What "new" SCI-FI would you recommend? - Page 4

wayspooled · 09-08-2009, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin ....did that get mentioned already? Excellent and there was a excellent TV adaptation a while back as well.

Yeah, good probably unintentional point.. a lot of these authors wrote great fantasy as well as great sci/fi..

kennyc · 09-08-2009, 08:09 AM

Are you saying you consider Lathe of Heaven Fantasy?

montsnmags · 09-08-2009, 08:30 AM

They're not release in the last "5-6 years", but Sheri S. Tepper's Grass and Raising the Stones are two of my all-time favourite SF books...and I just recall that they're on the very, very short list of books I've read more than once. Sideshow, the third novel in that sequence, I recall being ambivalent about (note that the first two, at least, can be read as free-standing novels quite happily). It might be time for another re-read.

Cheers,
Marc

wayspooled · 09-08-2009, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

Are you saying you consider Lathe of Heaven Fantasy?

ehhhhh... <slaps himself>

My eyes saw "Lathe of Heaven" but my brain saw "Earthsea" both of which were recently on tv.. heh.. nevermind me.. :P

No, Lathe of Heaven is science fiction....

kennyc · 09-08-2009, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by wayspooled

ehhhhh... <slaps himself>

My eyes saw "Lathe of Heaven" but my brain saw "Earthsea" both of which were recently on tv.. heh.. nevermind me.. :P

No, Lathe of Heaven is science fiction....

Ah, got it. No wonder I was a bit confused.

You are right about certain authors writing various genres though.

BearMountainBooks · 09-08-2009, 05:31 PM

Mark Van Name - One Jump Ahead (he's with Baen so e-files should be available.) I reviewed it at my blog a long while back and One Jump Ahead was on my best reads of 2008!!! Good stuff.

mediax · 09-09-2009, 09:09 AM

+1 for Neal Stephenson
+1 for Iain M. Banks

ShellShock · 09-09-2009, 02:39 PM

Someone has already mentioned Stephen Baxter, but as he is such a prolific author, in slightly different sub-genres, I thought I would mention three of his books that are some of my favourite sci-fi novels:

Voyage: a believable depiction of a NASA expedition to Mars.

Titan: even more adventurous--this time NASA goes to Titan; again very believable with a nice unexpected coda.

I have read both Voyage and Titan several times.

Evolution: this also stands out as one I will have to read again, although I can't remember much of the plot now!

Andybaby · 09-10-2009, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ShellShock

Someone has already mentioned Stephen Baxter, but as he is such a prolific author, in slightly different sub-genres, I thought I would mention three of his books that are some of my favourite sci-fi novels:

Voyage: a believable depiction of a NASA expedition to Mars.

Now that sounds good, I've been wanting to read a book like that. watching defying gravity makes me want to read some Nasa/astronaut books

nobla · 09-10-2009, 08:38 AM

I love my Sci-Fi, especially hard sci-fi.

I would highly recommend:

Neal Asher (Gridlinked is a good one to start with)
Alistair Reynolds (start with Revelation Space)
Peter F. Hamilton (especially the excellent Nights Dawn trilogy)
Charles Stross
Iain M. Banks (especially the Culture books)
Dan Simmons (the Hyperion Cantos - starting with Hyperion)
Richard Morgan

A bit biased towards UK authors, but IMO thats where the best Sci-Fi currently comes from

Anthony

Angst · 09-10-2009, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nobla

I love my Sci-Fi, especially hard sci-fi.

I would highly recommend:

Neal Asher (Gridlinked is a good one to start with)
Alistair Reynolds (start with Revelation Space)
Peter F. Hamilton (especially the excellent Nights Dawn trilogy)
Charles Stross
Iain M. Banks (especially the Culture books)
Dan Simmons (the Hyperion Cantos - starting with Hyperion)
Richard Morgan

A bit biased towards UK authors, but IMO thats where the best Sci-Fi currently comes from

Anthony

Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan is one of my favorites.

