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Topic: SciFi Book Recommendations
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Subject: SciFi Book Recommendations
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 09:57
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I am periodically interested in reading GOOD science fiction. Any recommendations?
Past favorites include: Frank Herbert's Dune series Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles Isaac Asimov's 2001 series Madeleine L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time quintet Ursula LeGuinn's Earthsea series Dan Simmons' Hyperion series Orson Scott Card's Ender and Shadow Series J.K. Rawling's Harry Potter series
It does not have to be a series, a single book title is quite welcome. Thanks!
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Drew Fisher
https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 10:58
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Frederick Pohl
Peter Hamilton David Brin Philip Jose Farmer
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 11:22
 BrufordFreak wrote:
I am periodically interested in reading GOOD science fiction. Any recommendations?
Past favorites include:
Frank Herbert's Dune series
Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land
Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles
Isaac Asimov's 2001 series
Madeleine L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time quintet
Ursula LeGuinn's Earthsea series
Dan Simmons' Hyperion series
Orson Scott Card's Ender and Shadow Series
J.K. Rawling's Harry Potter series
It does not have to be a series, a single book title is quite welcome. Thanks!
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I've been reading sci-fi for over 45 years...........here are a few of my favorites though it's just the tip of the iceberg and there are so many good ones I can't even recall now.
Iain Banks- The Culture 'series'; they are all superb but you might want to start at the beginning. Very literate sci-fi and imo equal to anything by Asimov, Clarke, Herbert.
Michael Moorcock- The Dancers At The End of Time series and/or The Elric saga...part fantasy part sci-fi and fun to read.
PK Dick- Martian Time Slip, 3 Stigmata, Maze of Death, Ubik, etc...brilliant surreal sci-fi with plenty of existential angst.
Robert Holdstock- Mythago Wood series; fantasy but set in a reality situation where one can slip into another world.
Zelazny- Nine Princes In Amber; my personal favorite fantasy/sci-fi series . Not like any other fantasy novel you might read. Again the hero slips back and forth between our modern world and alternate realities or 'shadow worlds'.
F Paul Wilson- Repairman Jack series...totally unique anti-hero who helps people caught up in 'occult' trouble...Stephen King is a fan...'nuff said?
Jim Butcher- The Dresden Files...a series about a contemporary adult wizard who lives in Chicago and fights evil with the help of a local cop and some friends.
happy reading..............btw I have read everything you mentioned except for the Ender series which I have been meaning to read for 20 years. 
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 11:57
Anne McAffrey's Dragon Riders of Pern series is an excellent, at least up until the more recent books (I'd stay away from anything written by/with her son Todd).
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 12:22
If you don't mind an (at first) extremely unsympathetic protagonist Alfred Bester's The Stars, My Destination is worth a read. It's got a well-constructed, action-packed plot and an outlandish yet well thought-out universe... not to mention that most important, the concept and storytelling aspects are equally well-handled. A similar situation applies to the same author's The Demolished Man.
I'm kind of odd in that I by far prefer the 1960s New Wave Science Fiction style (and its cyberpunk successors) to the "golden age" of the genre, though, except authors like Alfred Bester who foreshadowed the New Wave.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 12:48
Toaster Mantis wrote:
If you don't mind an (at first) extremely unsympathetic protagonist Alfred Bester's The Stars, My Destination is worth a read. It's got a well-constructed, action-packed plot and an outlandish yet well thought-out universe... not to mention that most important, the concept and storytelling aspects are equally well-handled. A similar situation applies to the same author's The Demolished Man.
I'm kind of odd in that I by far prefer the 1960s New Wave Science Fiction style (and its cyberpunk successors) to the "golden age" of the genre, though, except authors like Alfred Bester who foreshadowed the New Wave.
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Bester's 2 novels are indeed worth reading and remind me a little of PK Dick.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 13:12
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WOW! Awesome, guys! I cannot wait to get started!
