Favourite sci-fi books?

[Blokk]

A friend just recommended me the Ready Player One a few days ago 🙂

Hmm, an old book came to my mind which I read when I was a kid. It is a really unique story, even if it has a strong effect from the communist Soviet era... 🙂

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humans_as_Gods

[Henrik_Volkers]

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@Blokk wrote:

A friend just recommended me the Ready Player One a few days ago 🙂

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Yepp, Ready Player One is fun... and even more if you growed up with these old games 😄 

[Henrik_Volkers]

Dan Wells, Bluescreen

[JÞB]

Well, it all depends on YOUR point of view.

A. C. Clark, R. Asimov, R.A.H, Orsen Scott Card, et. al.  Have placed a great deal of literature out there that is noteworthy.  Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series lack a bit towards the end (Especially the Author's skin and breathing) But is well worth the read.  The Eddings have produced some very fun books

Douglas Adams- (Need I say more?) 

For the "Sword and Stone" crowd. - John Whyte is interesting.

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And the "Guilty Pleasure" Janet Evanovich - Her books are just plain delightful to read.

[Jacobson-ni]

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@JÞB wrote:

 Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series lack a bit towards the end (Especially the Author's skin and breathing) But is well worth the read.

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I really liked the Brandon Sanderson WoT books, although making it to the end also means you made it through quite a few terrible books. I think the chart showing the average rating for each book really sums it up.

[Henrik_Volkers]

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@JÞB wrote:
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Douglas Adams- (Need I say more?) 

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Isn't that required reading for engineers/programmer anymore?

[LV_Pro]

Ditto on Doug Adams, gone way too young!

Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth series, beginning with Pandora's Star. His
"Great North Road", a standalone book (at 1100 pages it literally can stand alone!) has a lot of use of technology that is in its infancy now (3D printing, "smart dust"), as well as his usual deep character development.

I grew up on the classics of SF, the first book I checked out of a library, at age 8, was Heinlein's "Have Spacesuit will travel" and moved on from there to all of the greats (and some not so greats). Had a subscription to the Analog SF magazine in middle school, I regret to this day letting my mom decide that their issues introducing Dune wouldn't be shipped in a move, what would they be worth today? If you know, PLEASE DON'T TELL ME!!!! 😉

[JÞB]

If y'all need some fun rather than take your Sci-Fi straight-up.

Spider Robinson  Trust me- you will never look a a "Limerick" the same way

Robert Asprin's Myth- "I'd never refuse a fifth!"- Aahz (No relation)  

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Without the book in front of me I can't check-  But wasn't "Skeve" a "CLAD?"

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That's Pervect!

[Blokk]

https://youtu.be/VE71JOvLPvE

[Ben]

While I was in the Navy and at sea but not reading Tolkien (again) I read all of the Gor books that had been published up until 1979.

I realize they are hardly literary classics.

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After being at sea for months at a time, the only thing I was interested in was hookers and beer.

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When the topic of me being in the navy comes up my wife says "We all know about sailors."

Ben