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Locus Bey
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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 -
[5]
 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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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
ĉPoetic, humorous, baffling, terrifying, sexy - the books of Iain M. Banks are all these things and moreĈ
NME
perfect quote really
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Valan
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Posted - 2007.05.28 09:08:00 -
[14]
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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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 -
[22]
John Barnes.
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PKlavins
Caldari
3rdlane Industries
Dark Wolf Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.28 22:38:00 -
[23]
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 -
[29]
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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Neescha
Interstellar Operations Incorporated
Free Trade Zone.
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Posted - 2007.05.29 12:31:00 -
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if you like star wars eben a little bit:
start with the thrawn triology by timothy zahn (heir to the empire, dark force risig and the last command), they are just awesome.
if you like star wars, but not because of the jedis but because you like the pewpew: read the x-wing books.
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jamesw
Rubra Libertas Militia
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Posted - 2007.05.29 13:02:00 -
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I too loved Peter F Hamilton's Nights Dawn Trilogy. Really reccomend it.
Also the other two book series (starts with Pandoras Star) by the same author was awesome too.
Can't wait for the next one - hes got the start of another series due out within months.
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Nuala Reece
Caldari
Starlancers
Mordus Angels
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Posted - 2007.05.29 13:05:00 -
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Jeff Noon's 'Vurt' if you like it surreal. Or you could try some of Neal Stephenson's work - 'Snow Crash' and 'The Diamond Age' would be the most science fictiony ones, but Cryptonomicon just about skirts the border between SF and contemporary fiction and is a spectacular read imo.
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Ione Hunt
Imperial Shipment
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Posted - 2007.05.29 13:39:00 -
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Originally by: jamesw
I too loved Peter F Hamilton's Nights Dawn Trilogy. Really reccomend it.
Also the other two book series (starts with Pandoras Star) by the same author was awesome too.
Can't wait for the next one - hes got the start of another series due out within months.
August 2007!!!1!! The Void trilogy
Night's Dawn rocks.
Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained rocks.
Fallen Dragon rocks.
I've never tried the Greg Mendal series, but considering everything I read of Peter F. Hamilton rocked, I have a feeling it can't be a bad series.
Other Sci-Fi:
Dune (!!)
Ian M. Banks (Culture novels)
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ry ry
StateCorp
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Posted - 2007.05.29 13:39:00 -
[35]
Slaughterhouse 5, Kurt Vonnegut
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Ryushe
JuBa Corp
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Posted - 2007.05.29 15:13:00 -
[36]
Originally by: Ione Hunt
Originally by: jamesw
I too loved Peter F Hamilton's Nights Dawn Trilogy. Really reccomend it.
Also the other two book series (starts with Pandoras Star) by the same author was awesome too.
Can't wait for the next one - hes got the start of another series due out within months.
August 2007!!!1!! The Void trilogy
Night's Dawn rocks.
Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained rocks.
Fallen Dragon rocks.
I've never tried the Greg Mendal series, but considering everything I read of Peter F. Hamilton rocked, I have a feeling it can't be a bad series.
Other Sci-Fi:
Dune (!!)
Ian M. Banks (Culture novels)
The Greg Mendel series is great fun to read, even as standalone books, altho I would suggest starting with the first one.
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Sevarus James
Minmatar
Meridian Dynamics
FREGE Alliance
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Posted - 2007.05.30 03:02:00 -
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Edited by: Sevarus James on 30/05/2007 03:01:16
Originally by: Ione Hunt
Originally by: jamesw
I too loved Peter F Hamilton's Nights Dawn Trilogy. Really reccomend it.
Also the other two book series (starts with Pandoras Star) by the same author was awesome too.
Can't wait for the next one - hes got the start of another series due out within months.
August 2007!!!1!! The Void trilogy
Night's Dawn rocks.
Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained rocks.
Fallen Dragon rocks.
I've never tried the Greg Mendal series, but considering everything I read of Peter F. Hamilton rocked, I have a feeling it can't be a bad series.
Other Sci-Fi:
Dune (!!)
