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Old 05-29-2014, 09:56 AM   #1
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Hello everyone,I am posting here because i know there are a lot of experienced people here and my request is to recommend me some good scifi novels the one which you think is awesome with good storyline.
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Old 05-29-2014, 10:07 AM   #2
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The Martian by Andy Weir. This is SciFi like the movie Gravity was and an excellent read.
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Old 05-29-2014, 10:21 AM   #3
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A number of us have added favourites to a MR listopia on Goodreads, but it would also depend greatly on what type of scifi that you like. Space Opera? Dystopia? Time travel?
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Old 05-29-2014, 10:27 AM   #4
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The Martian by Andy Weir. This is SciFi like the movie Gravity was and an excellent read.
You are awesome man story looks promising i am gonna read it.

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A number of us have added favourites to a MR listopia on Goodreads, but it would also depend greatly on what type of scifi that you like. Space Opera? Dystopia? Time travel?
I like Space and Time Travel novels.Anyway thanks for the providing the link it will help me a lot in finding good scifi novels.
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Old 05-29-2014, 11:43 AM   #5
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I'd heartly recommend just about anything written by either Iain M. Banks or Alastair Reynolds. Both are fantastic and excel at space opera. Peter F. Hamilton is also worth a look if you like more pulpy sci-fi.
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To many to name.
John Ringo and David Weber's Empire of Man Series, Armor by John Steakley, Honor Harrington Series by David Weber, The Ring of Fire Series by Eric Flint and Dune by Frank Herbert are just a drop in the bucket.
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Andre Norton. Lots of great sci-fi and fantasy. Her Witch World series is a bit of both.

She wrote a very interesting series about time traveling (Time Traders). Here's the first book free and DRM-free from Baen: http://www.baenebooks.com/p-429-time-traders.aspx
and the second book free from Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19651

There's also a whole bunch of other excellent free sci-fi of hers from Gutenberg.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7021

She also wrote a series about humanity dealing with a galactic empire by becoming mercenaries. Here's the first 2 books free and DRM-free from Baen: http://www.baenebooks.com/p-396-star-soldiers.aspx

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is also a great novel. It's supposedly a 'kids' book but it's not really. The writing is straightforward, but there's a lot there for adults as well.
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Old 05-29-2014, 03:18 PM   #8
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Dan Simmons - Hyperion. My favorite.
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Thank you for the recommendation i will keep them in mind.
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Dan Simmons - Hyperion. My favorite.
Everyone likes Hyperion.
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Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy is great if you like colonization stuff.
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Dan Simmons - Hyperion. My favorite.
I have a question regarding this novel is this a stand alone novel or a series novel?
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It's a two-parter, with Fall of Hyperion.

There's also a two part follow-up, Endymion and Rise of Endymion, which is also good, but not quite as good.
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It's a two-parter, with Fall of Hyperion.

There's also a two part follow-up, Endymion and Rise of Endymion, which is also good, but not quite as good.
Thanks for making it clear.
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Dan Simmons - Hyperion. My favorite.
Also my favorite!
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