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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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| 335714 | 2005-03-20 08:10:00 | definitely an excellent read specially the story 'the long walk'......freaky :thumbs: exspecially the ending |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 335715 | 2005-03-20 08:13:00 | My list would be too long but: Iain M Banks - Culture Novels Jack McDevitt - almost all of them Greg Bear Stephen Baxter - some Michael Swanwick - Yay! Geoffrey Landis Gregory Benford (in the top 5) Connie Willis and I confess to owning one or two Patricia McKillips but don't tell anyone. :) |
pctek (84) | ||
| 335716 | 2005-03-20 08:55:00 | Anything and everything by Isaac Asimov - a prolific well educated writer who also wrote a 'library worth' of non-fiction books. If you haven't yet, read his Opus. His 'Foundation' series (6 books in all plus another 3 books by Asimov wannabes) set a new standard for science fiction writing some 40 years ago that I doubt has been matched since. I'm not a big fan of Arthur C Clarke but 'Expedition to Earth' is worth a read as well as the Foundation follow-up books by Greg Bear and Gregory Benford. | 14_with_black_bean_sauce (7493) | ||
| 335717 | 2005-03-20 10:02:00 | Anybody follow Greg Egan and the maths framework ?? | TonyF (246) | ||
| 335718 | 2005-03-20 10:12:00 | Liked Egan's Quarantine. Ian M Banks - love his stuff. Snowcrash by Neal Stephenson Some classic sci-fi -- The Demolished Man and Tiger Tiger by Alfred Bester. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 335719 | 2005-03-20 11:22:00 | Ah yes, Greg Egan, some good stuff. Um, as for the maths, yes well.... | pctek (84) | ||
| 335720 | 2005-03-20 12:21:00 | Well, I love David Brin as an authur especially his short storys. I like the fact of "plausable or hard tech" sci fi something that can happen etc or is possible. Not really interetsted in fantasy except for his book "the Practice effect" Also like micheal Chrichton and john Birmingham |
Diluded (1328) | ||
| 335721 | 2005-03-20 13:29:00 | Harry Turtledove- alterrnate history with a strong sci fi element Guns of the South - white South african Supremecist travel back in time and supply ak47's to the confederates who then go on to win the american civil war and change the timeline. The only bummer for me was that they took apple computers back with them. World War trilogy The second world war interupted by an invasion of reptillian aliens who want to colonise earth and end up fighting everyone as the axis and allies combine. They find that they are addicted to ginger :D and brings in parallels with vietnam. A new author John Birmingham Weapons of Choice. a scientific experiment sends part of a multi national naval task force back in time(this is quite well done) and drops them in the middle of the US fleet circa 1942 -- problem is some of the time travelling fleet is composed of Japanese ships and the 1942 fleet following the tennants of captain kirk, shoot to kill. The modern fleet just assumes they are under attack and decimate the 1942 fleet. The timeline has changed and the modern fleet has to convince the politicans of the day that they are able to redress the balance. Lots of interesting human nature type stuff. Rampant bias against females and non european races of the modern fleet not to mention the modern japanese surface units who are torn between supporting a fascist regime and the cultural and emotional ties to their country. Lots of emphasis on computers especiallyto convince skeptics that what they say is true andby average sailors to make a financial killing using historical records before the time line changes too much. |
the highlander (245) | ||
| 335722 | 2005-03-20 21:11:00 | Roald Dahl should be looked at. 'Lamb to the Slaughter' the evidence of a murder, a frozen leg of lamb, is eaten by officers who in vain search for the murder weapon. Do you remember that one? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 335723 | 2005-03-20 21:34:00 | Roald Dahl should be looked at. 'Lamb to the Slaughter' the evidence of a murder, a frozen leg of lamb, is eaten by officers who in vain search for the murder weapon. Do you remember that one? That was in one of those school reading book/folder things where you had answer questions about it (about 100 years ago when I was at school)at the back, so was "How to serve Humans" about aliens on earth On sci fi authors I am currently reading some Robert Asprin books which aren't to bad the M.Y.T.H. series |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
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