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Your favorite Sci-fi novels

Or just favorite novels...

July 5, 2007 6:55:31 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
Hey, I was just wondring what people on the sins board read! Its always interesting to see what we all have in common.

My favorite novels:
Cat's Cradle
Red Mars
The Dark Wing
Star Wars: TNJO and LoF are cool (LoF is finish yet and I'm made at the series because of the last book)
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Reply #1 July 5, 2007 7:24:48 PM
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dune!
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Reply #2 July 5, 2007 7:30:14 PM
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"The 9/11 Commission Report"
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Reply #3 July 5, 2007 8:20:47 PM
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Damn, psugar took mine. All six of them, prequels by Brian and Kevin aren't as good imo, and haven't read the 7th by Brian though, but as I said, prequels weren't so good, so meh.

Anyways, yeah, Dune is pretty much the only sci-fi novel I've read that I really could get into, I've read some aliens/predator novels, and some halo novels, but most of what I read is non-fiction so...
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Reply #4 July 6, 2007 3:38:55 PM
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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (and all sequels thereof) by Douglas Adams, funny, imaginative and original, ranks among my favourite books of all time.

Also the Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F Hamilton and The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
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Reply #5 July 6, 2007 4:10:43 PM
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Hyperion by Dan Simmons without a doubt.
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Reply #6 July 6, 2007 4:20:39 PM
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Dune
the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, (not mostly harmless as I didn't like that)
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Reply #7 July 6, 2007 4:27:09 PM
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The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle


Yay another Larry Niven fan! Have you ever read "Lucifer's Hammer"? It's some of the best "end of the world" sci-fi ever written!

Besides Niven, I enjoy almost anything sci-fi I can get my hands on; anything by Phillip K. Dick. I enjoy Philip Jose Farmer, Piers Anthony (although he's primarily fantasy), Dean Koontz (primarily horror, but some of it is undeniably sci-fi), and lots more. I basically inherited my Dad's sci-fi collection; over 600 books.
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Reply #8 July 6, 2007 4:29:17 PM
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On a side note, I also love Douglas Adams and Frank Herbert too...   
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Reply #9 July 6, 2007 5:12:14 PM
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Traitor by Matthew Stover. Yes, it's a Star Wars book.
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Reply #10 July 6, 2007 5:42:39 PM
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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (and all sequels thereof) by Douglas Adams, funny, imaginative and original, ranks among my favourite books of all time.


I liked those books too, although its been awhile since I last read them.

Traitor by Matthew Stover. Yes, it's a Star Wars book.


Read it and lost it (I lost alot of the NJO books that I bought ) . Is that the one where Jacen is on the Vong ship with Vergere?
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Reply #11 July 6, 2007 6:05:37 PM
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Read it and lost it (I lost alot of the NJO books that I bought ) . Is that the one where Jacen is on the Vong ship with Vergere?


Yes. Best Star Wars book ever.
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Reply #12 July 6, 2007 8:04:02 PM
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Dune also!

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

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Reply #13 July 6, 2007 8:11:49 PM
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Whats a book? heard it mention some time ago, but im not sure they really exists

Well i saw the Dune series, all 6 of them. Love them
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Reply #14 July 6, 2007 8:29:32 PM
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Whats a book? heard it mention some time ago, but im not sure they really exists

Well i saw the Dune series, all 6 of them. Love them


what are you talking about? 6 movies?
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Reply #15 July 6, 2007 8:42:39 PM
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yeah, Dune mini series. 3 episodes 1hour each
and sequel Children of Dune mini series 3 episodes 1hour each
Some say its boring, well i dont care, i love the story
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Reply #16 July 6, 2007 8:53:04 PM
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yeah, Dune mini series. 3 episodes 1hour each
and sequel Children of Dune mini series 3 episodes 1hour each
Some say its boring, well i dont care, i love the story


oooh , I count them as 2 LONG movies each... Also did you see the original? 1984 Dune? The extended edition of the 1984 movie was also very good!
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Reply #17 July 6, 2007 9:17:31 PM
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nope, but i might now that you mention it
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Reply #18 July 6, 2007 9:47:42 PM
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Yeah, and the miniseries only covers the first 3 books, not all 6.
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Reply #19 July 6, 2007 9:53:43 PM
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So the miniseries are from the first 3 books or the last?

