sci-fi books

[flycatchr]

I was given two boxes of sci fi books, (not fantasy AFAIK). if you guys know of any good authors that you would like to read, i will search - IE i took the boxes with the intention of giving/lending to anyone who wants. so post your fav author.

I will go through them soon and make a list.

[SoSheOhPathix]

Isaac Asimov
Orson Scott Card
L. Ron Hubbard (Not Dianetics... I already have that)
Stephen King (Especially 'The Bachman Books' containing 'The Long Walk' and 'Running Man'. Read that in the weather force and it was brilliant)

If you have any of the 'Ender's Game' books, I'll buy them off you.

[Paul]

If you have any of the 'Ender's Game' books, I'll buy them off you.


I have an Enders game book, I don't know what one, my boet gave it to me. I haven't read it yet but he said it is very good

[flycatchr]

Isaac Asimov
Orson Scott Card
L. Ron Hubbard (Not Dianetics... I already have that)
Stephen King (Especially 'The Bachman Books' containing 'The Long Walk' and 'Running Man'. Read that in the weather force and it was brilliant)

If you have any of the 'Ender's Game' books, I'll buy them off you.

asimov was my fav :)
thanks for those other names, i will look out for them this weekend

[flycatchr]

I have collated all the books - so if anyone wants one/set please let me know.
no asimov, hubbard or king :(


surname name title
Allen Roger Macbride Orphan of creation

Baxter Stephen space
Baxter Stephen Time
Baxter Stephen Anti-Ice


Farris John Solar eclipse


Levy Roger Reckless sleep


Malzberg Barry The sodom and gomorrah business
Mcauley Paul Pasquale's angel
Mcauley Paul Eternal light
Mcauley Paul Red dust
Mcauley Paul The secret of life
Mckinney Jack Hostile takeover
Mckinney Jack event horizon
Mckinney Jack artifact of the system
Mcdevitt Jack The engines of god
Mcdevitt Jack A talent for war
Mcdevitt Jack Ancient shores
Mitchell Kirk Cry republic


Niven, Pournelle and Flynn Fallen angels
Niven and Barnes Larry and Steven Dream Park


Reed Robert Marrow
Reyolds Alistair Century rain
Robinson Kim Stanley Red Mars
Robinson Kim Stanley Blue mars
Robinson Kim Stanley Green mars
Robinson Kim Stanley the wild shore
Robinson Spider Mind Killer
Roberts Keith The grain kings
Rowley Christopher Golden Sunlands
Rowley Christopher The Vang
Rowley Christopher To a highland nation
Russo Richard Paul Inner eclipse
Ryman Geoff The child garden



Sawyer Robert J. End of an era
Sheckley robert Store of infinity
Shefield Charles The mind pool
Shefield Charles Sight of proteus
Shefield Charles The web between the worlds
Silverberg Robert In another country
Simak Clifford time and again
Simak Clifford Way station
Simmons Dan the rise of endymion
Simmons Dan the fall of hyperion
Sladek John Alien accounts
Sladek John Roderick
Spinrad Norman The void captain's tale
Spinrad Norman Songs from the stars
Stephenson Neal Cryptonomicon
Sterling Bruce islands in the net
Sterling Bruce Involution ocean
Swanwick Michael Stations of the tide


van Vogt A.E. The Book of Ptath
van Vogt A.E. the war against the rull
van Vogt A.E. the weopon shops of isher
van Vogt A.E. planets for sale
Varley John wizard
Vinge Vernor The witling
Vinge Vernor A deepness in the sky
Vinge Vernor the peace war
Vinge Vernor marooned in real time
Vonnegut jr. Kurt welcome to the monkey house


Watson Ian God's world
Watson Ian alien embassy
Watson Ian the very slow time machine
Watson Ian the flies of memory
Watson Ian the Martian inca
Wilson Robert charles Darwinia
Wilson Robert charles mysterium
Wilson Robert charles gypsies
Wilson Robert charles tha harvest
Wilson Robert charles hidden place
Wilson Robert charles the bridge of years
Wilson Robert charles divide
willis connie passage
Wolfe Gene Castleview
Wolfe Gene there are doors


Zelanzy Roger this imortal
Zelanzy Roger doorways in the sand
Zelanzy Roger isle of the dead
Zelanzy and Sheckley bring me the head of prince charming
Zelanzy and saberhagen Coils

[gr@v1ty]

Thanks Fly :) Good list there. Perhaps I could come past and pick up the "Mars" series?

Here's a write-up found on http://bluesuncorp.co.uk/article/top-ten-science-fiction-novels




Red Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson

Robinson’s Mars trilogy consists of Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars. It describes the colonisation of the planet by humans and their efforts to terraform it over a period of some centuries.

It’s pretty much pure “Hard” SF, in that it’s very firmly based on the scientific knowledge we have at present (no FTL, no aliens, no as yet undiscovered laws of physics). On the other hand, his characters are well developed and he has a feel for alien landscapes combined with a sense of the sheer awe and wonder of actually being on another world.

Robinson interestingly bypasses the story of the first man on Mars, deciding instead to devote a long section at the start of Red Mars to describing the months long voyage of the first 100 explorers and settlers, sent there on a one way trip.

The story continues to describe how the initial camps then settlements are established, how air and water are imported over time via asteroids, how settlement from earth increases and new communities are established, how anti terraforming eco-terrorist resistance movements emerge, how a space elevator to Phobos is built, how conflict with the home planet Earth develops, and much more.

Excellent storytelling, firmly grounded in real science and real ideas. Groups throughout the world are already planning a lot of these ideas for potential Mars missions. Robinson researched a lot of this work by spending time in research stations in Antarctica, and it clearly paid off, resulting in the sense of realism he achieved here.

Marvelous books.



Other books on the list recommended by Amazon...
Dan Simmons - Hyperion ..."absolutely incredible stuff"
Vernor Vinge - A deepness in the sky ..."prequel to Vinge's Epic yarn"

[flycatchr]

anytime grav, let me know