What is your favourite sci-fi book of all time!

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  1. hedball

    hedball Registered Member

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    My favourite sci-fi book has got to be The Tripods Trilogy because it has a very interesting story and very believing characters. Also it gives you a feeling on what goes on in the book.
     
    hedball, Jan 15, 2004
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  3. spuriousmonkey

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    'The moon is a harsh mistress', Robert A. Heinlein.

    A computer that finds humour interesting. A computer technician who finds this fascinating and is a kind of freethinker. And this all leads to a revolution against mighty earth. Also written in an extraordinary style.
     
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  5. cosmictraveler

    cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    The Foundation Trilogy by Issac Asimov
     
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  7. Fraggle Rocker

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    I'm two or three times as old as most of you so you'll have to forgive me if I can't narrow it down to just one favorite.

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    I've read a lot of the books you all recommended and based upon that sample I don't think anyone could go wrong by picking up any of them.

    I've got two that I can't choose between:

    Code of the Lifemaker by James P. Hogan
    This one is for you hard science fans. It gets into first contact, the definition of life, AI, space-age politics, all that stuff. Hogan is a prolific author who stays pretty close to this edge of the genre, and I've loved all of his books.

    Midworld by Alan Dean Foster
    This one is more for the people who don't really care how things in the future work or exactly how life evolved on other planets. A little more into philosophy and sort of flirts with mysticism. Talk about prolific, Foster must write four or five books a year -- so many that unfortunately the editorial staff apparently can't keep up with him, both proofreading and source-verification errors are not uncommon. He wanders all over the genre, from the politics of spacefaring civilizations, to an ongoing series about a wormhole that plunges a law student into a parallel universe where magic is real and animals talk and wear clothes, to the legends of Earth's aboriginal peoples. I've loved most of his books and at least enjoyed all of them.

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    Fraggle Rocker, Jan 21, 2004
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  8. CounslerCoffee

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    I have to go with spuriousmonkey on this one: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein), is an excellent book. I like Mike.

    I also have to say that American Gods (Neil Gaiman), is a great book to. But not on the same level as The Moon is a harsh Mistress.

    Have you read The Day After Tomarrow, spurious?
     
    CounslerCoffee, Jan 21, 2004
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  9. spuriousmonkey

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    No, I haven't.

    For some reason I always really liked a book by Jack Vance (i think), but I can't remember the title.

    And I am also not sure about the content anymore. That's because I haven't read it for so long. And I have never seen the book anymore.

    I think it was about a journalist who wants to die and keeps committing suicide, but each time he (or she, because he changes sex in the book at one point) is resqued by the all present 'computer' AI.

    His/her mother has a dinosaur meat farm.

    Does anyone have a clue which book I am talking about. I can't find it anymore.
     
    spuriousmonkey, Jan 21, 2004
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  10. ColonelKlink1701

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    Ya, anything by Robert Heinlein is generally good. I am reading Star Ship troopers right now, and boy is it different than the movie.
     
    ColonelKlink1701, Jan 22, 2004
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  11. oldie

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    The Lensman series by E.E.(Doc) Smith. They were written in the 1930 to 1950 time frame. A lot of the Lucas jedi Force ideas were taken from these books.
     
    oldie, Jan 25, 2004
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  12. candy

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    The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
     
    candy, Jan 25, 2004
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  13. SuNeeXdeeLiTe

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    "Feed" by MT Anderson. ^.^

    Microchips have been implanted into the minds of humans, and now they have internet access and are able to send Instant Messages through their minds. No really, the book is something like that. lol.
     
    SuNeeXdeeLiTe, Jan 25, 2004
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  14. Pollux V

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    Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke. Fascinating, eerily strange book. Independence Day stole a little from it, too.
     
    Pollux V, Jan 26, 2004
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  15. hypewaders

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    In the Light of Other Days -Arthur C. Clarke & Whatshisname.
     
    hypewaders, Jan 27, 2004
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  16. Calculusaurus

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    the foundation series by asimov or enders game series by orson scott card

    booya
     
    Calculusaurus, Jan 27, 2004
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  17. pragmathen

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    <i>The Reality Dysfunction</i> series, by Peter F Hamilton.

    A good heaping of hard sci-fi wrapped around a heady existential plot. And it's pretty epic (6 books softcover or 3 hardcover). Do what I do: Open one of the books to a random page, read a bit and if it looks like something that would interest you, go for it!
     
    pragmathen, Jan 30, 2004
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  18. Ellimist

    Ellimist "Nothing of consequence." Registered Senior Member

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    American Gods was amazing...

    But also... The Dig by Alan Dean Foster. Read it twice. Amazing.
     
    Ellimist, Feb 1, 2004
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  19. Pollux V

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    "Midworld by Alan Dean Foster"

    I bought this book and read the first ten or so pages of it. It sucks. I hate it. Apparently using the biggest words that you can equals excellent writing. The dialogue is atrocious. It's just an awful, awful book. I wish I could get my money back...
     
    Pollux V, Feb 13, 2004
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  20. Tiassa

    Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    Steven Brust, Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille.
     
    Tiassa, Feb 13, 2004
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  21. Rick

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    Well i have lots of them,but mostly old ones i suppose...

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    Asimov Gold series
    Nightfall by Isaac Asimov
    I,Robot by Isaac Asimov
    Caves of steel by Isaac Asimov
    Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
    RAMA series by Arthur C Clarke
    Time Machine by H.G. Wells, Old but great.I still enjoy reading it.
    Comet by Carl Sagan,Incredible piece of Fiction with great description of Pie.
     
    Rick, Feb 13, 2004
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  22. Pollux V

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    I thought the newer foundation books were supposed to be kind of lame. The trilogy is where it's at, home fry. The Rama series is cool, I think I'm going to reread it.
     
    Pollux V, Feb 13, 2004
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  23. guthrie

    guthrie paradox generator Registered Senior Member

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    Dune and its sequals.
    Of all time, well, i am not sure yet if it fits, but "distress" by greg Egan, really is good. re-read it a week ago, its got reasonable hard science, good future plotting, the bit with the physics and quantum stuff isnt too wibbly and fits nicely, the narrator does a good job, and the characters are good. What more could you want?
    Seeing as the title of the thread wants one favourite, but we all have many, I think thisll do for now for me.
     
    guthrie, Feb 13, 2004
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