Its been a "couble" of years since i saw them the last time, but im sure they got the planet tobecome green in Children of Dune as i remember. So aint that the end?
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Reply #20 July 6, 2007 10:36:47 PM
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Hm...1984 is probably one of the greater dystopian sci-fi novels, in my opinion. I've read it twice in the past year, loved it both times, and read through the appendix concerning Newspeak, which is meant to dumb down the populace through limited vocabulary (like eliminating descriptive words such as malicious and benevolent, and replacing them with doubleplusungood and plusgood).

However, the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov is held dearest to my heart. It essentially deals with the growth of an entire planet (the Foundation), from being just a small territory in the outer rim of the human galaxy, having to deal with its warring neighbors, defusing threats by countering with certain technological/religious trends, defending itself from the crumbling Galactic Empire, spreading out to conquer surrounding territory, and eventually becoming the Second Galactic Empire. The series is divided into multiple books, around 8 or so, all with confusing names, but you memorize them eventually.
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Reply #21 July 7, 2007 2:59:40 AM
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The Foundation series if one of my all time favorites and I just finished rereading them all I'd list more but its too late and I'm tired and lazy. I'm surprised no one has listed Ender's Game yet!

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Reply #22 July 7, 2007 4:49:59 AM
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If you've never read any of the Iain Banks novels involving "The Culture", incomplete you're sci-fi training is, my young padawans...

Enders Game and Starship Troopers are utter classics
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Reply #23 July 7, 2007 5:13:28 PM
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However, the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov is held dearest to my heart. It essentially deals with the growth of an entire planet (the Foundation), from being just a small territory in the outer rim of the human galaxy, having to deal with its warring neighbors, defusing threats by countering with certain technological/religious trends, defending itself from the crumbling Galactic Empire, spreading out to conquer surrounding territory, and eventually becoming the Second Galactic Empire. The series is divided into multiple books, around 8 or so, all with confusing names, but you memorize them eventually.


yeehaw, finally someone who mentions it. don't have foundation and earth and the second prequel yet, but so far I love them all. can never really stop reading them.I also like the star wars books that deal with thrawn, TNJO is nice as well. I liked Dune, but I thought it had a bit of too lenghty introduction. it took ages for anything substantial to happen. (and I didn't like something like that in the lord of the rings either) lastly, I can also recommend Ian M. Banks, he writes nice stuff, I read a book called the algebraist. pretty cool stuff.

that said, I guess 1984 and some Philip K. Dick novel is next on my list. oh, and maybe care to check out asimovs short stories. he wrote tons of them and some are really interesting. I especially liked "the last question". makes you think a bit.
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Reply #24 July 7, 2007 8:43:07 PM
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hurrr, tough question. Rather than pick a favorite, here are a few recommendations to broaden horizons:

The Parafaith War by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Washington's Dirigible by John Barnes

The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny

The "Lensman" series by E.E. "Doc" Smith

Nor Crystal Tears and Sentenced to Prism by Alan Dean Foster

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Reply #25 July 7, 2007 8:53:48 PM
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So the miniseries are from the first 3 books or the last?

Its been a "couble" of years since i saw them the last time, but im sure they got the planet tobecome green in Children of Dune as i remember. So aint that the end?


The first three. Getting Arakis green is not the end of it the series, far from it in fact.

Anyways, I didn't think of this before but the Naked Sun by Asimov is also a really cool book I read that I liked. Granted I read it for a middle school project, but I really enjoyed it nonetheless.
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