Personally I'd recommend A Fire Upon The Deep, epic and contains a great parody of Internet posting as a bonus, and I think a gamer can't help but appreciate The Player Of Games
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Cerion
213 Posts
Personally I'd recommend A Fire Upon The Deep, epic and contains a great parody of Internet posting as a bonus, and I think a gamer can't help but appreciate The Player Of Games | ||
Captain Peabody
United States3010 Posts
Eifelheim by Michael Flynn is a really good modern sci-fi novel. It's sort of "historical sci fi," about a group of aliens who crash-land on Earth during the Middle Ages and come in contact with the people there. Very interesting stuff about both the alien's society and medieval society. Personally, I thought it was awesome. The author has a bunch of other sci fi novels that are supposed to be quite good as well (I've only read one). Also, C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy is a series of books I would recommend to just about everyone...but it's most definitely not hard science fiction like most of the stuff in here. "Theological sci fi" is about the best word for it. Very strange in places, and very beautiful. Second novel (Perelandra) is the best, IMO. Also, I'm surprised no one has mentioned Gene Wolfe yet... | ||
Dissolute
United Kingdom12 Posts
Patterns of Chaos by Colin Kapp, a little known book, that is a great sf story with lots of twists and turns, bearing in mind this was done in 1972 before Chaos theory was really understood also it holds up amusingly quite well. | ||
Stratos
Czech Republic6104 Posts
On August 09 2010 17:38 Kolean.Tellan wrote: only just reading one book from zelazny (children of ashes) and i have to agree i enjoyed his writing ALOT! thx for giving me a flaschback gonna check more from him out now Always a pleasure to meet any other Zelazny fans. Make sure to read his novel The Dream Master, it's a rather short story you can easily read in 3 or 4 days and it's definately worth it. Perfect for holidays or when you're sick and need something to distract you for a while | ||
CCGaunt
United States417 Posts
One of the best Sci-Fi book out there. | ||
510Sushi
Azerbaijan331 Posts
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
On August 09 2010 21:50 Lann555 wrote: I thought it was decent, but nothing great. The 2nd book (Speaker for the Dead) was so bad, that it's one of the few books that I never actually finished. Also, there are a few good books set in the Warhammer 40K universe. Most of it is utter trash, however, Dan Abnett is the exception to the rule. He is an amazing writer and his books are some of the most enjoyable and action-packed sci-fi I ever read. The Eisenhorn Trilogy and Gaunt's Ghost are worth a try if you can handle the inherent cheesyness of the 40K universe Speaker of the Dead was horrendously bad and unentertaining. It is the only book that I have never actually finished. Has anyone here suggested anything by Michael Crichton? That guy's a fucking boss. I would actually recommend Next by Michael Crichton. It doesn't have a very coherent storyline as it just jumps around from place to place, but it's a very interesting book that brings up a few interesting questions. | ||
muse5187
1125 Posts
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godares79
9 Posts
I can just echo other posters here, but: Dune (first novel is best) Neuromancer (other 2 novels in trilogy are also good) 1984 Fahrenheit 451 You may also want to take a look at short story anthologies. Some are superb. The Years Best Science Fiction anthologies are generally excellent. Personally I would be hesitant about reading sci fi done about existing IP's (Mass Effect, WH40K, Star Wars etc.). Some are really good, but there is alot of crap out there. | ||
Niji-z
United States208 Posts
Edit: Omg, and how can I forget... John Varley's Titan and Wizard. Loved them. | ||
Stratos
Czech Republic6104 Posts
Btw. after googling his images I became even more suspicious as of the origin of the name. Sorry I'm drunk a bit can we post on TL while drunk? Hopefulyl noones reades this anyways. Dont banish me | ||
Grend
1600 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_(novel) Sounds hilarious: The novel describes a legend consisting of eight tales the pastoral and pacifist Dogs recite as they pass down an oral legend of a creature known as Man. Each tale is preceded by doggish notes and learned discussion. I recommend it to people who like strange scifi from the fifties. | ||
blastedt
United States29 Posts
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Golden Ghost
Netherlands1041 Posts
On August 10 2010 01:58 Zergneedsfood wrote: Speaker of the Dead was horrendously bad and unentertaining. It is the only book that I have never actually finished. It's not that it's a bad book but it isn't really SF. It's more a moral tale of humanity (and so are Xenocide & Children of the mind, the other two sequels in that story arc). As somebody above me already wrote: if you liked Ender's game and want more in that same style you most likely will enjoy the story arc containing the 4 Shadow books. The first one is the tale of Ender's game but seen from a different perspective with a different protagonist and the other three set of from there. They all take place way before Speaker of the death. | ||
Biochemist
United States1008 Posts
On August 10 2010 08:01 Golden Ghost wrote: It's not that it's a bad book but it isn't really SF. It's more a moral tale of humanity (and so are Xenocide & Children of the mind, the other two sequels in that story arc). As somebody above me already wrote: if you liked Ender's game and want more in that same style you most likely will enjoy the story arc containing the 4 Shadow books. The first one is the tale of Ender's game but seen from a different perspective with a different protagonist and the other three set of from there. They all take place way before Speaker of the death. Ender's Shadow or whatever the first one was wasn't bad, but the other sequels after that were SO BAD. All the battle school kids become stupidly one-dimensional, every military commander on the planet that didn't go to battle school has the mental capacity of drywall, and international politics get painted in simple primary colors that are only believable if you're less than six years old. | ||
heishe
Germany2284 Posts
On August 09 2010 23:19 Biochemist wrote: I totally agree. I'm still going to read TEV though, since it looks like Edeard's story is probably done now. Just have to thank you guys. I ordered the first book of the Night's Dawn Trilogy a few minutes ago - seemed like a logical starting point (from what I read the Greg Mandel trilogy isn't for me). | ||
sacrificetheory
United States98 Posts
Asimov - End of Eternity, The Gods Themselves Connie Willis - Dooms Day Book Snow Crash and Neuromancer as others have mentioned. For me im not into Dune its a little too fantasy and I hate lord of the rings and all that crap. | ||
UniversalSnip
9871 Posts
On August 10 2010 06:31 Niji-z wrote: I didn't read all the responses so sorry if it's a repeat, but I enjoyed the Homecoming series by Orson Scott Card as well. Edit: Omg, and how can I forget... John Varley's Titan and Wizard. Loved them. Haha, titan wizard demon, I loved those when I was in middle school... bet they're still good. If you're in the mood for some less action-packed sci-fi, The Man in the High Castle and Now Wait for Last Year are among my favorite novels. They're by Philip K Dick, who you seem to have liked. EDIT: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, by Cory Doctorow. | ||
tru_power22
Canada385 Posts
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sacrificetheory
United States98 Posts
On August 09 2010 14:58 Fontong wrote: Anything by Alastair Reynolds is really good. Look for Revelation Space as a start. Revelation Space is Long and droning. Frustrating Really. But when the stories come together it is really decent and exciting sometimes. Some of the scenes really stick to memory in an epic way. And the creative use of ridiculously advanced technologies are the highlights for me. Its also a huge ripoff of Art C Clarkes 2001... but whatever hes a highly ripped off author. And Space Odyssey is one of the most original Sci Fi premises of all time. | ||
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