Any classic sci-fi fans? (Books)
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I'll mention it as no one else did.
Dune by Frank Herbert.
Then work your way through the originals.
Do not imho read anything with the title 'prelude to dune' which were a horrific cash in and didn't stand up to the originals. ( son of Frank Herbert wrote them )
Dune by Frank Herbert.
Then work your way through the originals.
Do not imho read anything with the title 'prelude to dune' which were a horrific cash in and didn't stand up to the originals. ( son of Frank Herbert wrote them )
Just finished Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. What a book! In case you don't know already forget about the film adaptation, which although enjoyable has very little to do with the book. Verhoeven didn't even read the book when he made the film. Also enjoyed Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, wish we could have done something like that for English Lit. at school rather than Dickens.
I read the Foundation series maybe 20 years ago, and as others have said I found myself a bit underwhelmed by it.
I read the Foundation series maybe 20 years ago, and as others have said I found myself a bit underwhelmed by it.
I joined audible, I have burned through 450 books in the last 3 years...
1) all books that have been made into films are really good, much better than the films, contact, enders game, battle field earth (really long but good much better than the film) hunger games series, the martian
2) anything by the authors listed above
time riders series, ring world series and all associated books, Stephen king the stand, and the dark tower series... there are one or 2 duds in that series but overall good
Frederik Pohi heeche (or how ever you spell it) series there are a load in it,
there is a list of the top 250 scifi books (just google top scifi books) just about all of the books on the list I enjoyed
B V Larson swarm force series is good, loads of books in it... Undying mercenaries series as well
Douglas Adams hitchhiker's series of books are good, I always chuckle when I think about the space ship trying to work out whats going on and how it deduces its god a hole in it...
John christophers tripod series
Ilium/Olympos by dan simmons really good
john varley titan (that's one of the books in a series of several)
Clifford D. Simak way station is unexpected and good
oooww inverted world is really interesting and different
roadside picknic is slightly different and I enjoyed it
Jack Campbell the lost fleet and other space bok,s I think he is x navy so puts a different spin on things
Ex-Communication - there is a series of ex-heros books more superhero but I like scifi and I liked those..
Stephen W Bennett Koban series is good, the last book is a bit crappy though
greg bear Eon
PM me and ill try and export my catalogue of books, I return anything crap so its mostly good stuff or stuff I thought was worth the £4
1) all books that have been made into films are really good, much better than the films, contact, enders game, battle field earth (really long but good much better than the film) hunger games series, the martian
2) anything by the authors listed above
time riders series, ring world series and all associated books, Stephen king the stand, and the dark tower series... there are one or 2 duds in that series but overall good
Frederik Pohi heeche (or how ever you spell it) series there are a load in it,
there is a list of the top 250 scifi books (just google top scifi books) just about all of the books on the list I enjoyed
B V Larson swarm force series is good, loads of books in it... Undying mercenaries series as well
Douglas Adams hitchhiker's series of books are good, I always chuckle when I think about the space ship trying to work out whats going on and how it deduces its god a hole in it...
John christophers tripod series
Ilium/Olympos by dan simmons really good
john varley titan (that's one of the books in a series of several)
Clifford D. Simak way station is unexpected and good
oooww inverted world is really interesting and different
roadside picknic is slightly different and I enjoyed it
Jack Campbell the lost fleet and other space bok,s I think he is x navy so puts a different spin on things
Ex-Communication - there is a series of ex-heros books more superhero but I like scifi and I liked those..
Stephen W Bennett Koban series is good, the last book is a bit crappy though
greg bear Eon
PM me and ill try and export my catalogue of books, I return anything crap so its mostly good stuff or stuff I thought was worth the £4
the girl with all the gifts,
I liked this one The-First-Fifteen-Lives-of-Harry-August-Unabridged
Hothouse different
pratchett and baxters long earth series
NoD
Stephen kings cell
Guillermo's "the strain" series
the 5th wave
the green mile
Scott Sigler's infected series and Contagious
A-Shrouded-World-Whistlers - tagged as a 5* in my library don't remember what its about
Brandon Sanderson steelheart and the others in that series
I liked this one The-First-Fifteen-Lives-of-Harry-August-Unabridged
Hothouse different
pratchett and baxters long earth series
NoD
Stephen kings cell
Guillermo's "the strain" series
the 5th wave
the green mile
Scott Sigler's infected series and Contagious
A-Shrouded-World-Whistlers - tagged as a 5* in my library don't remember what its about
Brandon Sanderson steelheart and the others in that series
Mira Grant's Parasite I think that the one he gets one in his balls or nob... it hurts to think about - there are several books in the series I think
the fold by peter clines I have tagged as a 5* don't remember what its about
Sphere
Contact
The-Mote-in-Gods-Eye - the follow up book is not so good
Sylvain Neuvel sleeping giants
Hugh Howey the Wool series
the fold by peter clines I have tagged as a 5* don't remember what its about
Sphere
Contact
The-Mote-in-Gods-Eye - the follow up book is not so good
Sylvain Neuvel sleeping giants
Hugh Howey the Wool series
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Only read a couple of Herbert books (Dune and Dosadi Experiment). They're hard work but quite enjoy them. He's sure into his eugenics.
