should i even bother with sci fi

[AE35Unit]

Dont diss manga AE there are many good SF in manga. Akira is one example.

Yea but even if it is sf as most of it is,i can't watch it without laughing. Its a cartoon and cartoons are meant to be funny. Just don't like manga or anime.

 

[Urlik]

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is one of Heinlein's best
I'd also recommend Farnham's Freehold, Orphans of the Sky and The Door into Summer as others of his to check out (try your local library rather than ebay so you can read them for free )

John Brunner is another author to look for, I loved The Shockwave Rider by him.

and don't forget Arther C Clarke either. Childhood's End is a great read with some strange concepts and The Other Side of the Sky is a great collection of some of his short stories.

 

[AE35Unit]

Yes Childhood's End is a superb book!

 

[omni]

Yeh the library is definately the go, but i feel sorta embarrassed to go to the library...

 

[Pyan]

Yeh the library is definately the go, but i feel sorta embarrassed to go to the library...

Why, omni? It's used by all ages, they'll get just about any book, CD or DVD you want and it gives you the opportunity to try all sorts of books and authors for free.

 

[AE35Unit]

God i don't know what i'd do without my library!

 

[j d worthington]

Must admit I'm a little puzzled by this, myself. Though I don't use the library all that much currently, at other periods I've made several trips a week. The library has also helped me to get very rare and difficult-to-find books through their interlibrary loan service, allowing me access to an enormous amount of material that there's simply no way I'd have been able to find otherwise....

A library is an invaluable resource for any reader; the better the library,the better the resource.....

 

[Connavar]

I have sweet dreams about the library in the town i lived when i was a student in it in 2003-2004. Its SFF shelfs took half of the library's space in the first floor mmm

A good library is a beautiful thing. It has saved me so much money and made it easy to find authors new to you that you come to love reading.

 

[AE35Unit]

I have sweet dreams about the library in the town i lived when i was a student in it in 2003-2004. Its SFF shelfs was took half of the library space in the first floor mmm

A good library is a beautiful thing. It has saved me so much money and made it easy to find authors new to you that you come to love reading.

youre lucky Conn. Our library is very thin on SF. They havd a SF&F section but its mostly the F part that fills it!

 

[Connavar]

youre lucky Conn. Our library is very thin on SF. They havd a SF&F section but its mostly the F part that fills it!

I was lucky in Uppsala despite the fourth biggest city in sweden has the smallest SFF shelfs i have seen. Its only Tolkien,Rowling,Asimov,ACC thats it...

I have to order books from other library around sweden and every book cost 10 kr or like 1 £.

 

[AE35Unit]

Here its all Terry Brooks, David Gemmel wannabes. You know the type,book 3 of the towers olf Elforleather series.
Yawn

 

[Pyan]

Here its all Terry Brooks, David Gemmel wannabes. You know the type,book 3 of the towers olf Elforleather series.
Yawn

Ooh, haven't read that yet, AE - is it any good?...

 

[AE35Unit]

Ooh, haven't read that yet, AE - is it any good?...

Great if you suffer from insomnia!

 

[Urlik]

I have to order books from other library around sweden and every book cost 10 kr or like 1 £.

but even then, that isn't too bad as a new book from a shop would cost at least £5 (50 Kr) so at least you get to try new authors at a discount

I've always been a fan of my local library (the librarian was very good and would recommend new books based on previous books borrowed)

 

[Connavar]

Heh because of the shipping and the kronors weakness against the pund the cheapest paperback in bookshop is 70-80 kronor

Thats still better than paperback prise in book chain stores which is crazy enough 110-130 kr.


Although thanks to dollar getting weaker and weaker i can buy books from US as easy as those my bookshop order from UK and cheaper.

 

[DeepThought]

"...Peter F Hamiltons's Pandora's star is boring (half way through)..."

You didn't like Peter F. Hamilton? Then I assume you're not much keen on Space-Opera. Hamilton along with the two authors below are the best SF writers working in this particular sub-genre IMHO...My advice; don't give up on the sub-genre before trying the latter pair:

Iain M. Banks - Culture Novels
Alastair Reynolds - Novels set in the Revelation Space universe


Cheers, DeepThought

 

[clovis-man]

My advice; don't give up on the sub-genre before trying the latter pair:

Iain M. Banks - Culture Novels
Alastair Reynolds - Novels set in the Revelation Space universe

Couldn't agree more. Banks and Reynolds are the ne plus ultra in the field. I think that Hamilton is worthwhile also, but he does run on.

 

[Connavar]

This is my problem with famed modern SF authors. Its seems like the most famous ones are all about Space Opera and thats like my least favorit subgenre in sf.....

Arent there no modern PKD, no modern Vance not in quality,imagination but in type of story or subgenre.

The only modern SF i have tried and liked are Cyperpunk ones and frankly that isnt enough....

 

[AE35Unit]

Well Conn i would argue that Brian Aldiss is like a modern day Dick,and tho he's 82 he's still writing. Have you tried his 2007 novel HARM?

 

[Connavar]

Well Conn i would argue that Brian Aldiss is like a modern day Dick,and tho he's 82 he's still writing. Have you tried his 2007 novel HARM?

Heh i have never heard him being described as modern day Dick and thats different coming from you i have seen your dislike for PKD. Which is understandable since he is the opposite of your favorit kind of SF. Also he is older than PKD if PKD lived today

I have thought about trying Aldiss. I will find one of less famous works to read something different. I dont have interest to read his Hellicona series not these days.

Along with Greg Bear,David Brin he is on the top the list of older SF writers to try.