Sci-Fi Book recos

pilotbob · 11-05-2007, 05:55 PM

I see that the Baen free library I can get stuff. But, I know not what to read... would appreciate some recos... some of the SF stuff I like by...

Terry Brooks, Terry Goodkind, David Eddings, Michael McCollum (Gibraltar and Antares Series), Lackey/Dixon (Obsidian and Hearlds books.)

Yes, this is mosly Fantasy, but I also like the science side... I read the Star Trek series stuff, Asimov's robot novels were great, Hitch Hikers (not really SF

etc.

Thanks,
BOb

AnemicOak · 11-05-2007, 06:10 PM

I really like David Weber's Honor Harrington series, it's worth a look if you like space opera. The first two are part of the free library.

PHugger · 11-05-2007, 06:15 PM

Michael McCollum (Gibraltar and Antares Series) are very good. I have some paper copies that are signed by the author. You can also get them directly from him properly formatted for the Sony.

http://www.scifi-az.com/
(I'm surprised they are free)

I'd also recommend Peter F. Hamilton - most anything.

PCH

BobVA · 11-05-2007, 06:28 PM

If you like "hard" sci fi or military sci fi, check out Baen's selections from Jerry Pournelle and Keith Laumer. The latter's "Retief" stories are social/political satire set in a sci fi universe. The humor has a lot of the dry qualities of Hitchhikers Guide.

Glad you found Baen!!!

Bob

PHugger · 11-05-2007, 06:43 PM

I enjoyed Michael McCollum's Gibraltar and Antares Series. They are a bit lighter, but good.

Anything from Peter F. Hamilton is highly recommended.
Fallen Dragon
The Night's Dawn Trilogy
The Commonwealth Saga (2 books)

PCH

JSWolf · 11-05-2007, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PHugger

Michael McCollum (Gibraltar and Antares Series) are very good. I have some paper copies that are signed by the author. You can also get them directly from him properly formatted for the Sony.

http://www.scifi-az.com/
(I'm surprised they are free)

I'd also recommend Peter F. Hamilton - most anything.

PCH

The books are not free from what I saw on the website.

wallcraft · 11-05-2007, 08:55 PM

Almost all Science Fiction is still in copyright, and hence mostly not free. Out of copyright (free forever) titles are at Project Gutenberg: Science Fiction (Bookshelf).

Some Science Fiction authors provide one or more free e-books on their own web sites. For example Steve Jordan, Charles Stross and Karl Schroeder

Robert Marquard · 11-06-2007, 12:14 AM

From Baen i like David Drake and David Weber most.
BTW get the Baen CDs (http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com). The complete Honor Harrington series is on the CDs.
It is hard to give more hints. More than 200 books are available from the CDs for free.

Roy White · 11-06-2007, 12:59 AM

I just finished Weber's Mutineers Mooon I got for free at Baen. Very fun book that only bogs a speck in the middle when some of the plot bullstuff gets a little thick and confusing with bizaar names of characters who are in and out of Cryosleep and so on... Excellent brain candy though.

PHugger · 11-06-2007, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The books are not free from what I saw on the website.

I thought he was saying that he got them from the free Baen library - my bad.

I'm seeing a problem with posting - I'll post and it doesn't show up for an hour or more. In this case I thought I had forgotten to click submit and posted again. Several hours later the original post shows up........ )c8

Should I not expect to see my posts immediately?

PCH

wmrawls · 11-06-2007, 09:58 AM

Anything by Ringo,Flint, Webber,Bujold I could go on. OK I will, Hogan is great for hard core SF. Ringo, Webber,Drake and Flint are excellent for Combat weapons and Firearms savvy. Bujold combines mystery with romance and hard core action packed SF/ fantasy. Andre Norton is a long time writer of fantasy and sf and a lot of her stuff is kind of dated but still great to read. There is plenty of variety for anyone there. I also think there prices are excellent for a non DRM downloaded book. Happy reading.

taralon · 11-06-2007, 09:59 AM

Weber's fantasay series is very good and you would probably enjoy it based upon what you've posted you like.

There's several of Baen published books by Mercedes Lackey in the free library you'd probably want to pick up as well.

David Drake writes a series of 'age of sail' based scifi novels, so if you ever read and liked Horatio Hornblower/Patrick O'Brian, then you might wish to look into his series. The first two or three starting with "With the Lightnings" is up on the free library.

If you haven't already pick up Moon's fantasy series off of the Baen website, the Paksenarrion series is a favorite I return to two or three times a year.

NatCh · 11-06-2007, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PHugger

I'm seeing a problem with posting - I'll post and it doesn't show up for an hour or more. In this case I thought I had forgotten to click submit and posted again. Several hours later the original post shows up........ )c8

Should I not expect to see my posts immediately?

You're probably still hitting the spam filter -- it seems to "like" some posters more than others, but it should back off when you hit 10 posts. I believe that it's more likely to tag posts that have URLs in them too.

The delay you're seeing is the system waiting for one of the editors to approve the post, we approve them when we see them, but sometimes it takes a while for one of us to happen along.

The upside of all this, is that the forum is largely free of spam, as the filters are really good at catching it.

