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  • #1

    Science Fiction Book Club

    Recently, I've been getting very much into science fiction. Most especially, I've been reading pretty much everything by Ben Bova. I also really liked Charles Sheffield's "Cold as Ice"/"Dark as Day" series.

    For less "hard", but more "fun", sci-fi, I enjoyed David Weber's series - "Crusade", "In Death Ground", "The Shiva Option", and "Insurrection".

    What sci-fi do you enjoy, and what would you recommend?

    Note: I'm not a huge fan of Orson Scott Card, or very much of Isaac Asimov or Arthur C. Clark. I prefer the genres of sci fi that deal with the exploration of the solar system, and don't deal with aliens, or the David Weber-type stuff that deals with major wars spanning star systems (just no Star Wars/Star Trek garbage).
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    Re: Science Fiction Book Club

    Originally posted by David Floyd
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    • #3
      I knew Lancer really liked the Red Mars series by IIRC Spider Robinson.

      Altho, you're not a fan of Card, I recommend his very-near-future political thriller Empire.
      Last edited by Zkribbler; December 26, 2007, 20:41.

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      • #4
        Yeah, I saw that at the bookstore. I dunno, it's just hard for me to get into a book where the premise - a new American Civil War - is so ludicrous. That's why my preference is for books based on hard/semi-hard sci-fi, without FTL, aliens that aren't well thought out, tons of energy weapons, matter transportation, etc.

        Not that David Weber-esque space opera is that realisic, of course, but it doesn't really take itself as seriously as OSC literature seems to.
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        • #5
          Try some Vernor Vinge.

          Nancy Kress' Probability series also fits, I think.

          Also maybe In Conquest Born...it has some of the tech you mention, but the tech is so far away from the focus of the book that it shouldn't make a difference.
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          • #6
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Koyaanisqatsi
              Try some Vernor Vinge.
              Just got done rereading A Fire upon the Deep. There is so much great thought put into that book that it is amazing. Just the concept of "zones of thought" is enough to build a book around, but then you add the ins and outs of group thought individuals. A highly recommended read.

              Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky is an equally amazing book...detailing the lifestyles and pitfalls of slower than light interstellar travel and a very unique and captivating alien planet and race. Another highly recommended read!
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              • #8
                dp
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                • #9
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                  • #10
                    Re: Science Fiction Book Club

                    Originally posted by David Floyd
                    For less "hard", but more "fun", sci-fi, I enjoyed David Weber's series - "Crusade", "In Death Ground", "The Shiva Option", and "Insurrection".
                    If you like Weber's brand of Sci-Fi, then you'll probably enjoy Ian Douglas' "Legacy Trilogy" as well as John Scalzi's "Old Man's War" and "Ghost Brigades".

                    I've personally been re-reading much of Niven's Known Space series: great stuff by a master of the genre.


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                    • #11
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Lord Avalon
                        Vernor Vinge
                        I'll third the recommendation. Also, Peter F. Hamilton.

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                        • #13
                          Alastair Reynolds - Revelation space
                          Kim Stanley Robinson- Mars Series
                          Roger Zelanzy-The Chronicles Of Amber
                          David Weber- Honor Harrington Series

                          Try Orson Scot Card- Redemption of Christopher Columbus-worth the read--nothing like his enders game trash
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                          • #14
                            I was going to recommend Niven's Known Space stories and Weber's Honor Harrington series, but it's already been done.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Perfection
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                              Well, The Road by Cormac McCarthey is pretty good, and yes, I'd consider it sci-fi (post-apocalyptic). I just finished that.

                              Though as for sci-fi that deals with exploring that solar system... hmmm.. that doesn't particularly interest me all that much, so sorry, I can't give you any pointers on that basis . There is Red Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson, but its quite commie and would piss you off. Hell, it pissed me off, and I'm far less anti-commie than you .


                              Though, you may like "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" by Heinlein.
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