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#2859024 - 09/11/09 12:40 PM Sci-Fi Novels
PanzerMeyer King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster Registered: 04/04/01 Posts: 48952 Loc: Miami, FL USA	So what would you say are your 5 favorite science fiction novels of all time? These are basically books that you've read multiple times and that have had a profound effect on you at an intellectual and/or emotional level. My list: Dune 2001: A Space Odyssey The Foundation Trilogy Dune Messiah Children of Dune _________________________ I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear is gone I will turn and face fear's path, and only I will remain.
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#2859031 - 09/11/09 12:48 PM Re: Sci-Fi Novels [Re: PanzerMeyer]
Arthonon SimHQ Member Registered: 09/28/04 Posts: 2412 Loc: California	I am ashamed to admit that I haven't read a sci-fi novel in a long time. I was pretty much a Clarke-exclusive reader toward the end, too. Rendezvous with Rama Songs of Distant Earth 2001: A Space Odyssey 2010: Odyssey 2 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Honorable mention: The original Frankenstein - it was very different and much more interesting than the movies made from it, in my opinion. _________________________ Ken Cartwright No single drop of rain feels it is responsible for the flood. http://www.techflyer.net
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#2859035 - 09/11/09 12:55 PM Re: Sci-Fi Novels [Re: Arthonon]
Pooch SimHQ Member Registered: 04/11/02 Posts: 1572 Loc: Keller, TX	A Hitchhikers Guide To The Universe. _________________________ "From our orbital vantage point, we observe an earth without borders, full of peace, beauty and magnificence, and we pray that humanity as a whole can imagine a borderless world as we see it, and strive to live as one in peace." Astronaut William C. McCool RIP, January 29, 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia
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#2859041 - 09/11/09 01:03 PM Re: Sci-Fi Novels [Re: Pooch]
Moses Overweight Gamer SimHQ Member Registered: 02/21/02 Posts: 2947 Loc: Tulsa, Ok, USA	The crystal Singer triology by Ann Macaffery _________________________ Jeff "Moses" Malone Quality Assurance Department - Beta tester moses@fighterops.com Proud Member of 195th Dambusters Virtual Squadron.
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#2859061 - 09/11/09 01:38 PM Re: Sci-Fi Novels [Re: Moses]
Raw Kryptonite XBL: Raw Kryptonite SimHQ Member Registered: 04/04/08 Posts: 826	1)Ilium --Dan Simmons 2)Olympos --Dan Simmons 3)Hyperion --Dan Simmons 4)2001 --Arthur Clarke 5)Dune --Frank Herbert Cyberpunk bonus! 6)Altered Carbon --Richard Morgan _________________________ Xbox 360 & PC •AMD Athlon 64 X2 DC 6000 •3GB PC2 5300 DDR2 •BFG GeForce GTS 250 OC, 1024MB GDDR3 •Creative SB X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro / Logitech Z-5500 •Win 7 RC 7100 / Vista Home Prem / XP Pro (who knows, varies with the wind)
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#2859109 - 09/11/09 03:45 PM Re: Sci-Fi Novels [Re: Raw Kryptonite]
sinner6 SimHQ Member Registered: 09/26/00 Posts: 2397 Loc: Burleson,TX	Pandoras Star and Judas Unchained by Peter Hamilton RK, you beat me to Altered Carbon... _________________________ gamertag-Sinner667 Turbo Target Drone
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#2859113 - 09/11/09 03:51 PM Re: Sci-Fi Novels [Re: Raw Kryptonite]
Clydewinder Zomby Woof SimHQ Member Registered: 10/09/00 Posts: 1184 Loc: New Berlin, WI United States	Agree with the Asimov & Clarke for sure, the Hitchhiker's Guide series is a given as well. Heinlein/Starship Troopers is up there too. One of my favorites however is Joe Haldeman, especially Mindbridge and the Forever War. So I had to choose 5 I guess: 1 The Forever War / Haldeman 2 Foundation / Asimov 3 Hammer of God OR Ghost from the Grand Banks/ Clarke 4 Starship Troopers / Heinlein 5 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Adams I guess as an alternate I would throw Slaughterhouse Five / Vonnegut although it's not strictly Sci-Fi by "space ships & robots" standards. _________________________ "It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. "
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#2859118 - 09/11/09 04:00 PM Re: Sci-Fi Novels [Re: Clydewinder]
Eugene SimHQ Member Registered: 09/15/04 Posts: 2040 Loc: Wyoming	Five classics - not to say more recent ones haven't had strong impacts. Philip K. Dick, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Isaac Asimov, Foundation Trilogy Frank Herbert, Dune Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination A.E. Van Vogt, Slan Honorable Mention: E.E. Doc Smith, The Lensmen series & Theodore Sturgeon, More Than Human. _________________________ Eugene CoreDuo E6850 MSI P6N 680i Diamond BFG GTX260 216 cores - OC Maxcore 55 Forceware 191.07 X-Fi Xtreme Gamer WinXP Pro 2 gig RAM Saitek X52 PRO.
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#2859122 - 09/11/09 04:08 PM Re: Sci-Fi Novels [Re: Eugene]
Alan Smithee SimHQ Member Registered: 12/28/07 Posts: 488	Iain M Banks, Consider Phlebas George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty Four Alfred Bester, The Stars My Destination Stanislaw Lem, Tales of Pirx the Pilot Iain M Banks, Use of Weapons
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#2859128 - 09/11/09 04:20 PM Re: Sci-Fi Novels [Re: Alan Smithee]
Eugene SimHQ Member Registered: 09/15/04 Posts: 2040 Loc: Wyoming	Hey, Alan - just finished Phlebas...about to start the next one in the series. _________________________ Eugene CoreDuo E6850 MSI P6N 680i Diamond BFG GTX260 216 cores - OC Maxcore 55 Forceware 191.07 X-Fi Xtreme Gamer WinXP Pro 2 gig RAM Saitek X52 PRO.
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