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Thread ID: 55768 2005-03-19 04:59:00 Sci-Fi Books and Authors Winston001 (3612) PC World Chat
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335704 2005-03-19 04:59:00 Since we seem to have some fans here, I'd like to share the knowledge. I'm always looking for a new SF author or book so please post your favourites and advice.

Books, like movies are always a personal choice, so just say what you think.

Authors:

Larry Niven - my all-up favourite.
Issac Asimov - good, with occasional greatness.
Harry Harrison - hasn't written a book I didn't like.
Stanislaw Lem - Polish and brilliant
A E Van Vogt - also brilliant
Orson Scott Card - good, even great, but needs Prozac.
Andre Norton - a favourite from years ago - sadly she died two days ago
Peter Hamilton - new to me and very good
Greg Bear - specifically Eon
Terry Pratchett - ok, a cheat 'cos its fantasy but very funny
Arthur C Clarke - a bit like Asimov. Some great books, like 2001
Frank Herbert - One Dune was enough already!
Kim Stanley Robinson - fine if you need a good sleep
Stephen Baxter - intelligent, good ideas, awkward on characterisation
Tad Williams - hasn't this guy heard that books don't have to be door-stops
Robert Heinlein - I feel tired just thinking about his books. Big on characterisation, and very good, but too much for me



Specific Books:

Eon - Greg Bear
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
The Killing Thing - Kate Wilhelm
Ringworld, Tales of Known Space, Protector - Larry Niven
Enders Game - Orson Scott Card
The Weapon Shops of Isher - A E Van Vogt
Winston001 (3612)
335705 2005-03-19 05:05:00 Childhoods End
City and the Stars

Rereading is nice !!
TonyF (246)
335706 2005-03-19 05:24:00 hahahahahahahah

Harry Harrison : The Technicolour Time Machine.....hysterical....
drcspy (146)
335707 2005-03-19 05:25:00 Not to be missed is This Perfect Day by Ira Levin - the book on which I'm convinced The Matrix was based. Greg (193)
335708 2005-03-19 05:25:00 The Weapon Shops of Isher - A E Van Vogt ...........oh yeeeeaaaaahhhhh

old but VERY good
drcspy (146)
335709 2005-03-20 03:17:00 Douglas Adams. Of course.

Jules Verne.
H G Wells.

E E (Doc) Smith. Amazingly bad, some of his. ;)
Graham L (2)
335710 2005-03-20 06:38:00 Stephen Kings 'gunslinger' series......ah .....the tower etc......
Michael Morecock .......sorta fantasy but interesting......
Asimov
oh and

of all people..............cyrano d bergerac........the famous french swordsman....wrote a book ......amazingly enuf.......and it was about flying to the moon....he had obvserved that mist rose of its own accord so thought to contain the mist into several jars and attach these to the lucky victim....traveller lol......and fly to the moon that way......
drcspy (146)
335711 2005-03-20 07:45:00 Hmm ... I think my Sci-Fi reading is more on the lightweight variety looking at the lists posted so far :p

Big fan of Anne McCaffrey

I have about 25-30 of her books after starting off with the Dragon series, although I found that some of her other series don't really appeal to me. I really like book series which follow the same character(s) rather than one-off type books.

I've read some other good Sci-Fi books but can't remember their names now :rolleyes: , but those I just get out of the library. Being a fast reader, it gets a bit expensive to buy books only to finish them 2-3 days later. I tend only to buy books which I know I will read again. Might have to check out the library catalogues (online of course!) for some of the titles mentioned by others.
Jen (38)
335712 2005-03-20 07:56:00 talking of stephen king.....

the bachman books (aka stephen king short stories).
tweak'e (69)
335713 2005-03-20 08:06:00 definitely an excellent read specially the story 'the long walk'......freaky drcspy (146)
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