Comments on: What science fiction book or series would you recommend?

By: Bugout

Bugout — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:04:11 +0000

Neal Asher’s Polity books.

Peter Hamilton:
Night’s Dawn Trilogy.
Pandora’s Star/Judas Unchained.

Richard Morgan – Takeshi Novaks books.

Dan Simmons:
Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion.
Endymion/The Rise of Endymion.
Ilium/Olympos.

And the list can go and on…

By: Hagrid

Hagrid — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:09:06 +0000

All of the following are excellent scifi (author, followed by books).

Jules Verne – free online
Journey to the Center of the Earth (my favorite scifi)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Mysterious Island

H G Wells – free online, and roughly half-length novels
War of the Worlds
The Time Machine (downer ending)
The Invisible Man (unlike many IM stories, he’s a villain. This is the original)

Isaac Asimov
I, Robot (you *must* read this – the only “must read” scifi)
Elijah Baley books – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Baley excellent both as scifi *and* as murder mysteries – the best of both worlds (warning: adult content in the 3rd book)
Foundation Series – *the* classic scifi trilogy

Andre Norton – *the* classic female scifi author, most of her books involve “coming of age” and pure scifi adventure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Andre_Norton
her best: Star Man’s Son (also titled 2250 A.D.)
other excellent:
Judgment on Janus
Forerunner series
Central Control series
Solar Queen series
The Time Traders (Atlantis, magic – very cool!)
The Zero Stone

Another excellent: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Though written for younger readers, I read this recently and it is great! Better than the movie (which was also pretty good).

Hagrid
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By: Stancy

Stancy — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:42:29 +0000

1984 by George Orwell.

By: theterrianking

theterrianking — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:51:01 +0000

Harry Harrison’s The Stainless Steel Rat books were my favorites when I was under 20. They are kind of old fashioned by today’s standards but I still read them and enjoy the humor.
There are ten books in the series, publishing dates ranging from 1961 to 1999.
James Bolivar DeGriz, a.k.a. the Stainless Steel Rat, superior con man of the far distant future.

My favorite is “The Stainless Steel Rat gets Drafted.” And could have taken over the military if he wanted to.

By: Somebody Hates Me

Somebody Hates Me — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:11:50 +0000

Definitely Uglies series. Very good books.
Artemis Fowl.

By: Noah L

Noah L — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:21:09 +0000

Armor and Archangel Protocol are both great. I can’t remember the author’s name for Armor, but Lyda Morehouse wrote the Archangel Protocol series.

By: loves_cry_baby

loves_cry_baby — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:08:19 +0000

The Uglys trilogy by Scott Westerfield.
The Host by stephanie meyer
The pendragon series by Dj. Machale
and there’s allways the classics like Stranger in a Strange Land or War of the Worlds

sorry about spelling/capitalization when i type fast i make errors

By: liz .

liz . — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:42:36 +0000

my dad says any book by Anne McCaffery. Or Mary Zimmer Bradley, Mercedes Lackey

By: William L

William L — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:05:10 +0000

Steel Trapp is a good book. I think it is science fiction. It was a good book although. Another good book (not science fiction) is called bad. It is about a girl who goes to a girls rehabilitation center for attempted robery with a firearm. I got it at the library in the adult section.

By: rhsaunders

rhsaunders — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:06:30 +0000

Almost anything by Robert A. Heinlein is worth reading. Of particular merit are Stranger in a Strange Land, and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.