Reading this at the moment. If you like a good old fashioned space-opera + hard sci-fi, this is your cup of tea!

http://www.amazon.com/Leviathan-Wakes-Expanse-James-Corey/dp/0316129089

nice! thanks for the recommendation.

I really dig the space operas. I know of Alastair Reynolds and Paul Mcauley(sp) (and now James Corey) so if you have any other authors or books to recommend in this genre do post!

I enjoyed Pandora's Star by Peter Hamilton, and it's sequel

Read this recently and loved it.

Would be quite the challenge to turn it into a film.

Yes thanks for the reccommnedation. I used to love reading Sci-fi and some how got out of the habit ( which pretty much goes for reading novels in general ).

So I thought this sounds right up my street, went to try and download the ibook version and for some reason they wont sell it to me as I live in the UK???

Some much for the global internet!


EDIT ** Ha, must have been being extra dopey last night, just went into ibooks and downloaded it straight away, thanks!**

Have a look at Stephen Sweeney too his tales are quite good, A Knights Tale is the start of a good series and I'm eagerly awaiting the 3rd book.
A Knights Tale is available as a free kindle book

I read this trilogy awhile back, very much in the classic style...

http://www.amazon.com/Prodigal-Sun-Everg...9369&sr=1-1

I really enjoyed Leviathan Wakes a few months back when I read it, and will definitely pick up book 2 as soon as it's out.

Finished last night, couldn't put it down.

This is the comment I like to hear about a book!

Our library has ~20 copies so I put in a hold request for one book.

I finished "Eternal Light" by McCauley and was a bit underwhelmed and almost felt like giving it up a few times. I think this is one of his earlier works? The story really drags in a few places and could have been 100 pages shorter to be more taut and clean. However, I love his way out ideas of future space, aliens, human-machine interfacing, etc. I also enjoy that McCauley has strong and believable women characters leading this story (I have only read 3 books by McCauley but they all follow this approach). Personally, i would not recommend his "Eternal Light" book, but I do recommend reading "The Quiet War" and "Gardens of the Sun."