Not being a huge fiction reader for the past 30 years, please excuse me if I don't get through this list of your recommendations any time soon. I think I'm gonna start with Banks' Culture series. But I hope to try something from all of these writers.
THANKS!
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Drew Fisher
https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 13:39
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Decent list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction:_The_100_Best_Novels" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction:_The_100_Best_Novels
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 13:42
BrufordFreak wrote:
WOW! Awesome, guys! I cannot wait to get started!
Not being a huge fiction reader for the past 30 years, please excuse me if I don't get through this list of your recommendations any time soon. I think I'm gonna start with Banks' Culture series. But I hope to try something from all of these writers.
THANKS! |
Banks Culture series is superb... it's highly thought of by other writers and critics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
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Posted By: Daysbetween
Date Posted: December 08 2013 at 17:05
dr wu23 wrote:
BrufordFreak wrote:
I am periodically interested in reading GOOD science fiction. Any recommendations?
Past favorites include:
Frank Herbert's Dune series
Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land
Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles
Isaac Asimov's 2001 series
Madeleine L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time quintet
Ursula LeGuinn's Earthsea series
Dan Simmons' Hyperion series
Orson Scott Card's Ender and Shadow Series
J.K. Rawling's Harry Potter series
It does not have to be a series, a single book title is quite welcome. Thanks!
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I've been reading sci-fi for over 45 years...........here are a few of my favorites though it's just the tip of the iceberg and there are so many good ones I can't even recall now.
Iain Banks- The Culture 'series'; they are all superb but you might want to start at the beginning. Very literate sci-fi and imo equal to anything by Asimov, Clarke, Herbert.
Michael Moorcock- The Dancers At The End of Time series and/or The Elric saga...part fantasy part sci-fi and fun to read.
PK Dick- Martian Time Slip, 3 Stigmata, Maze of Death, Ubik, etc...brilliant surreal sci-fi with plenty of existential angst.
Robert Holdstock- Mythago Wood series; fantasy but set in a reality situation where one can slip into another world.
Zelazny- Nine Princes In Amber; my personal favorite fantasy/sci-fi series . Not like any other fantasy novel you might read. Again the hero slips back and forth between our modern world and alternate realities or 'shadow worlds'.
F Paul Wilson- Repairman Jack series...totally unique anti-hero who helps people caught up in 'occult' trouble...Stephen King is a fan...'nuff said?
Jim Butcher- The Dresden Files...a series about a contemporary adult wizard who lives in Chicago and fights evil with the help of a local cop and some friends.
happy reading..............btw I have read everything you mentioned except for the Ender series which I have been meaning to read for 20 years. |
I've been reading sci-fi for roughly the same amount of time and can second all of the above except Jim Butcher who I have not read.
If you are interested in ecological and sociological themes then try Kim Stanley Robinson's books especially the Mars trilogy.
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: December 09 2013 at 00:32
BrufordFreak wrote:
I am periodically interested in reading GOOD science fiction. Any recommendations?
Past favorites include: Frank Herbert's Dune series Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles Isaac Asimov's 2001 series Madeleine L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time quintet Ursula LeGuinn's Earthsea series Dan Simmons' Hyperion series Orson Scott Card's Ender and Shadow Series J.K. Rawling's Harry Potter series
It does not have to be a series, a single book title is quite welcome. Thanks!
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I guess you meant either Arthur C. Clarke 2001 series or Asimov's Foundation series? (both great in any case).
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 09:49
Gerinski wrote:
BrufordFreak wrote:
I am periodically interested in reading GOOD science fiction. Any recommendations?
Past favorites include: Frank Herbert's Dune series Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles Isaac Asimov's 2001 series Madeleine L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time quintet Ursula LeGuinn's Earthsea series Dan Simmons' Hyperion series Orson Scott Card's Ender and Shadow Series J.K. Rawling's Harry Potter series
It does not have to be a series, a single book title is quite welcome. Thanks!
