Best sci-fi book you've ever read

[Althus]

Dune! Frank Herbert's classic is one of the greatest examples of sci-fi there is: it should be to sci-fi what The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy.

This. Even the new ones made by is son and friend.

 

[Gutkrusha]

Ender's Game. The best book I've ever read. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy come in second.

This. Followed Closely by Ender's Shadow for me. Then most of the Halo books.

 

[everythingbeeps]

Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds. Relatively hard sci-fi with great story telling. Black, bleak, sharp writing with great characters.

Liked that a lot, but I liked his Pushing Ice just a bit more.

 

[Reynaert]

Dune! Frank Herbert's classic is one of the greatest examples of sci-fi there is: it should be to sci-fi what The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy.

Dune indeed, lots of character development in a amazing world unlike any i have ever read about. (Granted, i didn't read that much science fiction)

 

[Toaster Hunter]

Frank Herbert's Dune, with Starship Troopers a close second.

 

[Sindwiller]

im personally rather fond of "eve the empyrean age" (but it may be as i played the game)

How's the book's general mood and writing style like? I'm a bit afraid of buying "generic"/"low cost" scifi literature (I once bought a Star Wars sequel because it was on sale for a few bucks; wasn't even worth the few bucks I had thrown away), as I'm not really convinced of its quality.

 

[mb16]

im personally rather fond of "eve the empyrean age" (but it may be as i played the game)

How's the book's general mood and writing style like? I'm a bit afraid of buying "generic"/"low cost" scifi literature (I once bought a Star Wars sequel because it was on sale for a few bucks; wasn't even worth the few bucks I had thrown away), as I'm not really convinced of its quality.

the book is basically the Lore on the build up to the empyrean age expansion to EVE online. It follows a number of characters from all the races, each with their own stories and is about 500 pages long. However if you havent played EVE you may not like it so much as you wont know the background for all the races.

 

[9thRequiem]

Hmmm ... While I do like the Hitchhiker's, Dune, and Foundation series, my favourite is Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth saga.
Deals with the change in humanity in the future, where aging can be "reset", people's minds can be backed up, and interstellar travel is performed through gateways, and the change from this stagnant decadence to scramble to deal with a new threat.

 

[Jhonka527]

I'm in love with the Dune series because of the huge sweeping story. I'm not a huge fan of all of the "extra" books that have come out lately, but definitely the original series written by Frank Herbert.

 

[3aqua]

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, which put me on to my favourite hobby (visiting the escapist withstanding) writing. `Thank you Douglas Adams, so very much.

 

[Sindwiller]

im personally rather fond of "eve the empyrean age" (but it may be as i played the game)

How's the book's general mood and writing style like? I'm a bit afraid of buying "generic"/"low cost" scifi literature (I once bought a Star Wars sequel because it was on sale for a few bucks; wasn't even worth the few bucks I had thrown away), as I'm not really convinced of its quality.

the book is basically the Lore on the build up to the empyrean age expansion to EVE online. It follows a number of characters from all the races, each with their own stories and is about 500 pages long. However if you havent played EVE you may not like it so much as you wont know the background for all the races.

Oh, I used to play EVE a 2-3 years ago.