Does anyone know any good Science Fiction Novels? I posted this in the DaST Section because this is Serious Talk here folks. I Don't mean obvious classics like 1984 or Fahrenheit 451... i mean lesser known novels which are still very good... Suggestions welcome
Terry Pratchett FTW
I actually hate SCI-FI genre. Thats why I hate 2142
No offense dude but they are no sci-fi books but u gotta love andy mcnabKnightnifer wrote:
4 star: Excellent
3 star: ok
2 star: not bad
1 star: shit
Definately anything from the following:
Stephen King (****)
Andy McNab (****)
Chris Ryan (***/*)
If people tell me some books and what they are about/like i will add them to list and expand this.
Lol way to make it complicatedKnightnifer wrote:
4 star: Excellent
3 star: ok
2 star: not bad
1 star: shit
Definately anything from the following:
Stephen King (****)
Andy McNab (****)
Chris Ryan (***/*)
If people tell me some books and what they are about/like i will add them to list and expand this.
yea, i want sci-fi, not horrorMagpie wrote:
No offense dude but they are no sci-fi books but u gotta love andy mcnabKnightnifer wrote:
4 star: Excellent
3 star: ok
2 star: not bad
1 star: shit
Definately anything from the following:
Stephen King (****)
Andy McNab (****)
Chris Ryan (***/*)
If people tell me some books and what they are about/like i will add them to list and expand this.
but how about the HALO book? [/sarcasm]
Signal to Noise (#1 in series)
A Signal Shattered (#2 in series)
(Both by Eric S. Nylund)
A Signal Shattered (#2 in series)
(Both by Eric S. Nylund)
***** Vurt by Jeff Noon ***** is freakin coolio bamboolio book... in my opinion of course
Rudy Rucker has some real easy sci-fi reads
Greg Egan
William Gibson (hes hardly lesser known but a staple of the cyberpunk community)
Rudy Rucker has some real easy sci-fi reads
Greg Egan
William Gibson (hes hardly lesser known but a staple of the cyberpunk community)
Just pick up any of Terry Pratchetts books about the disc world u will get hooked
Guys, try posting more info and a rating and i'll add it to the list.
Frank Herberts Dune series or anything by Robert A. Heinlein - if you remember the movie "starship troopers" well he wrote the book, his books always deal with a sort of futuristic fascism, always a good read..
Try some John Wyndham, or Philip K Dick
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Oh yeah Philip K Dick is good shit too
State of Fear by Michael Chriton sp? I think?
The Dune series, my personal fav.
The entire Foundation series by Issac Asimov.
Wow...so many posts in and no one mentions the true Sci-Fi series or authors...aiyaa...
"Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card
"The Gods Themselves" by Isaac Asimov
the "2001, 2010, 3000" series by Arthur C. Clarke
"The Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton (and anything by Crichton for that matter)
"Land of Xanth" novels by Piers Anthony
"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series" by Douglas Adams
Anything by Terry Pratchett
Anything by Ray Bradbury
Heinlein, Philip K. Dick, Chuck Palahniuk
"Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card
"The Gods Themselves" by Isaac Asimov
the "2001, 2010, 3000" series by Arthur C. Clarke
"The Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton (and anything by Crichton for that matter)
"Land of Xanth" novels by Piers Anthony
"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series" by Douglas Adams
Anything by Terry Pratchett
Anything by Ray Bradbury
Heinlein, Philip K. Dick, Chuck Palahniuk
Man, yeah I totally forgot to mention Douglas Adams! Doh!
The Halo books aren't a bad read lol, but for something that is true sci-fi, try authors like:
Ian M Banks:
Use of weapons
Player of Games
Consider Phlebas
The Algebraist
Anything by Isaac Asimov, the guy is a genius, and his books are incredible.
My personal favorite, Peter F Hamilton
Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained - very good series
The nights dawn trilogy: Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God. An absolute must read science fiction fans.
Hope that helped.
Ian M Banks:
Use of weapons
Player of Games
Consider Phlebas
The Algebraist
Anything by Isaac Asimov, the guy is a genius, and his books are incredible.
My personal favorite, Peter F Hamilton
Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained - very good series
The nights dawn trilogy: Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God. An absolute must read science fiction fans.
Hope that helped.
Last edited by Crestfallen (2006-11-13 15:23:05)
enders game and that series is excellent.
so is the golden compass series, although thats really fantasy, but hey, the two are pretty related.
so is the golden compass series, although thats really fantasy, but hey, the two are pretty related.
You won't regret reading that. Also, there are two paralel series to the Foundation, they are: the Empire and Robot sagas. Each one of 4 & 3 books respectively.Flaming_Maniac wrote:
The entire Foundation series by Issac Asimov.
Last edited by Yaocelotl (2006-11-13 15:30:37)
I, Robot is a good read.Yaocelotl wrote:
You won't regret reading that. Also, there are two paralel series to the Foundation, they are: the Empire and Robot sagas. Each one of 4 & 3 books respectively.Flaming_Maniac wrote:
The entire Foundation series by Issac Asimov.
Terry Pratchett is not Sci-fi by any stretch of the imagination, infact nothing pisses him off more than his books being placed in the sci-fi section in book shops, he's as sci-fi as JRR Tolken..
Pretty much anything by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game) or Issac Asimov.
Im halfway through "The second foundation" and the series is pretty awsome. I had to make a video about the first foundation, if you search on youtube "foundation asimov" it should be one of the first ones.
Also, Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard. I know the dude invented scientology, but the book was pretty much amazing, I think it was before he came up with scientology.
Im halfway through "The second foundation" and the series is pretty awsome. I had to make a video about the first foundation, if you search on youtube "foundation asimov" it should be one of the first ones.
Also, Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard. I know the dude invented scientology, but the book was pretty much amazing, I think it was before he came up with scientology.