Ian M. Banks (Culture novels)
The Mandel series is every bit as good as his other stuff, set a bit closer to our time than later works....just don't mind the stupid paperback cover art (may have changed since the prints I've got, but ewww...) Hamilton was interviewed awhile back and the question about those covers got a "don't even get me started..." from him.
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Posted - 2007.05.30 13:11:00 -
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Just to reinforce what others have said:
Anything by Iain M. Banks - 'Use of weapons' and 'Player of Games' are my faves.
The Hyperion series by Dan Simmons - brilliant stuff
(btw the new Dan Simmons books Illium - and whatever the other one is - are pretty crap.
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ry ry
StateCorp
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Posted - 2007.05.30 13:47:00 -
[39]
Originally by: ry ry
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.
i found this last night and finished reading it. it's pretty good, and different to the usual sci fi stuff.
its by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson.
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Buxaroo
Reikoku
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.06.01 17:39:00 -
[40]
Originally by: Mister Locke
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.
You know I was about to say the same thing about Dragons Egg. Forward was the first author, I beleive, to write about the concept of living on a neutron star in his novella.
I had forgot about the name of the book and author but I remember the story pretty well considering it has been years and years sense I read it. Sort of a book from two different points of view, one from the scientists who were studying the neutron star and the life forms who were evolving literally in a blink of an eye (from the scientists POV that is) and that of the life forms who were going through their life spans in normal time (life forms on the star POV).
Funny how concepts and general constructions from science fiction books stick in your head long after you read them.
As for great science fiction novels pretty much anything by Larry Niven (Ringworld series in a must read on anyones list)and Isaac Asimov (Foundation series should be on anyones must read list as well).
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Oberoonmoon
Gallente
E X C L U S I V E
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Posted - 2007.06.01 19:11:00 -
[41]
Elisabeth Moon
The Vatta's War series:
- Trading in Danger
- Moving target
- Engaging the enemy
- Command decision
I think these books fits the EVE theme quite well, but hey, that is my opinion 
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Vantoth
Gallente
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Posted - 2007.06.01 20:06:00 -
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Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
The Legacy of Heorot- cant remember by who
And a very good tirlogy by a fellow named John Varley
the books are Titan, Wizard, and Demon. Don't let the names fool you it is science fiction.
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Mtthias Clemi
Gallente
Infinitus Odium
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Posted - 2007.06.01 20:26:00 -
[43]
Edited by: Mtthias Clemi on 01/06/2007 20:24:39
Peter "f****** brilliant" Hamilton
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Posted - 2007.06.01 21:13:00 -
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Edited by: Gerard Deneth on 01/06/2007 21:13:02
Well, everyone's mentioned Hamilton so I'll spare you from reading his name again :p But for others, I cannot stress Larry Niven's Knownspace universe. Especially anything from the Man-Kzin wars series (up to about 10 volumes now). I'm yet to read a boring story from that universe OR from Niven (His work 'Man of Steel: Woman of Kleenex" is especially entertaining). Snag his compilation books as well. Even his accounts of convention attendance is funny (something about negotiating with a lobster for a nonaggression treaty).
Other than that, the other author I recommends is David Weber. Best known for the Honor Harrington saga (13+ novels and counting, including spin offs), it's kind of space soap opera filled with lots of exploding starships, plot twists, and all that. With a later tendency of not being afraid to kill off main characters, either. On the same note, his Starfire quadrilogy (Chronologically, Crusade, In Death Ground, The Shiva Option, and Insurrection) are also quite nice to read, and feature plenty of pew pew and titanic battles all around.
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Zakalwe
FinFleet
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Posted - 2007.06.01 21:16:00 -
[45]
Edited by: Zakalwe on 01/06/2007 21:17:41
Originally by: PKlavins
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
Just finished Against a Dark Background ( when a movie wih this one ???) and commencing The Algebraist : Fassin speak with his fingers.
