Sci-fi suggestions

Post by **Liltyger** » Fri May 21, 2004 8:19 am

I'm always looking for recommendations, if you are looking for something good try the Mars series (red, blue, green) by Kim Stanley Robinson. I would also suggest Steven Baxter. He wrote In The Light of Other Days with Auther C. Clarke and it's a great read, I also just finished Evolution which is an increibly intresting book even it gets a little boring at times.

Post by **Kabol** » Fri May 21, 2004 9:00 am

Dune by Frank Herbert (only read the original, no sequels)
Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Timothy Zahn's star wars trilogy (the unofficial sequels to the originals)

Overall, I am unimpressed with the entire sci-fi genre. Alot of the old stand-bys (Nivens, Clarke, et al) I just don't care for at all.

Post by **Ves** » Fri May 21, 2004 11:11 am

Can't believe no one has mentioned "Enders Game." That has to be the best book I have ever read. The rest of the ender series sorta sucks. That is till Scott Card bad the parallel novels of Bean. How he perfectly wrote "Enders Shadow" which is the same story in Enders game from a different protaganist pov was wonderful. Then that spawned the whole Bean series which all have "Shadow" in the title. Great books, though the sequels are very political.

Post by **Liltyger** » Fri May 21, 2004 11:28 am

Ves, that's on my to read list... or my to download from Audible list.

Post by **Kabol** » Fri May 21, 2004 12:22 pm

Ender's game is very good, but it is pretty short.

Post by **Zolo** » Fri May 21, 2004 3:30 pm

Ender's Game is awesome SF. I thought the series kinda petered out though. I lost interest about 2/3 of the way through.

As long as we're mentioning classics, I hereby command you to read Snow Crash (by Neal Stephenson) if you haven't already.

Post by Yo » Fri May 21, 2004 4:17 pm

Alright ASIMOV!!!!
Who's ready for some iRobot. Will Smith!

Post by **Influx** » Fri May 21, 2004 7:30 pm

Just finished the Ender quartet, now moving on to the "Shadow" books as soon as I get off my lazy rear and get to a Barnes & Noble. I give Ender's Game a 9, but Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind (which are basically three parts of one book) gets a 7. They were interesting only to find out what was going to happen next.

Post by **Hezin** » Sat May 22, 2004 2:21 am

Orson Scott Card is the shit, try Margret Weis's star of the guardian serries joined with the Mag force 7 books, good sci-fy/fantasy reads.

Post by **Ves** » Sat May 22, 2004 9:15 am

I never could make myself read the books after Enders game cause it looked like it did what the DUNE series did with the sequals. Now the Bean series i find much more enjoyable.

Post by **Influx** » Sat May 22, 2004 2:18 pm

My philosophy professor friggin loved the Ender quartet. Because that's a huge underlying theme to the series, philosophy. Every time he saw me reading one of the books, he'd be like, "Ooh, did you get to this part yet?" It was kinda annoying.

Post by **Payndar Circusdorf** » Sat May 22, 2004 11:57 pm

Philosophy professor?

/groans.

What did you take?

Post by **Influx** » Sun May 23, 2004 3:13 am

It was my second semester in college, and I didn't know what major I wanted yet, so I just took an easy philosophy course ("Great Questions of Philosophy") along with the core other classes that were required.

Post by **Zolo** » Sun May 23, 2004 11:31 am

I loved the Intro to Philosophy course I took my first semester at college. Maybe it's because it was taught by this guy who lived with his family out at this cabin in the middle of the woods that had no electricity and only came into town to teach at the college and to buy food. I'm pretty sure he wasn't the Unabomber, but I'm not entirely sure.

prljam662 · Post by **prljam662** » Wed May 26, 2004 12:40 am

The whole Dune series is excellent. Enders game was enjoyable.