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I guess you meant either Arthur C. Clarke 2001 series or Asimov's Foundation series? (both great in any case). |
Ooops!  Thanks. Yeah! Clarke! I have enjoyed the I, Robot series, too. Also enjoyed some Carl Sagan.
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https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 10:09
Peter Watts- Blindsight
It's free at his website too.
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 10:20
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Vonnegut's 'The Sirens of Titan' is definitely worth a read.
How could I forget? You've probably read em, but in case you haven't, then I wholeheartedly recommend the cat in my sig. Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy series is something you gotta have on your shelf, if you're into sci fi 
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 10:54
He only ever wrote one novel, the rest were short stories, but HP Lovecraft set the foundations for a lot of modern science fiction
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Arnold Schoenberg
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 14:12
I'm not so sure. At the Mountains of Madness, The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath and The Shadow out of Time for starters are very close to being the length of short novels. Lovecraft's writing style might take some time getting used to, and is definitely not for everyone.
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 15:05
My favourite author is Karel Čapek, especially with the novels War with the Newts, The Absolute at Large, and together with his brother J. Čapek the play R.U.R. (where the word robot appeared for the first time as the name for an artificial person).
Also all-time favourites of mine are George Orwell: 1984, and Yevgeny Zamyatin: We.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 15:36
I haven't read Čapek or We (We has been on my list for awhile).
Some of my classic faves are:
Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle
Walter M. Miller - A Canticle for Leobowitz
Philip K. Dick - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Isaac Asimov: The Gods Themselves
Stanislaw Lem - Solaris
Stephen King - The Tommyknockers
More modern dystopian novels:
Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake
Cormac McCarthy - The Road
Jose Saramago - Blindness
Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go
Hugh Howley - Wool (not a fave, I just read and liked it recently)
Fantasyish:
Arturo Perez-Reverte - The Dumas Club
And Stephen King and Peter Straub - The Talisman
And I must admit that I really enjoyed the Hunger Games novels.
The next book I want to read is Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan)
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: December 10 2013 at 16:02
I have recently read and really liked from Daniel Suarez the two-part novel Daemon and Freedom.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 10:00
Guldbamsen wrote:
Vonnegut's 'The Sirens of Titan' is definitely worth a read.
How could I forget? You've probably read em, but in case you haven't, then I wholeheartedly recommend the cat in my sig. Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy series is something you gotta have on your shelf, if you're into sci fi |
Really liked those and the bbc series.......though the film was just ok.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 10:03
Logan wrote:
I haven't read Čapek or We (We has been on my list for awhile).
Some of my classic faves are:
Kurt Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle
Walter M. Miller - A Canticle for Leobowitz
Philip K. Dick - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Isaac Asimov: The Gods Themselves
Stanislaw Lem - Solaris
Stephen King - The Tommyknockers
More modern dystopian novels:
Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake
Cormac McCarthy - The Road
Jose Saramago - Blindness
Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go
Hugh Howley - Wool (not a fave, I just read and liked it recently)
Fantasyish:
Arturo Perez-Reverte - The Dumas Club
And Stephen King and Peter Straub - The Talisman
And I must admit that I really enjoyed the Hunger Games novels.
The next book I want to read is Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan)
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If you like Lem try 'The Investigation' by him. Not exactly sci-fi or fantasy but very strange.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 15:00
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Very strange is what I very like, so I will definitely look for it. Thanks!
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 15:26
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China Mielville
Samuel Delany
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 15:34
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Would probably be more helpful if you listed particular titles by the authors that you would particularly recommend.
