Your Favourites Among Science Fiction

Grey_Wolf · 12-30-2003, 11:13 AM

1. Arthur C Clarke's Odyssey-series.
2. ACC's Rama-series
3. Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality.
4. John Barnes' Time Line Wars-trilogy.
5. David Brin's Uplift-trilogy and New Uplift-trilogy.
6. James P Hogan's The Proteus Operation.
7. L Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth.
8. David Mace's Nightrider.
9. Robert Mason's Weapon & Solo.
10. Steve Perry's Aliens vs Predator-trilogy & Predator-trilogy.
11. Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars-trilogy.
12. Patrick Tilley's The Amtrack Wars-series.
13. Harry Turtledove's World War- & Colonization-series.
14. Timothy Zahn's The Thrawn-trilogy.
15. Kevin J Anderson's Jedi Academy-trilogy.

BeardofPants · 12-30-2003, 02:59 PM

Dune & sequels (

), Foundation Trilogy, Enders Game, Uplift Trilogy (haven't read last book though), Red Mars.

*edited to add: PK Dick, Douglas Adams, Neuromancer by Gibson.

*edited again to add: Tad Williams.

Arcala · 12-30-2003, 06:07 PM

Definately Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series.

cassiopeia · 12-30-2003, 09:42 PM

Arthur C. Clarke's Odyssey and Rama series. Orson Scott Card's Ender and Bean series (Speaker for the Dead is one of the best books I've ever read), as well as his Homecoming saga. Contact by Carl Sagan. Hitchhikers series by Douglas Adams.

zinnite · 12-31-2003, 12:10 AM

Well, anything by Philip K. Dick (

), but especially The Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and Ubik.
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
We by Eugene Zamiatin

BeardofPants · 12-31-2003, 12:54 AM

I knew I'd forget stuff...

*goes back to edit post*

Draken · 01-12-2004, 12:37 PM

I love Philip K Dick stories.

But my favourite sci fi book of all time must be "Use of Weapons" by Iain M Banks.

The Gaffer · 01-12-2004, 12:58 PM

I'd second that. I recently re-read of Use of Weapons: the Culture is a fantastic concept. Have you read the one about the Idiran wars (I think it's Consider Phlebas)?

Draken · 01-15-2004, 08:41 PM

Oh yes indeedy. For me 'Consider Phlebas', 'Use of Weapons' and 'Player of Games' are his big three to date. I remain a fan but I have a horrible feeling that diminishing returns set in thereafter.

Mim Baggins · 02-26-2004, 09:42 AM

Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Gibbon's Decline & Fall by Sheri Tepper
Foundation by Issac Asimov
Mars by Ben Bova
The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton
The Face of the Waters by Robert Silverberg

Beruthiel's cat · 02-26-2004, 10:38 AM

I enjoy reading Orson Scott Card, Anne McCaffrey and Joan D. Vinge has some good stuff too. I'll read Heinlein occasionally (gotta be in the mood, though -- he can torque me sometimes), 'cause he was a good writer. But Card is on the top of my list currently. Took a science fiction writing class with Nancy Kress some years ago. She's an excellent writer, but a lot of her stuff is darker than I like. (Good short story by Kress "The Price of Oranges")

I tend to lean more toward fantasy than hard science fiction, though.

Mango · 03-07-2004, 09:02 PM

Roder Zelanzy any one?

The Lord of Light (a stand alone work) and the Princes of Amber series are my faves.

*Froth*

Mercutio · 03-10-2004, 09:02 PM

These are more like kids books, but i liked "A Wrinkle in Time" and its sequels by Madeline L'Engel.

trolls' bane · 03-16-2004, 09:59 PM

zinnite · 03-16-2004, 11:55 PM

I'm reading the "Ware" series by Rudy Rucker right now (Software, Wetware, Freeware, and Realware) and it's one of the best things I have ever experienced. I usually don't enjoy series at all (a major exception being Jack Womack's "Dryco" sextet) as most tend to lose steam at a certain point, but this one is brilliant.

Estel13 · 03-28-2004, 12:03 AM

The Death~Gate Cycle by Margeret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
These are the ultimate. There's 7 of them, but I own the 1st and 3rd ones only. But the 3rd one is my favorite.

