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Linda Nagata (series starting with The Bohr Maker)
Alastair Reynolds (Revelation Space series, avoid The Prefect) Robert Reed (Marrow and sequel) Mike Brotherton (Stardragon) Frederick Pohl (Gateway series) Peter Watts (Blindsight) Overrated: Iain M. Banks C. J. Cherryh |
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Looks like I'm going to have to start researching who is easily available and reasonably priced off of these lists to see who will make to next on the list. I'm very obsessive about reading all of someone's work once I start... it would annoy me to no end to start reading an author and then finding out some stuff was unavailable in eBook format!
I also tend to stick to series that have already finished, or at least reached a point where they have transitioned to a new segment that leaves the previous stories completed. I have no patience. ![]() |
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All of Cordwainer Smith's works are available in two omnibus volumes at Baen Books, for a total of 12 dollars, in your choice of formats (no DRM!) .... |
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John Scalzi (Old Man's War)
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Here are a bunch I've enjoyed over the years.
David Zindell: Neverness, The Broken God Harlan Ellison: "I have no mouth and i must scream", "whimper of whipped dogs", "Palladin of the lost hour", "When Jefty was five" Connie Willis: Doomsday Book Philip K Dick: Ubik,Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said,A Scanner Darkly,Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Dan Simmons: Hyperion,Fall of Hyperion Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash,The Diamond Age Orson Scott Card: Ender's Game,Speaker for the Dead,Xenocide,Children of the Mind John Varley: Demon,Wizard,Titan Arthur C Clarke: Against the Fall of Night/The City and the Stars,Childhood's End,2001,2010,Rendevouz wtith Rama Robert Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land,Farnham's Freehold Robert Silverberg: Downward to the earth, Dying Inside,The World Inside,"Flies" Iain M Banks: State of the Art David Gerrold: When Harlie Was One, The Man Who Folded Himself, A Matter for Men, A Day for Damnation,A Rage for revenge,A Season for Slaughter Roger Zelazny: The Chronicles of Amber (10 volumes) Isaac Asimov: I, Robot Frank Herbert: Dune Stephen R Donaldson: The Gap Series (5 volumes) A.E. Van Vogt: Slan,Voyage of the Space Beagle Octavia Butler: Kindred Michael |
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By coincidence, I usually post these midmonth on rec.art.sf.written, but these two were worth noting here.
Recently Read - Nov. 2009 Baker, Kage, "The Hotel Under the Sand" p ***** This is the delightful story of Emma Rose, who survives a storm (of some kind), and winds up alone on a beach, near the Dunes. She discovers a ghost, named Winston, who's a Bell Captain for the Grand Wenlocke Hotel, lost many years ago nearby in a Storm of the Equinox. Another, more common sort of storm, uncovers the Grand Wenlocke. With Winston, Mrs. Beet, the Cook who was held frozen in time in the buried hotel, and a growing list of guests and interlopers, Emma Rose makes a place for herself, to take the place of what she lost in the storm. Henderson, Zenna, "Ingathering" p **** This is NESFA's collection of all of Henderson's "The People" stories. I loved these stories when I was a teenager. I still like them a lot. I also recommend NESFA's excellent series of collections and volumes of significant sf works. _______________ My stars: ***** A classic, read it immediately. **** Very good, you might even buy it in hardback. *** Good, well worth your time. ** Readable, but I'd wait for a cheap copy. * A book with at least one redeeming value, even if it's nice cover art. Not rated - noted, but not rated because it's an anthology, or I couldn't finish it, or it's obviously good but not to my taste. No stars (zero, zip, zilch, nada, none, goose-egg) - don't read this book. e: electronic book; p: paper book YMMV - seek other opinions, and don't blame me. Happy Reading, Jack Tingle |
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Margaret Atwood
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The Amadeus Net
Definitely read The Amadeus Net by Mark Rayner for a great sci-fi book. It's a great post-apocalyptic novel. Not only has most of the world collapsed from the cataclysmic "Shudder," but there is further impending doom of a nuclear catastrophe that could bring an end to all Shudder survivors.
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If you like your science fiction hard and science-y, I highly recommend Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy.
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In no particular order...
Cory Doctorow (Little Brother should be required reading for everyone, particularly in schools.) Henry Kuttner Aldous Huxley Bruce Sterling William Gibson Stephen Bury (Neal Stephenson's pen name) Norman Spinrad H Beam Piper Jack L Chalker Jeff Noon Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (seperately & together) John Christopher Julian May Kate Wilhelm (particularly Where late the Sweet Birds Sang) Spider Robinson Michael Marshall Smith (Sometimes listed as just Michael Smith now. He also write thrillers - equally as good but not SF obviously.) Rudy Rucker Robert Sheckley Robert L Forward Walter Jon Williams Ward Moore |
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I hate to say, but Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber don't belong here. They're more of an early urban fantasy series.
Now his This Immortal, Eye of Cat, and Doorways in the Sand, those novels definitely belong here. |
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My favorite Walter Jon Williams novels. . .
. . .in the science fiction category anyway:
Aristoi, Knight Moves, Conventions of War series, Hard Wired I didn't like Angel Station quite as much, but I may need to read it again. |
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One of my favourite modern Sci Fi authors is Iain.M.Banks. Try reading The Player of Games or Consider Phlebas
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I also really like Iain M Banks. Haven't read too much of his work yet, but the 2 I did was very good.
Another favorite of mine is Peter F Hamilton. Fallen Dragon got me hooked on him although I'm struggling to find his books in treebook format over here. Stephen Baxter is also good. I like the collab he did with Arthur C Clarke in 'The light of other days' |
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I support the recommendation of Neal Stephenson for high technology sci-fi:
Snow Crash,The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon I often find myself thinking about these books throughout my day because of where we're going with technology. I'm sure someone put William Gibson, but if not I adored Neuromancer. It's what I call passionate sci-fi - not exactly romance sci-fi, but there's something of that in it. I also enjoyed Richard K. Morgan's series, starting with Altered Carbon. Very quick reads, with engrossing stories. |
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