Andybaby · 09-10-2009, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nobla

A bit biased towards UK authors, but IMO thats where the best Sci-Fi currently comes from

Anthony

I find that british authors are harder to read than american authors for me. that language and grammar and tensing is just different enough that I have to read alot of sentences twice to understand it.

American and English are different languages, don't let anyone tell you different.

but then again so is south carolinan and New yorkin. sure we can ussually understand eachother. its not ussally comfortable though

(not as different than Spanish is between spain and puerto rico. but it is different)

ShellShock · 09-11-2009, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Andybaby

American and English are different languages, don't let anyone tell you different.

I'm going to tell you different, but it is up to you as to whether you agree. I have tried to learn French, Greek and Spanish in the past and have failed miserably. Now that is what I call different languages. English and American English don't come anywhere near. I am English and I read a lot of both American and British sci-fi, and language has never been an issue for me.

brokene60 · 09-11-2009, 03:41 PM

Arthur C Clarke

BlackVoid · 09-11-2009, 03:49 PM

A few more:
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
The Bohr Maker by Linda Nagata

The last one is a bit older - from 1995, but it is less well known and brilliant.

TO OTHER POSTERS: The topic starter was asking NEW sci-fi, not decades old stuff.

09-10-2009, 08:38 AM	#55
nobla Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: London Device: PRS-505	Sci FI I love my Sci-Fi, especially hard sci-fi. I would highly recommend: Neal Asher (Gridlinked is a good one to start with) Alistair Reynolds (start with Revelation Space) Peter F. Hamilton (especially the excellent Nights Dawn trilogy) Charles Stross Iain M. Banks (especially the Culture books) Dan Simmons (the Hyperion Cantos - starting with Hyperion) Richard Morgan A bit biased towards UK authors, but IMO thats where the best Sci-Fi currently comes from Anthony Last edited by nobla; 09-10-2009 at 09:24 AM. Reason: speeling

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09-08-2009, 08:09 AM	#47
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Are you saying you consider Lathe of Heaven Fantasy?

09-08-2009, 08:30 AM	#48
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	They're not release in the last "5-6 years", but Sheri S. Tepper's Grass and Raising the Stones are two of my all-time favourite SF books...and I just recall that they're on the very, very short list of books I've read more than once. Sideshow, the third novel in that sequence, I recall being ambivalent about (note that the first two, at least, can be read as free-standing novels quite happily). It might be time for another re-read. Cheers, Marc

09-08-2009, 05:31 PM	#51
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Mark Van Name - One Jump Ahead (he's with Baen so e-files should be available.) I reviewed it at my blog a long while back and One Jump Ahead was on my best reads of 2008!!! Good stuff.

09-09-2009, 09:09 AM	#52
mediax Readaholic Posts: 255 Karma: 1058454 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Swindon, UK Device: Sony PRS-T2 (previously 505 and 650)	+1 for Neal Stephenson +1 for Iain M. Banks

09-09-2009, 02:39 PM	#53
ShellShock Wizard Posts: 1,176 Karma: 2431850 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: IPad Mini 2 Retina	Someone has already mentioned Stephen Baxter, but as he is such a prolific author, in slightly different sub-genres, I thought I would mention three of his books that are some of my favourite sci-fi novels: Voyage: a believable depiction of a NASA expedition to Mars. Titan: even more adventurous--this time NASA goes to Titan; again very believable with a nice unexpected coda. I have read both Voyage and Titan several times. Evolution: this also stands out as one I will have to read again, although I can't remember much of the plot now!

09-11-2009, 03:41 PM	#59
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09-11-2009, 03:49 PM	#60
BlackVoid Evangelist Posts: 415 Karma: 510423 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: Sony PRS-505	A few more: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer The Bohr Maker by Linda Nagata The last one is a bit older - from 1995, but it is less well known and brilliant. TO OTHER POSTERS: The topic starter was asking NEW sci-fi, not decades old stuff.

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