Arcala · 03-28-2004, 03:26 PM

I've read the first one of those. Are the rest as good?

Estel13 · 03-29-2004, 10:34 PM

Completely. These are almost as good as Tolkien. Almost.

***Earniel*** · 04-05-2004, 07:43 AM

War of the Worlds by G.H. Wells.

Dragon Rigger from Jeffrey Carver. (featuring the best dragons I've ever read and sparked my ongoing interest in dragons)

Resnick's book Paradise.

The Thrawn-trilogy (star wars) was good too.

Uhura's Song (star trek)

12-30-2003, 11:13 AM	#1
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Your Favourites Among Science Fiction 1. Arthur C Clarke's Odyssey-series. 2. ACC's Rama-series 3. Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality. 4. John Barnes' Time Line Wars-trilogy. 5. David Brin's Uplift-trilogy and New Uplift-trilogy. 6. James P Hogan's The Proteus Operation. 7. L Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth. 8. David Mace's Nightrider. 9. Robert Mason's Weapon & Solo. 10. Steve Perry's Aliens vs Predator-trilogy & Predator-trilogy. 11. Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars-trilogy. 12. Patrick Tilley's The Amtrack Wars-series. 13. Harry Turtledove's World War- & Colonization-series. 14. Timothy Zahn's The Thrawn-trilogy. 15. Kevin J Anderson's Jedi Academy-trilogy. Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 12-30-2003 at 03:30 PM.

12-30-2003, 02:59 PM	#2
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Dune & sequels (), Foundation Trilogy, Enders Game, Uplift Trilogy (haven't read last book though), Red Mars. edited to add: PK Dick, Douglas Adams, Neuromancer by Gibson. edited again to add: Tad Williams. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords Last edited by BeardofPants : 03-16-2004 at 10:16 PM.

12-30-2003, 06:07 PM	#3
Arcala Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Eating WAY too much peanut butter... Posts: 274	Definately Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series. __________________ "When I wake up early in the morning Lift my head, I'm still yawning When I'm in the middle of a dream Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream) Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me Leave me where I am - I'm only sleeping Everybody seems to think I'm lazy I don't mind, I think they're crazy Running everywhere at such a speed Till they find there's no need (there's no need) Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away And after all I'm only sleeping..." -from the Beatles' I'm Only Sleeping

12-30-2003, 09:42 PM	#4
cassiopeia Viggoholic Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 1,749	Arthur C. Clarke's Odyssey and Rama series. Orson Scott Card's Ender and Bean series (Speaker for the Dead is one of the best books I've ever read), as well as his Homecoming saga. Contact by Carl Sagan. Hitchhikers series by Douglas Adams. __________________ Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

12-31-2003, 12:10 AM	#5
zinnite Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Lawrence, Kansas, USA Posts: 195	Well, anything by Philip K. Dick ( ), but especially The Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and Ubik. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Neuromancer by William Gibson Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Forever War by Joe Haldeman Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut We by Eugene Zamiatin __________________ A citizen runs to the fire department yelling that he's spotted a roaring blaze from his car. "WHERE IS IT?" the fire department asks, pen ready. "It rises like some brooding , glaring trail of cosmic fury from- " "WHERE? WHERE?" "Oh. Well, it blazes up from a crimson-sheathed visage brooding darkly above the haunted towers of impotent indignity which, like melons hovering unhappily over lifetimes of empty meaning which-" "THE ADDRESS!" "Oh. Oh, I didn't notice. But look for a brooding, glaring trail of cosmic fury rising from a crimson-sheathed visage-" They lead him back to his car, and send him on. -- Philip K. Dick "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." -- Diderot

12-31-2003, 12:54 AM	#6
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I knew I'd forget stuff... goes back to edit post __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

01-12-2004, 12:37 PM	#7
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	I love Philip K Dick stories. But my favourite sci fi book of all time must be "Use of Weapons" by Iain M Banks. __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

01-12-2004, 12:58 PM	#8
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	I'd second that. I recently re-read of Use of Weapons: the Culture is a fantastic concept. Have you read the one about the Idiran wars (I think it's Consider Phlebas)?

