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Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

Psy Phi — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:12:07 -0000

"nSpace" by Dovin Melhee
completely out of the box scifi novel

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

Name — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:18:54 -0000

Dan Simmons. Read his books.

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

mistertwister — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:02:36 -0000

No L.E. Modesitt, Jr.? I may be a very recreational SF hack, but I have read many of the books on the list (love Dune and Ender) and others not mentioned (Haldeman, Hamilton, Starship Troopers-THE BOOK, Battlefield Earth-THE BOOK), but Modesitt's "The Ethos Effect" is still my favorite and an annual re-read! TRY TRY TRY Moddessit! Also loved Ringo's "Centurian" but nothing else by him.

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

mistertwister — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:12:58 -0000

OMG - Brian Herbert can't hold a candle to his old man. He has no concept of subtlety, intrigue, or even dialogue, even when he has help. Avoid the ENTIRE Dune prequels!

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

crodan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:11:07 -0000

I've read most of these and enjoyed at least half of them. I might in addition recommend works by C.J. Cherryh (Downbelow Station, or any of the Foreigner series), Fred Pohl (too numerous to mention) and Rebecca Ore (Becoming Alien series). Also I second such greats as The Left Hand of Darkness, The Mote in God's Eye and Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand. Can't go wrong with most of John Varley's books, either, nor with Dan Simmons' Hyperion series.

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

5inister — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:53:20 -0000

The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem is a must read. (In fact anything by Lem is a most read)

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

Héctor — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:46:42 -0000

Can't believe you didn't include:
1) Hyperion (Dan Simmons).
2) Doomsday Book (Connie Willis).
3) Gateway (Frederich Pohl).
4)The Gods Themselves (Isaac Asimov).
The last three won the Hugo, Nebula AND Locus awards, so I'd definitely include them in ANY Sci-Fi list...

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

twitter-64821404 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:26:25 -0000

great selection.

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

justinrt — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:53:01 -0000

We, the dystopian novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin (1921).

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

Ross - Tolemac — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:47:07 -0000

As with any list, some I agree with, (Heinlein, Asimov, Dick, Herbert, Card) and some I do not (Rand, Crichton, Shelley). That said, it is indeed an interesting list, and there are a couple on it that I haven't read and will have to put on my "list".

As for my recommendations, I have to include firstly anything by Spider Robinson. All of his stories are very well told, but I have a special fondness for his Callahans stories and the Stardancer series.

I'd like to see Stephen R. Donaldson's "The GAP Sequence", Gordon R. Dickson for most all of his work, but in particular the "Childe Cycle", Roger Zelazny for most everything but in particular "Roadmarks", Jack Vance for his "Demon Series", John Varley - especially "Persistence of Vision" and "Wizard", etc. etc.

Ah well, now I have to go through the comments again and write down the ones I haven't read yet. Thank you for the list and thanks to all the commentors for their suggestions. ;-)

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

TheFalcon — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:20:07 -0000

Cool list. Thx!

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

damo2012 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:47:47 -0000

p.s. how many times can I use the word "great" in a brief comment? Apparently once per sentence.

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

damo2012 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:46:48 -0000

@JFrog, great pick! Blood Music is definitely my favorite medical science-centric sci-fi book! Greg Bear also has another great book called Eon. Great for the space/physics crowd.

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

smackofham — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:26:11 -0000

That's because this isn't real life. It seems you are having trouble telling the distinction while inferring to others that they are. If you talk like that in 'real life', that just makes you a douche.
Also, you generally disagreeing with Ayn Rand world views kind of qualifies you to think that she's garbage, not the other way around.

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

cyzerball — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:38:17 -0000

any book by Robert A. Heinlein is worth the read.

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

newsmarked — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:35:33 -0000

Nice list,
I would also include
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

car parking games — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:38:34 -0000

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Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

Dan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:34:23 -0000

one of the BESTS!!!

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

arakis — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:16:49 -0000

Hi. You forgot one of the greatest writers in sci-fi, Stanislav Lem and his book Solaris.

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

JFrog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:51:18 -0000

Felix is my homeboy.

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

JFrog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:49:29 -0000

Damn straight. I can't believe I forgot about that one. In fact, I think I'm going to go dig out my old Sci-Fi book club edition.....

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

JFrog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:46:47 -0000

Agreed. I also enjoyed Illium and Olympos. Also check out The Lensemen series by E.E. "Doc" Smith, Riverworld by Philip Jose Farmer, The Sheep Look up by John Bruner and Blood Music by Greg Bear. Oh and no list is complete without Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

Fred — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:28:23 -0000

Thanks for the list

I have already read some of these novels, but I will try The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy and Timeline in a couple of days.

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

Dan — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:25:12 -0000

1984 not Sci-Fi? It was written 35 years before it is set, and has people working on very futuristic devices...

Re: 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read

Mark — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:19:33 -0000

Perdido Street Station, Pollen, Hyperion, Virtual Light, The Diamond Age, The list of missing in action is endless!