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ry ry
StateCorp Veritas Immortalis
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Posted - 2007.12.18 10:10:00 -
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Originally by: Ulendar
Originally by: ry ry Edited by: ry ry on 17/12/2007 16:00:33
the warhammer 40k novels are great books for kids or people with learning difficulties.
While you're entitled to your opinion ofc and I don't feel like arguing your point, let me just say the W40k background is the only science fiction setting that interests me in the slightest. Since the OP didn't ask for opinions on books about WW2 and the politics back then (while at it, I'd recommend Michael Burleigh), I had to go with W40k ^^
don't get me wrong, that wasn't aimed at you. i actually quite like the wh40k fluff.
i just feel that all the wh40k books i read were aimed at 14 year olds.
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Xanos Blackpaw
Amarr The Firestorm Elite
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Posted - 2007.12.18 15:36:00 -
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do it have to be scifi? well i got a fantasy series you got to read
'The Dresden Files' by jim butcher
first book is 'storm front'
briliant books i dont think i have laughed that hard while reading a book...the main characters comments is just to funny^^
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Deviana Sevidon
Gallente Cataclysm Enterprises Kraftwerk.
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Posted - 2007.12.18 15:43:00 -
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Try "On Basilisk Station" from David Weber. It is the first book of a great series and can be downloaded and read free of charge and legal, here:
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Reyold Bengali
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.12.18 15:53:00 -
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Originally by: Deviana Sevidon Try "On Basilisk Station" from David Weber. It is the first book of a great series and can be downloaded and read free of charge and legal, here:
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I was just going to link to Baen's library. Some really good stuff in there. If you're into military sf, then David Weber's "Honor Harrington" books are a must read. From the same source I'd also recommend "Freehold" by Michael Z. Williamson. ------- Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience. |
Pwn4ge P4nts
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2007.12.18 20:27:00 -
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Bought Ubik by Philip K. **** and Consider Phlebas by Ian M. Banks today, read about 50 pages into the Banks novel, and as expected it kicks ass. Full of fast-paced descriptions and references, without unnecessary details weighing it down.
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Tony Unrau
Caldari Shiva Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2007.12.19 00:14:00 -
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Teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy
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Jack Reznor
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Posted - 2007.12.22 22:09:00 -
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Edited by: Jack Reznor on 22/12/2007 22:11:36 Edited by: Jack Reznor on 22/12/2007 22:10:21 Im going back a couple of decades, but the "Stainless Steel Rat" series rings a bell, i enjoyed them muchly before i discovered other things.
PS : I really liked the fact that Phillip K's surname was censored :) and yet I can still say things like butt-tickler, grannyfrottager and polesmoking.
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Sharupak
Minmatar Knights Of the Black Sun Brotherhood Of Steel
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Posted - 2007.12.22 22:15:00 -
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Jaerl
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.12.22 22:26:00 -
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Originally by: Mary Makepeace Edited by: Mary Makepeace on 17/12/2007 14:50:11 Iain M. Banks, the culture series.
QFT - DEFINITELY go for Iain M. Banks' SF collection, his style of writing is just amazing. EVE Online is basically the personification of an Iain M. Banks fanboy's wet dream. His writing style might not be for everybody, but if you get to understand it, they're the most amazing books you'll ever read.
For a simple quick read, I'd start with Player of Games, or State of the Art (a collection of short stories) then go onto Consider Phlebas and then Look to Windward (its sequel). What is good about his stories is that they're all largely independent, you can pretty much read them in any order but most of them are set in the same setting.
Culture ftw.
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Isiskhan
Gnostic Misanthropy
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Posted - 2007.12.22 22:45:00 -
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Iain M. Banks is a great author, but lets not forget his non-sci-fi facet as "Iain Banks". "Wasp Factory", "Complicity", "The Bridge", "Walking on Glass"... all very good. They are not about the traditional themes of sci-fi, but there sure are sci-fi elements on some of them, such as in the latter two. There was one novel he wrote (as "Iain Banks") that I had to put down unfinished as I found it quite un-engaging, but I forget the name now.
And speaking of works reminiscent of EVE, I was just starting to read The Saga of The Metabarons (a graphic novel written by uber-weirdo Jodorowsky and illustrated by Jimenez) and I kept thinking how much some of the stuff there reminded me of EVE.
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Anna Devika
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Posted - 2007.12.23 01:04:00 -
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"Catspaw" by Joan D. Vinge
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Monczeli Faolain
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Posted - 2007.12.23 01:13:00 -
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'Dune', obviously, with the caveat that you should avoid anything Kevin J. Anderson has been involved with, so no Preludes or Legends... just the originals.
Paul Di Filippo's 'Ribofunk' collection of short stories is a pretty good twist on the cyberpunk genre, and his 'Steampunk Trilogy' is worth looking at, too.
Some of Stanislaw Lem's stuff is worth a read, too. I've only read 'Memoirs Found in a Bathtub' (which occupies a nice space between Joseph Heller and Franz Kafka) and 'Peace on Earth', but if you're interested in futuristic satire, that's where to go.
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Rakeris
Brethren Empire
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Posted - 2007.12.23 01:47:00 -
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If you like fantasy at all, I would tell you to check out the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. First one is Gardens of the Moon. If you absolutely don't like fantasy, I would say read the first chapter anyway. :P As the books are simply amazing, and they only get better. ---------- I gave up on sigs. As all the beatings from the abusive mods are starting to hurt and leave nasty bruises. |
Crobain Stalker
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.12.23 11:20:00 -
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Originally by: Gojyu The Gap Cycle by Stephen Donaldson. Don't try and read it all at once though, it's fairly heavy
I can't reccomend this highly enough.. true, Wagnerian space opera.
I read these over a few years as they were released. The first two books are shorter but less engaging (both could be read in an afternoon sitting, but beware they are quite violent/misogynistic), but by book 3 you will be hooked on the machinations between the characters and the mysterious figures off scene who pull all the strings. A real work of genius on an grand, epic scale.
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Mudkest
Ekliptika Engineers Ekliptika
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Posted - 2007.12.23 14:18:00 -
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coldfire trilogy from C.S.Friedman(black sun rising, when true night falls and last crown of shadows) "in conquest born" from her got described to me as space opera, but I havent really been able to get into that book ..
starship troopers is awesome, (book is quite different from the movie, but then again, isnt that usualy the case) book is way better too :)
also have to agree with startide rising being a great book(havent red the rest of uplift war series, it's on my "to read" list along with a lot of other books) ----- GIEV custom ship paint jobs! I want my hello-kitty-kessie!
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