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 15:57
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China Mielville
Bas-Lag series[ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=China_Mi%C3%A9ville&action=edit§ion=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" rel="nofollow - edit ]- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perdido_Street_Station" rel="nofollow - Perdido Street Station (2000)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scar" rel="nofollow - The Scar (2002)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Council" rel="nofollow - Iron Council (2004)
Standalone works[ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=China_Mi%C3%A9ville&action=edit§ion=9&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" rel="nofollow - edit ]MENU http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville#" rel="nofollow -
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bookbits_-_2011-06-10_China_Mieville-Embassytown.vorb.oga" rel="nofollow">  China Miéville on Bookbits radio talks about Embassytown. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Rat_%281998_novel%29" rel="nofollow - King Rat (1998)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tain_%28novella%29" rel="nofollow - The Tain (2002)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_Lun_Dun" rel="nofollow - Un Lun Dun (2007)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_%26_the_City" rel="nofollow - The City & the City (2009)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken_%28novel%29" rel="nofollow - Kraken (2010)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassytown" rel="nofollow - Embassytown (2011)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railsea" rel="nofollow - Railsea (2012)
Samuel Delany
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jewels_of_Aptor" rel="nofollow - The Jewels of Aptor | 1962 | | published as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ace_double_novels" rel="nofollow - Ace-Double F-173 together with Second Ending by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_White_%28author%29" rel="nofollow - James White | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captives_of_the_Flame" rel="nofollow - Captives of the Flame | 1963 | | published as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ace_double_novels" rel="nofollow - Ace-Double F-199 together with The Psionic Menace by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brunner_%28novelist%29" rel="nofollow - John Brunner , republished as the more definitive Out of the Dead City http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany#cite_note-24" rel="nofollow - [23]
included in omnibus edition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_the_Towers" rel="nofollow - The Fall of the Towers | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Towers_of_Toron" rel="nofollow - The Towers of Toron | 1964 | | published as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ace_double_novels" rel="nofollow - Ace-Double F-261 together with The Lunar Eye by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moore_Williams" rel="nofollow - Robert Moore Williams , included in omnibus edition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_the_Towers" rel="nofollow - The Fall of the Towers | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_a_Thousand_Suns" rel="nofollow - City of a Thousand Suns | 1965 | | published by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Books" rel="nofollow - Ace Books as F-322, included in omnibus edition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_the_Towers" rel="nofollow - The Fall of the Towers | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Beta-2" rel="nofollow - The Ballad of Beta-2 | 1965 | | published as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ace_double_novels" rel="nofollow - Ace-Double M-121 together with Alpha Yes, Terra No! by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Petaja" rel="nofollow - Emil Petaja | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Star" rel="nofollow - Empire Star | 1966 | | published as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ace_double_novels" rel="nofollow - Ace-Double M-139 together with The Tree Lord of Imeten by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Purdom" rel="nofollow - Tom Purdom | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel-17" rel="nofollow - Babel-17 | 1966 | | published by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Books" rel="nofollow - Ace Books as F-388, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula_Award" rel="nofollow - Nebula Award winner, 1966; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany#cite_note-WWE-1966-3" rel="nofollow - [3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award" rel="nofollow - Hugo Award nominee, 1967 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany#cite_note-WWE-1967-4" rel="nofollow - [4] | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Einstein_Intersection" rel="nofollow - The Einstein Intersection | 1967 | | published by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Books" rel="nofollow - Ace Books as F-427, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula_Award" rel="nofollow - Nebula Award winner, 1967 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany#cite_note-WWE-1967-4" rel="nofollow - [4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award" rel="nofollow - Hugo Award nominee, 1968 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany#cite_note-WWE-1968-25" rel="nofollow - [24] | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_%28novel%29" rel="nofollow - Nova | 1968 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0553100319" rel="nofollow - ISBN 0-553-10031-9 