I personally like J.G. Ballard's writing. I'd like some recommendations of well written sf
2007-01-11 01:56:07 · 28 answers · asked by Damian K 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, it's marvellous!
2007-01-11 02:16:45 · answer #1 · answered by Tuppence 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Frank Herbert's Dune, and other works. Ursula K Leguins Left Hand of Darkness, anything by Heinlein. William Gibson is awsome. Asimov, obviously. Anne Mccaffrey is good, but on the light side. Also check out a series called The Ring of Fire (can't remember author) it's not sci-fi in the strictest sense, but it is very amusing, about a modern WV town transported back to the 30yrs war in germany. And oh yeah definatly PHillip K Dick.
2007-01-11 10:01:16 · answer #2 · answered by Rishathra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not familiar w. Ballard, so I don't know what you might personally like.
My personal favorites would be "Dune" by Frank Herbert, "Steel Beach" and "Titan" by John Varley, "I Robot" by Asimov, "War of the Worlds" of course, "Slaughterhouse IV" by Vonnegut, "Fall of Angels" by L.E. Modesitt, "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card "The Time Traveller's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger, and "Icerigger" by Alan Dean Foster (Foster's books are mostly just fun romps).
A lot of these have already been mentioned, I know. I would say the Gene Wolfe is definitely not for everybody. I would say the L.Ron Hubbards sci fi is for noone with any taste.
2007-01-13 00:30:10 · answer #3 · answered by maxdwolf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always liked The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. I also like the works of Timothy Zahn and if you want Sci-Fi comedy, you can't beat The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books by Douglas Addams.
2007-01-11 10:01:43 · answer #4 · answered by rahkokwee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pierre Boule, Planet of the Apes. Originally written in French in 1963 it has twice been made into a movie. Slightly pessimistic but quite insightful.
2007-01-11 13:30:31 · answer #5 · answered by N. SWEET 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Several acknowledged classics are:
'Last and First Men' and 'Star Maker', both by Olaf Stapledon
'Nova' by Samuel R. Delaney
'Dune' by Frank Herbert
'Nightwings' by Robert Silverberg
'The Book of the New Sun' tetralogy by Gene Wolfe
2007-01-11 12:46:13 · answer #6 · answered by Huh? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try Doris Lessing's science fiction, it starts from the viewpoint that the Earth and Humans are an experiment carried out by huge aliens that know everything. Hugely clever references to why certain religions started and witty responses to how certain myths and legends started.
2007-01-13 11:42:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Artur c Clarke's 2001 a space Odyssey
2007-01-11 16:16:29 · answer #8 · answered by dottydog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
War Of The Worlds........by HG Wells
anything by him, The Time Machine, The Island Of Dr. Moreau.
2007-01-11 09:59:45 · answer #9 · answered by Not_Here 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Time Machine. Can't remember the author but it had a great impression on me as a child and set me wondering about all sort of possibilities in this universe. Your imagination is your limit...
2007-01-11 10:02:37 · answer #10 · answered by zymzyv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the first collection of Theodore Sturgeon short-stories. Brilliant. But Heinlein is the master!
2007-01-12 14:07:18 · answer #11 · answered by duckee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