Please recommend any interesting science fictions titles or authors.
2006-10-13 16:31:16 · 8 answers · asked by LJ 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
You might want to add your age or approximate reading level to the question. Also, do you prefer stories that lean toward space opera (Star Wars) or thought pieces?
Here are some titles I like:
Ender's Game - Scott Card
The Gold Bug Variations - Richard Powers
The Light of Other Days - Baxter and Clarke
Neuromancer - Gibson
The Diamond Age - Stephenson
Elixir - Braver
Aloha
2006-10-13 16:38:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't be afraid of the earlier classics; they're a good education and everything newer evolved from them.
Jules Verne. (Predicted everything, pretty much.)
H.G. Wells.(Predicted lots)
---More modern:
Heinlein.
Phillip K Dick.
Larry Niven.
Asimov.
Clarke (predicted communication satellites.)
and yes, though he won't admit it, Kurt Vonnegut (Sirens of Titan is a classic.)
Phillip Jose Farmer (Venus on a Half-Shell by Kilgore Trout -- another classic. Hilarious.)
The genre is RICH! But the best of science fiction, which differentiates it from fantasy and shoot-em-up, is that REAL science fiction deals with the Human Condition as it is influenced by technology. In that sense it's a very serious study. Re: Metropolis, by Thea Von Harbou. Hubby made it into a movie that has been copied by every sci-fi movie maker ever since...
Have fun and happy adventures. And don't ignore the unknown pulp...as in the case of Phillip K. Dick, yonder beggar may be king...
2006-10-13 23:52:59 · answer #2 · answered by Boomer Wisdom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen Baxter, Jack McDevitt, and Gregory Benford are excellent science fiction authors.
2006-10-13 23:37:43 · answer #3 · answered by extton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Martian Chronicles-Ray Bradbury
Dune/Dune Messiah/Children Of Dune/God Emperor Of Dune/Heretics of Dune/Chapterhouse Dune-Frank Herbert
War Of The Worlds-H.G. Wells
Those are my favorites anyway.
2006-10-13 23:42:51 · answer #4 · answered by synchronicity915 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isaac Asimov
2006-10-13 23:53:09 · answer #5 · answered by Judy H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try www.baen.com
They have a free library where you can download books for free. I'm partial to the Honor Harrington series, and the Belisarius series. If you haven't read Asimov and Heinlein, you should put them on your list.
2006-10-14 00:59:53 · answer #6 · answered by tyrsson58 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The seven senses written by sivashanmugam
2006-10-14 02:09:58 · answer #7 · answered by The Knowledge Server 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start with the abc's of science fiction
asimov
bradbury
clarke
2006-10-13 23:38:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