFI rhymes with 'iffy' and i defer to Harlen Ellison for the differences) need mention at all. But I suppose it is a good resource for those new to the genre.
a few of the 'less mainstream' novels i think fit Eve well..
The Eternity Brigade -Stephen Goldin
not space related but an intense look a the possible effects of Cloning on Military operations..hmm apparently there is a 'modernized version' i havent read coool..
Hardwired -Jon Walter Williams
also not space, but as the title implies, implants, living in the 'interface' and MegaCorp control of society.
Armor John Steaky
i just love this book, cant pass up a chance to recommend it
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Economo 3000
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Posted - 2007.01.22 21:36:00 -
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Well I went to go buy some Iain Banks novels, and I planned to start with consider phlebas and the player of games... but where can I find these?
Consier Phlebas isn't even sold new anymore, that I see, and the used paperback versions of it (on barnes and noble) sell for 30 bucks or more!
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Mikal Drey
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Posted - 2007.01.22 21:46:00 -
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Originally by: Economo 3000
Well I went to go buy some Iain Banks novels, and I planned to start with consider phlebas and the player of games... but where can I find these?
Consier Phlebas isn't even sold new anymore, that I see, and the used paperback versions of it (on barnes and noble) sell for 30 bucks or more!
EBAY. or second hand bookshops are a gem for old books. I find if a book is famous or even remotly popular then Major booksellers Jack prices quite high. Spend a few days looking around charity shops/second hand book sellers/ebay then you might have some luck.
Maybe a nice Capsuleer has a spare copy ?
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Kadarin
Wolfenrecon
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Posted - 2007.01.23 01:12:00 -
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Edited by: Kadarin on 23/01/2007 01:11:26
A couple that haven't been mentioned yet:
The Dragon Never Sleeps, by Glen Cook
If you can find it (out of print?), this book provides a rich story, intrigue, mystery, firepower, warfare... It's outstanding.
Antares (trilogy), by Michael McCollum
This features the novels Antares Dawn, Antares Passage, and Antares Victory. These are acceptable SF fare, but not outstanding. They are very EVE-like in that the mode of travel between stars involves something akin to stargates, called "foldpoints", which are anchored to some, but not all, stars.
Snow Queen, and Summer Queen, by Joan D. Vinge
Less EVE-like, but excellent writing and storytelling.
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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries
Freelancer Alliance
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Posted - 2007.01.23 01:45:00 -
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Edited by: Patch86 on 23/01/2007 01:43:21
Originally by: RuleoftheBone
Phillip K. ****-"Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep" which was the basis for the amazing Blade Runner movie (I still have the PC game just for the Vangelis sound track. And if you buy the DVD-make sure it has the alternative endings). Anything else by PKD is also mind blowing.
<3 !
Seriously, I'm still trying to figure out a way of making my dissertation PKD related 
Worryingly, the only novel that reminded me of EVE strongly, though, was "A Scanner Darkly"- that must say something worrying about the EVE community...............
Best PKD novel, though (for me) has to be "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch"- total mind-**** of a novel, completely brilliant stuff.
Also Ray Bradbury is awesome too. "Fahrenheit 451" is a brilliant novel for anyone who loves their reading..........
On a slightly different note- Douglas Adams- "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy". I mean, everytime you look at something inexplicable in the EVE universe, you just know theGuide would have something informative about it. Space with the consistency of cooking oil? Easy peasy. Drones with a disobediant attitude problem? Direct your complaints to the Syrius Cybernetics Corporation 
EDIT: I'm not even going to pretend I know why my post looks like a quote again. Looks like the drones arn't the only software to come from Syrius Cybernetics around here 
EDIT 2: Totally fixed it, I'm so Uber
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KHEN
Gallente
New Horizons
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Posted - 2007.01.23 02:09:00 -
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"Permanence" by Karl Schroeder.
Awesome space opera, made me remember the best Arthur C. Clarke novels.
Best SciFi book I've read in 2006.
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Kashre
Minmatar
Imperium Technologies
Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2007.01.23 02:13:00 -
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Edited by: Kashre on 23/01/2007 02:12:16
Is it just me, or has no one mentioned David Webber?
The Honor Harrington serries is good, and sorta reminds me of alliance warfare (minus the POSeses).
I also reccomend
Steve White (Starfire novels like In Death Ground).
David Drake (With the Lightnigns and Lt. Leary Commanding).
Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald, the Mageworld trilogy... which is a lot more sci-fi than it sounds.
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