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Hiro Case

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43. a few of my favorites

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Apr 27, 2015, 08:56 AM

Apr 2015

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (In fact anything by Neal is fun)
Doughnut by Tom Holt (reminds me of Hitchhikers)
Short story anthologies - The Years Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois currently on its 31st year.
If you like classic sci-fi I recommend the anthology Adventures in Time and Space originally published in 1946.

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Looking for a good science fiction book. [View all] RandySF Apr 2015 OP

The Truth Machine ret5hd Apr 2015 #1

The Time Cellar by our own DFW! annabanana Apr 2015 #2

The Foundation Trilogy. Asimov Lochloosa Apr 2015 #3

The Last Policeman Trilogy by Ben H. Winters. antiquie Apr 2015 #4

What type of Science fiction? dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #5

I know Neal sharp_stick Apr 2015 #8

I am gonna have to read them just to keep family peace. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #11

Try Snowcrash sharp_stick Apr 2015 #12

I don't know Neal but I, too, will hype his stuff to the end of the Earth antiquie Apr 2015 #9

Fun, fairly new space opera sharp_stick Apr 2015 #6

Earth Abides by George R. Stewart Brother Buzz Apr 2015 #7

Stewart also did Ordeal By Hunger Special Prosciuto Apr 2015 #16

An excellent choice! One of my all-time favorites! lastlib Apr 2015 #18

A few suggestions, all classics-- First Speaker Apr 2015 #10

"Alas, Babylon" by Pat Frank (nt) Paladin Apr 2015 #13

good one!! lastlib Apr 2015 #19

consider phlebas Bosonic Apr 2015 #14

I was going to suggest Banks as well. cemaphonic Apr 2015 #22

Ditto on that. Player of Games preceded Consider Phlebas ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2015 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author eppur_se_muova Apr 2015 #30

Have you read his non-sf stuff? cemaphonic Apr 2015 #38

The Ship Who Sang - McCaffrey HeiressofBickworth Apr 2015 #15

McCaffrey did a whole series on the ships that sang hankthecrank Apr 2015 #33

Any book by Ray Bradbury is worth reading. n/t RebelOne Apr 2015 #17

Riverworld series, Philip Jose Farmer. hay rick Apr 2015 #20

Arthur C. Clarke lastlib Apr 2015 #21

And his short stories sarge43 Apr 2015 #37

Gene Wolfe is great cemaphonic Apr 2015 #23

I was blown away by the Travis Chase series by Patrick Lee. Dr. Strange Apr 2015 #24

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was pretty good. Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #25

Best in the audio book version with Douglas Adams reading. longship Apr 2015 #45

A Canticle for Liebowitz. n/t murielm99 Apr 2015 #26

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick CBGLuthier Apr 2015 #27

Joshua Son of None............ mrmpa Apr 2015 #28

Alastair Reynolds -- all four books in the Revelation Space trilogy eppur_se_muova Apr 2015 #31

Anything without "Ender" in the title is probably OK. nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2015 #32

Samuel R. Delany's Nova Prisoner_Number_Six Apr 2015 #34

Kovacs series by Richard K. Morgan Paulie Apr 2015 #35

RandySF, I love the books by the writing team Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #36

Here's one I liked; Dyedinthewoolliberal Apr 2015 #39

The acceptance of reality is the best of science and fiction to be disproven seveneyes Apr 2015 #40

Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax Series #1, 2, 3) OxQQme Apr 2015 #41

VALIS....and anything else by P.K. Dick. PassingFair Apr 2015 #42

a few of my favorites Hiro Case Apr 2015 #43

The Martian, by Andy Weir. longship Apr 2015 #44

Ursula K LeGuin is my favorite science fiction author oldandhappy Apr 2015 #46