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"Must-Read" Sci Fi books
KharBevNor:
MAN I can't believe I forgot John Brunner! 'The Shockwave Rider' is great as well: probably the first sci-fi novel to envisage the impact of computers anywhere near accurately, with an analog of the internet and even hackers and computer viruses.
Peter F Hamilton is great. It's kind of a shame that pretty much everything he's ever wrote ends with a sudden Deus Ex Mechanica involving some sort of Alien cybergod. I mean, the end of the Nights Dawn Trilogy, my favourite thing he's ever written and an engrossing read despite being thicker than a stack of lead bibles, is like running into a brick wall, it's so sudden.
Other awesome modern sci-fi writers in a similiar vein (hard or semi-hard with a good bit of action) would be Alaistair Reynolds (Check out 'Chasm City' and 'Revelation Space') and Adam Roberts (Check out 'Salt' and 'Stone'). I'd also include Iain M. Banks, but his sci-fi generally isn't quite so hard. It is awesome though.
mberan42:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---I'd also include Iain M. Banks
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Hmm, I can't remember what book of his that I read and really liked... Amazon.com, here we come...
Consider Phlebas, that's it. Good read.
Violent Ghandi:
Cities in flight ~ James Blish
Anything by asimov
Banned andd the banished sierese(sp?) ~ James Clemens
onewheelwizzard:
To be honest I'm amazed that Khar is the only person who's mentioned Philip K. Dick. Dick is a bit like Heinlein in that even his fluffier sci-fi works (examples: The Gameplayers of Titan for Dick, The Door Into Summer for Heinlein) are really intriguing and well-written sci-fi, even if they are effectively beach reading. And when they're at the top of their game ("Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep," "Stranger in a Strange Land") they're absolutely extraordinary. Philip Dick and Robert Heinlein are pretty much unfuckwithable. From what little Azimov I've read I'd say the same is true for his work too.
Also, mad props to anyone who mentioned Neal Stephenson.
Houdinimachine:
OMG the Dragons of Pern series is so sad... :(
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