Simon
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| posted on 30/7/07 at 10:17 PM |
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Sci Fi etc author recommendations
Peeps,
I've read most of Arthur C Clark/Asimov and maybe some others in the past, and am looking for suggestions for other sci fi fiction.
I'm not overly interested in stories of alien species - more sci fi with humans (and maybe interactions with alien).
Also a fan of Pratchett and Adams (HHGTTG) so recommendation along those lines too
Cheers
ATB
Simon
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graememk
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| posted on 30/7/07 at 10:23 PM |
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Harry potter ?
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Simon
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| posted on 30/7/07 at 10:25 PM |
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Yeah, if I was 12
ATB
Simon
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donut
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| posted on 30/7/07 at 10:32 PM |
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Harry Harrison, great sci fi stories!
http://www.harryharrison.com/
[Edited on 30/7/07 by donut]
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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caber
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| posted on 30/7/07 at 10:44 PM |
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Iain M Banks: brilliant well formed stories based on thought out places
John Wyndham: now slightly dated but well presented stories in a present or near future
Michael Moorcock: Whacked out drug inspired 1970s parallel London
William Gibson: Current writer of cyberfiction based on computer and robot futures
Philip K Dick: good sci fi some made into films nice ideas well thought through
Frank Herbert: Dune is his best novel, very long and well described space opera very badly filmed in the 80s there are a number of sequels that are
only worth reading if you are really absorbed in the original.
Get through that lot should take you a few years!
Caber
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Peteff
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| posted on 30/7/07 at 10:47 PM |
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Fritz Leiber
More fantasy than sci-fi but read the Gray Mouser series of books, swords and sorcery sort of thing.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Simon
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| posted on 30/7/07 at 10:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by caber
Frank Herbert: Dune is his best novel, very long and well described space opera very badly filmed in the 80s there are a number of sequels that are
only worth reading if you are really absorbed in the original.
Caber
Dune orig book one of my faves - so was orig film (apart from Gordon Sumner) Rest of series (of books) looked like a rip off of the bible - imho
o/c.
Will have a look at others - cheers chaps, keep 'em coming
ATB
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bpgoa
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| posted on 30/7/07 at 10:55 PM |
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Michael Marshal Smith - only forward - spares..... this stuff can be funny but not like pratchett
Peter f Hamilton - read the mindstar rising stuff first (his later stuff is fantastic but you have to be dedicated)
Neal Stephenson - Snowcrash (one of my fave books)
William Gibson - the neuromancer
Greg Bear - eon
[Edited on 30/7/07 by bpgoa]
[Edited on 30/7/07 by bpgoa]
On and On the River flows... We the Undertow
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Wadders
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| posted on 30/7/07 at 10:59 PM |
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Guy Gavriel Kay, The summer tree trilogy, again more fantasy than sci-fi, but worth a read.
Al.
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bpgoa
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| posted on 30/7/07 at 11:02 PM |
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and if you want some fantasy..
try the robbin hobb stuff,,,
On and On the River flows... We the Undertow
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Pezza
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| posted on 30/7/07 at 11:07 PM |
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Read the Amtrak Wars series
fantastic books.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amtrak_Wars
alternately some fantasy:
Robert Jordans wheel of time series is amazing imo
Anything by David Gemmel or Raymond E Fiest
Neil Gaimon
You couldn't pwn your way out of a wet paper bag, with "PWN ME!!" written on it, from the "pwned take-away" which originally contained one
portion of chicken tikka pwnsala and the obligatory free pwnpadom.
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smdl
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| posted on 30/7/07 at 11:27 PM |
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Fantasy, again, but my favorite series of all (still in progress) is by George R.R. Martin - Song of Ice and Fire:
o A Game of Thrones, Bantam Books, 1996
o A Clash of Kings, Bantam Books, 1999
o A Storm of Swords, Bantam Books, 2000
o A Feast for Crows, Bantam Books, 2005
He figures that there will be about 2-3 books to complete the series. Characters are all very 3-dimensional, and writing is fantastic. Best of all,
he is not at all afraid of killing off his major characters!
Again, this is among the best I have read
Shaun
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keithice
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| posted on 31/7/07 at 12:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by smdl
Fantasy, again, but my favorite series of all (still in progress) is by George R.R. Martin - Song of Ice and Fire:
o A Game of Thrones, Bantam Books, 1996
o A Clash of Kings, Bantam Books, 1999
o A Storm of Swords, Bantam Books, 2000
o A Feast for Crows, Bantam Books, 2005
He figures that there will be about 2-3 books to complete the series. Characters are all very 3-dimensional, and writing is fantastic. Best of all,
he is not at all afraid of killing off his major characters!
