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I could have used a few more inspirations, like if you liked them or how it could have been a better book and so on, however:
Based on your choise of PKD and Asimov, i would suggest the following as very likely to be interesting for you:
Ubik - Philip K. Dick I, Robot - a collection of novels - Isaac Asimov 2001: A space odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke
Some less obvious, but legendary choises could be: 1984 - George Orwell Neuromancer - William Gibson From the Earth to the Moon - Jules Verne
There are several other science fiction authers with none to little emotional stuff, but i'm not sure it's truely what you are seeking.
Also: In general science fiction is extremely bound on you getting along with the authers way of articulating. Therefore; if you like a science fiction book by an auther, chances are that you will like all his works.
Good luck finding books to your likings!
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In addition to many, many of the above suggestions:
I recently read and enjoyed several of Peter F. Hamilton's books. The Night's Dawn Trilogy and the Commonwealth Saga are both very good (although the first book of Night's Dawn has way too many sex scenes in it).
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Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card ---> I thought this was better than Ender's Game, because it actually humanized a character. Though Ender was a complicated individual, he seemed too robotic for my tastes.
1984 - George Orwell Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
The Halo books that were written by Eric Nylund are pretty good, though it's been a while since I last read them.
And surprisingly enough....I actually liked the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer, so you could try those out too.
Anyway, don't know if these are specifically what you're looking for, but here!
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Dune for sure. Although I can't vouch for anything after the first six books. They were written by the original author's son. I heard they were really bad though.
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On August 09 2010 13:21 Meth wrote: StarCraft
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I really liked these novels.
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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy I am Robot (If you have seen the movie, the book isnt at all like it and its much better)
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I hear that the Maximum Ride was a good series. but then again, it was targeted towards the young-adult group, and i'm not sure if you're into that kind of thing =\
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Martian Chronicles-Ray Bradbury Harrison Bergeron-Kurt Vonnegut (it's actually a SS but w/e.) 2001 A Space Odyssey-Arthur C. Clarke 50 short sci-fi Stories (just a collection)
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I remember liking the Jack McDevitt books like polaris and a talent for war (theres a third one which I liked but can't remember the name of and the fourth one was poop on a stick)
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Awesome list already. I strongly agree you should read Neuromancer (William Gibson), and Snow Crash (Neil Stephenson). Definitely Dune too. Great start already with Asimov and Philip K Dick, they're great. I'd also suggest Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke.
I'm going to read Hyperion and see what I think. Thanks Avalanche.
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Hmm, 1984 seems to be coming up. It is a dystopian social commentary, not Sci-fi. "Brave New World" is Sci-fi.
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On August 09 2010 14:07 Perseverance wrote:+1 I really liked these novels. -999999999999999999999999 seriously i really really really hated how most of these were written, the writing is just horrendous (I'm not some crazy literature-loving-everything-else-sucks person, but still) maybe except Speed of Darkness, the rest were trash.... (wait this is for the first two starcraft novels, dunno about the dark templar saga and nova one, can't imagine them being stellar though).
One novel i really liked is The Glass House by Charles Stross, it takes place faaaaaaaaaar in the future and its full of crazy out of this world stuff. The plot is basically about some guy (girl? later goes into a female body hahaha) who is put into a world that is supposed to simulate our 21st century world 9tthe scientists or w/e are trying to figure out what the 21st cent was like). But of course things aren't what they seems.
Recently I read Light by M. John Harrison, it was an interesting noir sci-fi novel. Has three narratives for three different weird/interesting/disturbing characters and the crazy stuff that happen to them. It was kinda trippy. Some may not like the ending and how things tied up, it was hard for me to find a connection between the three narratives when they all came together (sort of), maybe someone can enlighten me? Nonetheless i enjoyed it and recommend it.
Right now im reading quite a few books, but the sci fi ones are Anathem by Neal Stephenson (lots of TLers recommended other stuff by this guy too) and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which is hilarious so far.
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch -Philip K. Dick
I'm not a fan of PKD's writing style, but the guy was damn creative.
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Nightfall by Isaac Asimov. Just epic.
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there was a science fiction novel by dan brown called deception point, was a fantastic read
EDIT: not so sure if its science fiction actually, had some elements to it though.
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To the haters the StarCraft novels, they aren't THAT bad. Shadow of the Xel'Naga is horrendous, sure, Uprising is poorly written, and Heaven's Devils is incredibly inconsistent and "bouncy" (author changes scenes way too often leaving a bunch of cliffhangers, then you forget wtf was happening to the characters at that point 15 pages later) but they're not unreadable.
In fact, Liberty's Crusade was pretty entertaining until + Show Spoiler + after which it was still decent although a little bland.
But those (bar SotXN) weren't absolutely terrible, although I certainly wouldn't recommend them. Especially if you don't give a crap about the SC storyline, these definitely wouldn't change someone's mind about it.
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Going for Neuromancer is a no brainer, a classic as many other books already mentioned.
If you like cyber punk, space operas and wanna try something new, try the Takeshi Kovacs trilogy from Richard K. Morgan, a UK writer, he's a rather new one, but has been pumping books pretty consistenly, love his style, it's very dark and sometimes a bit raw so have that in mind. Start with Altered Carbon if you choose it.
Cheers.
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Anything by Alastair Reynolds is really good.
Look for Revelation Space as a start.
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