You are correct! I read the book first however and there are quite a lot of changes that they made in the film Blade Runner and I vastly prefer the book.GiglameshSoulEater said:
Good Sci-Fi Book Recommendations
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As always my first recommendation: The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
Other than that:
Neal Asher's Polity universe (especially the Ian Cormack series)
Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth series
Dan Simmon's Hyperion Cantos
Alastair Reynold's Revelation Space series
Philip K. Dick is also always worth it
Other than that:
Neal Asher's Polity universe (especially the Ian Cormack series)
Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth series
Dan Simmon's Hyperion Cantos
Alastair Reynold's Revelation Space series
Philip K. Dick is also always worth it
David Brin's Uplift series is an excellent series. Also recommend anything by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game and the like). Alfred Bester's Tiger Tiger - Also called The Stars my Destination I think - is an awesome read. Richard Matheson's I am Legend.
People have already mentioned John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids and The Crysalids; HG Wells; William Gibson - Neuromancer.
People have already mentioned John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids and The Crysalids; HG Wells; William Gibson - Neuromancer.
I'll further recommend anything by Iain M Banks and William Gibson but will also add the Hyperion books by Dan Simmons
WOOL by Hugh Howey
http://tinyurl.com/9efwhke
Amazing post-apocalyptic sci-fi. Howey's audience is growing pretty quickly, and with good reason. He's great at writing interesting characters and believable worlds.
Also for a super short one, check out Howey's "The Plagiarist".
http://tinyurl.com/8uhkmrt
It's only 60 pages, 99 cents on Kindle, and it's amazing.
Someone also mentioned Neuromancer. That's a great one, too. It pretty much pioneered the concept of cyberspace and started the cyberpunk genre. As good as it is now it must've blown people's minds back in the 80s when it came out.
http://tinyurl.com/9efwhke
Amazing post-apocalyptic sci-fi. Howey's audience is growing pretty quickly, and with good reason. He's great at writing interesting characters and believable worlds.
Also for a super short one, check out Howey's "The Plagiarist".
http://tinyurl.com/8uhkmrt
It's only 60 pages, 99 cents on Kindle, and it's amazing.
Someone also mentioned Neuromancer. That's a great one, too. It pretty much pioneered the concept of cyberspace and started the cyberpunk genre. As good as it is now it must've blown people's minds back in the 80s when it came out.
Try the Saga Of The Seven Suns, by Kevin J Anderson.
The First book is called Hidden Empire and its a seven part series.
The First book is called Hidden Empire and its a seven part series.
His Dark Materials Trilogy
Says Phillip Pullman on the reaction to his trilogy of children's books: "I've been surprised by how little criticism I've got. Harry Potter's been taking all the flak? Meanwhile, I've been flying under the radar, saying things that are far more subversive than anything poor old Harry has said. My books are about killing God."
My favorite book series after The Lord of The Rings.
Says Phillip Pullman on the reaction to his trilogy of children's books: "I've been surprised by how little criticism I've got. Harry Potter's been taking all the flak? Meanwhile, I've been flying under the radar, saying things that are far more subversive than anything poor old Harry has said. My books are about killing God."
My favorite book series after The Lord of The Rings.
The "Starfishers" series by Glen Cook was a great space opera. However I prefer him for his war fantasy "The Chronicles of the Black Company".
If not, I had a great time with "Enders Game" though I have yet to continue the series. And I hear the overall series is worth the read.
If not, I had a great time with "Enders Game" though I have yet to continue the series. And I hear the overall series is worth the read.
"Anathem" by Neal Stephenson demands a lot of its readers in the beginning, and so is probably the least praised of his recent works, even by fans. I initially gave up on it, then picked it up again a year later, stuck with it, and my perseverance was well rewarded. I started rereading it the day after finishing. Couldn't stop thinking about it for several days.
"Snow Crash" is a lot more user-friendly, and a very good read as well.
"Snow Crash" is a lot more user-friendly, and a very good read as well.
http://www.baen.com/series_list.asp?letter=K#BOLOSpade Lead said:
And one novel was released as a BaenCD and is online for free.
http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/22-MissionofHonorCD/MissionofHonorCD/Bolo/Bolo!.htm
I didn't realise that David Webber co-authored some of the stories until now.
I'm failing to see how His Dark Materials is sci-fi... it's more Steampunk/fin de siecle fantasy than anything else.BENZOOKA said:
It was my favorite young adult series while growing up. I think it can have as much, if not more, appeal for adults as Harry Potter and the like.
Ninja'd. Try the Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams (though it's more comedy) and see if you like it. The Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card series is good.SckizoBoy said:
Haven't seen any other posts with similar books to the Dresden Files (which are awesome) and which I classify as "Urban Fiction" here are some authors - series that are pretty good and are also that same nowadays + Fiction stuff
Kat Richardson - Graywalker Novels
Caitlin Kittredge - Nocture City and Black London Novels
Simon R. Green - Nightside Novels
Devon Monk - Allie Beckstrom Novels
Other awesome books I loved:
Brent Weeks - Night Angel Trilogy
Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn Trilogy
Kat Richardson - Graywalker Novels
Caitlin Kittredge - Nocture City and Black London Novels
Simon R. Green - Nightside Novels
Devon Monk - Allie Beckstrom Novels
Other awesome books I loved:
Brent Weeks - Night Angel Trilogy
Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn Trilogy
Sci-fi is not the first tag you would glue on top of the His Dark Materials -trilogy. While you do have a valid point, it still certainly does have certain elements of science fiction as well as those of fantasy. Imaginary, yet plausible technology, science, paranormal abilities and parallel universes should be plenty enough.Spectrum_Prez said:
And it happens to about the only science-fictionish book / series of books I can recommend, as pieces with more stereotypical science fiction elements, like space, spaceships, aliens, and whatnot, most often simply fail to gain parts of my interest.
What makes it a masterpiece is how it handles personality, authority, religion, freedom, love and death.
Dune [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_%28novel%29].
Cities in Flight [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities_in_Flight].
Deathworld [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathworld].
Stainless Steel Rat [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_Steel_Rat].
Horus Heresy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus_Heresy_%28novels%29] books are great, particularly Nemesis.
Cities in Flight [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities_in_Flight].
Deathworld [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathworld].
Stainless Steel Rat [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_Steel_Rat].
Horus Heresy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus_Heresy_%28novels%29] books are great, particularly Nemesis.