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[miauw62]

I'd like to order some more science fiction books, but I'm sort of at a loss as to which ones.
I've already ordered four (2001,first two Culture books and neuromancer) and they should arrive soon, but beyond Chasm City, I don't know what else to buy. Feel free to suggest fantasy books too, I guess.

[~Neri]

The entire Lost Fleet series by Jack Cambell or however that's spelled.

[BlitzDungeoneer]

I thought Dune was pretty good.
'Course, I only ever read the first book, only one I could get my hands on, but still.

[GameBoyBlue]

StarCraft: Liberty's Crusade

[Parsely]

Anything by Robert Heinlein, particularly Space Cadet and Starship Troopers. The Forever War is good too.

[Descan]

Anathem is pretty good. It's my favourite book, at least. Really fuckin' weird.

[Inarius]

Foundation (Asimov) is a classic (even if the style is dry and the fact that the last 2 tomes are plain). Very video-game compatible.

I like a lot Hyperion (Dan Simmons, who also wrote Ilium and its sequel Olympos, which are both fine, too). It is more complicated, and quite long, too.

I really like Solaris (Lem). The two movies (Tarkovski and Soderbergh) derived from it don't fully explore the real subject of the book, even if Tarkovski is obviously better.

[Cheesecake]

PTW.

[Xantalos]

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke is one of the best stories I've read in the realm of sci-fi. Dunno why, it's just strangely compelling.
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Also anything in the Xeelee series by Steven Baxter.
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Spin, Axis, and Vortex, three novels by ... some guy. Forget his name.

[Thief^]

Peter F Hamilton

(specifically: the Night's Dawn trilogy)

[TempAcc]

Schismatrix?

[miauw62]

I've read the first Dune book (don't really feel like reading the others, for some reason) and the Foundation series.

I'll look into all the rest, thanks c:

[Strife26]

Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Shadow of the Hegemon by Card are all great. The rest get iffy, though.

I highly recommend most of the Bolo series, especially the stuff by the original creator, Keith Laumer.

Also, I've found that copies of X year's best science fiction are usually entertaining reads.

[Parsely]

Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, and Shadow of the Hegemon by Card are all great. The rest get iffy, though.

I highly recommend most of the Bolo series, especially the stuff by the original creator, Keith Laumer.

I second Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow but I veto any other Ender books by Card.

Second the original Bolo books.

[~Neri]

Daemon. By far my favorite Scifi book.