Hi all ! Can you help me out here ?

[Pops64]

Could you please recommend some good modern sci-fi authors ?
Call me weird, but I'm looking for sci-fi books without sex.

I'm currently reading Asimov's Foundation series, and I absolutely loved the original three books,
from the 50's. Foundation's Edge was pretty OK, but Foundation and Earth is horrible.

I read a summary of the book, so I know how things went, and now I'm reading Prelude to Foundation.
I think I will read Forward the Foundation too, but after that I'd like to read good sci-fi from a young
(relatively young) author.

When I say good sci-fi I mean space travel, robots, amazing technology of all kinds, and basically
good fantasy stories - and NO sex.

Imo sci-fi and sex don't mix. I don't mean to offend or judge anyone, but sci-fi containing sex just isn't my cup of tea.

-Cheers-

 

[Danny McG]

@BAYLOR
You're up mate! Go Go Go

 

[Rodders]

Hi Pops,

If you haven't read any Iain M. Banks, i would push you in the direction of his Culture books. They are sublime.

I really like Adrian Tchaikovsky and Dogs of War is my favourite. Shards of Earth was a fabulous space opera that i think you'd enjoy.

If you don't mind a little bit of sex, I think that Neal Asher's Polity books are really enjoyable and he writes some of the best space battles ever.

I adore Dan Abnett's Gaunts Ghosts books. They are more military science fiction, but Dan creates some really good characters and it's quite a jolt when he kills one of them off. Some of the battles make my heart race. He is excellent and please don't let the Warhammer 40, 000 tie put you off.

 

[Pops64]

Hi Pops,

If you haven't read any Iain M. Banks, i would push you in the direction of his Culture books. They are sublime.

I really like Adrian Tchaikovsky and Dogs of War is my favourite. Shards of Earth was a fabulous space opera that i think you'd enjoy.

If you don't mind a little bit of sex, I think that Neal Asher's Polity books are really enjoyable and he writes some of the best space battles ever.

I adore Dan Abnett's Gaunts Ghosts books. They are more military science fiction, but Dan creates some really good characters and it's quite a jolt when he kills one of them off. Some of the battles make my heart race. He is excellent and please don't let the Warhammer 40, 000 tie put you off.

Thank you very much - I'll take notes.

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

I can recommend John Wyndham and H. G. Wells.

 

[Thaumechanic]

I recommend Adrian Tchaikovsky. Children of Time and Children of Ruin are both excellent pieces.

 

[hitmouse]

Arthur C Clarke
Clifford Simak
Cordwainer Smith
Jack Vance

All terrific sf writers. No sex to be found. Not the most modern perhaps. Certainly contemporary with Asimov.

 

[Bick]

Could you please recommend some good modern sci-fi authors ?

I can recommend John Wyndham and H. G. Wells.

Hmm.

For what it’s worth, I’m currently reading Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell, and recommend it. It actually is modern.

 

[BAYLOR]

Dorsal by Gordon Dickson
The Dragon and the George by Gordon Dickson
Time Storm by Gordon Dickson
Straken by Toby Frost
The Exiles Trilogy by Ben Bova
The Veils of Azlaroc by Fred Saberhagen
Gateway by Frederick Pohl
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinc
The Faded Sun By C J Cherryh
Non Stop by Brian Aldiss
Code of the Life Maker by James Hogan
Berserker by Fred Saberhagen
Empire of the East by Fred Saberhagen
The Star My Destination by Alfred Bester
The Dark World by Henry Kutner
Black Gods Kiss by C L Moore
The Humanoids by Jack Williamson
The Black Sun By Jack Williamson
Life burst Jack Williamson
The High Crusade by Poul Anderson
Bolo by Keith Laumer
Retief Diplomat At large by Keith Laumer
Bill The Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
Way Station by Clifford Simak
Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny
The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgeson
Conan The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E Howard
The Complete Tales of Jules De Grandin by Seabury Quinn
The Ship of Ishtar by Abraham Merritt
The City Of the Singing Flame by Clark Ashton Smith
Flying Dutch by Tom Holt

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Emily St John Mandel is awesome, either Station 11 or Sea of Tranquility.
lois McMaster Bujold too.

