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Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite sci-fi books?

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Post by vivegi »

smithza wrote: post #30
vivegi wrote: post #12

All of Asimov, Philip K Dick, Jules Verne.

Asimov wrote too widely to recommend “all of him”. For an entrance into Asimov and his incredible Sci-Fi voice, check out “I, Robot” and the Robot detective series. He was really the originator of the term and popular idea “robot” and “robotics.” He would eventually turn to writing popular science to mixed results.

My intro to Asimov's work was through the short story, The Fun They Had. It was part of our English Reader at class.

After I grew up, I picked up the Robot Series and Foundation Series. I didn't find any fictional work of his to be uninteresting. So, perhaps this comes down to individual preferences.

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite sci-fi books?

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Post by rektide »

Lots of good recs about, throwing in a couple more mentions. Just finished Red Rising, which I could not put down. Kept feeling like it was on a good arch, then exceeding expectations. Looking forward to more.

Not enough Heinlein on the lost here. I'm not sure what specifically I'd recommend though.

Quantum Thief is probably some of the most imaginative & epic Sci fi I've read, engrossing world.

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite sci-fi books?

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Post by jmclnx »

roninhacker wrote: post #70
jmclnx wrote: post #49

Outside of some of the ones listed here, here are a couple of others: * Alan Dean Foster -- Call to Arms, in this case the we are the strong ones. * Hal Clement -- Nitrogen Fix, replace Nitrogen with CO2 in your head and this could be rather current :) * An obscure one I liked, but I forgot the Author and Title -- Seems Interstellar Travel could be achieved with 15th Century Tech. So Aliens landed on late 20th Centur…

"The Road Not Taken," by Harry Turtledove https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Not_Taken_(short_st...

Thank you, that is it, off to the Library :)

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite sci-fi books?

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Post by Maelcum »

Many of Philip K. Dick books and short stories, but Ubik and A Maze of Death are my favorites.

William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy (Neuromancer, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive)

Douglas N. Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Frank Herbert's Dune books

Theodore Sturgeon's More Than Human

Robert A. Heinlein - Citizen of the Galaxy

Robert Charles Wilson's Spin trilogy

Frederik Pohl's Heechee books

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