Science Fiction Books Worth Reading

Quazar · 12-17-2001, 09:35 PM

Perhaps the best pure science fiction writer I have found is James P. Hogan. He is the author of the Giants quadllogy (Yes 4 books ), and several others such as 'Thrice Upon A Time', 'The Two Faces Of Tomorrow', and 'The Genissis Machine'.
This is what I call science fact, the way he describes things makes you believe it is already happening or can happen tomorrow.

ringbearer · 12-17-2001, 11:17 PM

I have not read any of his works...but a similar type is Larry Niven. Scientific Fiction, kind of describes it!

mirrille · 12-18-2001, 11:42 AM

The only ones of Hogan's books I have read are "code of the lifemaker", which I really liked, and "the cradle of saturn" , which i didn't. The first is about a civilization of 'robots' that evolved from droids that were supposed to automatically complete their tasks, but got abandoned. It was original and I like it. The second was about a big rock that's going to crash into earth, which was boring and I didn't like it.
Although maybe the big rock is much more likely than intelligent machines evolving on their own.

12-17-2001, 09:35 PM	#1
Quazar Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Piedmont North Carolina Posts: 33	Science Fiction Books Worth Reading Perhaps the best pure science fiction writer I have found is James P. Hogan. He is the author of the Giants quadllogy (Yes 4 books ), and several others such as 'Thrice Upon A Time', 'The Two Faces Of Tomorrow', and 'The Genissis Machine'. This is what I call science fact, the way he describes things makes you believe it is already happening or can happen tomorrow.

12-17-2001, 11:17 PM	#2
ringbearer Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St. Louis, Mo. USA Posts: 561	I have not read any of his works...but a similar type is Larry Niven. Scientific Fiction, kind of describes it! __________________ Ringbearer Hide Witch, hide! The Good Folks come to burn thee! Their keen enjoyment hid behind A Gothic mask of duty!

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12-18-2001, 11:42 AM	#3
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	The only ones of Hogan's books I have read are "code of the lifemaker", which I really liked, and "the cradle of saturn" , which i didn't. The first is about a civilization of 'robots' that evolved from droids that were supposed to automatically complete their tasks, but got abandoned. It was original and I like it. The second was about a big rock that's going to crash into earth, which was boring and I didn't like it. Although maybe the big rock is much more likely than intelligent machines evolving on their own.