A Science Fiction Novel YOU would recommend

[Andybaby]

Originally Posted by sabredog

The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell.

All 5 of them!

I've read them, and Jack Campbell (Hemery) isn't that great of an author, the first half of every book is just repeating the previous second half of the previous book or before that.

if you want a similar series, with much better writing, check out the honor harrington series by david weber

[Rafardeon]

Originally Posted by Rafardeon

I'm waiting for ebook versions though.

Just noticed that they are available in several US stores (e.g. Sony). In Germany the supply is still not that good.

[wayspooled]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Ok: You demanded it, even though NOT ONE SINGLE email came to me. The fact is, I could sense it because I'm TELEPATHIC and have abilities far beyond your silly, meager boundaries of understanding. (I'm also able to control the magnetic/berium brains of UFOs through my ability at TELEKENESIS and my mind-warp infusion at the binary-polaroid juncture. HEY! I can write nonsense SF with the best of them!) -- Ok, enough stupidities and sillinesses.



Here's one I recommend (the novel, not the novelette): Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel F. Keyes. This novel won the Nebula Award for Best Novel when it was published. As a film with the name of Charlie, it was a memorable movie starring Cliff Robertson, who won an Academy Award as Best Actor.

If someone is looking for the movie, the title was Charly. Oddly spelled. I remembered the same as you but I couldn't find it when I tried to look it up.

[wayspooled]

Originally Posted by Dave Berk

I will pick a few books with the same theme, one that I really love: that of a genetically engineers/modified soldier.

Armor by John Steakley.

The Cobra Trilogy by Timothy Zahn.

Blackcollar by Timothy Zahn.

Old Man's War by John Scalzi. First in a series.

I'd recommend any of them but I love Blackcollar the most.
Also I'm sure I missed more than a few. Would love to find them out.

I loved Armor. Great book! Old Man's War too. Have you read Joe Haldeman's Forever War? Similar type. I've not heard of the Timothy Zahn ones, thanks. I'll check them out!

[Badandy]

The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card. I don't know if this is available in electronic format, but this book is worth putting down your ereader and buying the physical book if it's not in electronic format.

Foundation by Isaac Asimov. Most people will have read this, so I was unsure whether to put this here or not...Worth a read if you haven't.

[Andybaby]

Originally Posted by Badandy

The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card. I don't know if this is available in electronic format, but this book is worth putting down your ereader and buying the physical book if it's not in electronic format.

Hot Sleep, a collection of short stories that OSC wrote before Worthing saga, is available on the intergalactic medicine show I think. I've read it. its great.

lets see, I'm gonna lists the series I think are good, Lots of more books in my librarything in my sig, check it out.

Old Mans War, by John Scalzi
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Barsoom Books by E R Burroughs
Honor Harrington series by David Weber
Uplift Saga by David Brin
Enders Saga, By Orson Scott Card

[Over]

Way of the Wolf, by E. E. Knight (if you like a post-apocaliptic setting)
Pandora's Star, by Peter Hamilton

[mag9211]

Try Lost Fleet by Jack Campbell.
i hope you will like it

[brecklundin]

I enjoy both the Ray Guns & Rocket Ships style as well as the more humanist stye of SF.

I really recommened an old series by A. Bertram Chandler centered around a character named John Grimes. Wonderful fun escapist SF.

Of course the all time great Stranger in a Strange Land should be on every SF reading list. Mote in God's Eye and other Pournelle & Niven collaborations are fun as well.

Some less well known that are just wonderful is a series of short stories about Sam Gunn by Ben Bova are just priceless. You can fidn them in a couple Omnibuss editions.

I LOVE all but one of the Callahan series by Spider Robinson. There is one in the Callahan series I found contains very, at best, questionable content and that is Callahan's Legacy. About that one novel, I say, read the reviews and know it is NOT anything a child should read. I won't go into the reasons further, just know I am very open minded about all save two topics one is rape and the other involves children...still every other book in the series is fun and silly.

I also really enjoyed The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks as well as the sequel. I am not sure where it fits in the SF arena though...it's not fantasy, it's certainly not ray guns and rocketships...

And if you like Assimov I forget the name of the short story as well as collection of novels, but he wrote a series of "Locked Room" mysteries...not really SF but just entertaining. I found it, the series was called "Tales of the Black Widowers" http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/...k-widowers.htm

Locked room here: (http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/...-mysteries.htm)

Those are just a few I can recall off the top of my head at 5am...

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by wayspooled

If someone is looking for the movie, the title was Charly. Oddly spelled. I remembered the same as you but I couldn't find it when I tried to look it up.

Ah, thank you!

I don't know what I was thinking! Perhaps I was in an alternate universe where everything has a slightly different spelling.

I'm going to change it in my original post.


Thanks,
Don

[Renaldo]

I'd reccomend Gateway by Frederik Pohl. It's the first book in the Heechee series. Also Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (I don't care much for the rest of that series though.)

[Xenophon]

Originally Posted by Brecklundin

I really recommened an old series by A. Bertram Chandler centered around a character named John Grimes. Wonderful fun escapist SF.

The entire series is available over at Webscriptions, with no DRM. Follow this link. They appear to be priced at $4 each.

Xenophon

[Dave Berk]

Originally Posted by Andybaby

I've read them, and Jack Campbell (Hemery) isn't that great of an author, the first half of every book is just repeating the previous second half of the previous book or before that.

I respectfully disagree. I've read the first four books and really enjoyed them. While there is some reiterations of former events at the beginning of each book, it is a usual practice in long series and certainly they do not take half the book .

[Andybaby]

Originally Posted by Dave Berk

I respectfully disagree. I've read the first four books and really enjoyed them. While there is some reiterations of former events at the beginning of each book, it is a usual practice in long series and certainly they do not take half the book .

Don't get me wrong, I like the story, and he got a little better in the 4th book, 2 and 3 were just omg, I just read that.

I don't think this qualifies as a long series, and very few series I have read touch upon the former so much as this.

He does repeat himself an awful lot, if you were to just start on book 3, you will know about every single little thing that happened in books 1 and 2. he is pretty easy to read, but the book takes place over 8 months or so in the first 4 books, and there is absolutely no character growth at all from anyone. 8 months is long enough for new aliances, and trust in yous C.O. especially when he saved your six more times in the last week that you can count on one hand.

It's a mediocre series, it's a decent fast read of a series, but I would never recomend reading them back to back. read 2 or more books between each and it's a whole lot more enjoyable.

[mklynds]

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton One of my favs. Also anything by Timothy Zahn is a good read.