THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, Ray Bradbury I, ROBOT, Isaac Asimov any short stories collection by Philip K Dick DUNE, Frank Herbert ORYX AND CRAKE, Margaret Atwood THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, H G Wells BRAVE NEW WORLD, Aldous Huxley
The Three-Body Problem (modern, “hard science”); Ilium (hell-of-a pageturner, with a sequel); the Vorkasigan saga (starts with Cornelia’s Honor); The Martian Chronicles (beautiful writing); Stranger in a Strange Land (the book that convinced me to take books seriously); Childhood’s End (fun little read); Contact (another “hard-science” type book). I can give more if those seem good!
The thing about Three-Body was that it kept getting better and better. I find this unusual in most sci-fi trilogies — usually the first is the best and it goes downhill-ish from there. The last book of Three-Body was by far my favorite. Another similar trilogy that comes to mind is The Golden Age by John C Wright.
Just finishing Ready Player One, which has been great. Before this I listened to the audiobook of Seveneves, which was excellent. Hubby and I still talk about some of the questions raised in that book
If you haven’t read anything by Spider Robinson, I highly recommend. I am kicking myself that I didn’t start to read him sooner. He wrote a series that started with Callahan’s Cross-time Saloon.
Neil Gaiman…any of his books. “Nine Kinds of Naked” and “Just a Couple of Days” by Tony Vigorito are both outstanding. Not a huge sci-fi fan, but I love all I just mentioned.
Red Rising trilogy. Awesome!!!!!!!
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, Ray Bradbury
I, ROBOT, Isaac Asimov
any short stories collection by Philip K Dick
DUNE, Frank Herbert
ORYX AND CRAKE, Margaret Atwood
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, H G Wells
BRAVE NEW WORLD, Aldous Huxley
Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
I just started reading The Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer
Armada is pretty good. Ernest Cline. He also wrote Ready Player One, which is also good and sci-fi adjacent.
Station Eleven is a brilliant read, but maybe more dystopian than sci-fi.
OMG, I loved that book and I don’t usually do sci-fi.
I loved station eleven!
Larry Niven Ringworld Trilogy.
Seconding Station Eleven. Also The Martian
Reading “The Sparrow” now for a book club, it’s sci-fi..
That’s a great one!
I loved Reamde by Neal Stephenson.
Three body problem
The Dragon riders of Pern series by Ann McCaffery.
Arrangements Are Made With Blood by Myself
The Dispossed by Ursula le Guin.
Kindred by Octavia Butler.
The Three-Body Problem (modern, “hard science”); Ilium (hell-of-a pageturner, with a sequel); the Vorkasigan saga (starts with Cornelia’s Honor); The Martian Chronicles (beautiful writing); Stranger in a Strange Land (the book that convinced me to take books seriously); Childhood’s End (fun little read); Contact (another “hard-science” type book). I can give more if those seem good!
Three Body on TBR
The thing about Three-Body was that it kept getting better and better. I find this unusual in most sci-fi trilogies — usually the first is the best and it goes downhill-ish from there. The last book of Three-Body was by far my favorite. Another similar trilogy that comes to mind is The Golden Age by John C Wright.
your comments made more & more intrigued about it !
“The Warriors’ Apprentice” and “The Vor Game” by Lois McMaster Bujold. Two of the first in her Miles Vorkosigan saga of books. Great reads.
I’d start with the first book: Cornelia’s Honor (if I recall correctly!)
Startide Rising by David Brin
Hyperion (Dan Simmons), Rendezvous with Rama (Clarke), The Foundation Trilogy (Asimov)
Moonrise, and Moonwar by Ben Bova
Thx for asking – my hubs needs new scifi books!! 🙂
The Rithmatist by Brian Sanderson. It’s not really sci-fi, but it’s different and really good.
Reading now-Walking Gods the sequel to Sleeping Giants
Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang.
Dune Chronicles
Dark Matter, and the audiobook version of We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
I take it you liked the narrator?
Yes. He really added something to the characters. One of them in particular really amused me every time he spoke.
I just noticed it was named Audible’s Best of 2016 – Science Fiction
Dark Matter!
All about?
It’s a sci-fi/thriller/love story about some crazy quantum physics adventures. Saying almost anything else is a big, fat spoiler.
Spin
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Dune ?. I was so sucked in, I read it in two sittings.
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
The Girl with All the Gifts
I liked this one a lot…is it sci fi or dystopian?
Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks, his culture series in general is great but that one is my favorite
Connie Willis’ Oxford time travel series.
Doomsday Book
To Say Nothing of the Dog
Blackout
All Clear
(It’s a good idea to be familiar with Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome before reading To Say Nothing of the Dog, but not necessary)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep – significantly different, but the basis for the Bladerunner movie
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I haven’t read it, but what a great title!
“Ready Player One” (Ernest Cline) is really good.
Just finishing Ready Player One, which has been great. Before this I listened to the audiobook of Seveneves, which was excellent. Hubby and I still talk about some of the questions raised in that book
The three body problem
Foreigner series by C.J. Cherryh. It is excellent!
2001: A Space Odyssey.
Oryx and Crake.
If you haven’t read anything by Spider Robinson, I highly recommend. I am kicking myself that I didn’t start to read him sooner. He wrote a series that started with Callahan’s Cross-time Saloon.
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch!
The Bio of a Space Tyrant series. Fantastic
Enders Game and the others in the series
Ready Player One!
Stephenson Neal – “Peanatema” “7ew”
Neil Gaiman…any of his books. “Nine Kinds of Naked” and “Just a Couple of Days” by Tony Vigorito are both outstanding. Not a huge sci-fi fan, but I love all I just mentioned.
American Gods–series starting soon!