SCIENCE FICTION BOOK

[Number_35]

@Eddie, check out the story in the linked SF pulp, Mimsy Were The Borogoves, starting on Pg 52. It was published over 80 years ago, and remains utterly brilliant! (It's in the public domain now, so no copyright issues.)

https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/AST/AST_1943_02.pdf

Here's the associated Wiki article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimsy_Were_the_Borogoves

 

[vavavroom]

My opinions only ...

The Martian was a good work of very plausible SF, but it bugged me that the protagonist had to use the F word almost constantly.

He keeps yelling "fabulous!" all the time? How annoying.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

He keeps yelling "fabulous!" All the time? How annoying.

Saturnists keep yelling "Can't get this ring off me"
But nobody wants to write a Novel or make a Movie about it.

 

[2strokeNorthstar]

Stephen King has some greats. I finished the Gunslinger series last year. That will keep you busy for a long time

 

[vavavroom]

Stephen King has some greats. I finished the Gunslinger series last year. That will keep you busy for a long time

I started reading the Dark Tower saga in the early '90s, almost ten years after the first volume had been released. from the time I started reading the series, it took another 14 years until the last volume was released. Notable King books that tie into the Dark Tower series are

Salem's Lot (horror, fantasy)
The Stand (dystopian horror, fantasy)
The Talisman (fantasy)
The Eyes of the Dargon (fantasy more aimed at older children)
Black House (crime, fantasy)

 

[si1491]

My opinions only ...

The Martian was a good work of very plausible SF, but it bugged me that the protagonist had to use the F word almost constantly.

The Three Body Problem was brilliant. Very weird, and didn't make sense until late in the book when it all came together, but brilliant.

I finally read Ringworld and Dune just a few years ago, after hearing decades of hype. I found both of them a bit underwhelming.

Of the books in the Three Body Problem, I found the first very interesting, the second was harder to keep reading as the story didn't move along as fast (still good though), and the third was fantastic as it really tied everything together. I couldn't have guessed the ending but the third book really moved the story along and introduced the incredible concepts that you didn't know were waiting for you in the story. There is a fourth book, The Redemption of Time, I am not sure I will venture into this one. I am interested in his Ball Lightning.

 

[si1491]

If looking for short stories, I have only had the chance to read one of these sets but the MIT Technology Review, 2013 Twelve Tomorrows had some great short stories in it!

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

UFO Crash at Roswell,The Genesis of a Modern American Myth, by Saler,Ziegler and Moore.

 

[Number_35]

He keeps yelling "fabulous!" all the time? How annoying.

No, he kept yelling "Ford!"

 

[wemay]

It's actually a true story and scarier than fiction. Great read IMO.

 

[vavavroom]

No, he kept yelling "Ford!"

Fabolous. Matt Damon kept started "Ferrari" in 'The Martian' adaption when he got confused.

 

[paulo57509]

This is a good collection of science fiction short stories. I read this as an intro to author's works.

Amazon.com

 

[Sequoiasoon]

It's actually a true story and scarier than fiction. Great read IMO.

View attachment 225712

But a VERY tough read.

 

[vavavroom]

Who here has read 'Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions' It is a satirical short novel from the 1880s. It's set in a two-dimensional reality.

 

[Vil_Riker]

These suggestions bring back memories

One memory I couldn't pinpoint was a short story about a group of astronomers on a planet with dual suns. Every few thousand years their civilization would start from scratch when they would have a total solar eclipse and people would go crazy and destroy everything. The astronomers were prepared for the masses to destroy everything around them but were determined to keep sane. But they also went nuts when the eclipse happened.

Can't remember the title or the author.

 

[Pew]

It's actually a true story and scarier than fiction. Great read IMO.

View attachment 225712

I read that in middle school; amazing book. 100% would recommend.

 

[cptbarkey]

Pandora’s Star, Peter Hamilton

 

[honeeagle]

1632 ring of fire ,light read fun available on line for free at baen books.

 

[TomYoung]

I am a big fan of Andy Wier's 2 books Artemis and Project Hail Mary..

The Martian was his masterwork.

 

[Sedin26]

I’ve really enjoyed some of A. E. Van Vogt’s books. The writing is not always high quality but there are some interesting stories. “The Slan” is a classic and another I recall liking is “The Weapon Shops of Isher”