OT: Dear FutureKings
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FutureKingsII — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 02:18 PM)
Nice, I've read some of these.
Namely these:
Iain Banks the Culture books, the best being Use of Weapons (Most agreed)
Kim Stanley Robinson Mars books, Aurora
William Gibson Neuromancer
PKD The Man in the High Castle
Alaister Reynolds Pushing Ice
Greg Bear The Forge of God, The Anvil of Stars
Frank Herbert Dune, Heretics of Dune
Ursula K LeGuin The Dispossessed
Added the rest to my to read list, the ones that weren't there already that is. I have Robert Silverberg's Dying Inside by bed ready to read, for some reason short stories don't appeal to me in the way a novel does.
I've read a lot of PKD but I heard that Maze of Death wasn't worth the time.
How do you feel about Heinlein and Clarke? I'd have expected a couple on the list, though I suppose they lack the writing ability of some of these folks. -
SunnyWays — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 02:26 PM)
I just have a soft spot for Maze of Death, I do not know why
Clarke I enjoyed Childhoods End, Rendezvous with Rama, 2001 and 2010 (but not the other, later ones), the Fountains of Paradise
Heinlein - I always struggled with the neo-fascism, and weird and creepy old-man sex obsessions, that snuck their way into the later books. having said that, Friday is ok. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is good. -
FutureKingsII — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 02:29 PM)
2010 put me off enough not to read any of the sequels, felt so unnecessary.
Friday seemed too much like a plot-less mess. And I thought there was a bit of creepiness in there as well? Yeah, the blatant militarism does get in the way of me liking Starship Troopers. Moon and Double Star are really good in my book though. I also read See No Evil, which I'm afraid may have given me cancer. -
SunnyWays — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 02:34 PM)
yeah, Friday starts off with a ridiculous and creepy to the max scene. but I read it and mostly enjoyed it as a kid and some day will re-read it.
The Cat Who Walk Through Walls and The Number of The Beast gave me the plague. -
FutureKingsII — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 02:26 PM)
Since I love making lists, I may as well post my favorites, even if I'm not nearly as widely read in the genre.
Arthur C Clarke - Childhood's End
Joe Haldeman - The Forever War
Iain Banks - Use of Weapons, Excession
Jack Womack - Random Acts of Senseless Violence
Peter F Hamilton - Pandora's Star
Ursula K Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness
Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination
George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty Four
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game
PKD - Ubik, Flow My Tears the Policeman Said
Walter M Miller Jr - A Canticle for Leibowitz
Frank Herbert - Dune, Dune Messiah
Asimov - Foundation Series
Robert Heinlein - Double Star
Vernor Vinge - Fire Upon the Deep
Alistair Reynolds - Revelation Space
James Morrow - This Is The Way The World Ends
JG Ballard - The Drowned World -
SunnyWays — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 02:29 PM)
these are great, I had forgotten these:
Joe Haldeman - The Forever War
Jack Womack - Random Acts of Senseless Violence, Heathern, Elvissy, Terraplane
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead
Vernor Vinge - Fire Upon the Deep, A Deepness in the Sky -
FutureKingsII — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 02:36 PM)
Did Speaker for the Dead for a book club recently, wasn't really blown away. Ender's Mary Sue-ness kind of went into overdrive. And the melodrama, my god the melodrama. It was telenovela level. Did have some fairly neat ideas in-between all that though, the Piggies are a great creation.
Heathern, Elvissy, Terraplane
Looking forward to getting to these, glad to hear they're good. I understand they're a lot less grounded than "Random Acts" -
cat_fitz — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 04:14 PM)
Are you trying to steal my bestie? Just because we are currently having problems doesn't mean you can waltz in here and seduce him with you book lists, you whore!
"She hasn't even read the books" - Elliot_Alderson