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Sci Fi Series

  • 21-03-2012 11:26am
    #1
    LimitingFactor
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    Hi all,
    I'm going to start a thread of good sci fi series to read, this is mostly to get a good list of books to read when I need one. I'll start it off:

    The Culture Series by Iain M Banks
    Culture series


    Commonwealth Saga/Void trilogy by Peter F Hamilton
    Commonwealth Saga


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  • #2
    mcgovern
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    Probably get a better response here.

    But a few that stand out for me, though some are quite loosely connected.

    Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds

    Takeshi Kovacs by Richard Morgan

    Polity Universe by Neal Asher

    Dune by Frank Herbert

    Foundation by Isaac Asimov

    Getting too lazy to link, but Ringworld by Larry Niven, Space Odyssey and Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, Xeelee by Stephen Baxter, Hyperion by Dan Simmons, Uplift by David Brin...


  • #3
    Nody
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    mcgovern wrote: »
    Takeshi Kovacs by Richard Morgan
    Dune by Frank Herbert
    Foundation by Isaac Asimov
    Can strongly recommend the above; Richard Morgan also have some very good stand alone sci fi books such as Black Man and Market Forces and his fantasy series are also interesting (lets only say if you expect the usual goody toe shoe hero coming through and being the "good guy" then you're in for a shock).


  • #4
    Kinski
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    Willliam Gibson's "Sprawl" trilogy, which begins with Neuromancer.

    China Miéville's "Bas-Lag" cycle - Perdido Street Station, The Scar, and the one nobody likes, Iron Council. This series is more steampunky-fantasy than SF, and I prefer Miéville's stand-alone novels The City and the City and the more strictly SF Embassytown.

    Brian Aldiss' "Helliconia" trilogy is another famous one; I've yet to read it, but his early novel Non-Stop is a lot of fun.


  • #5
    dr strangelove
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    if you like hard sci-fi, check out Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy


  • #6
    Sl!mCharles
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    The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons.

    Epic sci-fi that revolves around a diverse group of interplanetary citizens heading off on a pilgrimage to meet this guy:

    simmons.jpg


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  • #7
    LimitingFactor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭LimitingFactor


    Ah ye, I've read the Hyperion books. I have to say that the Shrike is probably my favourite (monster?) of all the books I've read. Cheers for the replies, I'll be sorted for books for the next while anyway. I'll post up any other good one's I find.


  • #8
    eire4
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    mcgovern wrote: »
    Probably get a better response here.

    But a few that stand out for me, though some are quite loosely connected.

    Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds

    Takeshi Kovacs by Richard Morgan

    Polity Universe by Neal Asher

    Dune by Frank Herbert

    Foundation by Isaac Asimov

    Getting too lazy to link, but Ringworld by Larry Niven, Space Odyssey and Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, Xeelee by Stephen Baxter, Hyperion by Dan Simmons, Uplift by David Brin...



    I am a big fan of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov also. I would also suggest "The Way" series by Greg Bear.


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