From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Science Fiction In General... Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 21:36:19 +0900
William T Goodall wrote:
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> Poul Anderson
Read "The Boat of a Million Years"
> John Brunner
"Stand on Zanzibar"
> Lois McMaster Bujold
The entire Miles Vorkosigan Saga ("Memory" is my favorite)
> Thomas M Disch
Non-fiction: "The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of" an excellent discussion
of SF
> Philip Jose Farmer
"To Your Scattered Bodies Go"
> Frank Herbert
"Dune" (Duh!!!)
> Ursula K Le Guin
"The Telling"
> George R R Martin
His "Songs of Ice and Fire" series (When will book four be out???)
> Frederik Pohl
"Gateway" (Easily one of the best SF books ever, IMHO of course)
> Robert Silverberg
"The Alien Years
> Clifford D Simak
"Way Station"
> Neal Stephenson
"Cryptonomicon"
> Bruce Sterling
"Heavy Weather
> Walter Jon Williams
"The Rift"
> Connie Willis
"The Doomday Book"
I just picked my favorites by the authors in the list William listed. This reading list should keep you busy for a while.
George A
Thanks for the recommendations. As for Frank Herbert, I've been anxious to read the Dune series for a while; and Clifford D. Simak has crossed my mind more than once. However, as big a sc-fi buff as I am, I don't read 100% sci-fi, 100% of the time. So it'd take me a while to get that many sci-fi authors under my belt. I try to go for the creme de la creme books/series', as my many interests and time itself inhibit me somewhat from going all out on our fav genre.
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