Need New Book to read

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?

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.

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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.

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 ...

Scrambled_Eggs wrote: 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.

If you like this one, try Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. As my teacher described it, it's like 1984, but with more sex. Also, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is worth reading.

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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Lord of Light or Amber series by Roger Zelazny, or the Eternal Champion series (only 40 books or so)  by Michael Moorcock

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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.  [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!