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Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :

[Razz]

Hey everyone, lately ive been at a standstill in what to read, just been re-reading and whatnot, anyway i would realy like some book suggestions for me to read!

I realy like asimov, herbert, and Card.
Mabe a realy good clasic would help me out!!

Thanks so much for the help should you choose to respond, i would realy appreciate it [Big Grin]

PS. i dont realy like fantasy as much as sci-fi

Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :

Anything by Gene Wolfe is great. His Book of the New Sun series rules.

I'm reading Charles Stross' Accelerando right now. It's an impressive novel but has a really frenetic pace of ideas.

Classics. . .
Have you ever read The Stars My Destination or The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester?

More recent classics: William Gibson - Neuromancer and sequels
Excession by Ian Banks, and his other Culture novels

Not really a classic (too recent, for one thing), but I really enjoyed Peter Hamilton's Night's Dawn Trilogy, and also his Commonwealth Saga (2 novels).
One of the few books I really itched for and bought new last year was Judas Unchained, the second Commonwealth novel.

[ March 26, 2008, 04:38 PM: Message edited by: Morbo ]

Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :

Thanks for the help friend!

Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :

[Big Grin]

Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :

Those above are all pretty heavy. For lighter fare, try Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog or Bellwether. 2 funny and easy to read novels, but interesting and intelligent. Bellwether especially is a short and quick read. I've read it 3-4 times, usually to cheer me up.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Hatrack recommends....

Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :

Thanks so much farmgirl, you're my hero!!!

Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :

Heinlein?

Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :

I picked up Neuromancer and Ringworld today, hope they're good!

Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :

Hmm, that list is missing Neal Stephenson.

Neuromancer and Ringworld are both fun — you'll enjoy them.

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

I'm probably too late. But if you haven't already read Fight Club that's a good place to start your discipleship to Chuck Palahniuk.

Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :

I saws da moveee

Seriously Steve R, i heard it was good but the amount of people telling me to read it is just pushing me away, (like the most recent harry potter)
I cant help it, i live for reverse psychology [Big Grin]

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

Fine then, don't read it. And you shouldn't read his book Invisible Monsters either. And you should totally stay clear of the book The Holy by Daniel Quinn. [Wink]

Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :

Hyperion (and its subsequent books), and also Illium, all by Dan Simmons, are remarkably good, IMHO.

Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :

Passage At Arms by Glen Cook is a very good sci-fi novel, although Cook is mainly a fantasy writer.

Posted by Starsnuffer (Member # 8116) on :

City, by Clifford D. Simak.

Terrific book. Hard to find. Very cool.

Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :

Vernor Vinge writes excellent space opera. "A Fire Upon the Deep" and "A Deepness in the Sky" are both very, very good.

Alastair Reynolds is my other recent favorite space opera writer. He compares to Stross in some ways but for me Reynolds is easier to get along with.

Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :

Yes to Vinge and Hyperion!

Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :

[Big Grin]

Posted by Reshpeckobiggle (Member # 8947) on :

Morbo... Bester is... amazing.

The Stars My Destination could be made into a movie today with virtually no changes and it would still be realistically futuristic. And it was written, in '53, '54 I think? In my opinion, it's the best sci-fi story ever.

Posted by luthe (Member # 1601) on :

Replay by Ken Grimwood
Market Forces by Robert K. Morgan
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams (online only, not for kids link
Signal to Noise and A Signal Shattered by Eric S. Nylund
The Tomb by F. Paul Wilson (not really sf)