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Locus Bey
Gallente
Qalandar
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Posted - 2007.05.28 02:53:00 -
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First off, I'm not a big fan of most Sci-fi, so this may be a hard request. I'm after something a little left of centre, and wouldn't be out of place among more classic novels. What I've liked so far: Arkady & Boris Strugatsky's "Roadside Picnic," most of the Philip K **** novels, and that's about it  Been looking at reading Stanislaw Lem, Sergei Lukyanenko and Olaf Stapledon ... Any suggestions?
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Daedalus DuGalle
Gallente
University of Caille
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Posted - 2007.05.28 02:57:00 -
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I always liked the original Dune book.
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Ryushe
JuBa Corp
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Posted - 2007.05.28 03:02:00 -
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If you like a cross between sci-fi and horror, the Nights Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton is a very well written and very entertaining series to read. The three books in total weigh in at around 2500-3000 pages, so that should keep you busy for a bit ;)
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Shimakaze
Arcturia Starfleet
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Posted - 2007.05.28 03:05:00 -
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You could probably find the Ender's Trilogy by Orson Scott Card at your local library. The three novels are Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon.
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Daedalus DuGalle
Gallente
University of Caille
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Posted - 2007.05.28 03:11:00 -
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 Originally by: Shimakaze
You could probably find the Ender's Trilogy by Orson Scott Card at your local library. The three novels are Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon.
Oh heavens yes! In fact, read all the books related to Ender.
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Ryushe
JuBa Corp
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Posted - 2007.05.28 03:25:00 -
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Originally by: Daedalus DuGalle
Originally by: Shimakaze
You could probably find the Ender's Trilogy by Orson Scott Card at your local library. The three novels are Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon.
Oh heavens yes! In fact, read all the books related to Ender.
To be honest, I found them getting worse and worse with every new book coming out. Ender's Game is a classic, and Ender's Shadow is very nice as well, but the rest sort of lost their meaning, at least, I think so.
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Dark Shikari
Caldari
Imperium Technologies
Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2007.05.28 03:45:00 -
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Larry Niven, Stephen Baxter, David Brin, Greg Bear, Iain M. Banks, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Gregory Benford, etc
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Kyguard
Fire Mandrill
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Posted - 2007.05.28 03:53:00 -
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Richard Morgan's books;
Altered Carbon
Woken Furies
Broken Angels
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Xelios
Minmatar
The Collective
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2007.05.28 04:10:00 -
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I'll second Stephen Baxter. My favorites are Timelike Infinity and Ring.
The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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Dark Shikari
Caldari
Imperium Technologies
Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2007.05.28 04:11:00 -
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Originally by: Xelios
I'll second Stephen Baxter. My favorites are Timelike Infinity and Ring.
I like Flux--possibly the most crazy idea I've ever heard for a book (life on a neutron star!) but it was well-done with good characterization and such, something rare in a Baxter book, as he usually focuses more on the epic hard sci-fi aspect.
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Mister Locke
Woken Furies
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Posted - 2007.05.28 06:14:00 -
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Originally by: Dark Shikari
I like Flux--possibly the most crazy idea I've ever heard for a book (life on a neutron star!) but it was well-done with good characterization and such, something rare in a Baxter book, as he usually focuses more on the epic hard sci-fi aspect.
Flux was a good book and Stephen Baxter does some great work. However the idea of life on a neutron star was explored sometime before this in a book called Dragons Egg by Robert L. Forward. I thoroughly recommend it to you and the OP.
I'm not saying Forward was the first person to explore this idea.
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Kurfi' Legimo
PROGENITOR CORPORATION
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Posted - 2007.05.28 06:21:00 -
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Originally by: Ryushe
Originally by: Daedalus DuGalle
Originally by: Shimakaze
You could probably find the Ender's Trilogy by Orson Scott Card at your local library. The three novels are Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon.
Oh heavens yes! In fact, read all the books related to Ender.
To be honest, I found them getting worse and worse with every new book coming out. Ender's Game is a classic, and Ender's Shadow is very nice as well, but the rest sort of lost their meaning, at least, I think so.
Yes, Enders game is a great book.
I highly recommend it.
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Gadfium Horza
Gallente
Tides of Silence
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Posted - 2007.05.28 06:45:00 -
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The culture novels by Iain M Banks
ęPoetic, humorous, baffling, terrifying, sexy - the books of Iain M. Banks are all these things and moreĘ
NME
perfect quote really
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Valan
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Posted - 2007.05.28 09:08:00 -
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Neal Asher awesome books.
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I love old characters that post 'I've beeen playing the game three years' when I know their account has been sold on.
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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries
Sparta Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.28 10:32:00 -
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All of the above are great authors.
If you go for Iain M. Banks, be aware that they get better as they go. The first one was pretty unimpressive, but by the third one I was completely enthralled. Really great series.
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Nova Z
Decorum Inc
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Posted - 2007.05.28 11:12:00 -
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Iain M. Banks (actually, some of Iain Banks are very good semi-sci-fi as well), Richard Morgan, Stephen Baxter, Greg bear
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Spike Larosse
RSP Enterprises
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Posted - 2007.05.28 11:35:00 -
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Originally by: Locus Bey
First off, I'm not a big fan of most Sci-fi, so this may be a hard request. I'm after something a little left of centre, and wouldn't be out of place among more classic novels. What I've liked so far: Arkady & Boris Strugatsky's "Roadside Picnic," most of the Philip K **** novels, and that's about it Been looking at reading Stanislaw Lem, Sergei Lukyanenko and Olaf Stapledon ... Any suggestions?
