I am looking for a recommendation for my next sci-fi read. My favorite authors include Orson Scott Card and Vernor Vinge. I prefer books of the series nature but a strong stand-alone story will work also. So if you have a recommendation for these tastes please let me know! Thanks!
2006-09-17 13:52:35 · 9 answers · asked by Pham 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
PS - Specific book/series titles would be appreciated! Ty
2006-09-17 14:27:42 · update #1
Sorry, if your not familiar with the authors I noted. I tend to lean towards the hard science genre vs the fantasy side. :)
2006-09-17 17:22:46 · update #2
I haven't found anyone to blow me away like OSC. Haven't tried V V, so I'll check that out. Thank YOU!
Try:
Forever series -- Joe Haldeman
Revelation Space and sequels -- Alastair Reynolds
Dune -- Frank Herbert
Isaac Asimov
Ray Bradbury
2006-09-18 19:45:42 · answer #1 · answered by jessc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anne McCaffrey is a fantstic author. She wrote the Pern series about dragons who choose partners and they talk to each other from mind to mind. They can move through time and space in three seconds.
Titles are:
Dragonflight
Dragonquest
Dragonsong
Dragonsinger; Harper of Pern
The white dragon
Dragondrums
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
Nertilka's story & The Coelura
Dragonsdawn
The renegades of Pern
All the weyrs of Pern
The chronicles of Pern; The first fall
The dolphins of Pern
Red star rising; The second chronicles of Pern(Dragonseye in the US)
The masterharper of Pern
The skies of Pern
Also her Crystal singer series. Based on a woman Named Killashandra who is a music student who spends her life training to be a soloist but her dreams get crushed and through circumstances best read about becomes a crystal singer. This profession is so feared in the universe that any information about it and the planet it is performed on is deeply classified.
Titles are;
The crystal singer
Killashandra
Crystal line
She also wrote a series called the tower and the hive. Telekinesis based. Top series also These people live on landing platforms and their minds reach out like radar and sense objects coming and assists objects leaving.
Titles are:
The Rowan
Damia
Damia's children
Lyon's pride
The tower and the hive
There are tonnes of books written by this special lady I hope if you choose to read some or all of these I have mentioned that you might read her other stories. There is another favourite I have. I am partial to her B&B's Brain and brawn ships. You will read some about them in the Crystal singer series but The ship who sang was about the ship everyone idolised, Helva. It is an individual title but well worth a look so you can appreciate the mentions in the Crystal singer series.
I hope sincerely that you read Anne McCaffrey. For a complete anthology of what she has published visit her site.
http://www.annemccaffrey.net/books/index.html
2006-09-17 17:17:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My suggestion would be The Books Of The New Sun by Gene Wolfe. There are 4 voulmes. The Shadow of the Torturer The Claw of the Conciliator The Sword of the Lictor The Citadel of the Autarch. There was a fifth book, The Urth of the New Sun, but it is merely an add on and not really necessary. These lean a little bit towards fantasy, but they are well written and very dark and include many things you find in ordinary sci-fi.
2016-03-27 06:27:22 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Terry Pratchett is more fantasy, but still kicks butt. I just pick up two of his books today... The Dark Side Of The Sun, and Hogfather.
If you want a good Sci-fi, I would suggest...
*Map Of Bones, by James Rollins, (I gather his other books are good too, but haven't read any other books of his yet).
Robert J. Sawyer has some good works.
Of course there are classics, like Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, and Starwars.
There are also the Firefly books. I have not read any, or picked any up, but I REALLY liked the show, so the books should be better.
*James Rollins is listed as plain fiction, but he weaves science, and technology into his stories.*
CyberNara
2006-09-17 15:19:55 · answer #4 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Piers Anthony
Robert Heinlein
Spider Robinson
Terry Pratchett
Phillip K Dick
Anne McCaffrey
2006-09-17 14:25:00 · answer #5 · answered by theobromo77 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
King Fortis the Brave
2006-09-19 10:54:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magic Men by W. Korol Selley
2006-09-18 11:32:24 · answer #7 · answered by Call Me Babs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't go wrong with King Fortis the Brave or Harry Potter!
2006-09-19 02:23:10 · answer #8 · answered by Caveman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever read any Peirs Anthony!? Or if you'd like to brach out - William Gibson is great! - and Octavia Butler as well.
2006-09-17 14:08:10 · answer #9 · answered by Ralph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