Posted on 08/13/2022 11:42:57 AM PDT by MNDude
2001? A wrinkle in time? I, Robot?
What are the best science for books in your opinion?
Or, to get all foundational about it, FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Verne, and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS and THE TIME MACHINE by Wells.
Mote in God’s Eye
Stand on Zanzibar
Neuromancer (and sequels)
“Cold War in a Country Garden”…
Incredible story
Definitely one of the best.
On The Beach,
The book, not the movie.
Love it. An intense downer. When I am prepped and ready for a downer it does not disappoint.
So, is Rules for Radicals science fiction?
*grin*
Bill Clinton’s autobiography
1. The one that most SF fans say isn't REALLY an SF book
2. The one that most SF fans claim doesn't properly handle the science
3. The one that most SF fans don't like because it is too poetic and doesn't just stick with the plot
Any E A Poe?
Asimov was my favorite when I was a teenager...
The Door into Summer by Heinlein.
Great book. Was going to post it but you beat me to it.
There is some science fiction that goes beyond more adolescent themes and character development. A Canticle for Leibowitz is one, Dan Simmons’ Hyperion is another. Hyperion uses a storytelling format similar to Canterbury Tales but told better, and with a much better plot.
Bravo. I would throw in Neil's Diamond Age.
Otherwise - Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
Is that sort of like the Perfect Country & Western Song?
https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/country-history-x-john-prine-the-perfect-country-western-song/
Impossible to select the three best, because there’s such a tremendous variety in the genre. It all depends on my mood at a given moment. My wife and I have well over 4,000 science fiction and fantasy books in our house, and have probably read as many again that we don’t own copies of.
The big problem with I Robot was that idiot will Smith was in it. If not for thst it probablywoulda been a lot better.......and James West WAS NOT BLACK!
Freakin’ hollywood
I agree. A beautiful story about Venus' "Eve" not falling into temptation as an allegory on what our world may have been like if Eve had resisted.
Cities in Flight was published as one large novel epic in the 70s but it was originally a series of four shorter novels:
They Shall Have Stars. A Life for the Stars, Earthman Come Home and The Triumph of Time.
The Berserker series by Fred Saberhagen.
The John Grimes Rim World series by A. Bertram Chandler.
The Stainless Steel Rat series by Harry Harrison.
The Gentle Giants series by James Hogan.
The Ringworld series by Larry Niven.
Other singles:
Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke.
-PJ
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