Definitely take a look at Stanislaw Lem. I'm not sure how the english translation of his work turns out, but in polish and swedish they were very good. Without doubt some of the best sci-fi I've read. Granted, I'm not really an avid reader all in all. 
Memoir Found in a Bathtub
The Cyberiad
Solaris
etc are the ones I've read and enjoyed. The pace can be slow in some parts, but some aprts are both hilarious and amazing.
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Vincent Gortho
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Posted - 2007.05.28 11:51:00 -
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Try The Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson. |
Marquis Dean
Demise and Vestige
9th Fleet
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Posted - 2007.05.28 12:23:00 -
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Iain M. Banks, excellent stuff. Start with 'Excession', then go form the beginning.
His non-sci-fi stuff isn't as good as his sci-fi imo. 'The Wasp Factory' was good, it went downhill from there.
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Oventoasted
Caldari
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
The Cartel.
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Posted - 2007.05.28 12:49:00 -
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Originally by: Kurfi' Legimo
Originally by: Ryushe
Originally by: Daedalus DuGalle
Originally by: Shimakaze
You could probably find the Ender's Trilogy by Orson Scott Card at your local library. The three novels are Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon.
Oh heavens yes! In fact, read all the books related to Ender.
To be honest, I found them getting worse and worse with every new book coming out. Ender's Game is a classic, and Ender's Shadow is very nice as well, but the rest sort of lost their meaning, at least, I think so.
Yes, Enders game is a great book.
I highly recommend it.
Enders game was a great book about leadership, friends, and cool sci-fi combat. very good read!
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sartorii
Genco
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.05.28 14:02:00 -
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2 off the top of my head.
Armor -John Steaky
the Dread Empires Fall series by Walter Jon Williams (although youll cuss Eve physics for a while after reading)
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Shalia Ripper
Caldari
High4Life
Curse Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.28 22:02:00 -
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John Barnes.
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PKlavins
Caldari
3rdlane Industries
Dark Wolf Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.28 22:38:00 -
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Originally by: Marquis Dean
Iain M. Banks, excellent stuff. Start with 'Excession', then go form the beginning.
His non-sci-fi stuff isn't as good as his sci-fi imo. 'The Wasp Factory' was good, it went downhill from there.
I'm reading 'The Algebraist' now...just started...a bit confusing, but most intruiging...the archimandrite (i think thats what he was called?) sounds like an amarr :P
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Raoul Endymion
Gallente
x13
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.05.28 23:09:00 -
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Isaac Asimov - The Foundation Series (simply awsome)
Frank Herbert - Dune
Dan Simmons - Hyperion Series
William Gibson - Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive & Count Zero
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ParMizaN
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2007.05.28 23:44:00 -
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Edited by: ParMizaN on 28/05/2007 23:43:50
As above i recommend the Nights Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton, some of Ian M Banks' stuff ( havnt anything specific in mind), and the Takeshi Kovacs series by Richard Morgan (starts with altered carbon and the follow ups are good but not as good as the first IMO)
I'm reading Dan Simmons atm and I can't the damn books down. The hyperion series is absolutely awesome, but doesnt flow like the "average" sci-fi book.
Alternatively, you could try "Ilium." The plot is just plain crazy, with the greek gods of olympus actually living on olympus... mons. it and it's successors are great reads, though somewhat bewildering at times.
If you want to dive in at the deep end, Alistair Reynolds' "Revelation Space" and subsequent follow-ups are frighteningly good, but they had me going back to re-read chapters over and over to get my head around it.
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Sevarus James
Minmatar
Meridian Dynamics
FREGE Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.29 01:22:00 -
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Having read a lot of the stuff here, I'm surprised noone has mentioned these two, which are currently at the top of my "whoa gods that was good" list:
1. A Fire Upon the Deep -Hugo award winner best novel 1992
2. A Deepness in the Sky -prequel to #1 and -Hugo award winner best novel 1999
by Vernor Vinge
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Rodj Blake
Amarr
PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2007.05.29 09:35:00 -
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
1984 by George Orwell
Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks
Neuromancer by William Gibson
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ry ry
StateCorp
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Posted - 2007.05.29 10:32:00 -
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lots of good suggestions so far. any of the ian m banks Culture novels are ace (player of games is rather good, as are consider phelbas, use of weapons and the algebraist) and herbert's original dune novel is one of my favorites, although all every other dune book ever wrote is a load of ****. Especially the Brian herbert travesty.
i was reading The Difference Engine this week, but managed to somehow lose my copy of it round the girlfriend's house about halfway through. Really enjoyed it upto the point where i lost the damn thing, so i'd recommend the first half of The Difference Engine to anybody who fancies a bit of steampunk sci-fi.
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ry ry
StateCorp
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Posted - 2007.05.29 10:33:00 -
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Originally by: Marquis Dean
His non-sci-fi stuff isn't as good as his sci-fi imo. 'The Wasp Factory' was good, it went downhill from there.
i was given Dead Air for xmas. it's awful.
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VD ThatsNotRight
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Posted - 2007.05.29 11:40:00 -
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alistair reynolds books,good grungy sci-fi
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