Again, this is among the best I have read
Shaun
I have been reading sci-fi since I was 9 years old starting wih a.c.clark and asimov...my recommendations echo several of those
above...
amtrak wars..Brilliant,
Peter.f.Hamilton.... Mind warping
forever war ...by joe haldeman or heniemen (something like that...definetly an h)
Orson Scott Card...
Neal Stephenson...
William Gibson.....
Ben Bova....
Smile and wave boys.... Smile and wave....
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kestrel1596
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| posted on 31/7/07 at 02:00 AM |
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I used to read quite a bit of SF, although my reading in general tapered off over time.
I also read a lot of Clarke and Asimov, but I also liked:
Charles Sheffield (good "hard science" author)
Larry Niven (the Ringworld series mainly)
Roger Zelazny (the SF, not the fantasy works)
I went through a few from Ben Bova and Jerry Pournelle, James Blish, a variety of Robert Heinlein, and I see that I also see I've hung onto a
couple of books by John Brunner and Stanislaw Lem.
There were a few writers that I didn't get to that I thought sounded interesting. Recently I read that Fred Saberhagen died and so I looked into
his "Berserker" series but haven't picked it up yet.
Oddly it was some of the really bad, laughably over-the-top stuff that I read that I still recall fondly. No accounting for taste I suppose.
Since the early eighties when the fantasy titles seemed to be pushing the SF off the shelves I left the genre. I haven't any idea of who is
writing stuff like Clarke and Asimov used to now. I have heard of Gibson and a couple of other contemporary authors but haven't read any of
their stuff.
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skodaman
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| posted on 31/7/07 at 02:26 AM |
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Sci-fi
At great risk of offending people how about the bible? It's far more far-fetched than Star Wars lol. Would have said the Koran but i've
never read it. Also i'm aware that Salman Rushdie has spent half his life hiding in Morecambe cos of comments about Islam. Still wtf. I
already live in Morecambe lmao.
Skodaman
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Dale
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| posted on 31/7/07 at 04:13 AM |
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Steven Donaldson, the gap series
very good but not well known.
A bit more on the darker side but very good.
Dale
Thanks
Dale
my 14 and11 year old boys 22
and 19 now want to drive but have to be 25 before insurance will allow. Finally on the road
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Macbeast
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| posted on 31/7/07 at 05:14 AM |
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Ron Champion - " Build your own sports car for as little as £250 "
Falls into the techno-fantasy category.
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Snuggs
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| posted on 31/7/07 at 06:06 AM |
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Replay
by Ken Grimwood
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http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/snuggstcb
Spider pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does.
I doubt therefore I may be.
Luposlipophobia : Fear of being chased by wolves around a freshly waxed kitchen floor, while wearing only socks on your feet.
My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely!
http://www.venganza.org
http://www.jesusandmo.net/
http://www.snuggs.co.uk
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 31/7/07 at 06:17 AM |
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If you like Terry Pratchett then you will find Jasper Ffordejust as good.( possibly better)
Start with The Eyre Affair which is the first of 5 books about Thursday Next.
Paul
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britishtrident
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| posted on 31/7/07 at 06:22 AM |
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JG Ballard
Stephen Baxter
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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JoelP
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| posted on 31/7/07 at 06:35 AM |
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id second the Iain M Banks recomendation, use of weapons and excession are two if my favourites.
Amtrax Wars are an excellent read but not as ambitious as Banks' work.
A good source of scifi is the warhammer 40k books, theres loads of the them but the inquisition series (zenos, hereticus and malleus) is good.
Or maybe steven kings dark tower sequence? I think he's actually finished it now!
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iank
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| posted on 31/7/07 at 06:52 AM |
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Another vote for Dune by Frank Herbert. The other books he wrote in the series go slowly downhill but are still enjoyable if you liked the first.
Avoid the copy cat books by his son they are complete dreck.
Weapon Shops of Isher by A. E. van Vogt are good.
For an entertaining quick read Sentenced to Prism by Alan Dean Foster is ok.
More off the wall are the books of Stanislaw Lem, Solaris being his most famous, are good if you can get into the strange style.
--
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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D Beddows
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| posted on 31/7/07 at 07:48 AM |
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Third vote for Ian M Banks - not a huge si- fi book fan but I enjoyed his 'proper' novels (where he's just Ian Banks) so I though
I's give the si-fi ones a go and suprised myself by realy enjoying them
[Edited on 31/7/07 by D Beddows]
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awinter
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| posted on 31/7/07 at 08:25 AM |
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Kevin J Anderson has a great series of books out, Saga of the seven suns
EE doc smith, Grey Lensmen
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Catpuss
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| posted on 31/7/07 at 11:27 AM |
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On the warhammer 40K boots, Space Marine, Inquisition and Harlequin are quite good (I think can be bought as a compliation now).
The books based on the Halo games are quite good too, though I think the one based directly on the first game was a bit weak at times. The one based
directly on the game was a different author and occasionally it read a bit like he was just transcribing what was on screen.
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