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Re: Good space Science fiction books?

Postby Roger Wilco Jr » Mon Aug 24, 2015 4:29 pm

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Cmdr Kharma wrote:Dune done my ead in......


Mine too.


I read Dune. I remember liking it, at least more than the movie, but not much more than that. I do remember, however, having zero interest in the rest of the series.
It's time to give this another go.

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Re: Good space Science fiction books?

Postby Zieman » Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:45 pm

No one mentioned Alastair Reynolds yet?
Wonderful epic (quite hard) scifi space opera. :)

Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement is a classic.

Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy is a great take on colonising Mars, harder scifi than Reynolds.

Then there are "Ilium" and "Olympos" by Dan Simmons - entertaining and wild story of the less hard category.

Lately I've enjoyed reading the Shoal trilogy and "Final Days" by Gary Gibson.

And then there's the mind-bending trilogy by Hannu Rajaniemi: "The Quantum Thief", "The Fractal Prince" and "The Causal Angel"
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Re: Good space Science fiction books?

Postby randyball.1 » Tue Aug 25, 2015 2:06 pm

I'm on book 4 of a series by B.V. Larson. Steel World is book one. Quite enjoyable and also have been listening to them at work via Audible.com. Enjoy :)

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Re: Good space Science fiction books?

Postby bootsam » Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:12 am

The James S Corey 'Expanse' series is pretty good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._A._Corey
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Re: Good space Science fiction books?

Postby smartroad » Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:27 pm

Avago-Earo wrote:The War Of The Worlds by H.G. Wells (forget the films. The Jeff Wayne record did give it some justice)


I LOVE the Jeff Wayne musical WOTW :D OOOOOWAHHHHHHHHH OOOOOLAHHHHHHHHH UULLAAAAAAAA :D :lol:

edit - think the was LA not WA :geek:
edit 2 - I am corrected as Ulla - I've taken a little artistic license on my spelling/pronunciation ;)
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Re: Good space Science fiction books?

Postby bootsam » Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:36 pm

Oh and absolutely anything by Philip K Dick. Seriously anything the guy was a genius and essentially got there first with any futurisms.

I'd recommend The Stars my Destiny by Alfred Bester 100%, it is essential reading. As is his The Demolished Man.

HHGTTG by Adams but dont neglect his Dirk Gently novels they are epically amusing.

I loved Asimovs Foundation series and AC Clarkes novel 2001 makes the movie make sense.

But I will miss Iam M Banks (RIP) sci fi books. Especially his 'Culture' series. They were brill.
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Re: Good space Science fiction books?

Postby Gorf » Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:53 pm

Roger Wilco Jr wrote:I read Dune. I remember liking it... I do remember, however, having zero interest in the rest of the series.

I read and enjoyed the first book, so I read the next couple and realised Herbert was taking himself far too seriously. I read another couple but gave up on the last one.

smartroad wrote:I LOVE the Jeff Wayne musical WOTW :D OOOOOWAHHHHHHHHH OOOOOLAHHHHHHHHH :D :lol:

Spelled "Ulla"
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Re: Good space Science fiction books?

Postby Avago-Earo » Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:00 pm

Gorf wrote:
Roger Wilco Jr wrote:I read Dune. I remember liking it... I do remember, however, having zero interest in the rest of the series.

I read and enjoyed the first book, so I read the next couple and realised Herbert was taking himself far too seriously. I read another couple but gave up on the last one.

smartroad wrote:I LOVE the Jeff Wayne musical WOTW :D OOOOOWAHHHHHHHHH OOOOOLAHHHHHHHHH :D :lol:

Spelled "Ulla"


In the book it's "Aloo, Aloo". "Ullah" does feature later on
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Re: Good space Science fiction books?

Postby smartroad » Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:47 pm

Gorf wrote:Spelled "Ulla"


Corrected :D
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Re: Good space Science fiction books?

Postby Roger Wilco Jr » Wed Aug 26, 2015 4:37 pm

bootsam wrote:The James S Corey 'Expanse' series is pretty good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._A._Corey


I'm going to have to check these out. Hugo Award in 2012 and a TV series coming in December.
It's time to give this another go.


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