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brakespear Minmatar Wayward Brewing	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:38:00 - [61] Banksie, Harlan Ellison, Stephen Baxter, Philip K Asterisk (more the short stories though), Damon Knight, Asimov, Harry Harrison, A C Clarke (before the endless collaborations) and Brian Aldiss where the people who set the scene for me. Of those, maybe Banks, Ellison, Aldiss, Baxter and Harrison have had an input one way or another into my Eve gameplay (though maybe because they had input to RL too, idk ) -------------------------------------------------- brakespear - the lowest common denominator
Gone'Postal Minmatar Vengeance 8 Interceptors	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:48:00 - [62] Originally by: Fortior Read Snow Crash ps Neal Stephenson. Read it, think about it. Then take a look at Second Life or even EVE. That was a book that spelled out the future in unexpected detail :p Hard to think it was written in 1992. QFT, Snow crash is one Heck of a book!. ---- \0/ CCP SlideShow Games \0/
Iconath Minmatar	Posted - 2007.10.08 23:04:00 - [63] Did anyone mention John Varley? Originally by: Oveur And indeed, there will be beer Inebriation / Rank 1 / SP: 255998 of 256000
Qui Shon	Posted - 2007.10.08 23:21:00 - [64] Edited by: Qui Shon on 08/10/2007 23:23:16 Don't want to derail the thread into tv shows from the much better books, but tips would be appreciated. A couple of tv series were mentioned, but are there others you would recommend, besides the obvious.. well, I'll just list what I know. Star Trek (in all it's variations, some I like, others I don't) Babylon 5 BSG (Orig and new) Stargste (Meh. Movie was decent though) Farscape Firefly (haven't seen it yet, will pick them up soon though. Serenity was good) So what else? Eureka was mentioned, but it doesn't seem to fit here really, what with not being in space, and maybe even more comedy then anything else?
Wind Ictiva Delta Kappa Gamma	Posted - 2007.10.08 23:29:00 - [65] FFS! no one mentioned James P. Hogan ??? The giants series is a work of art. and yes almost everyone here is mentioning really great authors. i could start listing the ones i agree with, but that would be too long of a list. and no, none of those guys made me wanna play EvE. Originally by: Admiral Love Hmm creating a thread like this is perhaps a little like sitting naked with bleeding balls in a pool of piranhas. I Won't do it again - most of you guys are pretty nasty.
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 23:33:00 - [66] Originally by: Wind Ictiva FFS! no one mentioned James P. Hogan ??? The giants series is a work of art. and yes almost everyone here is mentioning really great authors. i could start listing the ones i agree with, but that would be too long of a list. and no, none of those guys made me wanna play EvE. Ah, but did your love for Science Fiction attract you to Eve? ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
Jimer Lins Gallente	Posted - 2007.10.08 23:33:00 - [67] Edited by: Jimer Lins on 08/10/2007 23:33:51 Originally by: Wind Ictiva FFS! no one mentioned James P. Hogan ??? The giants series is a work of art. and yes almost everyone here is mentioning really great authors. i could start listing the ones i agree with, but that would be too long of a list. and no, none of those guys made me wanna play EvE. Hell, I've bought James P. Hogan a Guinness. Very interesting guy. (edit:typo) -- EVE Glossary Exploration Video
Thorjak Confederation of Red Moon Red Moon Federation	Posted - 2007.10.08 23:46:00 - [68] Edited by: Thorjak on 08/10/2007 23:50:51 /me *****s knuckles hehe I've already written and deleted a bunch of obvious candidates, that leaves: Stephen Donaldson; The gap series It describes a mode of travel earily similar to EVE and what happens when it goes wrong. The plot isn't too bad either. Edit: Also try the Piers Anthony Fractal Mode/Chaos Mode Books, Although I enjoyed his Xanth stuff, this is nothing like that at all, a lot darker and deeper Thor
Haerana The Republican Guard The Sundering	Posted - 2007.10.09 00:23:00 - [69] space games made me want to play eve online. barely read any sci-fi :( The most sci-fi books i have probably read are the Aliens Vs Predator novels lol. im not a sci-fi geek. I have however read most terry pratchett books in existance. so yay my geekyness has gone back up o/ /fails at sci fi. Here comes the sig............. Quickfit RIP Much love to the guys that let us test ship setups for so long. but now is the age of EFT! LONG LIVE EFT.
Lewis Atreides Caldari House Atreides trade	Posted - 2007.10.09 00:41:00 - [70] Originally by: Tortun Nahme Edited by: Tortun Nahme on 08/10/2007 19:17:32 make that two victims edit: and you didn't list Wells in that list, you can't count war of the worlds does anyone else remember the war of the worlds tv show that lasted all of what.. ten episodes? oh boy do I ever lol. even thou it was bad I still liked it. As for the OP question I think my avatar's name says it all. ----------------------** While blood, carnage, and distruction may be my "happy place" that is nothing like the feeling I get while hauling 2 mill isk in goods thru low sec.