I recommend of course Use of Weapons  and Consider Phlebas
And of course Jack Vance cycles Tschan and Lyonnesse
Hmmm... not in the name of my Corp/Alliance
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Vindicate and Deliverance
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Posted - 2007.06.01 21:35:00 -
[46]
Two that have been missed here by Robert Heinlein -
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Starship Troopers
(forget the horrid ST movie, the book is completly different).
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Celestinus
Gallente
Ascent To Glory
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Posted - 2007.06.01 22:59:00 -
[47]
Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake
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Locus Bey
Gallente
Qalandar
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Posted - 2007.06.04 10:36:00 -
[48]
first, thanks for all the replies. i've picked up Benfords 'Timescape,' Barnes' 'Apocalypes & Apostraphes,' Simmons 'Hyperion,' first book of Hamiltons Night Dawn Trilogy, and Banks' 'consider Phlebas.' Book report in a couple of weeks
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jamesw
Omniscient Order
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Posted - 2007.06.04 10:55:00 -
[49]
Originally by: Sevarus James
Edited by: Sevarus James on 30/05/2007 03:01:16
Originally by: Ione Hunt
Originally by: jamesw
I too loved Peter F Hamilton's Nights Dawn Trilogy. Really reccomend it.
Also the other two book series (starts with Pandoras Star) by the same author was awesome too.
Can't wait for the next one - hes got the start of another series due out within months.
August 2007!!!1!! The Void trilogy
Night's Dawn rocks.
Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained rocks.
Fallen Dragon rocks.
I've never tried the Greg Mendal series, but considering everything I read of Peter F. Hamilton rocked, I have a feeling it can't be a bad series.
Other Sci-Fi:
Dune (!!)
Ian M. Banks (Culture novels)
The Mandel series is every bit as good as his other stuff, set a bit closer to our time than later works....just don't mind the stupid paperback cover art (may have changed since the prints I've got, but ewww...) Hamilton was interviewed awhile back and the question about those covers got a "don't even get me started..." from him.
I read the first Mandel book in its entirety on the plane between London and NY in December  ... While hungover...
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Posted - 2007.08.06 15:04:00 -
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The new Peter F. Hamilton novel "The dreaming Void" just came out...no spoilers please
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente
Lyrus Associates
Betrayal Under Mayhem
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Posted - 2007.08.06 15:07:00 -
[51]
If nobody has mentionned it yet, anything by Iain M Banks.
Also, Charles Stross has some interesting reads, the best of which is Accelerando. Iron Sunrise and Singularity Sky aren't to be sniffed at either.
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Mary Makepeace
Caldari
Neh'bu Kau Beh'Hude
Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2007.08.06 15:19:00 -
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banks is a bit hit an miss. "consider Phlebus" is a dull intro novel to the culture. "use of weapons" and "player of games" are both truly brilliant novels though. for his non scifi, "complicity" and "the bridge" are both really good.
it seems you like a bit of the surreal or mind bending scifi stories. as such Jeff Noon's "Vurt" is a modern classic. Also for surreal/comedic/horror in scifi, Micheal Marshal smith is great, "spares" and "only forward" rock.
For modern hard scifi, Charles Stross's "accelarando" is great. As is Greg Egan's "diaspora".
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Posted - 2007.08.06 15:35:00 -
[53]
Originally by: ParMizaN
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.
Hyperion reads a bit differently as it is a bit like The Canterbury Tales in style. That is you get the whole story from a group of people on a pilgrimmage. It is sort of like a collection of short stories bound together by a common theme. I remember while reading each story thinking the next story cannot possibly live up to what I had just read but they do.
Just have to read it. As others have mentioned it is a fantastic read and brilliant stuff. The sequels are not quite as good as the first I think but still definitely worth reading (the sequales are not written in that style).
Another vote for Hamilton. His books are great fun.
While a departure from Sci-Fi if you can stomach Fantasy at all I HIGHLY recommend George R. R. Martin's series A Song of Ice and Fire. I cannot say enough about this series. Just staggeringly good. No fluffy elves in these books. It can be quite dark at times and is unforgiving but a truly fantastic read.
