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Gonna go browse the book store for a good science fiction book, but at the moment have no clue where to start. I've read all the books I know I wanted to read, so now I got to start looking for something new. Any suggestions?
I personally prefer science fiction to science fantasy, but if the science fantasy is good I can enjoy that as well. I also really enjoy either good "exploratory" books, like the Heechee Saga by Frederick Pol or Ring world by Niven.
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I remember enjoying a book called "Armor" quite a bit, by John Steakley. I like the Ender books by Orson Scott Card...which you've probably read.
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"Deathstalker" by Simon Green is REALLY good (way better than the title suggests). Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks is truly superb, and The Player of Games is good (and easier to read).I'm not a big SF guy myself, I prefer straight fantasy. From there I'd recommend Legend by David Gemmell as a good way in that may change your perspective.
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Change your pitch up. Do like I'm doing and start in on the classics. On the stack: Homage to Catalonia (Orwell), The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway), Frankenstein (Shelley), Portnoy's Complaint (Roth).
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Change your pitch up. Do like I'm doing and start in on the classics. On the stack: Homage to Catalonia (Orwell), The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway), Frankenstein (Shelley), Portnoy's Complaint (Roth).
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I actually went through a classics phase about a year and a half ago. From time to time I turn back to some of those, HG Wells being my favorite. I'm actually thinking of starting a Cthulu phase. Apparently not only did Lovecraft not build the Mythos on his own, but he swapped ideas with a couple of other guys, most notably Clark Ashton Smith, Frederich Von Junzt, E Howard and Fritz Leiber.
Radhnoti - I actually had to buy a second copy of Armor because I've read it about 15 times now, it's one of my favorites. If you enjoyed that one then Starship Troopers and Forever War are both must reads.
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Dune series.
Endymion series.
Dark Tower series.
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Dark Tower series was good, just have to wait another 10 years for the next one
Dune, the first book = excellent, Dune, the series = sucks really bad.
Never heard of the other series.....
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awesome! I was wondering about that, do you know what it's called?
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Just read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. ****, nice easy book to read that has alot of depth in it. If your going into more classic books I would suggest "The Trial" by Franz Kafka.
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The Cthuluhu Mythos baby! Lovecraft, Bloch, Derleth, Smith, etc. That stuff rocks. There are even some really decent modern writers updating the Mythos & bringing it into the present (and even the future). "The New Lovecraft Circle" has some good stuff.
Also, I don't know if you're a horror/ mystery fan, but "Falling Angel" by William Hjortsberg is the book that the movie "Angel Heart" was based on.
Another departure (though Sci-Fi related) is "Sex and Rockets" by John Carter. It's the biography of Jack Parsons, one of the founders of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratories (who even has a moon crater named after him). He was an early Sci-Fi fan and close (very close) friends with a young L. Ron Hubbard before Hubbard split with Parson's money, woman and yacht! Parsons was also a disciple of the famous black magician Aleister Crowley and conducted many magical ceremonies in his huge old mansion in Pasadena, CA. Interesting book about an interesting person.
I'm partial to anything by Robert E. Howard as well. Not just Conan, but his Cthulhu Mythos stories, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn and others.
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The Dark Tower [The Dark Tower 7]Originally posted by red5angel
awesome! I was wondering about that, do you know what it's called?
****, I need to get books five and six, too.
Dam sumamabich needs to slow down this whole writin' thing for us illiterate folks.
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Heh, they were all several years apart each until last year. When he finished writing the last three and put them on a fixed release schedule. Tomorrow's the day.
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