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The Expanse Series by James S.A. Corey starting with Leviathon Wakes (actually there's a short prequel The Butcher of Anderson Station published later)
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Most of these are quite old, but for big concept SF:
Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park and Prey. Larry Niven - Ringworld James P. Hogan - Inherit the Stars Gregory Benford - Timescape Greg Bear - Darwin's Radio Paolo Bacigalupi - The Windup Girl (published this century!) Fantasy: Sergei Lukyanenko - The Night Watch Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel's Dart |
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For big concept/worlds, likeable characters, I would suggest: Wizard of Earthsea Books (for young adults yes, but still really good books for any age) Theft of Swords by Michael Sullivan. Lighthearted, engaging fantasy - imagine Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in a fantasy world. The Shannara books are great reads as well. I especially like Elfstones of Shannara, Wishsong of Shannara, and Elfqueen of Shannara. Solid epic fantasy with great characters. Some consider a bit of a rip off of Tolkien but I think if you start with Elfstones of Shannara the novels will seem less like LOTR. Sword of the Shannara is the culprit. Scifi: Have you read Wool by Hugh Howey? If not, I recommend that. |
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Ancillary Justice, damn fine book. Bit short though.
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Books in the Culture series by Iain M. Banks (mentioned by some others). They aren't all great but still ... More space opera: Alaistair Reynolds (yes! yes!). Have you read any Peter Hamilton? I liked Kay's Tapestry series. |
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I wonder if you would like the Retrieval Artist series by Kristine Katherine Rusch. It reads in some ones like a police procedural set mostly on the moon (but not always). The big concept of the series is about how Earth chooses to deal with the "alien" cultures and laws.
ETA: The books started out published by one of the mainstream publishers but they dropped the series. She's re-released them herself, and continued to add to the series. I've found almost all of them on one or other of the Overdrive libraries I belong to, and I "recommended" the rest - just waiting to see if they'll bite. And I've seen them at Kobo, and they appear to be couponable. Last edited by FizzyWater; 01-17-2015 at 07:53 PM. |
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The Martian is a good hard-science read, and very accesible (no math required ). The Golem and the Jinni is a current (fantasy) favorite of mine as well.
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I think you would really enjoy the three books in Neal Asher's "Agent Cormac" series: "Gridlinked", "Brass Man", and "The Line of Polity." The threads involving the hyperjacked, super psychotic "Golem 25" --- the 8-foot tall Mr. Crane (Ichabod, anyone? ) --- are quite intense, and run through the whole series. He is surely one of the most imposing characters that I've ever encountered in the science fiction universe --- that is, if you disregard Martin Gardner's planet-eater, Thang, and the even larger entity who chowed down on Thang...
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