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Good Sci-Fi books
Archangel_Lucifer:
Ah yes the postman. I barely remember the ending. Good book though.
Craig:
--- Quote from: 10101110 on 09 Oct 2006, 09:16 ---I remember reading a book several years ago by Timothy Zahn that was excellent...I think it was The Icarus Hunt, if my Amazon search was correct. I'd recommend it.
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Yes, it is "The Icarus Hunt." It was very good, as was Zahn's "Night Train to Rigel" and the Conqueror's Trilogy.
I'd recommend Dan Simmons' "Hyperion," and Orson Scott Card's Ender series.
alonelyargonaut:
Chung Kuo by David Wingrove
read the first few books, but don't bother to finish, by the end it gets really abstract and spidery.
the whole concept is that Dynastical China (not communist) takes over the entire world. turns it into these massive citystates. and this is the war between a western ideological terrorist group and the eastern dynasty of chung kuo
takemeaway:
I read about half of Saturn by Ben Bova, and um.. i could not stand it. His characters all acted unbeleivably, and the general setting seemed pretty unlikely. Theocracies have waxed and waned over time, but i don't see any reason the entire world should be seized by various religious governments in the near future. I'd be able to take that in stride but for the extreme villification of all the villains and exaltation of the heroes. That sort of thing just doesn't sit right with me. To be snobbish. : P
Every time i read a string of posts on something like this i yearn for more time to explore all this stuff. I feel like i have wasted so much time up to now not reading all of these books suggested here.
I reccomend The Mote In God's Eye, a collaborative work by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Also Ringworld, if you haven't already. Two classics.
When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger is another good title, and more recent.
Hog Nose:
The Last good sci-fi book i read was really old it's called On A Pale Horse
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