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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
PS. i dont realy like fantasy as much as sci-fi
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Posts: 856 | Registered: Jun 2007
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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. Posts: 6026 | Registered: Dec 2004
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Hyperion (and its subsequent books), and also Illium, all by Dan Simmons, are remarkably good, IMHO.
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Passage At Arms by Glen Cook is a very good sci-fi novel, although Cook is mainly a fantasy writer.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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