If you want to fall asleep quickly, I definitely recommend the Foundation series!

If you like short stories, The Martian Chronicles is a very well written set of short stories that ties together into an overarching teheme (that I can't tell you exactly what it is.) Its my favorite science fiction.

Broken.Mind

United States364 Posts

December 23 2008 08:49 GMT

#22

Ender's Game Series is most gosu

Itachii

Poland12466 Posts

December 23 2008 08:49 GMT

#23

Lem.

koreakool

United States334 Posts

December 23 2008 08:51 GMT

#24

Starship Troopers is a good read, you can try borrowing it at your local library instead of buying it xD

rkarhu

Finland570 Posts

December 23 2008 10:04 GMT

#25

I'd recommend Dune as well. If you dont hate Warhammer, I'd recommend Dan Abnett's warhammer 40k books, especially the Gaunt series, they are totally awesome. I was a total warhammer virgin when I first found the series, but the expansive and immense world of warhammer 40k is so well present in those books that I was helplessly sucked in from the very start. I read the 3 first books (about 1000 pages) in 3 days.

Groslouser

France337 Posts

December 23 2008 10:26 GMT

#26

You should try The World of Null-A by Van Vogt A.E, its one of the best series ever done

Lemonwalrus

United States5465 Posts

December 23 2008 10:33 GMT

#27

Oryx and Crake.

Currently reading slaughterhouse 5 by vonegut, like it so far.

Will add more if I think of them.

minus_human

4784 Posts

December 23 2008 11:05 GMT

#28

Hmmm... well if you're even remotely attracted by mainly philosophical and religious, followed by moral, ecological and social issues involving humankind in an expansive year 10 000 (i think?) future you should definitely get Dune(the whole series, but you could start with just the first one), it's so complex and deep there's hardly any Sci Fi book out there that even comes close.

If, on the other hand, you're just craving for pew pew lasers 10 $ books from Amazon... then I don't care enough to finish this post

LuMiX

China5758 Posts

December 23 2008 11:07 GMT

#29

On December 23 2008 17:38 GeneralStan wrote:
If you want to fall asleep quickly, I definitely recommend the Foundation series!

If you like short stories, The Martian Chronicles is a very well written set of short stories that ties together into an overarching teheme (that I can't tell you exactly what it is.) Its my favorite science fiction.

I started reading that book at the very end of summer, but once school started i didn't continue. It is a pretty interesting read.

besiger

Croatia2452 Posts

December 23 2008 11:42 GMT

#30

try reading some warhammer 40k, i thought it was lame but once i got to reading it i couldnt stop, now im hooked, not everyone likes it though, so try it out, just dont blame me later if spend most your money on it like i do

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if you dont wanna spend money on them just yet i could send you 1 in pdf format so you can see what its about, its a awesome universe, but it takes quite a lot of lore learning.

SOB_Maj_Brian

United States522 Posts

December 23 2008 12:18 GMT

#31

I would definitely read Hyperion, it is on the top of my list for best sci-fi series. I've read both of the books you have pictures of too and they are quite good and I'v also read all the Orson Scott card books. But because two people already told you to read Hyperion I suggest you go do it, you will not regret it.

LemOn

United Kingdom8629 Posts

December 23 2008 12:20 GMT

#32

On December 23 2008 16:35 CommanderFluffy wrote:
Clarke
2001: A Space Odyssey

The Best

keit

1584 Posts

December 23 2008 12:37 GMT

#33

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. Very interesting book that I really recommend. Might not be full of action but it keeps you interested in another way, the mystery that the book is based on keeps you reading.

The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton. I recently started with this book, haven't read any other books from him but I think it's good. It's more of the space opera type with elements of politics, warfare and religion mixed in with a bunch of alien species.

demonic_phate

United States442 Posts

December 23 2008 14:00 GMT

#34

Liberty's Crusade
Shadow of the Xel'Naga
Speed of Darkness

hideo

Canada1641 Posts

December 24 2008 07:06 GMT

#35

definitely find and read The Forever War and Starship Troopers. they are some of the best military scifi, though practically the oldest.

i also enjoy cyberpunk a lot. Neuromancer and Snow Crash are classics.

for something with some more modern touches, Rainbows End and Accelerando are very good reads that deal with Kurzweil's singularity.

o and if you're interested in comics/manga at all...

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Battle Angel Alita
Planetes
Blame!

all really good

rkarhu

Finland570 Posts

December 26 2008 17:46 GMT

#36

On December 23 2008 23:00 demonic_phate wrote:
Liberty's Crusade
Shadow of the Xel'Naga
Speed of Darkness

Shadow of the Xel'Naga.... what ever you do, don't read that piece of shit... ever..

Physician

United States4146 Posts

December 26 2008 18:12 GMT

#37

- stealth what kind of sci fi you like?

hard
soft
military
apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
aliens
alternate history
time travel
space opera
social and psy
cyberpunk
speculative
space western
technological
steampunk
humor
hero/superman type sci fi

- u want books that entertain u immediately or alter worlds that u need time to get into? u want books that make u think or just escape reality etc?

- give me ur personal preferences and I'll give you a list of the very best I read..

HiOT

Sweden1000 Posts

December 26 2008 22:39 GMT

#38

If i may jump in and loan the thread for just a question. Anyone know of a good book from 06-08 that's similar to Battlestar galactica series(tv)? Or any sci-fi without aliens and other liveforms what so ever? would be awesome to read about a big space war without lightsabers'nshit.

Thanks!