I enjoyed Larry Niven's Ringworld books, many years ago.
I'm reading Revelation Space by Alister Reynolds at the moment.
In all honesty, I can't decide if I like it. About 140 pages in so far.
I have the first Lost Fleet book up next.
I've read the first 3/4 of the Culture novels. I liked them. Player of Games is excellent.
In all honesty, I can't decide if I like it. About 140 pages in so far.
I have the first Lost Fleet book up next.
I've read the first 3/4 of the Culture novels. I liked them. Player of Games is excellent.
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Harry Harrison's "Stainless Steel Rat" series got me into Sci-Fi as a teenager.
Other "classic" favourites:
Alfred Bester - "The Stars My Destination"
Walter M. Miller Jr. - "A Canticle For Leibowitz"
Richard Matheson - "I am Legend"
Joe Haldeman - "The Forever War"
Other "classic" favourites:
Alfred Bester - "The Stars My Destination"
Walter M. Miller Jr. - "A Canticle For Leibowitz"
Richard Matheson - "I am Legend"
Joe Haldeman - "The Forever War"
"The host" I really enjoyed, I totally hated the film
I've not read it for a long time but I seem to remember
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Light being good...
Not available on audible or I'd buy it... I think it was the 2nd book I read before I realised I could consume content much faster if someone else reads it to me!
I've not read it for a long time but I seem to remember
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Light being good...
Not available on audible or I'd buy it... I think it was the 2nd book I read before I realised I could consume content much faster if someone else reads it to me!
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Got this the other day, looking forward to it
Is that a short stories compilation? I've read The Complete Robot which was great.
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This really surpassed my expectations. What a great book.
Aye, this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Stories_(Asimov) except it looks like they turned the original two volumes into three. This Volume One only has the first 25 stories, i.e.:
- The Dead Past
- The Foundation of SF Success
- Franchise
- Gimmicks Three
- Kid Stuff
- The Watery Place
- Living Space
- The Message
- Satisfaction Guaranteed
- Hell-Fire
- The Last Trump
- The Fun They Had
- Jokester
- The Immortal Bard
- Someday
- The Author's Ordeal
- Dreaming Is a Private Thing
- Profession
- The Feeling of Power
- The Dying Night
- I'm in Marsport Without Hilda
- The Gentle Vultures
- All the Troubles of the World
- Spell My Name with an S
- The Last Question
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Desperate for the Culture books to be turned into Movies.
I just love the all powefull AI`s that could wipe out all life in a instant but generally think its a bad idea as they have thought it through and anything with a AI warship called lets talk later is pure win
I just love the all powefull AI`s that could wipe out all life in a instant but generally think its a bad idea as they have thought it through and anything with a AI warship called lets talk later is pure win
If you're into Science fiction writing, you might want to look up the works of Olaf Stapledon, who was born in Seacombe, Wallasey in 1886.
His works apparently influenced many well known writers, among them Arthur C. Clarke, Brian Aldis, Betrand Russell and C.S Lewis.
Virtually unknown nowadays, apparently his stories are slightly antiquated and of their time (1930's) but he is acknowledged as being one of the first to come up with many of the ideas that later SF writers picked up on and developed into their own stories.
His works apparently influenced many well known writers, among them Arthur C. Clarke, Brian Aldis, Betrand Russell and C.S Lewis.
Virtually unknown nowadays, apparently his stories are slightly antiquated and of their time (1930's) but he is acknowledged as being one of the first to come up with many of the ideas that later SF writers picked up on and developed into their own stories.