reading sci-fi
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I have to agree on Dougles Adams. I think I've read everything he wrote. He is sorely missed in theis household.
Of course JRR Tolkien. I consider fantasy as another form of science fiction so I place them together.
Lately I've read Felicity Savage. She has a volumn story. The first called Humilty Garden, then followed by Delty City. Sort of fantasy and science fiction melted together.
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I have read this one several times.
Another author that I've found interesting is Mellissa Scott. Likes to write stories with computers and artificial intelligence. But she wrote one about a class struggle like Metropolis.
Too many books, not enough time.
Traveler
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I read more fantasy than SF. I write more SF than fantasy. I think I'm doing something wrong...
I currently list my favourite SF authors as Iain M Banks (although I think he's dropping the M even for his SF books) and William Gibson - Douglas Adams is wonderful too - but my current all-around plug is China Mieville. Not straight fantasy so much as a cross between that and cyberpunk.
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I really enjoy Phillip K Dick. I'm sure you've read him though.
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." http://whimsicalnbrainpan.blogspot.com/
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I wasn't reading for fun much for a while, but now that I spend almost 2 hours on the train every day I've been reading like a fiend. Unfortunately, I don't know of any english language libraries here so I spend quite a bit at the bookstore.
As far as SF books go, my favorite author is Timothy Zahn. His Star Wars books (the Heir to the Empire trilogy is awesome, the hand of the emperor books were good, but too short) is just awesome and would make a good story if Lucas ever makes the last three movies. The Conquerors' trilogy, Mana's gift and Icarus Prime (I think thats the title, I remember what happened, but can't remember the title of the book).
Other than that, I just read Dune last week and I loved it. I plan on picking up children of Dune when I'm at the bookstore next.
I know that you were asking about SF books, but I thought that I would toss in an author that isn't SF. James Clavell's books are just awesome. Shogun is probably my favorite book of all time and Whirlwind is not far behind.
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I still like Poul Anderson's TAU ZERO . Mindtrip at superluminal velocity .
Some Andre' Norton . Bradbury , the Mark Twain of Sci-Fi .
From Arthur C. Clarke , RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA , for which Morgan Freeman apparently owns the film rights , and has had in development for a number of years . Going to be lots of CGI in that one .
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I'm an old "girl"! And your list looks rather like my list; had to consult the "way back machine" to locate my list!
Personally haven't been reading much hard sci-fi these days, been attending other genres and verses, but I will add my input in the form of "my favorite books of all time".
Glory Season by David Brin
The Postman by David Brin (why was the movie so bad?)
Eon and Eternity by Greg Bear
The Cursed by Dave Duncan
The entire Chtorr series by David Gerrold (by the way, he has a nifty website)
Glory Road by Robert Heinlein (in fact, I am rereading my new copy I just purchased; the other one done fell to pieces)
Farnham's Freehold by Robert Heinlein (hey! I liked it!)
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven
California Voodoo Game
Dream Park*
The Barsoom Project by Larry Niven and Stephen Barnes (Dream Park is probably my most favorite read; wishing it would actually come true!)
Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Steel Beach by John Varley
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Aren't you glad you asked, now? We should start a reading club, hey?
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the Gap Series by Stephen Donaldson was a great set of books
Richard
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Yes - in fact, I'm much more into reading SF than into watching it.
I'm currently working my way through the Hugo winners, as that seems to be a good starting place for some of the classics of science fiction. At the moment my favourite science fiction authors are Daniel Keyes, Philip K Dick, Joe Haldeman,Frank Herbert, Alfred Bester and many others. As you can see, they also tend to be slightly older science fiction. I like fantasy as well, but if I started including those authors, the list would go on for a long time.
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I've read everybody you mentioned except Drake.
Heinlein is my all-time favorite,
" Evelyn Cyril, my fine lad--"
I shoulda picked that up from your screen name.
As for Drake, he used to write military SF, about a future mercenary Armored Regiment, Hammer's Slammers, based on his experiences in Vietnam and Cambodia.
ugly, gritty, real stuff, strong enought to make you understand and identify with killers in uniform.
Mal and Zoe would love his earlier stuff.
Lately , though, he seems to have sold out to the 'sword and sorcery, dragons, priests and wizards ' school of fantasyNOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Well, that didn't punctuate right- obviously, that wasn't all a quote from EC
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