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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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335724	2005-03-20 21:43:00	Best ever I read was Battlefield Earth - Ron Hubbard. Also the first of his decalogy Mission Earth (but only the first) was great and hilarious, in a sort of Flashman style.	Greg (193)
335725	2005-03-20 22:39:00	William Gibson is worth a read. My current favs are: Peter Hamiliton Iain Banks Also worth while are: Isaac Asimov Robert Heinlein Robert Silverberg ( I think he does Sci Fi as well as Fantasy) Arthur C Clarke Frank Herbert	user (1404)
335726	2005-03-20 22:43:00	Best ever I read was Battlefield Earth - Ron Hubbard. Also the first of his decalogy Mission Earth (but only the first) was great and hilarious, in a sort of Flashman style. Don't go much beyond the first few books of the series. I think I got up to number 5 before I thought "this has turned into c**p" and never read any more.	user (1404)
335727	2005-03-21 03:36:00	Don't go much beyond the first few books of the series. I think I got up to number 5 before I thought "this has turned into c**p" and never read any more. I think I went up to 4 in the hope it would get better. Nope - #1 was the only worthwhile one.	Greg (193)
335728	2005-03-22 02:56:00	As a guide I look at the dustcover: "If the author's name is bigger than the title, forget it". ;)	Graham L (2)
335729	2005-03-22 11:27:00	A question, do people who are into computers also tend to be sci-fi (and or fantasy) readers or is it just the ones that post on forums. I've been an avid reader for 35 odd years, although I've not read much sci-fi for the past few, the list above is giving me ideas. I started on EE Doc Smith, Asimov and Clarke. Thoroughly enjoyed polishing off the last three books in the Gunslinger series over Xmas.	Murray P (44)
335730	2005-03-22 20:15:00	The one I enjoyed the most were the "Stainless Steel Rat" series written by Harry Harrison. I guess the tongue-in-cheek way of writing made it for me, it didn't get too way out.	BoboTheClown (5652)
335731	2005-03-22 23:15:00	A couple of favourites that come to mind The Mote in Gods Eye-Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle Imo one of the best sci-fi books ever written,neither Author being able to match it in their other works wether alone or in colaberation, followed by a sequel 2 decades later that maybe one of the worst books ever written.Having said that Lucifer's Hammer and Ringworld are both good reads The Worthing Saga- Orson Scott Card Pure brilliance,totally enjoyable, A book that i was disapointed to finish.Enders Game is another classic book,Though perhaps aimed a bit more at the teenager market its still a good tale for any age, The sequels just get scrappy though the retelling of the first book from a different charecters perspective is a good read (Enders Shadow).The man has many many works most are excellent. Stranger in A Strange Land-Robert A. Heinlein WOW.....Not even a great story, but a view into the mind of what maybe a madman,He taints the entire saga with his views on the world during the 60's.Worth reading to see what sort of utter tosh some people base their lives on, This book even causing various cults to spring up who considered it some sort of bible, Perhaps the biggest impact of reading it in todays climate is that the Author not only writes himself into the book but does it so he can claim that women deserve to get raped.I highly recomend this book,because of what the book is rather then the great story (marooned baby bought up by Alians on Mars,is rescued and tries to assimilate back into the human race,He then becomes a messaih and then a martyr....Winston Peteres would had him ejected in a heartbeat)	Metla (12)
335732	2005-03-22 23:31:00	The one I enjoyed the most were the "Stainless Steel Rat" series written by Harry Harrison. I guess the tongue-in-cheek way of writing made it for me, it didn't get too way out. Harry Harrison is another of the "great authors", though I personally grew tired of the Steel Rat series after 2 or 3 books I did manage to read all that were available at the time (10 or 12 books), His Bill the Galactic Hero is more in the same vain but even more into the humour side of things with it reaching into absolute nonsense for the sake of laughs. Bill, the Galactic Hero Series Bill, the Galactic Hero 1. Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Robot Slaves 2. Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Bottled Brains 3. Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure 4. Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Zombie Vampires 5. Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars 6. Bill, the Galactic Hero: the Final Incoherent Adventure The titles say quite a lot... His Deathworld series are also good quick reads, though you can tell he's at the beginning of his writing career.. The Deathworld Series 1. Deathworld 2. Deathworld 2 3. Deathworld 3 4. Return to Deathworld 5. Deathworld vs. Filibusters 6. The Creatures from Hell The Deathworld Trilogy Straying from sci-fi Harry Harrison wrote 2 of my all time favorite series ever, both are alternate history. The Hammer and the Cross Trilogy 1. The Hammer and the Cross 2. One King's Way 3. King and Emperor Set in medieval times where Christianity is not the dominant religion, Its a brutal and damaged story, One of the best works I have ever had the privilege to read. West of Eden Trilogy 1. West of Eden 2. Winter in Eden 3. Return to Eden The West of Eden Trilogy is set in a world where dinosaurs not only survived but evolved into a modern society (well sort of, they had science and tools, don’t think they had cars :D ) and mankind has only just matured into our modern form and is starting to be noticed by the dominant race. Sounds cheesy, but it is imo a master work	Metla (12)
335733	2005-03-23 00:25:00	I used to have an SF bookshop, and generally, yes, IT people were very into SF. Or is that SF people are very into IT?	pctek (84)
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