There are so many people here who like science fiction and fantasy... well...we all know seti posters have class! I'd love to hear people's recommendations for a good read.

Most people I think appreciate the brilliance of authors like Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, J R Tolkien, Robert A Heinlein, Aldous Huxley..oh hell I could go on all night.. but really I'd like to hear about all your favourite Sci-fi and fantasy novels. There are a few I haven't read yet ;-)

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I would highly recommend I Am legend by Richard Matheson, the book is a hell of a lot better than the Charlton Heston movie The Omega Man, though I have yet to see the Vincent Price movie of the film.

Links to some reviews:
I Am Legend Richard Matheson
The City And The Stars Arthur C Clarke
Rendezvous With Rama Arthur C Clarke
Childhoods End Arthur C Clarke

Check out these series of books: SF Masterworks and Fantasy Masterworks

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Sometimes I think we are alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we are not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.

One that I'm in the process of reading is "State Of Fear" - Michael Crichton

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id suggest almost anything by Anne Mccaffrey
especially the tower and the hive series or the crystal singer series
try to avoid any of the books that have pegasus in the title they arent bad ,but equally they arent a good intro to the author

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id suggest almost anything by Anne Mccaffrey
especially the tower and the hive series or the crystal singer series
try to avoid any of the books that have pegasus in the title they arent bad ,but equally they arent a good intro to the author

Wow Steel, I'd never have taken you for an Anne McCaffery fan. I loved the crystal singer series and of course the Pern series.
Have you ever read any Sheri S. Tepper? The True Game books are excellent.

I'm adding I Am Legend - Richard Matheson and "State Of Fear" - Michael Crichton to books I haven't read.

Keep 'em coming people!

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id suggest almost anything by Anne Mccaffrey
especially the tower and the hive series or the crystal singer series
try to avoid any of the books that have pegasus in the title they arent bad ,but equally they arent a good intro to the author

Years before my mother passed away she got me hooked on the Pern series. She was a big fan of Asimov, A.C. Clarke, and others. We'd swap books every time I went to visit her.

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no es i havent read Sheri S. Tepper though ill try and find some
possibly the best mccaffrey book is "restoree" im slowly getting bouncy/sapphire to read them too :)
she is on the acorna series at the moment

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There are so many people here who like science fiction and fantasy... well...we all know seti posters have class! I'd love to hear people's recommendations for a good read.

Most people I think appreciate the brilliance of authors like Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, J R Tolkien, Robert A Heinlein, Aldous Huxley..oh hell I could go on all night.. but really I'd like to hear about all your favourite Sci-fi and fantasy novels. There are a few I haven't read yet ;-)

Sheri S. Tepper tells a great story although her feminist bias shows.
David Weber's Honor Harrington series is very good although it is based in war and a lot of people die.
Octavia E. Butler is an excellant writer with a facinating imagination.

Enjoy,

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Some of my favourites have been Canopus in Argos: Archives by Doris Lessing and Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy.

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Sheri S. Tepper tells a great story although her feminist bias shows.

Nothing wrong with that;)

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Sheri S. Tepper tells a great story although her feminist bias shows.

Yeah, that crap gets old. Silly partisan ideology can really crab a good story.

Es, check out the Hugo and Nebula Awards, they generally have some really well-written stuff on there.

I like "Darwin's Radio" by Greg Bear(?)

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Any of the Zanth series by Piers Anthony are good. Alot of puns and plays on words--very enjoyable books. They're kind of like Alice through the Looking Glass in that Mundanes(humans) can cross over into the land of Zanth and have adventures. But they aren't aimed at children by any means.

More about itHERE

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check out the Hugo and Nebula Awards, they generally have some really well-written stuff on there

Some people may want to check out the List of joint winners of the Hugo and Nebula awards

and Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear

and here's an interesting site: Most Honored Books in the Speculative Fiction genre

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Sometimes I think we are alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we are not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.

Well of course, all the older writers like Arthur C Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ursula K Guin, Larry Niven, Jerry Purnelle, et al....

But also check out these newer authors

Iain M. Banks - The Culture novels
Peter F. Hamilton - The Reality Dysfunction series and the Commonwealth saga
Richard Morgan - The Takeshi Kovacs novels
Adam Roberts
Neal Asher
China Mieville

Full bibliographies on Fantastic Fiction

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Excellent tip, Rush and Kinhull, there were a few books on that list I hadn't read.
Rush, there is nothing wrong with book with 'partisan ideology' as you call it. Some of the best science fiction has come about that way. Where would we be without George Orwell's 1984 or Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451?

Possum, I liked the Xanth books, they were all good fun..but I think I lost track after about the 13th book!

Staying on the fantasy theme, if you like those you'd probably enjoy the David Edding's 'Belgariad' books for good old fashioned sword and sorcery. Robin Hobb's Farseer books are excellent and Patricia McKillip's Riddle Master trilogy are beautifully written.

For those of you who like 'harder' science fiction I recommend the Peter F Hamilton 'Night's Dawn' trilogy. Or the superb Culture novels by Ian M Banks.

One of my favourite series are the Neverness books by David Zindell.

I'd better stop and let other people get a word in or I'll be here all night..



[Edit: Bounty Hunter got in there with some while I was typing! Great minds think alike :-)]

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Rush, there is nothing wrong with book with 'partisan ideology' as you call it. Some of the best science fiction has come about that way. Where would we be without George Orwell's 1984 or Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451?

Those books were about the political climate or about an ideology that the author disagrees with. Of course those books can be interesting. Both are well-written. 1984 is one of my favorite books.

However, David said, "Sheri S. Tepper tells a great story although her feminist bias shows," suggesting to me that it was just in the book and not a part of the story and was distracting. Either it adds to the book or it doesn't, and if it doesn't, like I said, it can really crab a good story.

I think Iain Banks wrote The Algebraist and that one didn't seem to go anywhere.

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Rush

elrushbo2@theobviousgmail.com
Remove the obvious...

One of the few 20th century English lit. books I actually enjoyed in high school: Welcome to the Monkey House

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There are so many people here who like science fiction and fantasy... well...we all know seti posters have class! I'd love to hear people's recommendations for a good read.

Most people I think appreciate the brilliance of authors like Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, J R Tolkien, Robert A Heinlein, Aldous Huxley..oh hell I could go on all night.. but really I'd like to hear about all your favourite Sci-fi and fantasy novels. There are a few I haven't read yet ;-)

Excellent choices and some of my favorites. I'd have to add Terry Brooks' Shannara series and Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series.

Of the Heinlein books I think I liked The Moon is a Harsh Mistress best.

Then, of course there's Douglas Adams.

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[Edit: Bounty Hunter got in there with some while I was typing! Great minds think alike :-)]

Likewise Es !!

Also check out Alastair Reynolds.

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I think most of the ones I read have already been mentioned.
Benford, Vinge, Niven, Heinline (?),Mccaffrey...............
If you've not read RingWorld or Battlefield EARTH The year 3000, Both are classic SF novels.

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