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Ealiom
Infinitus Morti
R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2007.08.06 15:44:00 -
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Diaspora by Greg Egan
Ender's Game was trash! Stephen King esque blandness in space!
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ZEUUL
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Posted - 2007.08.06 15:50:00 -
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Star Wars I Jedi : Stackpole, massive story, so long to complete. Currently being used as a door stop, where it belongs.
Eve-Revelations, what an interesting turnaround for CCP. The Amarrians who's power stemmed back from the days when they stole and adopted most of the spiritual knowledge from those they conquered, as well as their gold. These cultures that now make up Ammar, and Amarr neighbours still remain blind to what the CCP historians have ommitted from the archives, the reasons behind the rush for colonisation was caused by one family of humans, influenced by a certain secret, about a discovery greater than any worm or hole can release onto a culture.. And exact reflection of Earth's history occuring is occuring in space, under the watchful and guiding eyes of the creators of humanity, who watch to learn.
How were the decendents of the once scattered seers of the old Minmatar royals to know that the truth of the original slavers would be revealed upon Eve without need for war, by those gods who have always been with humanity, who soon will appear briefly out of the mists, in huge Armadas as far as the servers could see, around the wildest of empire border clashes. Huge invinsibles briefly appearing, to vanish leaving artifacts all over eve, to be discovered from hidden places, pieced together, and then REVEAL.......
All this happens before a new worm hole opens eve, to a completely new concept of cyer reality...etc etc.
Still waiting for CCP to make a real story of all their titles, I rejoined because of the title REVELATIONS, so far all that they reveal are nerfs and bug fixes. Keep up the good work lads.
My assumption is, Amarr being thes years so low key a superpower but central to the eve story is making the whole game seem, non dramatic, and boring to real rpers.
Hence the need to read a book dear. Obviously.
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Avery Eclipsen
Minmatar
54th Knights Templar
O X I D E
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Posted - 2007.08.06 16:14:00 -
[56]
The Halo books are VERY good
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Orvas Dren
The Nest
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Posted - 2007.08.06 16:33:00 -
[57]
Anne McAffery's Pern series may look a bit like a fantasy novel, but once you actually read them they are a perfect mix of Sci-Fi and moderate fantasy.
Since its got the parts of fantasy that most people like, but its all Sci-Fi explained.
Very well written either way.
And the full Ender series in chronological order is:
Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Ender's Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon
Last 2 might be inversed, but I think thats the order.
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Sazkyen
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Posted - 2007.08.06 17:48:00 -
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Edited by: Sazkyen on 06/08/2007 17:49:25
I'm currently into "Dark Ararat" which is quite cool.
Recommendations: Ender's series, Earth Abides, random Asimov novel, random Greg Bear novel, recently read Orginal Sin (ALIEN), Rama series (first one in particular), Ringworld series (quite cool), The "new" Sterling Terminator books are not that bad if Terminator is your thing, Farmer's Riverboat series. There's an awesome book I'll have to re-read now that it came to mind (not sure if you'll find it in English though): Carsac's Les Robinsons du Cosmos which's an exquisite read.
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MattSB
Domination.
KIA Alliance
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Posted - 2007.08.06 17:54:00 -
[59]
Saga of the seven suns by Kevin J. Anderson
That series is my favorite science fiction series of all time tbh, its epic in length.
I would strongly advise to start at the beginning as you'll struggle to get to grips with what is going on :P Oh and if your in America ignore the cover as it is rubbish, if in the UK like moi the cover is a reason to buy it on it's own
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Jastra
Gallente
Core Domination
Big Bang Quantum
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Posted - 2007.08.06 18:07:00 -
[60]
Originally by: Locus Bey
first, thanks for all the replies. i've picked up Benfords 'Timescape,' Barnes' 'Apocalypes & Apostraphes,' Simmons 'Hyperion,' first book of Hamiltons Night Dawn Trilogy, and Banks' 'consider Phlebas.' Book report in a couple of weeks
I firmly predict you'll have to run out and buy the rest of the Peter Hamilton Trilogy once your done with the first
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xRazoRx
The xDEATHx Squadron
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Posted - 2007.08.06 18:23:00 -
[61]
All the BattleTech (google to your aid ;p).
