AFarewellToHemispheres Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I'm a big Sci-fi fan but haven't really read that much. I recently finished reading the Man in the High Castle. Ones I've been meaning to read are Aldous Huxley's Brave New Wold, more PKD stuff such as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ( as I'm a big Blade Runner fan) and some of his short stories, 1984 by George Orwell, the Time Machine and War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells and some others. Can anybody recommend some good ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalyticalEngine Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I read the Dune series when I was younger, and remember loving it, so I'm giving it a reread, maybe I'll come across some more mature themes and motifs, instead of gawking at the massive sandworms in my head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 the only good dune book is the first one I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I'm a big Sci-fi fan but haven't really read that much. I recently finished reading the Man in the High Castle. Ones I've been meaning to read are Aldous Huxley's Brave New Wold, more PKD stuff such as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ( as I'm a big Blade Runner fan) and some of his short stories, 1984 by George Orwell, the Time Machine and War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells and some others. Can anybody recommend some good ones? asimov, heinlein, clarke, ender's game, dune, hyperion, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFarewellToHemispheres Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Just started Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? On Chapter Three currently but very good first impressions. It seems very different to Blade Runner but that's fine. Picked it up at the weekend from hmv for £3 which was great along with Huxley's Brave New World for £2 which was a bargain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Huxley's Brave New World is excellent. I taught that to my seniors once upon a time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derxst Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card They have made a movie of this. It's due out later this year. I saw a preview for it last time I was at the theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 (edited) "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card They have made a movie of this. It's due out later this year. I saw a preview for it last time I was at the theater. I will definitely not be seeing this after learning what I have about Orson Scott Card - don't want to get into it here, but you can read up more about if you're interested. I actually read Ender's Game and a sequel or two prior to that knowledge. I guess I liked them at the time, but I remember absolutely NOTHING about them, so they couldn't have been that great. Anyway, it's definitely worthy of being boycotted. Edited May 13, 2013 by rushgoober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 the only good dune book is the first one I think When I was much younger I read the first three and about half of the 4th one. My memory of it was the first one was amazing, one of the best sci-fi books ever, but each successive book got weaker and weaker, to the point that I couldn't even make it through the 4th book. There's the temptation after reading the first ones to keep going, but there are distinct diminishing returns if you do so. IMHO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 yes, dune messiah sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 just pirate the ender's game movie if you wanna see it, don't give card any money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 not that it should've been made into a movie anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFarewellToHemispheres Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Has anybody here read We by Yevgeny Zamyatin? If so, is it any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 not that it should've been made into a movie anyway I kind of agree with this. I hate to see any money going his way, though I would like to see what they do with the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willowroolz Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Ken Grimwood - Replay Great call - Replay is one of my all-time favourites. I'm also just re-reading another favourite, A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. Some of my other favourites: Practically anything by Neal Asher or Alastair ReynoldsDune - Frank HerbertHyperion - Dan SimmonsThe Forever War - Joe HaldemanThe Stars My Destination - Alfred BesterThe Anubis Gates - Tim PowersI Am Legend - Richard MathesonThe Kraken Wakes/The Day of the Triffids/The Midwich Cuckoos - John WyndhamThe Time Machine/The Island of Doctor Moreau/The War of the Worlds - H. G. WellsThe Night's Dawn Trilogy - Peter F. HamiltonFeersum Endjinn/The Player of Games/The Algebraist/Against A Dark Background/Use of Weapons - Iain M. BanksVoyage - Stephen BaxterThe Milkweed Tryptich - Ian TregillisLord of Light - Roger Zelazny I'm sure I'll come up with loads more after I post this . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 not that it should've been made into a movie anyway I kind of agree with this. I hate to see any money going his way, though I would like to see what they do with the story. any story that was intentionally written without visual descriptions like colors and the like so that it would seem more like it "belonged" to the reader that gets made into a movie is likely gonna piss someone off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Ken Grimwood - Replay Great call - Replay is one of my all-time favourites. It's a dangerous book to have around. Whenever I pass by it and decide to pick it up, you know, just to hold it or something, before I know it I'm on page 70... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 The Man in the High Castle...Philip K. Dick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFarewellToHemispheres Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Just started Brave New World. So far, so fantastic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Just started Brave New World. So far, so fantastic.I actually just bought a copy of this book today from a thrift shop. Probably going to start it later this week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13517455-reboot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boots Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Two weeks ago, I was in a Ray Bradbury mood-- Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 good ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Currently rereading Heinleins last novel, To Sail Beyond the Sunset. Awesome book. Also rereading Jingo, by Terry Pratchett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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