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Favourite sci-fi books?

(... but sometimes you can't see the dork forest for all the geeks.) 😄

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Fantasy (unless magic counts as sci-fi?): At the moment in book 7 (of ~20) of Terry Goodkind.

 

Worlds_of_The_Golden_Queen got me reading again, a few years ago. Guess that is Sci-fi. Very good.

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@JÞB wrote:

Well, it all depends on YOUR point of view.

 

A. C. Clark, R. Asimov, R.A.H, Orsen Scott Card, et. al.  

 


 

I have a love-hate relationship with Orson Scott Card.  I loved the first 4 books of the Ender series... but I thought all of the Bean books were complete garbage.

 

Also, if any of you have children, I absolutely loved these books growing up.  They are the books that got me into sci-fi / fantasy in the first place.

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I just finished "The Three-Body problem". I liked it 🙂 Now i will pick another book from the many suggested ones 🙂

 

edit: ah, there is the second book, The Dark Forest. So i continue with this 🙂 Now i have a few days holiday to read a bit more, just after attending NIDays Budapest. Claimed the 10 recertification points, and i just got the +3 years for my CLD 🙂 

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@Blokk wrote:

I just finished "The Three-Body problem". I liked it 🙂 Now i will pick another book from the many suggested ones 🙂

 

edit: ah, there is the second book, The Dark Forest. So i continue with this 🙂 Now i have a few days holiday to read a bit more, just after attending NIDays Budapest. Claimed the 10 recertification points, and i just got the +3 years for my CLD 🙂 


With all that time on your hands you could spend it reading the context help for graph properties

 

(Sorry I, couldn't resist) Smiley Very Happy


"Should be" isn't "Is" -Jay
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Indeed! 😂

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i found that fascinating

 

p.s.: 3rd book is also out already "Death's End" (in english translation)


If Tetris has taught me anything, it's errors pile up and accomplishments disappear.
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I just got this book: https://www.kameronhurley.com/writing/the-stars-are-legion/

Later I will give feedback whether it is good...

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The unincorporated man.

 

The best I've read in a long time.  Its got a few sequels as well that I haven't read yet, but I'm saving those for a time when I have a good long vacation.

S G
Certified LabVIEW Architect, Certified TestStand Architect, Certified Professional Instructor
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@Blokk wrote:

I just got this book: https://www.kameronhurley.com/writing/the-stars-are-legion/

Later I will give feedback whether it is good...


I almost finished the book. I like it! But you need a strong stomach, it is a kind of "bio-scifi" 🙂 Like a book version of a H. R. Giger art...

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