King Leonidas > well this is good
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Elliot Reid
Digital Fury Corporation
Digital Renegades
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Posted - 2007.08.06 18:32:00 -
[62]
Edited by: Elliot Reid on 06/08/2007 18:35:23
This subject comes up every now and again and I always recommend the same book
The Mote In God's Eye
That's an excellent book.
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Vladimir Ilych
Gradient
Electus Matari
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Posted - 2007.08.06 19:52:00 -
[63]
Originally by: VD ThatsNotRight
alistair reynolds books,good grungy sci-fi
Yep. My current favourites for sure.
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Iwishai Wazahero
Scrofulous Wealth
Derek Knows Us
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Posted - 2007.08.06 20:11:00 -
[64]
Edited by: Iwishai Wazahero on 06/08/2007 20:13:47
A lot of the suggestions in this thread are good, some very very good, however for the most part they don't seem to match up with your love of the Old School Philip K. Dic(stupid word filter)k style sci-fi.
If you want a thought-provoking yet thoroughly enjoyable old school book then check out "A Canticle for Liebowitz" by Walter M Miller.
Amazon Link
Hard to sum up simply, so I won't bother :) Read the Wiki article if you want a bit more background on it. It is very good. And the style will seem more familiar some of the other suggestions in here!
Edit: Actually that Wiki article does have a whole huge raft of spoilers in it. So I've replaced it with an Amazon link. No need to ruin the books for you before you get a chance to look for yourself :)
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Imperator Jora'h
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Posted - 2007.08.06 20:32:00 -
[65]
Originally by: Iwishai Wazahero
Edited by: Iwishai Wazahero on 06/08/2007 20:13:47
A lot of the suggestions in this thread are good, some very very good, however for the most part they don't seem to match up with your love of the Old School Philip K. Dic(stupid word filter)k style sci-fi.
Philip K. Dic(stupid word filter)k (will just write PKD from here on) is great. For those unfamiliar you may be more familiar with the movie Blade Runner which was adapted from PKD's book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. This is back when sci fi was less about pew pew and more about using the future in such a way as to setup explorations in morals and persecution and so on. It is good stuff to be sure.
If you like PKD you also might want to try on Robert Heinlein. Although the book is old (1960ish) you may know the name from the movie Starship Troopers. Make no mistake the movie is nothing like the book. The book is far better. Also, Stranger in a Strange Land is a classic and well worth a read.
Also in the same vein as above would be Ray Bradbury. Perhaps most famous for the book Farenheit 451*. The Illustrated Man is a good collection of short stories.
Again though realize the above books are more thought provoking exploring various social concepts than action stuff. All excellent but not everyone's cup of tea sadly.
* - Side note: While playing Trivial Pursuit with some friends the question was asked, "At what temperature does paper burn?" I answer, "451 degress." My friends decided I was the biggest geek in the world to have know that and they were totally unaware of the book Farenheit 451 which is why I knew that. Ah well...
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Iwishai Wazahero
Scrofulous Wealth
Derek Knows Us
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Posted - 2007.08.06 20:40:00 -
[66]
Originally by: Imperator Jora'h
Also in the same vein as above would be Ray Bradbury. Perhaps most famous for the book Farenheit 451*. The Illustrated Man is a good collection of short stories.
Oh god yes. These most certainly!
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Red Crown
Kudzu Collective
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Posted - 2007.08.06 21:08:00 -
[67]
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Philip K. Duck,an excellent novel.
1984 by Orwell, absolute classic.
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clark.
2001 and 2010 by him as well, but not 2061 or 3001, which were crap.
Get a compliliation of Sci-Fi short stories by old authors, they are generally goldmines of goodness.
