[Stargazer_2098]

Well; we have an thread about the hottest woman on the planet, so why not have a thread about the best sci-fi books at this part of the galaxy?
I cant remember if I have posted a thread like this before here (I did post one at the Volition Watch forum for a year ago, but its gone now).

Here's my own top 10 favourite books (listed in no peculiar order) :

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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman


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TimeScape by Gregory Benford


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Dune by Frank Herbert


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Footfall by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle


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Ringworld by Larry Niven


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The RAMA-series by Arthur C. Clarke


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The Space-Odyssey series by Arthur C. Clarke (the books are far better then the movies).


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Enders Game by Orson Scott Card.



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Tough I am tempted to post The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien, this would be a voilation of my own topic, since its about sci-fi books, not fantasy.:wink:


How about you others?
What are your favourite sci-fi books and novels?


Stargazer.

[an0n]

WhereTF are Time Machine and War Of The Worlds?!?!?!

*kills Stargazer*

[Stargazer_2098]

Originally posted by an0n
WhereTF are Time Machine and War Of The Worlds?!?!?!

*kills Stargazer*

*Rises from the dead*

I havn't read them yet, but I will soon.


Stargazer.

[Styxx]

I just finished reading Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion, two damn good books. Foundation and Foundation and Empire are also very good, as are the Culture books.

[Thor]

All five parts of the Hitch Hikers trilogy:D

[Corsair]

mmmmmmm Hitchhiker! I've only read the first one, but damn if that wasn't amazing!

And Ender's Game rules! Plus Ender's shadow and Shadow of the Hegemon...

[ShadowWolf_IH]

The Starfist series.  Very cool books.

[Stryke 9]

Forever War was terrible. And Dune was less a novel than an encyclopedia.

You forget Gibson's cyberspace trilogies, everything Poul Anderson ever wrote, The Green Hills of Earth... hell, what of the classics DID you mention? I guess Rama and 2001 count, but other than that...

[Kamikaze]

Dirk Gently books are pretty good as well, although I still like the HHGTTG better A good series is Peter F Hamilton's Reality Disfunction books... usually called the night's dawn series


some pictures of Reality Disfunction and series:

[Kamikaze]

Originally posted by Stryke 9
Forever War was terrible.  

though I never read forever war, joe haldeman's sequel and his alternate universe (well, kind of) story both sucked.... the latter had too much needless sex...

[Grey Wolf]

I like the HHGTTG, the Honor Harrington books (relatavistic speeds, 1337 torpedoes, and massive battles that don't suffer from BoE syndrome), and the short stories written by Gordon R. Dickson. Can't believe no one mentioned him yet.....

[Sandwich]

• The Conquerors Trilogy (Conquerors' Pride, Conquerors' Heritage, Conquerors' Legacy) by Timothy Zahn
  
• Slan, Players of Null-A, Pawns of Null-A by A. E. van Vogt
  
• The Empyrion Duology (The Search for Fierra, The Siege of Dome) by Stephen Lawhead
  
• The Thrawn Trilogy (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last COmmand) by Timothy Zahn
  

outstanding Star Trek books:

• Vendetta by Peter David (great author in general)
  
• My Enemy, My Ally by Diane Duane
  
• Prime Directive by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
  
• Probe and Strangers from the Sky by Margaret Wander Bonanno
  
• Chain of Attack and The Final Nexus (they both go together) by Gene DeWeese
  

[Stargazer_2098]

I forgot some books:

The Gateway Series was also very good (tough the first book had a little to much useless sexual content in it, the entire series and their plot was highly enjoyable).


Stargazer.

[Kazashi]

My favourites are the Lensman series, though so far I've only been able to find up to Grey Lensman, Arthur C. Clarke's The Deep Range, and a whole bunch of books of short stories from various authors whose names escape me.

And I do agree with sandwich that Peter David's a great author in general, though I think I liked Diane Carey's novels better

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Kazashi
And I do agree with sandwich that Peter David's a great author in general, though I think I liked Diane Carey's novels better

How could I have forgotten?

[CP5670]

The Foundation and Rama series are definitely among my all-time favorites. Dune was quite interesting but seemed somewhat implausible to me, and I have yet to read the 2001 books but want to do so sometime soon.

I would also like to add some of the older "classic" science fiction novels to this:

The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
20000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)