Scifi novel recommendation

[JLius]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

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.

Well... okay, when I would have to give them a score, Hyperion would get 5 out of 5, and Enymion 4.5. The two parts are very different, in my opinion. Why Endymion gets 4.5? Because it irritated me that Raul always uses 'kiddo' when adressing Aenea :-)

But: you can read part one without part two, but you'll miss out. Part two concludes the cantos, both in contents and emotional - and it is the emotional that is the forte of Endymion (and rise of Endymion). I was really blown away after finishing the Rise of Endyion. Finished it last week actually, and it's still haunting me.

[Dngrsone]

I liked Chris Moriarty's Spin series, which is three books.

C.J. Cherryh, Arthur C. Clark, Greg Benford, are all good.

As are Larry Niven, Greg Bear, and Issac Asimov. These all tend toward the harder side of Sci Fi.

If you want to cheap out, then check out some of the classic writers like H.G. Wells and Jules Verne at Gutenberg (not to mention the Sci Fi/Fantasy deals of the month threads in these forums).

If you like Cyberpunk, then you can't go wrong with Neil Stephenson.

I have read and enjoyed the Dan Simmons' books mentioned, as well as Kim Stanley Robinson's trilogy (good choice there) and the Honor Harrington books by Weber. The last few didn't sit as well with me as the first four or five, though... it seems like he's trying to milk it out or something.

[xg4bx]

Helix and Helix Wars by Eric Brown

Helix is a fast-paced action adventure novel following the plight of four humans when they crash land on what they think is a desolate, ice-bound planet. Daylight brings the discovery that the planet is one of thousands arranged in a vast spiral wound about a central sun. They set off to discover a more habitable, Earth-like world and come across strange races of aliens, and life-threatening perils, on their way.

[crossi]

Fool's Run by Patricia Mckillip. Out of print and hard to find and no ebook yet but it's one book I always want to have a copy of.

[wwefan]

Thank you for the recommends now even in my dreams i see myself reading scifi novels.

[crich70]

City at worlds EndClick
Another good one (which I'm not sure is in ebook form) is Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by crich70

Another good one (which I'm not sure is in ebook form) is Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward.

Excellent book. Kobo have it, so I assume it is available elsewhere. But, they don't list any of his other books.

[FatDog]

I will second the choice of Dragons Egg.

If you like time travel with a bit of humor, try "To say nothing of the dog" by Connie Willis. You can then search Project Guttenburg for "Three men in a boat" which is the early 1900 novel that the more modern novel parallels.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by davidfor

Excellent book. Kobo have it, so I assume it is available elsewhere. But, they don't list any of his other books.

Manybooks lists about 8-9 of his works. At least one is a short story I think. Phoenix Pick has a collection of his short works. It was free one month.
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[corroonb]

Richard Morgan has written some very good SF. The one I have read is heavily influenced by film noir and whatever the literary equivalent of film noir is. It is very gritty and character driven with a first person narration. There is a collection of all his SF available from Kobo and Amazon.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by FatDog

I will second the choice of Dragons Egg.

If you like time travel with a bit of humor, try "To say nothing of the dog" by Connie Willis. You can then search Project Guttenburg for "Three men in a boat" which is the early 1900 novel that the more modern novel parallels.

There is a sequel to Dragon's Egg as well. It's title is Starquake. It picks up the story from where the 1st book leaves off.

[cromag]

Originally Posted by Apache

To many to name...

Apache is a master of understatement.

I'm a fan of just about every author and piece of work mentioned so far. I will also add Jack Vance, whose works range from old fashioned space opera (The Demon Princes series, and others) to stories of the far future where science borders on magic (The Dying Earth series, and others).

A very good and affordable introduction would be The Jack Vance Treasury. It's about $5, and you can reduce the price if you buy it at Kobo and use a coupon.

I posted a description here --> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=128

[crich70]

I'm currently reading Resurrection which involves Aliens, Cryogenics and other such tropes. It's a good read so far. Click And at only .99 at Smashwords it's not terribly expensive either.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by crich70

Manybooks lists about 8-9 of his works. At least one is a short story I think. Phoenix Pick has a collection of his short works. It was free one month.
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Neither of them seem to be listing any of his books now. I had a look at B&N. It only has "Dragon's Egg" in English.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by davidfor

Neither of them seem to be listing any of his books now. I had a look at B&N. It only has "Dragon's Egg" in English.

Well Phoenix Pick does still have Hamilton's book. You have to scroll down a little. Here's the Amazon US page for the same book though:
Amazon US It runs $7.99 on Kindle.

And here is Dragon's Egg at Amazon.
Amazon US Oddly they don't have the sequel Starquake also in Kindle but they do have it in paperback.