Just nearing completing 2001, and am really liking it so far. Does anybody know of any other good SF books in similar veigns?
2007-05-08 22:42:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Well in the spirit of the classics (seeing as how you are just wrapping up 2001) I would recommend the big daddies of science fiction
Robert Heinlein
-The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
-Stranger in a Strange Land
-Starship Troopers
Grandmaster Heinlein has a talent for technical detail, without getting too bogged down in them as to become monotonous. Just as important to him is the human element of science fiction. He can make you care about his characters, and actually be interested in the technical doodads they happen to be dealing with.
Isaac Asimov
-The Foundation series
The Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
Foundation's edge
Foundation and Earth
-The Robot series
The Caves of Steel
The Naked Sun
The Robots of Dawn
Robots and Empire
What can be said about the man who transformed science fiction from the silly little genre about goofy robots, men in spandex, and scantily clad women, into a serious and well respected genre of writing?
Frank Herbert
-The Dune series
Dune
Dune Messiah
Children of Dune
God Emperor of Dune
Heretics of Dune
Chapterhouse Dune
The Dune series will make you re-think your life. It eschews focusing on the gobbelygook about space ships and lasers and explores human interactions, from one on one relationships, to the relationship between a God-Emperor and the millions of planets under his control. Everything from politics, to technology, to religion, is covered in the Dune series.
EDIT: Figured that I should throw the individual books in the series to help you get started
2007-05-09 03:36:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two wonderful Sci Fi authors are:
Ray Bradbury (read 'The Martian Chronicles')
and John Wyndham ('The Trouble With Lichen')
2007-05-09 00:08:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might like to try:
Robert Silverberg - Nightwings
Samuel R. Delaney - Nova
Ian Watson - God's World or Miracle Visitors
Poul Anderson - Tau Zero
2007-05-10 07:46:49 · answer #3 · answered by Huh? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2001 a space Odyssey by Arther c Clarke
2007-05-08 23:03:57 · answer #4 · answered by man123470 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ringworld series by Larry Niven are good
2007-05-08 22:50:53 · answer #5 · answered by Jon M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The New Amber Novals..By Roger Zelanzy...Its not really a newer series but if you want exciting,this is a great read...
2007-05-08 23:17:39 · answer #6 · answered by Dixie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phillip K Dick. He wrote Blade Runner, Minority Report and loads of other really good novels.
2007-05-10 09:35:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iain M. Banks
2007-05-09 00:07:08 · answer #8 · answered by booklady 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
by author's name:
Books by Gibson, plus the rest of the series by Clarke.
2007-05-08 23:49:34 · answer #9 · answered by cibugg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://home.austarnet.com.au/petersykes/topscifi/lists_books_rank1.html
2007-05-08 22:50:59 · answer #10 · answered by enchanted mermaid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