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Quetzalcoatle
Silver Snake Enterprise
Interstellar Starbase Syndicate
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Posted - 2007.08.07 12:56:00 -
[68]
Originally by: Orvas Dren
Anne McAffery's Pern series may look a bit like a fantasy novel, but once you actually read them they are a perfect mix of Sci-Fi and moderate fantasy.
Since its got the parts of fantasy that most people like, but its all Sci-Fi explained.
Very well written either way.
And the full Ender series in chronological order is:
Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Ender's Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon
Last 2 might be inversed, but I think thats the order.
Actually it's:
1.Ender's Game
2.Speaker for the dead
3.Xenocide
4.Children of the mind
1.Ender's Shadow
2.The shadow of the Hegemon
3.Shadow Puppets
4.Shadow of the Giant
And yes, very well written. I especially like that it's not all about 'hard' science but alot about ethics as well.
Also, 'The gods themselves' from Asimov is (imo) one of his better written novels.
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Leilani Solaris
Gallente
0utbreak
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Posted - 2007.08.07 13:09:00 -
[69]
I like the Artemis Fowl collection. Kinda like a cross between fairies and sci-fi. Very good, i couldn't put them down.
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Rana Ash
Minmatar
Aeon Trinity
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Posted - 2007.08.07 15:21:00 -
[70]
Originally by: Kyguard
Richard Morgan's books;
Altered Carbon
Woken Furies
Broken Angels
Skip market forces, it ain't that great.
/signd
Ĥon Trinity is recruting, inquire within for details
lyret dedreen
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Alias11
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2007.08.07 15:35:00 -
[71]
you expressed an interest in "left-of-centre" so I'm assuming you want soft sci-fi.
Go out and get a copy of Callahan's Cross-Time Saloon by Spider Robinson right now
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Natalie Cunningham
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Posted - 2007.08.07 16:13:00 -
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Wonder why no one has mentioned Ben Bova's Asteroid Wars sequel yet. So far it's consisted of three books... but as far as I'm conserned more is to come. I'm not really an avid reader at any aspect but I can say that Ben Bova can write some awesome stuff. The world he creates in the books are the most believable... full of cool sci-fi stuff descripted with a great detail. And I love it :)
Gotta mention Ender's Game as well... as so many other has said it loud here... it's worth reading.
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Miss Anthropy
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2007.08.07 16:33:00 -
[73]
Edited by: Miss Anthropy on 07/08/2007 16:34:29
Read Philip K ****'s books. Brilliant 50's and 60's cold war (and thus paranoid) sci-fi. My favourites are;
A Scanner Darkly
Time Out of Joint
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Man in the High Castle
Flow My Tears, The Policemen Said
Clans of the Alphane Moon
We Can Build You
Martian Time-Slip
Valis
I include Valis provisionally. It was written just after PKD's breakdown and is a really warped novel on what he perceived to be a religious experience (but was in fact a nervous breakdown from years of drugs abuse). Read some of his short stories too; especially the 4th Collection called "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" (from where the movie Total Recall came from).
Damn word filter; the full name is Philip K Richard (abbreviate Richard to laughable male appendage).
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Freki Grimnir
Minmatar
The Plexus Syndicate
The Order of New Eden
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Posted - 2007.08.07 21:43:00 -
[74]
The original Starship Troopers novel is superb - nothing like the truly dreadful ****-take movie.
If you enjoyed Roadside Picnic you should read The Forever War by Joe Haldeman.
Classic line. Protagonist to the barman: "I'm sitting at a bar with an A-sexual cyborg and he's the only other normal guy on the planet. Better make that a double."
Also I've just started reading the Vatta's War saga by Elizabeth Moon; I'm only a few chapters in but there's a nice Eve-chronicle feeling to it, especially if you're an old-timer who played the Elite games religiously.
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Per Bastet
Amarr
B.O.O.M
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Posted - 2007.08.07 21:52:00 -
[75]
Robert A. Heinlein.
Any of his Books will be a good read. I recommend Stranger in a Strange land first.
And once you grok that move on to some of his other books.
