Science fiction ?

[Taxi]

Originally Posted by ryuut1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the second one...
religious lesson of the druid?

sounds uber geeky

Parable of the sower and Random acts of senseless violence have the best description of society falling apart following economic and environemental collapse ive yet read. Its so eloquently described that they are page turners cuz it feels real.

Parable of the sower is a bit religious yea. Still a good book, Octavia Butler, a black author, is really good at making metaphors and picking racism apart. I prefer random acts of senseless violence though, its the shit hitting the fan in Manhattan, one of my top 5 books ive ever read.

[astarothel]

Recent?

For recent-ish there is Tad William's Otherland Series. Surreal not-so-distant future with a bit of William Gibson-esque sci-fi flavour.

Joe Haldeman is one of my favourite sci-fi authors. He does a really job of ending books with amazing questions on ethics and morality and you don't even notice it. He wrote The Forever War as his most famous work, but An Accidental Time Machine, one of his more recent works was enjoyable as well.

[Taxi]

Originally Posted by astarothel [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Recent?

For recent-ish there is Tad William's Otherland Series. Surreal not-so-distant future with a bit of William Gibson-esque sci-fi flavour.

Joe Haldeman is one of my favourite sci-fi authors. He does a really job of ending books with amazing questions on ethics and morality and you don't even notice it. He wrote The Forever War as his most famous work, but An Accidental Time Machine, one of his more recent works was enjoyable as well.

I just picked up Camouflage from the library today, never read Haldeman before, was checking the nebula awards at the library and saw this book as a winner, picked it up.

Thanks for the suggestions [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[astarothel]

The best part about Haldeman's sci-fi is the background info he gives you on everything is solid. He has his BSc in Astronomy (and physics) and it shows in every way. The science in An Accidental Time Machine (a derivation of applied string theory), and in Forever Peace (what could happen if we used gravitational pulls in space to wing particles similar to a large hadron collider) is explained enough to understand for the science inept, and greatly appreciated by those all the more inclined to it.

[Tetrian]

This guy : http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/

Space opera typish stuff.

I'd recommend starting out with the Commonwealth universe, and starting with the first two books in it :Pandoras star, and judas unchained. (missspent youth is more of an optional fluff / background story book and isn't really required to read the series).

Hes probably one of the best authors i've had the pleasure of reading anything by - and the last book in that series isnt out yet(scheduled for september 2010)


I assume you have already read The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy - if not, you better get on it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Enders game is also pretty good, thought its an old book, unsure of the author. And also, however lame the movie was, see if you can pick up a copy of Starship troopers. Not sure i've ever seen a move shamelessly destroying a great story as that one did. The book is excellent however, wouldn't surprise me if games workshop got a bit of inspiration for space marines from that one.

[Aarone]

Originally Posted by astarothel [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Joe Haldeman is one of my favourite sci-fi authors. He does a really job of ending books with amazing questions on ethics and morality and you don't even notice it. He wrote The Forever War as his most famous work, but An Accidental Time Machine, one of his more recent works was enjoyable as well.

The Forever War/Forever Peace should be required reading for any true sci-fi fan, IMHO

[mr.miketastic]

Originally Posted by astarothel [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Recent?

For recent-ish there is Tad William's Otherland Series. Surreal not-so-distant future with a bit of William Gibson-esque sci-fi flavour.

Joe Haldeman is one of my favourite sci-fi authors. He does a really job of ending books with amazing questions on ethics and morality and you don't even notice it. He wrote The Forever War as his most famous work, but An Accidental Time Machine, one of his more recent works was enjoyable as well.

I really enjoy Haldeman's Confederacion universe. One of my Favs, though it is pretty short, is All My Sins Remembered.
EE "Doc" Smith is good stuff if you are a fan of old pulp Sci Fi from back in the day.

Harry Harrison is good:
Deathworld trilogy is good, if you enjoyed the Stainless Steel rat stories..Jason dinAlt is a very similar character to "Slippery" Jim DiGriz but still a good read. The Hammer and the Cross/One King's Way/King and Emperor
is very cool speculative history/fiction. I have too many to list I think, so I will leave it at those choices for now [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]