Need help finding something scifi to read! - Page 2

b0rsuk · 05-08-2012, 03:38 PM

I really like Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. It's not very long, but you can't accuse it of the lack of scale or vision. Has a very energetic protagonist, a conflict betwen Earth and colonies on outer planets, multi-national corporations, lots of imagination, swift action, very enjoyable writing style, and pretty good ending. Consistently pops up among top space opera or even just science fiction book lists.

Isaac Asimov's Foundation serries is not heavy on action, but it's a very good space opera, with vision and a great sense of scale. Even individual chapters can be a few decades apart.

You've said something about alien races. Neither of the books above features them in a meaningful way. So if that's important to you, try Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

morriss003 · 05-08-2012, 09:35 PM

Try Robert Heinlein
Tunnel in the Sky
The Rolling Stones
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Isaac Asimov
Caves of Steel
I Robot

Niven and Pournelle
Oath of Fealty
The Mote in God's Eye

Niven and Barnes
Dream Park

A.E. Van Vogt
Slan

And for the most wonderful, politically incorrect, sexually incorrect, and ecologically incorrect scifi book ever, try Interplanetary Hunter by Arthur K. Barnes

DrNefario · 05-09-2012, 02:34 AM

I don't see that many of those have the feel of Mass Effect.

Nancy Fulda · 05-09-2012, 05:24 AM

You could try Tobias Buckell's Halo novels.

b0rsuk · 05-09-2012, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by darearkin

The big thing is- I just can't FIND content like this here, and I've no idea how to! The local library's scifi section is basically two wall units and almost all older than the 70's, and the book stores around me closed down to the point where I'd have to go to another city to look!

Try to look for a local fantasy/SF club. I live in a city a bit below 500 000. We have at least several such clubs, and at least two of them have their own libraries. The one I frequent to has a quite good collection. I had to pay a very low fee to join, and that's it. We meet once a week mostly for board games.

Stars my Destination may be older than 70's, but it has aged very gracefully. The book was ahead of its time. There aren't too many anachronisms.

kennyc · 05-13-2012, 04:27 PM

Random suggestion - Faith by John Love
http://www.amazon.com/Faith-John-Lov...6940806&sr=1-1

05-08-2012, 03:38 PM	#16
b0rsuk meles meles Posts: 109 Karma: 163588 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Persepolis Device: Pocketbook InkPad 3	I really like Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. It's not very long, but you can't accuse it of the lack of scale or vision. Has a very energetic protagonist, a conflict betwen Earth and colonies on outer planets, multi-national corporations, lots of imagination, swift action, very enjoyable writing style, and pretty good ending. Consistently pops up among top space opera or even just science fiction book lists. Isaac Asimov's Foundation serries is not heavy on action, but it's a very good space opera, with vision and a great sense of scale. Even individual chapters can be a few decades apart. You've said something about alien races. Neither of the books above features them in a meaningful way. So if that's important to you, try Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Last edited by b0rsuk; 05-08-2012 at 03:44 PM.

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05-08-2012, 09:35 PM	#17
morriss003 Evangelist Posts: 438 Karma: 3409790 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Maui Device: kindle	Try Robert Heinlein Tunnel in the Sky The Rolling Stones The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Isaac Asimov Caves of Steel I Robot Niven and Pournelle Oath of Fealty The Mote in God's Eye Niven and Barnes Dream Park A.E. Van Vogt Slan And for the most wonderful, politically incorrect, sexually incorrect, and ecologically incorrect scifi book ever, try Interplanetary Hunter by Arthur K. Barnes

05-09-2012, 02:34 AM	#18
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,203 Karma: 12029046 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	I don't see that many of those have the feel of Mass Effect.

05-09-2012, 05:24 AM	#19
Nancy Fulda I write stories. Posts: 700 Karma: 16437432 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Northern Germany Device: kindle	You could try Tobias Buckell's Halo novels.

05-13-2012, 04:27 PM	#21
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,898 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Random suggestion - Faith by John Love http://www.amazon.com/Faith-John-Lov...6940806&sr=1-1

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