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So this summer I've gotten really heavy into science fiction short stories and novels, and now im looking for some recommendations. And I will give some as well:

More than Human, and The Cosmic Rape, both by theodore sturgeon. More than human is one of the best books I've ever read, of any genre and id recommend it to anyone. The cosmic rape is dope too but I probably just for scifi fans.

Man Plus, by cordwainer smith. A collection of all (I think) of his scifi short stories. All of them take place in the same fictional universe though. They're set in a very far future which personally like. Despute being super futuristic they are all very emotional and touching and usually allegorical. Highly recommended.

The Sirens of Titan, by kurt vonnegut. More humorous and probably an easier read than the others, and you might have already read slaughterhouse 5. I think its crazy he wrote this in the early 60s (61 I think), vonnegut was way ahead of his time imo.

Don't read a scanner darkly by philip k dick though, honestly I thought it was shit. And even though I read it only a month or so ago I can't even rememver most of it, not even the end

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constrobuz wrote:Don't read a scanner darkly by philip k dick though, honestly I thought it was shit. And even though I read it only a month or so ago I can't even rememver most of it, not even the end

i thought it was decent (if you can get past all the 70s jive), havent read any of the others you posted but i generally cannot get on with most of the 50s & 60s classics. (Asimov excluded)

Here's a few of my favorites from the past few years...

"The Carpet Makers" - Andreas Eschbach. One of the most satisfying stories I have ever read.

"Counting Heads" and "Mind Over Ship" - David Marusek. Near future and somewhat dystopian the first book developes some interesting ideas that reach fruition in the second. His short stories are pretty dope as well.

Anything by Rudy Rucker but specifically "Post singular" & "Hylozoic" or "Mathmaticians in Love" He is sort of like P. K. Dick with more math and less paranoia.

"The Windup Girl" Paolo Bacigalupi also his short story "The fluted Girl" available @ http://windupstories.com/pumpsix/the-fluted-girl/

"Rainbows End" - Verner Vinge. I am a fan of most of Vinge's stuff but this book in particular paints an interesting perspective of where we may in fact be heading.

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I Was going to post this.

Prob one of the best sci-fi books I have ever read. Shame everything else has wrote is nowhere near as good.

Avoid people telling you to read Paolo Bacigalupi, it starts off with Paolo Bacigalupi and ends with them insisting you read Angels & Demons. One of those books recommended by people who don't really read.

firky wrote:
Avoid people telling you to read Paolo Bacigalupi, it starts off with Paolo Bacigalupi and ends with them insisting you read Angels & Demons. One of those books recommended by people who don't really read.

This amuses me.

Has anyone read neuromancer? I found it a bit confusing and it wasn't even super well written but it got tons of awards. I can't wait til the movie comes out tho, when I finished reading it I was like damn this would be a sick movie, then I checked the innanet and found out there was one in the works

constrobuz wrote:Has anyone read neuromancer? I found it a bit confusing and it wasn't even super well written but it got tons of awards. I can't wait til the movie comes out tho, when I finished reading it I was like damn this would be a sick movie, then I checked the innanet and found out there was one in the works

If you liked it: check out SnowCrash by Neal Stephenson and The Diamond Age by the same bloke.

The Diamond Age is awesome.

But yeah, Altered Carbon is a must.

The Dirvish House is crackers but good

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6993 ... vish-house

I could give you a huge list of stuff I've read, some of it's awesome, some of its entertaining, some of its just well odd... upto you to see if you like it.

Read any Murakami? Kafka on the Shore is very good and very easy to read.

Anything by William Gibson, it's more cyberpunk/dystopian.. but it's fucking GOOD.

perfect short one: The songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C Clarke. I got half way through and thought it was kinda cliche sci fi then I realised he was the guy to invent these cliches. From that point onwards I was in awe. There's also a great deal of accurate future predicting within the story. Great read.

Anything by Ray Bradbury or William Gibson. I also recommend neuromancer if your confused after your first read just re read it, helped me grasp the story-line a lot better

anything by lovecraft innit

anything by Ursula K. Le Guin is pure science fiction gold



highly highly recommended!

firky wrote: Prob one of the best sci-fi books I have ever read. Shame everything else has wrote is nowhere near as good.

Actually preferred Broken Angels, but im struggling to get through the final one.

Dune is ok but horrendously camp

Tons of recommendations in this thread:
http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.p ... ce+fiction

probs obvious, but Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?

and i lovvvved reading the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy quadrilogy

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Behold-S-F-Mast ... 1857988485

Meet Karl Glogauer, time traveller and unlikely Messiah. When he finds himself in Palestine in the year 29AD he is shocked to meet the man known as Jesus Christ -- a drooling idiot, hiding in the shadows of the carpenter's shop in Nazareth. But if he is not capable of fulfilling his historical role, then who will take his place?

Alastair Reynolds (Redemption Ark, Galactic North)
Charles Stross (Accelerando, Glasshouse)
Iain M Banks (Matter, most of the 'culture series' is good though)
Vernor Vinge (A fire upon the deep)
Jack Vance (The dying earth saga.. ok thats fantasy technically, The devils princes series)
Kim Stanley Robinson (The mars trilogy, all 3 won either a hugo or nebula)
Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game, Xenocide)
Keith Laumer (A plague of demons, Dinosaur Beach)
Harry Harrison (Death planet)

I could go on for a little longer but this comes to mind at the moment. I love SF to bits, it beats any other type of fiction hands down when done right.
Some of these guys have published a ton of stuff so ill add some titles that i think stand out for you guys to check.

kingldub wrote:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Behold-S-F-Mast ... 1857988485

Meet Karl Glogauer, time traveller and unlikely Messiah. When he finds himself in Palestine in the year 29AD he is shocked to meet the man known as Jesus Christ -- a drooling idiot, hiding in the shadows of the carpenter's shop in Nazareth. But if he is not capable of fulfilling his historical role, then who will take his place?

You should check out the Dancers at the end of time series as well if you like Moorcock.

The rest of that SF Masterworks list is also good but some titles are a bit dated or just not my thing. I would personally recommend just about everything by Phillip K Dick, most of Frederik Pohl's work and Dan Simmons's Hyperion series.

And to the poster that didnt like the Dune series; give it time, its a story with such an incredible scope and so many big ideas inside i cant blame Herbert for putting it into 6 volumes. Im biased though, i read the whole thing 3 times