Science Fiction Recommendations!

[LordOfWizards]

I just replied to the first of those after reading it. It's very common for people to resurrect an old thread, but it is responsible to read at least some of it first.

If you don't "feel" like reading old threads, I can start one. How about "Free will and consciousness - What are they?" I am open for a better title if you can think of one.

 

[CrazyKB]

I just replied to the first of those after reading it. It's very common for people to resurrect an old thread, but it is responsible to read at least some of it first.

If you don't "feel" like reading old threads, I can start one. How about "Free will and consciousness - What are they?" I am open for a better title if you can think of one.

That's fine. I just thought that older threads might not recieve as much attention. Feel free to start one, the title you choose is fine. Perhaps, you could use the title, "Damn brain, why do keep screwing me up!, the haphazard construction of the human mind". Perhaps, yours is better ...

 

[LordOfWizards]

Okay. Here's the link: Free will and consciousness - What are they?

 

[Rodders]

I'd recommend Clive Barker's Weaveworld as i think there are plenty of fantasy elements to be familiar to you. It's more horror, but it is very good.

I've also been reading some of Adrian Tchaikovsky's shorter stories wheich kinda meld Fantasy and Science Fiction. My favourite was Ogres, but Eldar Race and the Expert Systems Brother/Champion all share a lot of fantasy elements.

 

[clovis-man]

To get back a little closer to the OP's original question, I would recommend anything by Alastair Reynolds, Becky Chambers or Martha Wells. The latter author also does fantasy. All three are contemporary.

 

[Lostinspace]

There is one very logical approach for transitioning from fantasy to science fiction and that is to start with books that start with fantasy tropes but turn out to be science fiction as one continues. The example that first came to mind was Mary Gentle's Ash, which won the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2000. Other examples are Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light or Rosemary Kirstein's Steerswoman series.

Thinking about Mary Gentle and her Orthe stories, particularly Ancient Light, I suspected that stories ending in complete catastrophe may be more common in science fiction than in fantasy. Another example is John Brunner's Total Eclipse.

 

[BAYLOR]

The Gates Eden by Brian Stableford

 

[BAYLOR]

Traders World by Charles Sheffield

 

[chongjasmine]

Don't recommend any more science fiction. I read some of the recommended and don't like this genre. Nothing to do with the writing, I just find myself not liking science fiction.