Need New Book to read
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Topic: Need New Book to read
Posted By: Pathetique
Subject: Need New Book to read
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 20:43
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I just finished reading the Cain Mutiny. I would like to read more Sci-fiction, in that genre I've read most of the Star Wars and all of the Dune books. Not to mention Hitchikers guide to the Galaxy. So I'm looking for a new sci-fi book. Any Suggestions? ------------- The Steve prog-metal radio on www.wcrx.net, monday 9-midnight CST |
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 21:24
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I liked the Dune books (first three).
Nice (easy) Sci-fi would be Asimov's books, but I liked richard Baxter also, ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Ankaret
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 21:54
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No, if you're going into sci-fi, you have got to check out Alfred Bester. His two best books are "The Stars My Destination", which is like a sci-fi Count of Monte Cristo, and "The Demolished Man", which is also fantastic. Also, if you want maybe try some Orson Scott Card, like Ender's Game, though it's more drama than sci-fi it seems to me. ------------- Links to musical projects coming soon!!! |
Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 22:14
| Check out Heinlein's Stranger In A Strange Land. Very philosophical, strange and trippy. I've always been surprised that no prog band (that I know of) has ever made a concept album based on this book; it seems like it would be a good fit. |
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 06:04
Dan Simmons: Hyperion 
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Posted By: maani
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 21:06
| Anything by Philip K. Dick! |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 23:11
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Stranger in a Strangeland, one of Leon Russell's
very best songs! If you missed it well its kinda like missing Funeral for a Friend by Elton John. By the way, Elton Johns career is NOT outclassed by Leon Russell, after all without Leon, Willie Nelson would have been a nobody. Check Willie's Stardust album for clues, that was his breakout album. A little southern insight, though were of lesser breeding! The American Indian Mystery! 
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Posted By: CaincelaOreinim
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 19:33
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Do yourself a favor and look into Samuel R. Delany he has to be THE most interesting "science fiction" writer around. I'd recommend Dhalgren, Aye and Gomorrah (a collection of his short stories), Babel-17 and The Fall of The Towers (I think that's the title). I really don't know why this guy doesn't get the attention that he deserves...as a writer myself, how he melds prose and poetry together without you know focusing on them as seperate genres...is something that's always inspiring and aspiring. I also recommend Arthur C. Clarke - Childhood's End and 2001...there's something about him, his disregard for humanity that leaves me always with this alienated and tenebrous feeling...I love it heh! |
Posted By: Scrambled_Eggs
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 21:15
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Though it's not really space sci-fi, I suggest you check out 1984 by George Orwell. His nightmarish vision of the future is very intriguing. It's a doubleplusgood read. ------------- And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime. I never said I was frightened of dying. |
Posted By: radiognome3
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 11:25
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Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon ------------- Vive Gong! |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 02:06
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Ursula K. Le Guin's Hainish series does the trick for me ... most of the early ones are good (Rocannon's World, Planet Of Exile, City Of Illusions etc), but the 4th and 5th books The Left Hand Of Darkness and The Dispossessed are the best to get started on (they both won Hugo and Nebula awards I believe) ... The Word For World Is Forest is also another good one ... ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Litl
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 13:25
Agreed. Ursula is the best. She's a thinking person's sci-fi and fantasy writer. For hard sci-fi try Greg Bear and David Brin. They have wild, unhindered, and boundless imaginations. |
Trotsky wrote:Posted By: kingofbizzare
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 14:05
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 19 2005 at 04:37
| I love books by Jack Vance. I'd suggest the Alastor - trilogy. |
Posted By: Syntharachnid
Date Posted: May 20 2005 at 19:57
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Hurrah for Hitchhiker!!! I've read all five books, seen the T.V. mini-series, beat the computer game, and seen the movie; for I am a NERD!!! If you liked the hitchhiker books, I recommend that you read the original radio scripts. I am currently reading them, and they have some notable differences, though I believe I am only just getting to the part where it completely strays away from a recognizable plot. It's very interesting to see the genius of Douglas Noel Adams in the original format. Also, some of his other works are worth checking out, especially the Dirk Gently novels, "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" and "The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul". On a completely different note, I also reccomend "The Day of the Triffids" by John Wyndham. It is in all respects a sci-fi classic. The story takes place in England. Telling a tale of biochemical warfare, it predicts that materialism and rivalry between nations will be the downfall of society. Many groups of people with many different views in the face of crisis are represented, ie: "We must rebuild society, even if it means sacrificing all we have left", "We now have the opporitunity to rebuild society into something better", and "We don't have to worry, the Americans will be coming to our rescue soon." Highly political, highly reccomended. (Good for Pink Floyd fans!) All of Wyndham's work is supposed to be great, but I have only read this one, and it is one of my all time favorites. ------------- 
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Posted By: TBWART
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 04:52
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blade runner from Phillip K Dick, he's one of the best sci-fi writers of all times... ------------- ''progression is trying to eliminate boundries'' |
Posted By: Lemming
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 14:09
| Lord of Light or Amber series by Roger Zelazny, or the Eternal Champion series (only 40 books or so) by Michael Moorcock |
Posted By: MustShaveBeard
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 21:29
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Try The Martian Chronicles or The Illustrated Man (A collection of short stories) by Ray Bradbury. He is THE science-fiction writer. ------------- Your life or your lupins!!! |
Posted By: Pathetique
Date Posted: May 25 2005 at 02:59
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[QUOTE=Syntharachnid]
Hurrah for Hitchhiker!!! I've read all five books, seen the T.V. mini-series, beat the computer game, and seen the movie; for I am a NERD!!! If you liked the hitchhiker books, I recommend that you read the original radio scripts. [QUOTE=Syntharachnid] Yeah I did the radio scripts for a project back in school. Thanks for all the great sugestions! I saw someone had suggested 1984, that book by far is one of my all time favorets and is one of the big reasons I love to read. War Is Peace! ------------- The Steve prog-metal radio on www.wcrx.net, monday 9-midnight CST |
Posted By: Scrambled_Eggs
Date Posted: May 25 2005 at 09:35
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SLAVERY IS FREEDOM! IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH!
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Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: May 25 2005 at 09:38
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Walden/Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau Genius. ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: May 31 2005 at 22:58
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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: May 31 2005 at 23:39
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Yes Ursula K. LeGuin is amazing, I recommend her novel "Lathe of Heaven" (nice choice in Dune by the way, I read that in 3rd grade, been hooked on Science Fiction ever since --- "He who can destroy a thing controls it") love it!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 05:34
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Matt Ruff, "Sewer, Gas and Electric". Also the "Illuminatus" trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea or the "Schrödinger's Cat" trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson alone (although the 2nd book in the trilogy has been censored, there was a very freaky scene in the original -thankfully I have the original at home - which is missing in today's editon. It was a pretty raunchy scene, and it would be bad language to expound on it here. (Anyone who is really curious about what happens there and wants a good laugh can send me a private message).
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 05:36
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An excellent call, but very difficult to read. And I'm not quite sure it fits under SF. But it's nice to know others read Pynchon too.
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 05:40
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I don't like the title "Blade Runner" and think it should not be used; it's just for commercial reasons that the book was given that name, because the movie based on it was named that way. The original title was "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?", which is a much better and more fitting one.
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