Sci-Fi Book Recommendations

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JUNIPERJAYNE

Thursday, July 13, 2006 3:46 PM

Hi everyone, hope your summer is going well.

I was wondering if anyone had any sci-fi book recommendations for a good summer read. I've been through the Star Wars books, but I'm not too familiar with modern sci-fi, although I have read fantasy, such as Harry Potter, Tamora Pierce and Terry...Terry...ok I can't remember his last name, but the guy who wrote the Shanara books.

Thanx everyone!

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Thursday, July 13, 2006 3:53 PM

A nice obscure sf book to pick up would be 'Rats, Bats, and Vats,' by Dave Freer and Eric Flint. Wicked funny.

Oh, and some Spider Robinson.

For 'fantasy' you should get the 'Waterborn' and 'Blackgod,' both by J. Gregory Keyes.

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DESKTOPHIPPIE

Thursday, July 13, 2006 3:54 PM

They're fantasy, not sci-fi, but I really enjoyed the Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix. His world and his take on magic is nicely different to most other authors.

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MIRAMEL

Thursday, July 13, 2006 3:55 PM

here here to the spider robinson. also, theres a book called 'old man's war' by i-dont-remember-who, and a sequal too, both of which are pretty amusing. a bunch of others, but im gonna limit it to one more, which maybe you've read it and just didn't mention it, but if not, you *need* to read Dune, by frank herbert. imo, pretty much the best sf there is. or damn close atleast.

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PHOENIXROSE

Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:01 PM

The Abhorsen Trilogy is indeed good. Also the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (and all those thereafter) and I love Amy Thompson's books; assuming you can find them. "The Color of Distance" and "Though Alien Eyes" are the titles of two of my favorites. Also Anne Bishop and Terry Goodkind are excellent fantasy writers. Through Terry Goodkind's books are very long. Very long. I also very much enjoy Victoria Hanley, also fantasy.

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NANITE1018

Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:04 PM

I'd suggest anything pretty much by Stephen Baxter. He's one of my favorite SF authors, although they are pretty hard-SF (as in they try to be at least relatively accurate scientifically and have absolutely NO fantasy elements at all, ever.) One of my favorite's by him is the "Manifold" series: Manifold: Time, Manifold: Space, and Manifold: Origin. Those are awesome. Other good ones are the Destiny's Children Series: Coalescent, Exultant, and Transcendent. Those are good too.

Arthur C. Clarke is great, Greg Bear is pretty good too, The Ender and Shadow Series by Orson Scott Card (those are all of the books related to Ender's Game) are AWESOME!!! love those.

Yeah, can't help though with fantasy. I hate that there are Fantasy/Science Fiction sections in stores. It should be a Fantasy Section and a SF section. Don't care for fantasy like at all, except Harry Potter and LOTR.

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MAL4PREZ

Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:05 PM

Hyperion by Dan Simmons, and the other three books of the series. My favorite sci-fi ever!! excellent story, plus cool future tech, AI stuff, religion, etc...

so so good

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NANITE1018

Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:05 PM

How could i have forgotten HHGTTG!!! I second "Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy", it's great and so are it's sequels.

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Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:09 PM

just about anything by Phillip K Dick....

very good... and the movie out now A Scanner Darkly is his work, as well as Blade Runner...

endeavor to persevere...

PHOENIXROSE

Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:10 PM

Ender's Game is excellent. I feel the series declined steadily after that, myself.
Also, I forgot Dune. Dune is very good. Another one where the series declined a bit, though.

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