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CPrompt
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: there...no..there.....
Insane since: May 2001

IP logged posted posted 11-19-2007 01:32 Edit Quote

I need a new book to read. Feeling something Sci-Fi. Not fantasy, but Sci-Fi. Anyone read anything lately that was really good?

And please, don't suggest something like I,Robot, Enders Game, etc... Something that might be a little less main stream. I've read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy books and am having a hard time finding something that grabs me.

Thanks in advance.

Later,

C:\

Tao
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Nov 2003

IP logged posted posted 11-19-2007 03:42 Edit Quote

I've been reading nothing but reference and poetry books for the past couple of years C:\ so I'll be interested to see what other people suggest too.
The last true Sc-Fi I read was Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick. I really enjoyed this rather short story and read it in a couple of days if memory serves me, which often times it does not


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they do not become monsters. For when you gaze
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Suho1004
Maniac (V) Mad Librarian

From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

IP logged posted posted 11-19-2007 07:27 Edit Quote

All the recent sci-fi I have read has been Robert Heilein. If you like hard sci-fi and haven't read him (unlikely that both conditions will be true, but whatever), I would recommend giving his stuff a whirl. I've been mostly going through his short fiction, and have yet to tackle his full-length novels (Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, etc.).


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jstuartj
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Mpls, MN
Insane since: Dec 2000

IP logged posted posted 11-19-2007 07:47 Edit Quote

Well I prefer Military Scifi, David Drake's, "Redliners" is my favorite. But any of the Hammer's Slammers, novels will do in a pinch. I also really like John Ringo, I'm in the middle of his Posleen series, which begins with "A Hymn Before Battle."

I just ran across a new book this weekend, "War Machine" by Andy Remic at Barnes & Noble. It looks promising. It's on my to read list.

J. Stuart J.

(Edited by jstuartj on 11-19-2007 07:48)

Moon Shadow
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Paris, France
Insane since: Jan 2003

IP logged posted posted 11-20-2007 03:44 Edit Quote

Off the top of my head - Dan Simmons, Stephen Baxter, Alastair Reynolds ?

I don't know how popular these writers are to you ( they're relatively unknown down here ) but you may like their novels.

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Nathus
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Minnesota
Insane since: Aug 2003

IP logged posted posted 11-20-2007 23:39 Edit Quote

I just finished reading The Fading Sun Trilogy by C. J. Cherryh which I thought was great. Also would recommend Robert Heilein's books as well.

Suho1004
Maniac (V) Mad Librarian

From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

IP logged posted posted 11-21-2007 01:15 Edit Quote

Wow. I just noticed that I misspelled "Heinlein." Dropped the first "n" there.

Tao
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Nov 2003

IP logged posted posted 11-21-2007 01:26 Edit Quote

Found it
"n"

outcydr
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: out there
Insane since: Oct 2001

IP logged posted posted 11-21-2007 02:04 Edit Quote

Peter Watts - Blindsight etc.

quote:

These documents are available under a Creative Commons License. Basically, you can download, copy, and distribute to your furry little heart's content. Two constraints: 1) you can't do any of this for commercial purposes, and 2) please don't edit my actual prose, at least not without asking me first. I put all these words in a specific order for a reason.


http://rifters.com/real/shorts.htm

CPrompt
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: there...no..there.....
Insane since: May 2001

IP logged posted posted 11-21-2007 03:33 Edit Quote

Cool. Thanks for the suggestions. Some of the authors I've never heard of. Gonna check out some of Robert Heinlein's stuff. Looks pretty interesting. Might get Stranger in a Strange Land. Looks pretty good.

Thanks again! And thanks a lot for not suggesting stuff that is pretty main stream. I asked a friend of mine the other day about a good sci-fi book or series...he suggested Hitchhikers Guide... I was about ready to smack him...

Have any of you read Arthur C. Clarke's Rama novels? That's some good stuff.

Later,

C:\

Petskull
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis
Insane since: Aug 2000

IP logged posted posted 11-22-2007 16:25 Edit Quote

Might not be what you're asking for- but The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an outstanding read in the realm of fiction. This first 3 books are just *fun* to read.

CPrompt
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: there...no..there.....
Insane since: May 2001

IP logged posted posted 11-22-2007 16:42 Edit Quote
quote:

CPrompt said:

he suggested Hitchhikers Guide... I was about ready to smack him...



quote:

Petskull said:

but The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an outstanding read in the realm of fiction.



Slaps Petskull with a wet noodle.

Thanks, but I've read most of the Sci-Fi classics like this. I still haven't read 3001 from Arthur C. Clarke though.

Later,

C:\

silence
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The South Pacific
Insane since: Jan 2001

IP logged posted posted 11-25-2007 13:28 Edit Quote

If you're still looking, A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge is great "hard" sci-fi.

The wikipedia entry has more information than I could possibly post here, so you can chew on that for a synopsis.

Petskull
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis
Insane since: Aug 2000

IP logged posted posted 11-25-2007 15:48 Edit Quote

heh- the old version of this page was sitting on my desktop for days... didn't bother to check after I posted...

You didn't like it? Hitchhiker's Guide is entertaining as hell...

CPrompt
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: there...no..there.....
Insane since: May 2001

IP logged posted posted 11-25-2007 16:34 Edit Quote
quote:

Petskull said:

You didn't like it? Hitchhiker's Guide is entertaining as hell...



oh no no no. I loved it. Loved all of the novels in that story. I have just read just about most of the classic sci-fi novels. I went for a long period where I wanted to read all of the classic sci-fi novels that I could and did a pretty good job I think. I did the same thing with some of the classics that appealed to me, like Frankenstein, Dracula, Moby Dick, Dr. Jekyle and Mr. Hyde, etc...

Not that any of you would really know that though. It's kind of like telling a Sci-Fi geek that they should really see the first 3 Star Wars movies. Do you think that they really haven't seen them? LOL

Not saying that I've read everything, but the most common stuff...I am pretty sure I have read them.

Later,

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