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Person and Time
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Can't go wrong with Star Trek. Lots of science, and as of this moment, upwards of 400 to choose from. Start with Peter David's "Vendetta". |
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Trekmaster47
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Apr 26, 2008
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How about some classics? Books that started it all, like War of the Worlds and Journey to the Center of the Earth and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, the Martian Chronicles, Starship Troopers. If you are hungry for meaning, start with Fahrenheit 451 or Brave New World. They are set in the future, possibilities that we are not so far from, really. |
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catahoula
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Apr 28, 2008
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R.U.R. by Capek, may be boring but a good place to start since it's were the name robot started (also pretty short written like a play). The Forever War by Haldeman was pretty good, very similar to starship troopers if you saw that movie. Methuselah's Children by Heinlein would be the book I recommend the most- nice length, great characters and overall just good. |
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Ragu o Ragula
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Apr 28, 2008
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Ooh forgot two others that stuck out. Ubik by Philip K. Dick, and Odd John by Olaf Stapledon. My friends who like sci-fi for some odd reason didn't like Odd John at all and stopped reading it halfway through. I didn't really like how it ended but other than that it was a good book. |
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Ragu o Ragula
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Apr 28, 2008
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Ender's Game -Orson Scott Card (1985) |
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Psygnosis
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May 2, 2008
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Geez Rags, ya think a guy with such good taste would wade into Books every now and then just to keep us on our toes :) |
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catahoula
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May 5, 2008
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Well I don't read books that often and when I do they are mainly only Sci-Fi books that people have recommended or I thought looked like it would be interesting. Because of that don't really see myself as a book reader and therefore don't head over to the books forum at all :P |
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Ragu o Ragula
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May 5, 2008
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ok then. A suggestion to the both of you: William Gibson His Neuromancer is the first time the word cyberspace is used. His newest is Pattern Recognition, which Scott Westerfeld borrowed heavily from for So Yesterday. I'm surprised he isn't being sued :P In between those is Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive, those go with Neuromancer. Burning Chrome is a collection of short stories, one of which is Johnny Mnemonic. |
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catahoula
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May 6, 2008
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And as far as Johnny Mnemonic is concerned, stick with the book. |
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Trekmaster47
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May 6, 2008
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