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Favourite sci-fi books?

I wonder if there are sci-fi literature lovers here? If so, favourite books? Can be old or either contemporary.

 

For me, the all time best of is the Hyperion Cantos. It is just the most amazing story I ever read (well, I think I read the books like 4 times? 🙂 ). 

“The universe is indifferent to our fates. This was the crushing burden that the character took with him as he struggled through the surf toward survival or extinction. The universe just does not give a **bleep**.” 

 

Hmm, when I was a kid, beside the big classics, like C. Clark, Asimov, Stanislaw Lem, and so on, I really enjoyed the book Ender's Game (the movie is real bad). Ah, and a very special one from Alfred Bester, very unique story from 1957 (!): The Stars My Destination, or Tiger!Tiger! Very powerful book, starts with the famous poem from Blake! 🙂 

"Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?" 

🙂

 

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Evil forum engine, censored out the great quote! 😂

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Evil forum engine, censored out the great quote! 😂


 

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I don't read very much sci-fi but The Forever War by Joe Haldeman is one of my favorite books.

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I am a fan of the ABC of Sci-Fi (Asimov-Bradbury-Clarke) but I must admit that I was very impressed reading The Martian from Andy Weir, especially after I discovered that the Sci part has very solid foundations Smiley Happy



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I was always more of a Fantasy reader but Frank Herbert's Dune was my favorite.

 

At least the first trilogy ... I think he may have done more...

 

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@RobertoBozzolo wrote:

I am a fan of the ABC of Sci-Fi (Asimov-Bradbury-Clarke) but I must admit that I was very impressed reading The Martian from Andy Weir, especially after I discovered that the Sci part has very solid foundations Smiley Happy


That is the reason I really like the books from Corey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expanse_(novel_series)

Actually I also like the TV show version, but since the story somewhat alters between the TV show and the book versions, my brain got totally confused about the story line :)) Maybe I should have avoid parallel reading/watching...ok, the story of the books is much more advanced, I think the first 2 seasons of the show just covers the 1st book.

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@Ben wrote:

I was always more of a Fantasy reader but Frank Herbert's Dune was my favorite.

 

At least the first trilogy ... I think he may have done more...

 

Ben


Yes. My first book was the Lord of The Rings from Tolkien when I was a kid (the first book which I have read alone at least 🙂 ). I remember I spent hours staring at the map of Middle Earth, imagining extra stories connected to some strange names of locations in the map 🙂

By the way, a few years ago when I had a training in Oxford, UK, I just missed to visit the grave of J. R. R. Tolkien to pay my respect...shame on me! Hmm, maybe another time I visit...

 

 

 

 

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other personal fav not noted until now :

Daniel Suarez Deamon ff

Ann Leckie Imperial Radch trilogy

 

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

 

more to follow 😄

(just finished the expanse ... fan since 2012 .. every year a new one and '18?? 

 

EDIT : Dmitri Alexejewitsch Gluchowski: Metro 2033 ff

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Here are some sci-fi books I've enjoyed over the past few years that haven't been mentioned:

  • Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang.  Includes the short story that was the basis for the movie Arrival.  Chiang's stories are imaginative and unusual in that he mostly stays away from typical sci-fi topics like outer space and time travel.  Even his story about aliens takes a different approach than most others.
  • John Dies at the End by David Wong.  Adapted into a movie by the director of Phantasm.  Wacky, creative, sarcastic, weird, and FUN.
  • Justin Cronin's "virals" trilogy (The Passage, The Twelve, and The City Of Mirrors).  A vampire epic that spans multiple storylines stretching out over more than a century.  If you have the patience to get through 2000+ pages, it's well worth the read.
  • Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas series.  Koontz has had some hits and misses, but Odd is a memorable character.
  • City by Clifford Simak.  The little "explanations" of each story are annoying but the novel is a classic.
  • Ready Player One and Armada by Ernest Cline.  Perfect stories for anyone who has fond memories of playing their Atari 2600 and spending hours trying to get the high score to earn an Activision patch.
  • The Fold by Peter Clines.  An enjoyable story about teleportation with fun characters and clever plot twists.
  • The Deep by Nick Cutter.  It takes a lot for a book to scare me, but this one was terrifying.
  • Seveneves by Neal Stephenson.  The earth and the moon get destroyed, what's left of mankind gets exiled into space and whittled down to a precious few people ... and then we jump ahead 5,000 years and get an amazing picture of our new society in space.  On the down side, Stephenson can go overboard sometimes with the scientific details.
  • World War Z by Max Brooks.  Forget the movie, it was nothing special.

And a few to stay away from:

  • The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick.  I've rarely seen an author take such an intriguing premise and bore me to tears with it.  Maybe you'll enjoy it if you're a fan of the I Ching.
  • The Maze Runner series by James Dashner.  See the movies instead.  Better characters, better dialogue, better plot.
  • Under the Dome by Stephen King.  Hands down the dreariest, most depressing book I've ever read.
  • Agenda 21 by Glenn Beck.  The heroine spends a good deal of the book walking on a treadmill, going nowhere.  Just like the story.
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