I'd also recommend Weber (unreservedly), Ringo (with reservations on some books), and toss in Lambshead. I just finished his Lucy's Blade, which is the only thing of his I've read, but I found it quite good. Also Dykstra's War by Jeff Kooistra (I probably misspelled both of those) was quite good.

slayda · 11-06-2007, 11:14 AM

I'd recommend you download all of the Baen Free Library and just try the various authors. That's why they are free. I have found several authors I like there. Some not previously mentioned that can be purchased at Baen are K. D. Wentworth, C. J. Cherryh, Jack L. Chalker (although quite weird), Robert A. Heinlein, Elizabeth Moon, and Wen Spencer. Some of these have entries in the free library.

simond · 11-06-2007, 11:42 AM

Charles Stross is another good author, but I also like Peter F Hamilton, Terry Brooks, Alastair Reynolds etc

11-05-2007, 05:55 PM	#1
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	Sci-Fi Book recos I see that the Baen free library I can get stuff. But, I know not what to read... would appreciate some recos... some of the SF stuff I like by... Terry Brooks, Terry Goodkind, David Eddings, Michael McCollum (Gibraltar and Antares Series), Lackey/Dixon (Obsidian and Hearlds books.) Yes, this is mosly Fantasy, but I also like the science side... I read the Star Trek series stuff, Asimov's robot novels were great, Hitch Hikers (not really SF etc. Thanks, BOb

11-05-2007, 06:28 PM	#4
BobVA Addict Posts: 230 Karma: 1500 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Kobo Clara, Sony PRS950, T1, T2, T3	If you like "hard" sci fi or military sci fi, check out Baen's selections from Jerry Pournelle and Keith Laumer. The latter's "Retief" stories are social/political satire set in a sci fi universe. The humor has a lot of the dry qualities of Hitchhikers Guide. Glad you found Baen!!! Bob Last edited by BobVA; 11-05-2007 at 06:32 PM.

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AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	I really like David Weber's Honor Harrington series, it's worth a look if you like space opera. The first two are part of the free library.

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PHugger Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 8443 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NJ Device: Kindle 3G, Sony PRS-505	Michael McCollum (Gibraltar and Antares Series) are very good. I have some paper copies that are signed by the author. You can also get them directly from him properly formatted for the Sony. http://www.scifi-az.com/ (I'm surprised they are free) I'd also recommend Peter F. Hamilton - most anything. PCH

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PHugger Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 8443 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NJ Device: Kindle 3G, Sony PRS-505	I enjoyed Michael McCollum's Gibraltar and Antares Series. They are a bit lighter, but good. Anything from Peter F. Hamilton is highly recommended. Fallen Dragon The Night's Dawn Trilogy The Commonwealth Saga (2 books) PCH

11-05-2007, 08:55 PM	#7
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	Almost all Science Fiction is still in copyright, and hence mostly not free. Out of copyright (free forever) titles are at Project Gutenberg: Science Fiction (Bookshelf). Some Science Fiction authors provide one or more free e-books on their own web sites. For example Steve Jordan, Charles Stross and Karl Schroeder

11-06-2007, 12:14 AM	#8
Robert Marquard Delphi-Guy Posts: 285 Karma: 1151 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: iLiad, Palm T3	From Baen i like David Drake and David Weber most. BTW get the Baen CDs (http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com). The complete Honor Harrington series is on the CDs. It is hard to give more hints. More than 200 books are available from the CDs for free.

11-06-2007, 12:59 AM	#9
Roy White Evangelist Posts: 482 Karma: 7696 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Turner, Oregon Device: Sony Reader	I just finished Weber's Mutineers Mooon I got for free at Baen. Very fun book that only bogs a speck in the middle when some of the plot bullstuff gets a little thick and confusing with bizaar names of characters who are in and out of Cryosleep and so on... Excellent brain candy though.

11-06-2007, 09:58 AM	#11
wmrawls Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 20 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rock Hill,SC Device: Sony PRS 505, Dell Axim X50V	Anything by Ringo,Flint, Webber,Bujold I could go on. OK I will, Hogan is great for hard core SF. Ringo, Webber,Drake and Flint are excellent for Combat weapons and Firearms savvy. Bujold combines mystery with romance and hard core action packed SF/ fantasy. Andre Norton is a long time writer of fantasy and sf and a lot of her stuff is kind of dated but still great to read. There is plenty of variety for anyone there. I also think there prices are excellent for a non DRM downloaded book. Happy reading.

11-06-2007, 09:59 AM	#12
taralon Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 96 Join Date: Nov 2006	Weber's fantasay series is very good and you would probably enjoy it based upon what you've posted you like. There's several of Baen published books by Mercedes Lackey in the free library you'd probably want to pick up as well. David Drake writes a series of 'age of sail' based scifi novels, so if you ever read and liked Horatio Hornblower/Patrick O'Brian, then you might wish to look into his series. The first two or three starting with "With the Lightnings" is up on the free library. If you haven't already pick up Moon's fantasy series off of the Baen website, the Paksenarrion series is a favorite I return to two or three times a year.

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slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	I'd recommend you download all of the Baen Free Library and just try the various authors. That's why they are free. I have found several authors I like there. Some not previously mentioned that can be purchased at Baen are K. D. Wentworth, C. J. Cherryh, Jack L. Chalker (although quite weird), Robert A. Heinlein, Elizabeth Moon, and Wen Spencer. Some of these have entries in the free library.

11-06-2007, 11:42 AM	#15
simond Fanatic Posts: 532 Karma: 1062755 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, UK Device: Kobo Aura One, iPad, iPhone	Charles Stross is another good author, but I also like Peter F Hamilton, Terry Brooks, Alastair Reynolds etc