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Pypok
O.W.N. Corp OWN Alliance
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Posted - 2010.03.16 13:12:00 -
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Hey Hey.
So like a year ago I asked here for suggestions on a good science fiction book, and got some very good recommendations. The problem is that I have read most of them by now and need more books. What really stood out was the Nights Dawn Trilogy and The Void series by Peter F. Hamilton, Ender's series and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. So can anyone suggest something good to read? And no, I didn't read the Foundations series, I tried to but I couldn't get into it.
Thanks in advance!
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Arvald
Caldari The Lumberjacks
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Posted - 2010.03.16 13:24:00 -
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twilight . . . . . . . or the warhammer 40k books, whatever
Originally by: CCP Shadow Arvald, carry on with imparting your pearls of wisdom.
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vulnevia
The Exploited. Black Star Alliance
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Posted - 2010.03.16 13:32:00 -
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Although Ray Bradbury don't see himself as a Sci-Fi writer some of his works are really great. Farenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man are really good. Brave new World by Aldous Huxley is also a classic. 1984 by George Orwell.
I guess most, if not all, of the books above may not be what you're after if you're looking for modern, high-tech science fiction, but they're worth looking into if you haven't already.
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Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc. Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.03.16 13:35:00 -
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Andromeda Strain is what I will list for now.
Slade
Originally by: Niccolado Starwalker
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Skippermonkey
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Posted - 2010.03.16 13:44:00 -
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Steven Baxter's Manifold Trilogy
Time Space Origin
if you want a shorter read than a trilogy but linked to the above, Phase Space is a collection of short stories based on the themes of the trilogy
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Mr Reeth
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Posted - 2010.03.16 13:57:00 -
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Everything written by Douglas Adams.
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Malcanis
Vanishing Point. The Initiative.
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Posted - 2010.03.16 14:31:00 -
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Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds
Schizmatrix Plus - Bruce Sterling
Hardwired - Walter Jon Williams
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Vogue
Mercurialis Inc. RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2010.03.16 14:53:00 -
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Edited by: Vogue on 16/03/2010 14:54:39 The Man In The High Castle - Phillip K D1ck.
Alternative history set in the 1950's if the Germans and Japanese won WW2. A man wrote a underground bestseller, 'alternate' history about if the axis lost WW2. Its a rallying cry for those that dream of overthrowing the occupiers. But is is more than that.
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Kijo Rikki
Caldari Swarm of Angry Bees
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Posted - 2010.03.16 15:15:00 -
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The Pride of Chanur - C.J. Cherryh (only available in omnibus The Chanur Saga) > WHILE SIG<AWESOME DO LOOP there is no escape from my crappy sig. |
TimMc
Trans-Solar Works Rooks and Kings
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Posted - 2010.03.16 15:43:00 -
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Originally by: vulnevia Although Ray Bradbury don't see himself as a Sci-Fi writer some of his works are really great. Farenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man are really good. Brave new World by Aldous Huxley is also a classic. 1984 by George Orwell.
I guess most, if not all, of the books above may not be what you're after if you're looking for modern, high-tech science fiction, but they're worth looking into if you haven't already.
This. Plus Dune series and A Handmaids Tale. Thats pretty much most sci fi I've read.
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Malaclypse Muscaria
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Posted - 2010.03.16 17:31:00 -
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Grandmas With Gonorrhea IV: The Pustulating Cervix
What I like most about this book is how it deconstructs the basic tenets of warp-space interstellar travel, articulated through copious amounts of tangential aphorisms that expose the transitive dogmas inherent in the praxis and commonly accepted conjectures of a post-structuralist future society. Good stuff.
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Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc. Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.03.16 17:52:00 -
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Consider Phlebas - Ian M. Banks - I have not yet read the other books in the Culture series or any of the short stories.
Slade
Originally by: Niccolado Starwalker
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Count Magnus
Confessions Of A Dangersous Mind
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Posted - 2010.03.16 18:37:00 -
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Edited by: Count Magnus on 16/03/2010 18:37:12 agreeing with slade here Iain Banks culture series are very good with consider phlebas being the place to start
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Xovak
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2010.03.16 18:40:00 -
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Consider Pheblas by Ian M. Banks is his best work in my opinion. If you like him try reading The Player of Games. I found it a little anticlimactic but good nonetheless.
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Larg Kellein
Caldari Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
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Posted - 2010.03.16 18:41:00 -
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Absoultely everything from the Revelation Space universe by Alastair Reynolds. The order you get them in isn't too critical, as they take place in different times in the same universe. My first was The Prefect, which is a fantastic book and got me incredibly hooked.
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Jason Akenheil
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Posted - 2010.03.16 19:02:00 -
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The Honorverse Series from David Weber
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Raynar Alcohol
The Executives IT Alliance
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Posted - 2010.03.16 20:06:00 -
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Hyperion/Endymion a bit long but worth it -- Computer games dont affect kids. I mean if Pacman affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music |
Ewyx
Caldari Extraho Incendia
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Posted - 2010.03.16 20:59:00 -
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Neuromancer maybe?
