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The Hemulen 
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 Posted: February 26 2011 at 16:47 |
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I'm reading The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem at the moment, on the strength of a recommendation from this very forum. It's a collection of sci-fi fables that manages to be both genuinely funny and thought-provoking. Definitely worth checking out if you fancy some unusual sci-fi.
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Formentera Lady
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Joined: August 20 2010 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 1840 |
Posted: February 26 2011 at 19:04 |
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My suggestions:
Karel Capek - The War with the Newts The humans discover a non-human intelligent life form on earth, the newts. The newts are technically underdeveloped. How will the humans deal with the situation? It ends with a clash. A hilarious dystopia. One of my all time favourite novels. Frank Schätzing - The Swarm The human race pollutes nature and the nature seems to strike back out of the sea. Or is it an attack by an unknown intelligence which lives in the sea? While Capek (see above) concentrates on the social implications, this novel deals more with the technical possibility of an intelligence very different from the humans. Not so well written, but the idea is interesting. Daniel Suarez - Daemon and Freedom After the death of a computer genius, his programme takes over control of the world (Daemon). The programme establishes a new world order, where people act like in an online role game. Various fractions fight against each other to get control over the programme (Freedom). Very good reading. The author seems to have great insight in computer games and software development. Edited by Formentera Lady - February 26 2011 at 19:11 |
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Dean
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Posted: February 26 2011 at 19:51 |
John T Sladek - my absolute favourite SF author from the late 60s/early 70s
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Proletariat
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Joined: March 30 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1882 |
Posted: February 26 2011 at 19:56 |
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Not Sci-Fi, as you seem to be so interested in, but every fan of Vonnigut should check out Tom Robbins. My favorite of his is Still Life With Woodpecker. Robbins has all of the wit of Vonnigut as well as the outlandish plots and concepts. I cann not reccomend him highly enough!
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who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob
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Proletariat
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Posted: February 26 2011 at 20:01 |
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who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
Posted: February 27 2011 at 01:48 |
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I don't know Robbins, so I'll look into him. Thanks!
I've seen the film version of The Devils of Loudoun with Oliver Reed. I forgot it was by Huxley. Also check out some more early sci-fi and fantasy fiction. I've read some Lord Dunsany. You may like some of that. Jerome K. Jerome wrote an early sci-fi short story which can be found on Project Gutenberg. Then of course there's Jules Verne. |
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