Icarus Starkiller Minmatar	Posted - 2007.10.09 00:43:00 - [71] It's amazing I have yet to see anyone mention one of the best Sci-Fi series ever created. Thank Tor books for screwing up the printing of the issues for their relative limited exposure. Exordium series, by Sherwood Smith & Jeff Trowbridge. Phoenix in Flight Ruler of Naught (rare) Prison Unsought Rifters' Covenant (VERY rare) Thrones of Cronos This series introduces a future society on a vast scale, truly a Space Opera of epic proportions, with a very unique combat system. As someone once compared it: Dune without the dry prose. - Life is pain...anyone who says differently is selling something.
Dixi Flatliner	Posted - 2007.10.09 00:49:00 - [72] Edited by: Dixi Flatliner on 09/10/2007 00:54:08 Originally by: ChironV , Gibson. Funny you should ask That one!!!
Garrik Doran Nova Inc.	Posted - 2007.10.09 01:09:00 - [73] Sci-fi books definately influenced joining eve. The vivid thoughts of battles with ships hurtling death at each other and little fighters darting around in their line of fire evoked when reading the x-wing series by Stackpole and Allston definitely made eve seem like it could be a great space combat simulator. Although I was slightly disappointed with the combat system originally it's got a uniqueness in it's own sense that makes you want to keep going regardless of what happens, like near fatal adrenaline rushes. Why specialize when i can fly everything!
Wrayeth Shiva Morsus Mihi	Posted - 2007.10.09 02:27:00 - [74] Edited by: Wrayeth on 09/10/2007 02:28:17 I've read a lot of sci-fi, largely the old-school stuff. Arthur C. Clarke Robert A. Heinlein Larry Niven Frederick Pohl Charles Sheffield Andre Norton C. J. Cherryh And some newer stuff as well. David Weber David Drake Kevin J. Anderson Michael Flynn Lots of others, but those are the ones I can recall offhand (or are sitting on a nearby bookshelf and not hidden behind the hundreds of other books I own). -Wrayeth n00b Extraordinaire "Look, pa! I just contributed absolutely nothing to this thread!"
Wargercy Caldari Militaris Industries	Posted - 2007.10.09 03:54:00 - [75] Had it not been for me reading Enders Game, on the tip of some random drunk guy, I would never have played this game. ---------------------- uʍop əpỊsdn pəuɹnʇ ¦pəddỊlɟ ʇoნ əɟỊl ʎɯ ʍoɥ ʇnoqɐ llɐ ʎɹ
Hannobaal Gallente Agony Unleashed Agony Empire	Posted - 2007.10.09 04:00:00 - [76] I've read a lot of science fiction (mainly the old stuff with Asimov, Heinlein and so on), but it was the similarity to the game Elite that made me want to play Eve when I first heard about it.
Miz Cenuij Caldari Simply Smacktackular	Posted - 2007.10.09 05:31:00 - [77] Iain M Banks, without a doubt and without peer the greatest Space Opera writer to date. I am in the process of reading the books below for the 3rd time, no other author has enticed me back for so much as a second read before. Consider Phlebas (as Iain M. Banks) Macmillan, 1987 The Player of Games (as Iain M. Banks) Macmillan, 1988 The State of the Art (as Iain M. Banks) Macmillan, 1989 The Use of Weapons (as Iain M. Banks) Orbit, 1990 Against a Dark Background (as Iain M. Banks) Orbit, 1993 Feersum Endjinn (as Iain M. Banks) Orbit, 1994 Excession (as Iain M. Banks) Orbit, 1996 Inversions (as Iain M. Banks) Orbit, 1998 Look to Windward (as Iain M. Banks) Orbit, 2000 The Algebraist (as Iain M. Banks) Orbit, 2004 "Men are going to die.. and im going to kill them".
Danzig256k Caldari Mortal Devastating Kin	Posted - 2007.10.09 07:00:00 - [78] well i myself was more of a fantasy reader, mostly DragonLance and other TSR titles.. but i am a huge scifi movie and tv nut. you name it: Stargate, star wars, Babylon 5, star trek, firefly(show and movie) space 1999, battlestar galactica and many more. and since playing became an even bigger scifi dork, heheh
Danzig256k Caldari Mortal Devastating Kin	Posted - 2007.10.09 07:00:00 - [79] Originally by: ChironV Originally by: Shalia Ripper Originally by: Tortun Nahme man EUREKA RULES! word. funny show, doesnt take itself too seriously. And the chicks are hot. Plus it has Max Headroom. With a dorky accent. I love the recent one where everyone gets a case of dumb except for the Sheriff and one or 2 others. That comment where someone says to the sheriff, Jack, I just realized, this is what its like for you all the time, I'm so sorry. That made me LOL. that had to be the coolest ep yet, hehe
Krexus Amarr Serenity Prime Praesidium Libertatis	Posted - 2007.10.09 07:31:00 - [80] I've read some SW books Oeh and verne.. OEH and Shogun, wait that aint SF but it's still damn good Originally by: CCP Wrangler You're not supposed to feel like you're logging in to a happy, happy, fluffy, fluffy lala land filled with fun and adventures, that's what hello kitty online is for.

