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OT: Favorite Sci-Fi books

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I was surprised (in a good way) when I found out that somebody here have read Michael Swanwick. Would be interesting to hear about your favorite Sci-Fi/Cyberpunk books. It's a good way to find something to read. Some of my favorites include Solaris by Stanislav Lem, Gods Themseves by Isaac Asimov, and... let me pick something modern... Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. Ok, I'll stop at three titles, because othervise the list will get long.

Edit: Added full author names.
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The Nights Dawn Trilogy, Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained by Peter F Hamilton.

Guess who my favorite author is right now.
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Deciphered . go read it right now, and then read it again, and then thank the heavens you met me. period.
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In order:
1. the Dune Series
2. The Enders game series
3. Foundation series
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Deciphered . go read it right now, and then read it again, and then thank the heavens you met me. period.
The author name would help.
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I just went and picked out one of my books that looked like it was falling apart: David Weber and the Honor Harrington series. Got several from that series that are held together by rubber bands. :D

David Weber has other books also worth reading but I can't remember their name off the top of my head. :oops:
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I like space operas - so Peter F. Hamilton (Nights Dawn Trilogy), David Weber (Honor Harington series), and David Feintuch (Nicholas Seafort series) are recent reads. Fav authors are actually the less action inclined - Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Assimov, and Greg Bear to name a few. I'll name these because I've read these at least twice, I'm an avid reader).

Simon R. Green's Deathstalker series I read during the year also.

My most recent reads were:

"Time's Eye" ; Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter (second one to buy)
"Hidden Empire" (Saga of the Seven Suns) ; Kevin J. Anderson

I'll spend the next while catching up on Kevin Anderson's work - right after I break ranks to the Fantasy genre and finish the latest addition to the "Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan.
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To name just a few authors:
Robert Heinlein
Clifford Simak
Strugatsky Brothers
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Absolute favorite is a 1937 classic I just finished called "Star Maker" by Olaf Stapledon
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Also have to go with:

David Feintuch (Nicholas Seafort series)
Peter F Hamilton (Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained)

For simple reads:
Battletech books and Star Wars although normally they only take a couple of hours to read.
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Post by Maugrim_The_Reaper »

Can't believe I forgot to mention "Altered Carbon" by Richard Morgan. A bit of sci-fi pulp fiction is always healthy...
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ahhh yes. books, books indeed. Although I am unaware if this particular manuscript falls into the Sci-Fi genre, but "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" rubs me the right way. That being said, I mean "rubs" the same way I might mean gnarly. And by "gnarly," I mean, with the hard g. And yes, I am aware that none of the past sentences make "sense." And by "sense" I don't mean "cents." Is it time to turn in for the night? Why yes, I do think so. Sorry, It's been a long night, and fiction, or science fiction is taking over.
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Post by pilau »

I didn't get the chance to read a lot of sci-fi books, however, I really like this genre.

My fevs are:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Tuf Voyages by George Raymond Richard Martin
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