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Re: scifi books

Post by bright maroon » Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:39 pm

Seriously - I want to talk to you guys about Altered Carbon...

That was like - Rambo in the future.....
??You guys really enjoyed putting yourself in there like that???
I had this sort of constant disconnect from the main character because he was just so manly and brutal...
You guys really get that pumped over being schwarzenegger?

I never really pegged you guys like that...

I thought you guys were like...more herbacious

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Re: scifi books

Post by nowaysj » Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:48 pm

twilitez wrote:i read the whole thing 3 times :lol:
At least, right :4:
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Re: scifi books

Post by nowaysj » Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:51 pm

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Re: scifi books

Post by bright maroon » Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:53 pm

HA...come on dudes..

especially Firky - he talks a punk rock game - but he loves a girl in knee socks...

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Re: scifi books

Post by bright maroon » Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:23 pm

yeah - I'm definatly not a tomb raider bitch....

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thats pretty urban. - Capture pt
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Re: scifi books

Post by deadly_habit » Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:41 pm

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does low fantasy count as sci fi?

otherwise phillip k dick is always a great read like ubik

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Re: scifi books

Post by PsycoCarrot » Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:49 pm

I'm surprised that Isaac Asimov hasn't been mentioned in this thread. One of the OG's of scifi writing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov

I would recommend "I, Robot", The Robot Series (4 books), and his most famous work, the Foundation Series (Original Trilogy + Extended series, 7 books total).

Another good book is Earth by David Brin. The timeframe is about 50 years in the future (being written in 1970, events occur around year 2020), and a large focus of this book is the long-term effects of the industrialized society on the environment and future society.

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Re: scifi books

Post by bright maroon » Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:49 pm

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Re: scifi books

Post by deadly_habit » Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:53 pm

PsycoCarrot wrote:I'm surprised that Isaac Asimov hasn't been mentioned in this thread. One of the OG's of scifi writing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov

I would recommend "I, Robot", The Robot Series (4 books), and his most famous work, the Foundation Series (Original Trilogy + Extended series, 7 books total).

Another good book is Earth by David Brin. The timeframe is about 50 years in the future (being written in 1970, events occur around year 2020), and a large focus of this book is the long-term effects of the industrialized society on the environment and future society.
assimov is great same with Robert A. Heinlein
red planet was prolly the first sci fi novel i read that got me into space exploration and keeping up with nasa

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Re: scifi books

Post by twilitez » Sat Sep 08, 2012 1:49 am

nowaysj wrote:
twilitez wrote:i read the whole thing 3 times :lol:
At least, right :4:
Yeah i think i did start a 4th run a couple years ago, but didnt finish that one.

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Re: scifi books

Post by kay » Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:38 pm

PsycoCarrot wrote:I'm surprised that Isaac Asimov hasn't been mentioned in this thread. One of the OG's of scifi writing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov

I would recommend "I, Robot", The Robot Series (4 books), and his most famous work, the Foundation Series (Original Trilogy + Extended series, 7 books total).

Another good book is Earth by David Brin. The timeframe is about 50 years in the future (being written in 1970, events occur around year 2020), and a large focus of this book is the long-term effects of the industrialized society on the environment and future society.
I think Asimov should've been mentioned in the older thread that I linked. Foundation was originally a single book, this was extended by a further 3 books much later. I have not bothered touching the new books written by other people.

David Brin's an all-round good writer. His Uplift series ranks as one of my favourite sci fi series ever.

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Re: scifi books

Post by firky » Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:49 pm

I read that Baxter and Pratchett book the other week, it's a bit shit :(
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Re: scifi books

Post by kingldub » Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:08 pm

Saw BM mention Altered Carbon. This is actually a great book, would recommend.

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Re: scifi books

Post by kay » Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:12 pm

firky wrote:I read that Baxter and Pratchett book the other week, it's a bit shit :(
Meh, I had hopes. I still haven't read it yet.

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Post by dubfordessert » Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:14 pm

i got quite a way through Contact by Carl Sagan which is one of my fav films but abandoned it like everything else ive read this year. it's really lovely though, need to read more by him
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Re: scifi books

Post by firky » Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:51 pm

kay wrote:
firky wrote:I read that Baxter and Pratchett book the other week, it's a bit shit :(
Meh, I had hopes. I still haven't read it yet.
Lobsang is a wanker of a character and the whole book just feels unfinished and rushed, it's got good ideas but meh.. doesn't really work. It isn't so bad that it's unreadable it just leaves you feeling disappointed.
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Re: scifi books

Post by kay » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:13 pm

firky wrote:
kay wrote:
firky wrote:I read that Baxter and Pratchett book the other week, it's a bit shit :(
Meh, I had hopes. I still haven't read it yet.
Lobsang is a wanker of a character and the whole book just feels unfinished and rushed, it's got good ideas but meh.. doesn't really work. It isn't so bad that it's unreadable it just leaves you feeling disappointed.
That seems to be quite common in Baxter's collaborative works, they just seem lacklustre and half baked. Was the same with all the books he wrote with Arther C Clarke.

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