Din Mbas	Posted - 2007.10.09 07:46:00 - [81] Originally by: Miz Cenuij Iain M Banks, without a doubt and without peer the greatest Space Opera writer to date. Second that. Banks writes the best epic sci-fi there is and his contemporary stuff is good too. The Bridge is one of my fave books of all time. Grew up reading Heinlein. Went back to them awhile ago and still great to read tho some of his ideas don't age well.
Franga Caldari NQX Innovations Southern Cross Alliance	Posted - 2007.10.09 08:49:00 - [82] Peter F. Hamilton (Night's Dawn Trilogy - particularly) and Frank Herbert (Dune series - only the best stuff evah! _____________________________ Eldo spanked my sig but I can't be bothered changing it just now.
Shinhan Phoenix Knights Dark Nebula Galactic Empire	Posted - 2007.10.09 09:06:00 - [83] One book that hasnt been mentioned yet, Accelerando (still reading it). One of the nifty concepts in it are near future humans using exocortex. That is, more and more of "thinking" is done by artificial computing outside of your actual brain. In general I prefer Military Sci-Fi. I think I read almost every Military Sci-Fi book there is. -- Selling apples, 1 signature each. ѼѼѼѼѼѼѼ
Hack Causality	Posted - 2007.10.09 09:47:00 - [84] I second Accelerando, gotta be the most spooky-accurate prediction of near future to date. My personal favorite recent author is John Ringo. If you have never read Into the Looking Glass, buy it. Buy it now.
AeonOfTime Minmatar Syrkos Technologies	Posted - 2007.10.09 10:10:00 - [85] Originally by: Plutonian I'm surprised Stephen R. Donaldson's Gap Cycle didn't show up anywhere. I've seen nearly all the characters appear in Eve. I was surprised too - in my case, that particular book was a deciding factor to give EVE a try. Donaldson's universe fits EVE rather well from the solo play point of play (minus any alien races). The main factor was being able to make a career as a miner, in complete freedom :) -- Read the captain's log at eve.aeonoftime.com
Ter Fordal	Posted - 2007.10.09 12:09:00 - [86] Great thread and some great books. Philip K Phallus is the don and Stephen Baxter is good if you like hard sci-fi as opposed to space opera (Space and Time are both real eye openers, the timeline spans over billions of years). One conspicuous absence for me is the polish author Stanislaw Lem. He wrote Solaris which has been made into a film twice. My favourite is 'The Futurological Congress', one of the few books that has genuinely shocked me.
Confuzer PBA Corporation The Volition Cult	Posted - 2007.10.09 12:51:00 - [87] Edited by: Confuzer on 09/10/2007 12:50:55 Peter F. Hamilton (that's why the server is called Tranquillity right? After the living spacestation?) Alastair Reynolds (who lives 300 meters from my workplace ^^) is who I like best. He has the most scientific approach in his books. And as I scan this thread I have read most of the writers. I only read SF so the choice is very limited . ----------------- Destiny is not a matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It's not a thing to be waited for - it is a thing to be achieved.
MrTripps Gallente	Posted - 2007.10.09 13:17:00 - [88] Originally by: Wargercy Had it not been for me reading Enders Game, on the tip of some random drunk guy That could have been me! Too bad Piggies pulled out Card's brain. What he is turning out now is rubbish. Carl Sagan deserves a hat tip. For more then just his fiction. Certainty of death...small chance of success...what are we waiting for? - Gimli
Ithoriel Amarr Royal Amarr Institute	Posted - 2007.10.09 13:39:00 - [89] Originally by: Wrayeth Edited by: Wrayeth on 09/10/2007 02:28:17C. J. Cherryh I loved the Alliance-Union universe and it has some interesting parallels with EVE. My Impel is called "Finity's End" after one of the ships in the Merchanter fleet. In the, highly unlikely, event I ever get a carrier it just has to be called the "ECS-5 Norway" Must check sometime if "Signy Mallory" is claimed as a name in EVE! Growing old is mandatory, growing up is entirely optional
Maestro Ulv Phaze-9	Posted - 2007.10.09 14:40:00 - [90] Originally by: Confuzer Alastair Reynolds (who lives 300 meters from my workplace ^^) Damn! I and my GF now hate you Neal Asher is the only guy to rank alongside Reynolds. If only Eve was a mixture of both there universes! Imagine the AI of Asher in our drones... Finally they would be clever enough to deal with bring released from the drone bay. Dont want any Wolves though in this universe! shudder I'm not bored, I'm merely in the Queue.



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