Comments on: Why I Read Science Fiction

By: psyphi

psyphi — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:37:45 +0000

also, i would recommend adding "nSpace" by Melhee

http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/nspace...

By: sdsasd

sdsasd — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:59:01 +0000

http://www.strategicbookpublishing.com/ScienceFic...

By: jeu simulation

jeu simulation — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:16:50 +0000

Hi…
I have just completed my graduation this year. Reading is my hobby specially Science Fiction. First time I started reading SF because my father suggested me to read it. I think the science fiction and fantasy genre is an oeuvre of weird and wondrous. It turns out the answer may be in my psychological makeup.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:01:34 +0000

Thanks for the tip on Breakpoint. I am a huge cyber-thriller reader and always searching for that next book -

By: Más dolor para los fans de Star Trek at Tristán Grimaux

Más dolor para los fans de Star Trek at Tristán Grimaux — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:17:21 +0000

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By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:14:50 +0000

The rumor is the sequel is coming soon.

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:14:36 +0000

I haven't read Reynolds but I'll had him to the list, especially since I like a periodic dose of Goth.

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:14:09 +0000

I'll need to check with the Merovingian on cause and effect on that one.

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:13:21 +0000

Thx – Card added!

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:01:04 +0000

I think Niven’s Ringworld Series is still one of the most durable scifi series ever written.

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:00:11 +0000

Niven and Pournelle are some of my favorites. I haven’t gotten into Vinge yet, but I’ve got a few on my Kindle and am planning to read them soon.

Snowcash is a classic and is a key to this genre, as is Gibson’s Neuromancer.

By: Max Lybbert

Max Lybbert — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:10:08 +0000

The podcast is Writing Excuses ( http://www.writingexcuses.com/ ). One of the authors is Brandon Sanderson; who is in the process of finishing the Wheel of Time for Robert Jordan who recently passed away. The Wheel of Time is definitely a series that winds on forever. Sanderson was hired to write only the last book, but decided that he could not tie up all the plot threads in only one book. Instead, he is writing three books, which will bring the series to 14 books (plus an Encyclopedia, and a prequel book).

By: ian c rogers

ian c rogers — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:51:47 +0000

Thanks for the reminder. I have Daemon on my shelf, a gift from Jordan Greenhall, but haven't started in to it. Doing so tonight. And added Breakpoint to the Kindle…

By: Joseph Logan

Joseph Logan — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:38:53 +0000

Hearty agreement on "Snowcrash". I had read "Cryptonomicon" and the System of the World trilogy prior to reading this, and I was still blown away. "Anathem" is also brilliant once the adjustment of the first 100pp is complete.

What would you recommend as the best place to start with Niven?

By: Roger L. Toennis

Roger L. Toennis — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:29:05 +0000

The majority of intelligent people I know love Science Fiction.

For classic, thoughtful series read Asimov's "Foundation" series. Read also Niven, Card, Clarke, Bear, Brin, Vinge (Especially "Across Realtime")

BUT, by far the best Scifi/cyberpunk book I've read in last 20 years is "Snowcrash" (1992) by Neal Stephenson. The book appeared on Time magazine's list of 100 all-time best English-language novels written since 1923.

If you are involved deeply in the internet/web and havn't read "Snowcrash" you have yet to read the "Dead Sea Scrolls" of the internet generation. Read and have your mind blown by what this man envisioned and set to print before the WWW the web was launched on the general public.

Roger