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Well I think the title says it all.
I really enjoy Sci-Fi novels, I've just finished reading Neuromancer and I need to start a new one.
My favourite ones are more in the dystopian category: "1984", "Fahrenheit 451", "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", etc... I don't like alien evasions or that type of story.
Does anyone have any favourite novels/authors?
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I recommend Alastair Reynold's "Revelation Space", "Chasm City" and "Redemption Ark". I also much enjoyed Dan Simmon's "Hyperion".
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Find a store that sells used books and try and find sci-fi books that were written in the forties through to the seventies.Originally Posted by Random_Dude
Well I think the title says it all.
I really enjoy Sci-Fi novels, I've just finished reading Neuromancer and I need to start a new one.
My favourite ones are more in the dystopian category: "1984", "Fahrenheit 451", "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", etc... I don't like alien evasions or that type of story.
Does anyone have any favourite novels/authors?
Cheers
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Some of my favorites:
Accelerando and Glasshouse by Charles Stross
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Gateway by Frederik Pohl
Non-stop by Brian Aldiss
Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
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The day of Triffids -> John Wyndham
Martian Chronicles -> Ray Bradbury
The illustrated man -> Ray Bradbury
The space merchants -> Frederik Pohl
Gateway -> Frederik Pohl (this one is just amazing)
The Word of World is Forest -> Ursula K. Le Guin
Hope this helps...
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I'm always suprised about how many Hyperion fans there are. The 1st bookwas great, but it all went downhill IMO.
For something a little different (prossibly not quite the OPs taste) try "The Anubis Gates" by Tim Powers.
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Strangely enough the fall of hyperion was my favorite out of that entire series. I wouldn't consider myself a fan of the series but it was pretty good. Now for the OP if you like dystopian sci-fi stories then you might want to check out the gap cycle.
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I highly recommend Peter F Hamilton's Nights Dawn Trilogy
*The Reality Dysfunction
*The Neutronium Alchemist
*The Naked God
These books are about 1200 pages each but are real page turners
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