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Kain Bodom
Gallente
SIDEWALK SAMURAI
Band of Bums
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Posted - 2007.08.07 23:00:00 -
[76]
Edited by: Kain Bodom on 07/08/2007 23:01:40
Edited by: Kain Bodom on 07/08/2007 23:01:23
Originally by: Raoul Endymion
Isaac Asimov - The Foundation Series (simply awsome)
Frank Herbert - Dune
Dan Simmons - Hyperion Series
William Gibson - Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive & Count Zero
qft. The Foundation Trilogy is the best 3 book tril i have ever read. It became more books are they are just as awesome. do yourself a favor and buy the foundation trilogy lock yourself in a room for a week and dont come out! Then you will understand why Asimov is a Grand Master of SF
I also really love The Forever War by Joe Halderman
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Amasera
Twilight Trading
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Posted - 2007.08.07 23:35:00 -
[77]
Shame on you all.....
Never to be left out of a discussion of serious sci-fi literature: Douglas Adams
The Hitch Hikers Trilogy:
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Restraunt at the End of the Universe
Life the Universe and Everything
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
Mostly Harmless
The Dirk Gently books are a fun read as well and have some sci-fi spins:
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
And it's not sci-fi but it's still an engrosing read:
Last Chance to See
I also heartily endorse all of PKD's work, but you said you've already discovered his genious. Check out the Dune books, the first 2 are suprisingly good, but they go downhill very fast after that.
If you don't mind fantasy as well as sci-fi then check out the Eternal Champion series by Michael Moorcock, the Cornelius Chronicles are a very nice bit of sci-fi but I wouldn't start with Jerry, Go back to the "Elric of MelnibonT" novel and start there or you'll probably be lost.
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Kent Druall
Quantum Empire
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Posted - 2007.08.08 00:08:00 -
[78]
You've probably read it, but Enders Game?
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Mary Makepeace
Caldari
Neh'bu Kau Beh'Hude
Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2007.08.08 10:39:00 -
[79]
i would like to endorse two award winning classics that has come up a couple of times already.
Joe Halderman's "forever war"
Fredrick Pohl's "Gateway"
both are contempory of PKD.
Another one is John Brunner's "shockwave rider" which was a lead in to the cyberpunk genre.
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Lluthiunne Egan
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Posted - 2007.08.08 10:41:00 -
[80]
Aaaaaah less of Enders game it's utter ****e!
Horrible horrible soulless little book, written by a hopelessly talentless writer.
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bronyra
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Posted - 2007.08.08 13:42:00 -
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I would recommend Red,Green and Blue mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. |
Jago Kain
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.08.09 11:56:00 -
[82]
Edited by: Jago Kain on 09/08/2007 11:58:35
I can heartily reccommend The Saga of the Exiles and The Galactic Milieu Trilogy by Julian May. A total of 8 books (9 if you bother with A Pliocence Companion... which I didn't) but well worth reading.
The first series tells the story of a time-gate from our future to the distant past and a race of extra-terrestrials living in the Pliocene era whose relative peace is interrupted by the arrival of malcontents from our near future.
The second covers a time frame from post-war era to the relatively near future and is about the development of "metapsychic" powers by the human race and our induction into a galactic civilisation, with all the problems that would likely involve.
I can't say too much about the series without spoiling it, but the second series ties in well to the first and I found them to be absolutely un-putdownable
Incidentally, Olaf Stapledon is referenced quite a bit by Julian May in the second series and both sets of books show signs of having been influenced by "Odd John".
If it's something a little left of centre you are loooking for, this may be the very thing.
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Reyold Bengali
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.08.11 22:47:00 -
[83]
Might want to give "Gravity Dreams" by L. E. Modesitt Jr. a read.
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Reycks Armunicus
Gallente
CoreTech Industries
E.A.R.T.H. Federation
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Posted - 2007.08.14 21:15:00 -
[84]
First off, I'd like to thank the OP for starting this thread. If no-one's mentioned already Norstrilia, by Cordwainer Smith, is good.
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Phiend
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Posted - 2007.08.14 21:27:00 -
[85]
Book that I very doubt anyone else on here has read, I've never met anyone else who's read it.
Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis.
Its not exactly what you expect from the title. The title is based off of the Domesday Book, an old english census.
Its a really good read.
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Ealiom
Infinitus Morti
R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2007.08.14 23:38:00 -
[86]
Originally by: Phiend
Book that I very doubt anyone else on here has read, I've never met anyone else who's read it.
Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis.
Its not exactly what you expect from the title. The title is based off of the Domesday Book, an old english census.
Its a really good read.
You see that is where you are wrong, I have it in my bookcase.
I particularly like how understated it is, how it flicks back and forth between 'times' teasing you to make your own assumptions. The end was a little bland for me, but never the less a good read!
Reag Greg Egan's Permutation City. I found that a really good read.
Not as good as Diaspora but definetly easier to read.
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Moncada
Amarr
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Mostly Harmless
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Posted - 2007.08.15 00:18:00 -
[87]
William gibson: Neuromancer, count zero and mona lisa overdrive.
Frank herbert: Arrakis(dune), dune messiah, (Children of dune), God emperor of dune. Lazarus incident
Bruce sterling: Dunno the names >_<
Stanislaw lev: Solaris
More to come as I remember them >_<
Montada
Cardinal Maledictus Sanguine
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Xanos Blackpaw
Amarr
The Firestorm Elite
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Posted - 2007.08.15 10:11:00 -
[88]
Empire from the Ashes by David Webber. buy it. read it. love it.
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ry ry
StateCorp
The State
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Posted - 2007.08.15 11:59:00 -
[89]
Originally by: Moncada
Frank herbert: Arrakis(dune), dune messiah, (Children of dune), God emperor of dune.
do not listen to this man. only the first dune novel is any good.
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Shinhan
Phoenix Knights
Dark Nebula Galactic Empire
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Posted - 2007.08.15 12:46:00 -
[90]
Somebody else also recommended me Accelerando, I really oughta pick it up and read it already. Btw, did you know its author released it under Creative Commons licence and it can be legally downloaded for free?
For recommendations I will skip on those authors that have been mentioned already and will ask you to read the Honor Harrington series. The main actor starts as a midshipman on a combat starship and goes up through the ranks during the novel series. I really like the physics of the starship combat there. Unfortunately, by the end of the series Honor is Admiral and those later novels concentrate more on politics than pew-pew.
Also, take a look at Bolos, written by several different authors.
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Moncada
Amarr
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Mostly Harmless
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Posted - 2007.08.15 14:05:00 -
[91]
Originally by: ry ry
Originally by: Moncada
Frank herbert: Arrakis(dune), dune messiah, (Children of dune), God emperor of dune.
do not listen to this man. only the first dune novel is any good.
Nein! All thoose are good.. Only a bit more... strange but still good. So shush little one! ;)
Montada
Cardinal Maledictus Sanguine
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SoftRevolution
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Posted - 2007.08.15 16:46:00 -
[92]
Edited by: SoftRevolution on 15/08/2007 16:47:56
Good topic. Definitely some stuff I will be buying myself.
Well firstly, you say you've read PKD novels. Can I heartily recommend his short stories as well?
He was such an astoundingly creative guy and some of the ideas in there wouldn't have necessarily worked as a full length novel but definitely do for a short story.
I think "Days of Perky Pat" is my favourite volume but I haven't read a bad one yet.
Mmm.
Most of what I'd suggest has already been brought up, so I'll go for
"Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End Of The World" by Haruki Murakami. I can't really categorise it as 100% science fiction but if you like PKD I think you'll "get" it.
I liked Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle better than most of his other stuff. They're vaguely historical novels (the full thing runs from the late 1600s to 1714) but don't let that put you off. The setting is as rich and bizzare as anything set in space.
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Jastra
Gallente
Core Domination
Big Bang Quantum
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Posted - 2007.08.15 18:23:00 -
[93]
Originally by: Freki Grimnir
If you enjoyed Roadside Picnic you should read The Forever War by Joe Haldeman.
Great book.
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