Anticheese on 11/12/2005 at 00:53
I second the part about the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy books..
Allthough me living in New Zealand, Getting hold of them was hell
It should be easy if you live in England though
Low Moral Fiber on 11/12/2005 at 04:14
William Gibson's "Neuromancer" and Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" being prime examples of cyberpunk, I'd say they're both well worth a read if you're into the whole System Shock thing.
Fascist on 11/12/2005 at 07:02
There's always Star Wars, if you're into that. There's enough Star wars books out there to keep you going the rest of your life.
NamelessPlayer on 13/12/2005 at 20:51
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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. It's not exactly Deus Ex or System Shock, but it's a great read. The rest of the Ender series is supposed to be just as good, though I've never read them.
Seconded. I'd finish the series if I didn't lose my recently-purchased copy of
Children of the Mind.
Treason, also by Card, is another good read. The funny thing is that, apparently, my stepdad or whoever he got all of these fantasy/sci-fi novels from liked it enough to buy BOTH the original
A Planet Called Treason and the revision with the shortened title(which I found, and therefore read, first).
Also in that novel library is
The Folk of the Fringe, but I haven't started that.
I'll also third Douglas Adams'
Increasingly Inaccurate Hitchhiker's Trilogy. I purchased the
Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide somewhat recently, and have read up to
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish(haven't started it yet).
Also in my novel library are several Asimov novels, as well as the work of various authors set in the
Battletech universe(which I was introduced to in the form of the
MechWarrior games).
If you want to expand to the realm of fantasy, there's several
Pern novels in the home novel library, none of which I've read,
The Silmarillion by the ever-so-famous Tolkien, and other myriad stories. I hope to get my own copies of the installments of the
Inheritance Trilogy soon.
So many books, so little time to read them all...same goes for games...
oudeis on 13/12/2005 at 22:06
damn, most of my recommendations have already been covered. hmmm.....
altered states- paddy chayefsky. possibly the single best science fiction novel l've ever read, and chayefsky wasn't even a sci-fi writer or techie. brilliant story and some of the best-fleshed characters l've come across in any genre.
the lathe of heaven- ursula k leguin. throw away any memories you may have of the godawful travesty that was the sci-fi channel adaptation and get this book. poetical, philosophical, and beautiful. the older and far superior pbs tv version was released on dvd a few years back.
rogue moon- algis budrys. an examination of what it truly means to be a man, unfolding as the characters test themselves against a lethal alien puzzle.
the forever war- joe haldeman. though he denies he wrote it in rebuttal to 'starship troopers', haldeman's grunt's-eye perspective of a future war thoroughly bitchslaps heinlein's simplistic fable.
the andromeda strain- probably crichton's best book and a great thriller.
let me add another voice to the acclaim for 'hyperion'. head and shoulders above virtually everything else in the genre. if you are a fan of science fiction at all you must read this book.
and if l may add a fantasy novel to the list, pick up hart's hope by orson scott card. no magic swords, no evil-from-the-ancient-past-risen-again-to-plague-the-world. a story about a king, a girl, a boy, and an infant. be warned, though; this is not a book for the overly-sensitive. l would recommend this over just about any fantasy novel l could think of.
heretic on 14/12/2005 at 00:42
"Why don't you pop out that spacesuit, and let me see those two
big, green space titties!" Astronaut Jones
Philip Jose Farmer's 'Flesh'
Piers Anthony's 'Of Man and Manta'
ZylonBane on 14/12/2005 at 01:19
Well you can't mention Philip Jose Farmer without mentioning the Riverworld books.
And then there's Larry Niven, who gave us both the K'zin (the inspiration for Wing Commander's Kilrathi), and Ringworld (the inspiration for Halo).
heretic on 14/12/2005 at 01:23
You might be thinking Philip K Dick, although Farmer may very well be Dick's Richard Bachman.
oudeis on 14/12/2005 at 01:25
venus on the half-shell by kilgore trout.
Cruster on 14/12/2005 at 02:58
Oudeis - is that an actual novel or just a clever Kurt Vonnegut reference? ;)