(they have relationships but not sex, mostly. Although Vorkosigan/Bujold has a bit I guess.
thirding Adrian Tchaikovsky

 

[BAYLOR]

The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein
Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
Killer by David Drake and Karl Edward Wagner
Ranks of Bronze by David Drake
Beachhead by David Drake
Hammers Slammers by David Drake
Dragon of the Sea by Frank Herbert
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanislaw Lem
Let Darkness Fall by L Spargue De Camp
Ring World by Larry Niven

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Sorry can we all look at the OP - modern sff authors. I love you all but Heinlein, Herbert, Wells, Clarke? They’re golden age of sff….

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Hmm.

For what it’s worth, I’m currently reading Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell, and recommend it. It actually is modern.

He’s very good. And current

 

[Guttersnipe]

A.I.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (1968)
Cyborg by Martin Caidin (basis for The Six Million Dollar Man) (1972)
Saturn's Children by Charles Stross (2008)
The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia (2008)
The Preserve by Ariel S. Winter (2020)

Aliens
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini (2020)
The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow (2020)
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1950)
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953)
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (2008)

High Tech in general
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (1993)
Neuromancer by William Gibson (1984)
Next by Michael Crichton (2006)
The Last Centurion by John Ringo (2008)
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)


I'd argue most sci-fi novels don't feature intercourse.

 

[Parson]

If you've managed to read this far, here's a series of 17 books with no sex, (or at least none that I remember) but there is some dating involved.

The Ell Donsaii series by Laurence Dahners. The first book is entitled Quicker. These books are short, (app 250 pgs.) engaging, well written, with good plots. When I am depressed because of the darkness in SF I turn to Laurence Dahners and especially to this series. Quicker was published in 2011.

 

[Pops64]

Dorsal by Gordon Dickson
The Dragon and the George by Gordon Dickson
Time Storm by Gordon Dickson
Straken by Toby Frost
The Exiles Trilogy by Ben Bova
The Veils of Azlaroc by Fred Saberhagen
Gateway by Frederick Pohl
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinc
The Faded Sun By C J Cherryh
Non Stop by Brian Aldiss
Code of the Life Maker by James Hogan
Berserker by Fred Saberhagen
Empire of the East by Fred Saberhagen
The Star My Destination by Alfred Bester
The Dark World by Henry Kutner
Black Gods Kiss by C L Moore
The Humanoids by Jack Williamson
The Black Sun By Jack Williamson
Life burst Jack Williamson
The High Crusade by Poul Anderson
Bolo by Keith Laumer
Retief Diplomat At large by Keith Laumer
Bill The Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
Way Station by Clifford Simak
Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny
The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgeson
Conan The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E Howard
The Complete Tales of Jules De Grandin by Seabury Quinn
The Ship of Ishtar by Abraham Merritt
The City Of the Singing Flame by Clark Ashton Smith
Flying Dutch by Tom Holt

Wow ! That's quite a list. Thank you very much. I'll copy/paste it on my desk top.

 

[Pops64]

A.I.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (1968)
Cyborg by Martin Caidin (basis for The Six Million Dollar Man) (1972)
Saturn's Children by Charles Stross (2008)
The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia (2008)
The Preserve by Ariel S. Winter (2020)

Aliens
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini (2020)
The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow (2020)
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1950)
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (1953)
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (2008)

High Tech in general
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (1993)
Neuromancer by William Gibson (1984)
Next by Michael Crichton (2006)
The Last Centurion by John Ringo (2008)
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)


I'd argue most sci-fi novels don't feature intercourse.

Great ! Thanks a lot.

 

[Pops64]

Sorry can we all look at the OP - modern sff authors. I love you all but Heinlein, Herbert, Wells, Clarke? They’re golden age of sff….

Yup. I'm very grateful for all suggestions but I'm mainly looking for young and good writers.

Space, space travel, robots, aliens... as long as it is sf and good stories I'm interested.

 

[Pops64]

If you've managed to read this far, here's a series of 17 books with no sex, (or at least none that I remember) but there is some dating involved.

The Ell Donsaii series by Laurence Dahners. The first book is entitled Quicker. These books are short, (app 250 pgs.) engaging, well written, with good plots. When I am depressed because of the darkness in SF I turn to Laurence Dahners and especially to this series. Quicker was published in 2011.

Cool, tanks.

 

[Danny McG]

It's an oldie but have a look at The mote in God's eye