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looking for science fiction authors/books

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huxley

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what are some good sc-fi authors ,

here are some books i liked: x-1 colony by philip k dick,(was very very good)
john brunner
harry harrison,
isaac asimov

i don't know many sc-fi,author because i read mostly dystopia books.

thanks :)
 
robert a. heinlein-i've heard that he's good
george orwell-1984
isaac asimov is definately good
jules verne-20000leagues under the sea, journey to the center of the earth.
 
any suggestion on books in the 'apocalyptic genre'

and sc-fi i'm looking for if more of ' futur in outer space ,other planets ,adventure.'planet colonies.:)




thanks
 
huxley said:
and sc-fi i'm looking for if more of ' futur in outer space ,other planets ,adventure.'planet colonies.:)
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I would recommend Alastair Reynolds' "Revelation Space" universe books. There are four, and three of them have an order. "Chasm City" is a stand-alone, then there is "Revelation Space", "Redemption Ark", and then "Absolution Gap". All very good hard sci-fi space opera hundreds of years into the future, where Earth is "a ball of ice" and the human race has colonized (or now living on) a few other planets.

If you enjoy REALLY hard sci-fi, there is the "Mars Trilogy" by Kim Stanley Robinson.
 
I would reccommend anything by Ray Bradbury, although he qualifies as mainstream as well. Fahrenheit 451, his most famous work, is a classic and a must-read. I also liked The Martian Chronicles and From the Dust Returned (the latter qualifies more as a fantasy/horror, though).
Michael Crichton wrote Jurassic Park and Timeline...once you read the book The Lost World, you will never want to watch the movie again. It so does not live up to the novel.
A little-known book, Through Violet Eyes (can't remember the author) is pretty good although I didn't get into the sequel. Other than that, I can't think of much.
 
Apocalyptic: A Canticle by Leibowitz, Walter Miller and Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe.

Another uncommon recommendation, somethat I've read recently that I loved by still haven't got the chance to post my impressions: David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas. Not your typical scifi, or indeed not even scifi until later parts of the book. But wonderful.

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Unusual SF novels

Good recommendation of Cloud Atlas there - a stunning book all round, for anyone.

Anthony Burgess is well known of course for A Clockwork Orange, but another favourite of mine is his book 'The End Of The World News'. An apocalypse-based SF novel, with the curious counterpoint of a story about Sigmund Freud and (I'm not kidding) the libretto of a West End Musical based on Trotsky visiting New York. Against all credibility, it works. Somehow.

Has the best end-of-the-world scenes I've ever read...
 
huxley said:
any suggestion on books in the 'apocalyptic genre'

and sc-fi i'm looking for if more of ' futur in outer space ,other planets ,adventure.'planet colonies.:)




thanks
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Try Larry Niven's "Ringworld." I do not really like Larry Niven, but Ringworld has many things about colonies and other species, et cetera.

These might not be specific, but are really good,

Arthur C. Clarke:
Rendezvous with Rama
2001: A Space Odyssey
Childhood's End
Prelude To Space
From The Stars, From The Ocean (omnibus)

Michael Crichton:
Jurassic Park
The Andromeda Strain

Carl Sagan:
Contact
 
A few that come to mind:


Light by M. John Harrison
The Fourth Circle by Zoran Zivkovic

The Hyperion cantos by Dan Simmons:

Hyperion
Fall of Hyperion
Endymion
Rise of Endymion

Night's Dawn trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton:

The Reality Dysfunction
Neutron Alchemist
Naked God

Commonwealth Saga by Peter F. Hamilton:

Pandora's Star
Judas Unchained



Golden Age trilogy by John C. Wright

The Golden Age
Phoenix Exultant
The Golden Transcendance


Nine Layers of Sky by Liz Williams
Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
Pashazade by John Courtenay Grimwood

Accelerando by Charles Stross
Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross
Singularity Sky by Charles Stoss

Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick

Silver Screen by Justina Robson
Mappa Mundi by Justina robson
Natural History by Justina Robson
Living Next Door to the God of Love by Justina Robson

Fall Revolution series by Ken Macleod:

The Star Fraction
The Stone Canal
The Cassini Division
The Sky Road


Engines of Light series by Ken Macleod:

Cosmonaut Keep
Dark Light
Engine City

Newton's Wake by Ken Macleod
Learning the World by Ken Macleod

Salt by Adam Roberts

Helliconia Trilogy by Brian Aldiss:

Helliconia Spring
Helliconia Summer
Helliconia Winter


Sanity and the Lady by Brian Aldiss

Stories of Your Life: And Others by Ted Chiang
Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
Dhalgren by Samuel Delaney
The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith
Do Androids Dream Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Black Brillion by Mattehw Hughes

There really is too much to name without being moee specific, so I will stop.

If you enjoy REALLY hard sci-fi, there is the "Mars Trilogy" by Kim Stanley Robinson.
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if somone enjoys Hard SF, I would offer anything by Greg Egan.

any suggestion on books in the 'apocalyptic genre'
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Someone already noted A Canticle of Leibowitz, here aresome others I like:

Dhalgren by Samuel Delany
Earth Abides by George Stewart
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut.
Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
The Drowned World by JG Ballard
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
 
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