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I like Ian M Banks, I don't know if he is considered good Sci Fi
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Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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Molly, have you read Kim Stanley Robinsons other books? I loved Red Mars, was lukewarm to Blue Mars and hated Green Mars... So I'm just curious how The Years of Rice and Salt stock up to that.Gnu Ex Machina - the Gnu in the MachineComment
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David, everything written by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. They write well on their own, but their combined works are incredible.
The ones that stand out are "Lucifers Hammer" and "The Mote in Gods Eye".
If you ever were a roleplayer, you'll probably love their "Dream Park" series as well.
Pournelles own books are also the best militant Sci-Fi you can find, if you are in to that.Gnu Ex Machina - the Gnu in the MachineComment
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Arthur C. Clarke and Ben Bova. I think they coauthored the Rama series.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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10-1 I'm just repeating what everyone else has said, but...
Asimov - everything. Especially the Foundation series. (Plus the Second Foundation series by Greg Bear, Gregory Benford and David Brin).
Frank Herbert - Dune. A must-read.
Ian Irvine - Shadow on the Glass. Yes, it's fantasy, not sci-fi, but still.
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Arthur C. Clarke and Ben Bova. I think they coauthored the Rama series.
Rama good. Rama very good. Well, except the third book and parts of the fourth, and the ending. Maybe it wasnt that good.
Gnu : What was wrong with Green Mars? I just finished reading Blue and IMO it is the weakest part(but still great). Red and Green were amazing.
Edit : The co-author was Gentry Lee, not Bova."Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.Comment
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You can't do better than the Forever War by Joe Haldeman.
Banks is considered to be the best British SCi Fi author writing at the present time. Personally, I think some of his stuff ranks equal with anything produded in the last decade. By the time he stops he will probably be considered one of the great literary figures of the late20th/Early21st centuries.
Counterglow is having a bit of a Banks love in at the moment - go visit The Film, Fiction and Writing Forum there.(+1)Comment
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Eli, maybe I'm confusing the gren and blue. Which one is the second? Either way, it was the third one that I couldn't stand... No science, all politics...
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Blue is the third, and I agree with you on this(just dont quote that in other threads
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David G. Hartwell has edited and published outstanding anthologies of terrific sci-fi short stories for the past 6 years. The books are entitled : "Year's Best SF" to "Year's Best SF 6". I highly recommend them. Every story is a masterpiece designed to provoke thought."I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!Comment
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How could I forget to mention anything by Peter F Hamilton?(+1)Comment
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yeah, Larry Niven is truly a master. he comes up with the neatest aliens. as for poul anderson and jerry pournelle, i forget which, but whoever wrote "the years of the city" that book left me wanting. it never truly arrived as it were.
although he's not sci-fi, Clive Barker spins a great yarn as well. check out "the great and secret show." it's a killer.I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.
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Asimove and Herbert have already been recommended, so I'll suggest Larry Niven's Ringworld and Greg Egan's hardc0re Diaspora.
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