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award" rel="nofollow - Hugo Award nominee, 1969 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany#cite_note-WWE-1969-26" rel="nofollow - [25] | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox_%28novel%29" rel="nofollow - The Tides of Lust | 1973 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0861300165" rel="nofollow - ISBN 0-86130-016-5 | published by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancer_Books" rel="nofollow - Lancer Books as #71344, later reprinted under Delany's preferred title Equinox (1994), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1563331578" rel="nofollow - ISBN 1-56333-157-8 . | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhalgren" rel="nofollow - Dhalgren | 1975 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0553148613" rel="nofollow - ISBN 0-553-14861-3 | Nebula Award nominee, 1975; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany#cite_note-WWE-1975-27" rel="nofollow - [26]
Locus Award nominee, 1976 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany#cite_note-WWE-1976-28" rel="nofollow - [27] | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_%28novel%29" rel="nofollow - Triton | 1976 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0553126806" rel="nofollow - ISBN 0-553-12680-6 | also published as Trouble on Triton;
Nebula Award nominee, 1976 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany#cite_note-WWE-1976-28" rel="nofollow - [27] | | http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Empire_%28graphic_novel%29&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow - Empire | 1978 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0425039005" rel="nofollow - ISBN 0-425-03900-5 | with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Chaykin" rel="nofollow - Howard Chaykin a "visual novel"
published by Byron Preiss / Berkley Windhover | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_in_My_Pocket_Like_Grains_of_Sand" rel="nofollow - Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand | 1984 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0553050532" rel="nofollow - ISBN 0-553-05053-2 | Locus Award nominee, 1985; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany#cite_note-WWE-1985-29" rel="nofollow - [28]
Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1987 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany#cite_note-WWE-1987-30" rel="nofollow - [29] | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Fly_at_%C3%87iron" rel="nofollow - They Fly at Çiron | 1993 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0963363719" rel="nofollow - ISBN 0-9633637-1-9 | | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mad_Man" rel="nofollow - The Mad Man | 1994 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1563331934" rel="nofollow - ISBN 1-56333-193-4 | | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogg_%28novel%29" rel="nofollow - Hogg | 1995 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0932511910" rel="nofollow - ISBN 0-932511-91-0 | | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallos_%28novella%29" rel="nofollow - Phallos (novella) | 2004 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0917453417" rel="nofollow - ISBN 0-917453-41-7 | | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Reflections" rel="nofollow - Dark Reflections | 2007 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0786719478" rel="nofollow - ISBN 0-7867-1947-8 | Stonewall Book Award winner, 2008;
Lambda Award nominee, 2007; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Delany#cite_note-Lambda-2007-31" rel="nofollow - [30] | | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Valley_of_the_Nest_of_Spiders" rel="nofollow - Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders | 2012 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781593502034" rel="nofollow - ISBN 978-1-59350-203-4 | Chapter 90 was inadvertently left out by the printer, and was published in http://www.sensitiveskinmagazine.com/chapter-90-through-the-valley-of-the-nest-of-spiders/" rel="nofollow - Sensitive Skin magazine , December 2012. |
How helpful is that?
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 16:31
It's not. That just looks spammy, and I wouldn't even know if you've read
most of those. Instead of copying and pasting a chunk from wikipedia, I
think that mentioning, as I said, "particular titles [or names of series] by the authors
that you would particularly recommend" would be much more helpful in
such a topic as this. In other words, think of an author, then streamline down to the titles
that you would most recommend/ or like the most. Mine was too much of a
laundry list in this topic too. It's rather like someone saying, "I'm
looking for a good jazz album -- based on these albums that I like, what
titles would you recommend?", and then you throw at them every piece of
music that Sun Ra ever worked on.
Earlier you wrote:
timothy leary wrote:
Frederick Pohl
Peter Hamilton David Brin Philip Jose Farmer |
Well, I've read Gateway, but never finished the Heechee Saga (sometimes I am limited to what's available in the library, though I mean to buy more books), and I really like his Man Plus novel. Peter Hamilton I don't know. David Brin, been meaning to try his Uplift novels. And I tried some of farmer's Riverworld saga in high school.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 16:39
Just about anything by Larry Niven or Philip K Dick.
One book I read fairly recently that I really loved was Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 11 2013 at 17:22
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When I find an author I like I usually try to read all of their books.
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