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#2859024 - 09/11/09 12:40 PM Sci-Fi Novels
PanzerMeyer Albatros pilot for the Kaiser King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster Registered: 04/04/01 Posts: 72133 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 aim to misbehave.
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#2859031 - 09/11/09 12:48 PM Re: Sci-Fi Novels [Re: PanzerMeyer]
Arthonon Air Combat & General Aviation Editor Hotshot Registered: 09/28/04 Posts: 5480 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 Senior Member Registered: 04/11/02 Posts: 3132 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 I have a Rather Large Senior Member Registered: 02/21/02 Posts: 3966 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 Beat the Kobayashi Maru Hotshot Registered: 04/04/08 Posts: 7067 Loc: MS	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 _________________________ •XBL/Xfire: Raw Kryptonite •Logitech G27 Nixim •360 Wheel •AMD FX-4170 •Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 •16 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz PC3-12800 •MSI 990FXA-GD65 Mobo •X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro/Logitech Z-5500 •Win 7 64
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#2859109 - 09/11/09 03:45 PM Re: Sci-Fi Novels [Re: Raw Kryptonite]
sinner6 Senior Member Registered: 09/26/00 Posts: 2673 Loc: Burleson,TX	Pandoras Star and Judas Unchained by Peter Hamilton RK, you beat me to Altered Carbon... _________________________ Truth does not need us to talk about it to be True. We simply need to open our eyes and see, open our ears and listen.
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#2859113 - 09/11/09 03:51 PM Re: Sci-Fi Novels [Re: Raw Kryptonite]
Clydewinder Mach 2 Infrared Orangutan Senior Member Registered: 10/09/00 Posts: 3195 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. _________________________ "Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions." -Friedman "Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone." -Rand
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#2859118 - 09/11/09 04:00 PM Re: Sci-Fi Novels [Re: Clydewinder]
Eugene Senior Member Registered: 09/15/04 Posts: 4333 Loc: Oregon	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 N460 GTX Cyclone 1GD5 OC Forceware 285.58 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 Member Registered: 12/28/07 Posts: 493	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 Senior Member Registered: 09/15/04 Posts: 4333 Loc: Oregon	Hey, Alan - just finished Phlebas...about to start the next one in the series. _________________________ Eugene CoreDuo E6850 MSI P6N 680i Diamond BFG N460 GTX Cyclone 1GD5 OC Forceware 285.58 X-Fi Xtreme Gamer WinXP Pro 2 gig RAM Saitek X52 PRO.
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