Anyone have some really good Science Fiction Book recommendations?

Kesomir said:
I read a lot of Sci-Fi and Fantasy along side Nautical, Action Adventure, Crime / Police Procedural and Thriller (Like Jack Reacher). Most of the books I've collected recently have been Fantasy, so I am looking for recommendations of well written engaging sci fi. I'm not averse to the Hornblower in space stuff like Honor Harrington or Jack Campbell's JAG in space (or the Lost Fleet). Quite like Military Sci Fi, but not into sci-fi romance like 'Hunt the Stars - Jessie Mihalik'.

I love every Neal Asher book I've read and prefer them generally to Iain M. Banks. Recent picks I've particularly enjoyed:
  • Artifact Space by Miles Cameron
  • Old Man's War by John Scalzi (I find this author hit and miss, some great books and some I don't really get on with)
  • Children of Time / Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt
  • Embers of War by Gareth L Powell
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Is Asher still churning out Polity books? Always did like a bit of Mr. Crane and Penny Royal.

Dan Simmon’s Hyperion Cantos which I’d be surprised if you’ve not read already (also the duo of Ilium/Olympos).

Larry Niven’s Known Space/Ringworld and it’s sequels - again probably have read this already

Gary Gibson’s Shoal Sequence (he might have some others in that universe too).

I’ve enjoyed some of Alistair Reynolds standalone (House of Suns, Terminal World, need to check out Eversion).
 
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The Ember War - Richard Fox
Moon Wreck (Slaver Wars Series) - Raymond L. Weil
The Terran Privateer (Duchy of Terra Series) - Glynn Stewart
Duel in the Dark (Blood on the Stars Series) - Jay Allan
Warship (Black Fleet Saga) - Joshua Dalzelle
 
RevBillyG said:
I, too, miss reading. Used to read every night before sleeping.
My wife, however, likes to watch TV in bed and I can't read with the TV on. Too distracting. Only time I read now is when on holiday.
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Me and mine go to bed at different times.

Luckily for me it means I can rest my ereader against her back :D
 
I loved reading this series.



Eric Van Lustbader

Series:
The Sunset Warrior

Shallows of Night

Dai-San

Beneath an Opal Moon

Dragons on the Sea of Night
 
To update: have finished rhe first Ruins of the Galaxy.

I felt the book was OK, the parts with the trooper felt a little more engaging than those with the Luma.

I felt the quality of writing was average, could have benefitted from stronger character development.

The heroes were generally awesome at what they did and the swathes of cookie cutter enemies generally did a good job of dying at their hands.

There are a few interesting parts to the story so far, will read on the series and see how it develops.
 
I've read a lot of sci-fi books, my favourites have been:

Iain M Banks culture series
Dan Simmons Hyperion series
Peter F Hamilton commonwealth series
Alastair Reynolds revelation space series
 
MadMossy said:
Yeah its a great series, 15th and final book is out sometime later this year, early next year.

Few others worth checking out
Bobiverse series by Dennis E Taylor
Ruins of the Galaxy by Christopher Hopper & J N Chaney
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Really enjoyed the first Bobiverse book on audible. Super geeky, not at all high brow and was very entertaining. Made my commute a lot shorter! Going to follow this thread with interest!
 
Okay choices.
Start 30k In the Heresy with Horus Rising.
Else start 40k with either Eisenhorn: Xenos which will span into a 9 book interlinked series which I feel gets better and better the further into it you get.
Or Devastation of Baal, which can be stand alone.

40K stuff is all very much easy reading, it is just the depth and background of Lore that makes it build and build in layers, if you like it.
 
Player of Games - The late great Iain M Banks, then pick up the rest of the culture novels. A series I wish I could forget and start again and again and again.

Its only a matter of time before this series is done just and worthy budget is given to transferring them to the big screen instead of LOTR all the ******* time.
 
Artifact Space - Miles Cameron

Edit - Sorry OP - I see you have already listed that.

Not Sci-fi but any of Miles Camerons books are excellent - particularly the Red Knight series.

Currently reading his new one Against All Gods.

His military/historical fiction novels written under his real name Christian Cameron are equally as good.

(btw - the follow up to Artifact Space is due this time next year.)
 
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SPG said:
Player of Games - The late great Iain M Banks, then pick up the rest of the culture novels. A series I wish I could forget and start again and again and again.
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When I was a child, I couldn't understand my father re reading books. "But you know what's going to happen"

Of course now I understand that if enough time elapses I don't remember any of it.

The older I get, the shorter the required interval.
 
SPG said:
Player of Games - The late great Iain M Banks, then pick up the rest of the culture novels. A series I wish I could forget and start again and again and again.

Its only a matter of time before this series is done just and worthy budget is given to transferring them to the big screen instead of LOTR all the ******* time.
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Can't belive Ian M Banks is only mentioned twice in this thread so far! Criminal.

Just ignore everyone else's suggestions and read all Ian M Banks novels starting with the Player of Games (skipping Consider Phlebas, where he was finding his scifi feet, it's a bit meh).

They really need to make miniseries of each book. My favourites are The Algebraist and Look To Windward, but they're all excellent.
 
I loved all Banks books, he was a genius and is sorely missed :(

I actually really enjoyed consider phlebus. Not his strongest, but well worth reading all the same.
 
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