01-15-2004, 08:41 PM	#9
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	Oh yes indeedy. For me 'Consider Phlebas', 'Use of Weapons' and 'Player of Games' are his big three to date. I remain a fan but I have a horrible feeling that diminishing returns set in thereafter. __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

02-26-2004, 09:42 AM	#10
Mim Baggins Sapling Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 7	Hyperion by Dan Simmons Gibbon's Decline & Fall by Sheri Tepper Foundation by Issac Asimov Mars by Ben Bova The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton The Face of the Waters by Robert Silverberg

02-26-2004, 10:38 AM	#11
Beruthiel's cat mystical divinity of Unashamed Felinity Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New York's beautiful North Coast -- we're all mad here!!! Posts: 635	I enjoy reading Orson Scott Card, Anne McCaffrey and Joan D. Vinge has some good stuff too. I'll read Heinlein occasionally (gotta be in the mood, though -- he can torque me sometimes), 'cause he was a good writer. But Card is on the top of my list currently. Took a science fiction writing class with Nancy Kress some years ago. She's an excellent writer, but a lot of her stuff is darker than I like. (Good short story by Kress "The Price of Oranges") I tend to lean more toward fantasy than hard science fiction, though. __________________ "Never try to out-stubborn a cat!" -- R. Heinlein ~~~~~~~~~ "But I don't want to be among mad people, " Alice remarked. "Oh, but you can't help that," said the Cat; "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here." ~~ Lewis Carroll ~~~~~~~~~~~ Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana...

03-07-2004, 09:02 PM	#12
Mango Sapling Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: I live in a Giant Bucket. Posts: 13	Roder Zelanzy any one? The Lord of Light (a stand alone work) and the Princes of Amber series are my faves. Froth __________________ (I am large. I contain multitudes.)

03-10-2004, 09:02 PM	#13
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	These are more like kids books, but i liked "A Wrinkle in Time" and its sequels by Madeline L'Engel. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

03-16-2004, 09:59 PM	#14
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Dune __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

03-16-2004, 11:55 PM	#15
zinnite Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Lawrence, Kansas, USA Posts: 195	I'm reading the "Ware" series by Rudy Rucker right now (Software, Wetware, Freeware, and Realware) and it's one of the best things I have ever experienced. I usually don't enjoy series at all (a major exception being Jack Womack's "Dryco" sextet) as most tend to lose steam at a certain point, but this one is brilliant. __________________ A citizen runs to the fire department yelling that he's spotted a roaring blaze from his car. "WHERE IS IT?" the fire department asks, pen ready. "It rises like some brooding , glaring trail of cosmic fury from- " "WHERE? WHERE?" "Oh. Well, it blazes up from a crimson-sheathed visage brooding darkly above the haunted towers of impotent indignity which, like melons hovering unhappily over lifetimes of empty meaning which-" "THE ADDRESS!" "Oh. Oh, I didn't notice. But look for a brooding, glaring trail of cosmic fury rising from a crimson-sheathed visage-" They lead him back to his car, and send him on. -- Philip K. Dick "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." -- Diderot

03-28-2004, 12:03 AM	#16
Estel13 RPG-aholic Psycho Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Final Fantasy Posts: 733	The Death~Gate Cycle by Margeret Weis and Tracy Hickman. These are the ultimate. There's 7 of them, but I own the 1st and 3rd ones only. But the 3rd one is my favorite. __________________

03-28-2004, 03:26 PM	#17
Arcala Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Eating WAY too much peanut butter... Posts: 274	I've read the first one of those. Are the rest as good? __________________ "When I wake up early in the morning Lift my head, I'm still yawning When I'm in the middle of a dream Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream) Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me Leave me where I am - I'm only sleeping Everybody seems to think I'm lazy I don't mind, I think they're crazy Running everywhere at such a speed Till they find there's no need (there's no need) Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away And after all I'm only sleeping..." -from the Beatles' I'm Only Sleeping

03-29-2004, 10:34 PM	#18
Estel13 RPG-aholic Psycho Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Final Fantasy Posts: 733	Completely. These are almost as good as Tolkien. Almost. __________________

04-05-2004, 07:43 AM	#19
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	War of the Worlds by G.H. Wells. Dragon Rigger from Jeffrey Carver. (featuring the best dragons I've ever read and sparked my ongoing interest in dragons) Resnick's book Paradise. The Thrawn-trilogy (star wars) was good too. Uhura's Song (star trek) __________________ We are not things.

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