Otherwise I'd also recommend Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Irida Mershkov
Gallente Capsuleers of Doom
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Posted - 2010.03.16 21:00:00 -
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Originally by: Xovak Consider Pheblas by Ian M. Banks is his best work in my opinion. If you like him try reading The Player of Games. I found it a little anticlimactic but good nonetheless.
Use of Weapons is definitely better than Consider Phlebas. All of his books are excellent however.
Consider Phlebas is different to the rest of the Culture series because it has a reverse view on the Culture itself, portraying a character that hates the Culture, rather than a member of it, it's pretty action packed too compared to Player of Games. Excession is possibly my favourite however.
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Santiago Fahahrri
Galactic Geographic
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Posted - 2010.03.16 21:21:00 -
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Originally by: Raynar Alcohol Hyperion/Endymion a bit long but worth it
This.
The four books of the Hyperion series are some of the finest works of science fiction I've ever read.
Hyperion Fall of Hyperion Endymion Rise of Endymion
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente Heavens Gate Consortium Dead Reckoning Alliance
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Posted - 2010.03.16 21:34:00 -
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Accelerando by Charles Stross.
Also the first three books of the Saga Of Seven Suns by Kevin J. Anderson are fairly brilliant. They get rubbish after that though.
Anything by Iain M. Banks, with my personal favourite being "Player of Games".
And last but very much not least, Dune. ____________________
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Finnroth
The Guardian Agency Systematic-Chaos
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Posted - 2010.03.16 22:04:00 -
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Pretty much everything John Scalzi writes. Other than that, another vote on dune, revelation space and reynolds in general (thousandth night and house of suns are pretty awesome aswell).
For a different take, i'd recommend the Greg Mandel trilogy from Peter F. Hamilton - it's completly different from nights dawn, but very much readable.
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Slightly Green
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Posted - 2010.03.16 22:49:00 -
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Farewell Horizontal is a great little read. K.W Jeter.
S. Rifter
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MooKids
Caldari The Graduates Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2010.03.16 23:01:00 -
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Someone mentioned Warhammer 40K, I would recommend the entire Horus Heresy series, still not complete with 12 novels in it and more to come. It has some very interesting revelations about some of the traitor Marines. The Ciaphas Cain novels are a good laugh too, about a cowardly Commissar whose actions end up making him the hero, similar to the old Flashman series.
Arthur C. Clarke's Rendevous with Rama is a good one, talking about how mankind reacts to the arrival of a massive but empty alien spaceship. After the first one, most of the writing is done by Gentry Lee though and starts to go away from the science fiction and more dramatic.
The Time Odyssey series by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter are decent as well, first one detailing how aliens take different parts of Earth from different time periods and combine them on one planet. Alexander the Great vs. Ghengis Khan! Then it goes into how an alien race is trying to destroy humanity. Unfortunately, Arthur C. CLarke died after the third book in the series came out, so it might never be completed. -------------------------------- CCP can patch away bugs, but they can't patch away stupidity. |
Slade Hoo
Amarr Corpse Collection Point
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Posted - 2010.03.16 23:10:00 -
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Already tried Iain Banks? You should take a look at his books! ------ Make Lowsec useful! Vote in the CSM-Forum! |
Iniar
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Posted - 2010.03.17 00:27:00 -
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I add my vote for the Iain M Banks Opus; all very enjoyable
On a slightly less science, and more fantasy, vein - Also take a look at Ursula Le Guin. The Earthsea Quartet and the final 5th book in the series are very thought provoking when read as a whole. And The Left Hand of Darkness is rightfully a classic.
And dont forget Phillip Pullman 'Dark Materials' trilogy; they may supposedly be kids books, but they are superb.
On another note, if you like a gripping thriller and a page turner, anything by Robert Ludlum will fit the bill, and the thinking mans reader will always enjoy Robert Harris.
I agree that Asmiov's Foundation Series was a bit... dry.. but his short stories still draw me back time and again.
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Lashnar
Caldari New Eden Recon Force Beyond-Control
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Posted - 2010.03.17 01:18:00 -
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I have a few, written by my favorite author, they are his first two books, but he has written many things online, so it seems like his third or fourth. I believe that there is a small snip-it of one of them on the site somewhere.
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Keflin Geard
The Circle Systematic-Chaos
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Posted - 2010.03.17 06:26:00 -
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Spin State - Chris Moriarty Altered Carbon , Broken Angles, Woken Furies - Richard K. Morgan Hyperion - Dan Simmons
Look up all the Hugo and Nebula award winners and see what catches your fancy, bound to be a few you will like.
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Cobalt Sixty
Caldari Perkone
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Posted - 2010.03.17 06:35:00 -
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Many of the above. I've also quite enjoyed the Hammer's Slammers series (aka Hammer's Stories and The Hammerverse) written by David Drake, though they're more Military Science Fiction than pure Science Fiction or Space Operatics like Night's Dawn.
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Duries Kain
Amarr Rooks and Kings
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Posted - 2010.03.17 10:37:00 -
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The Mote in God's Eye - Larry Niven, one of my favourite books.
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