Well, I've now read 2 of the ringworld books, and I have to say they are fantastic! even though I read them in the wrong order, I did read the first
one first.
Also got Destiny's forge on the go - a Man-Kzin novel.
Great reading all round!
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reply to post by budski
Not sure which 2 you have read. This is a list of the current books from wikipedia:
Ringworld
Ringworld (1970)
The Ringworld Engineers (1979)
The Ringworld Throne (1996)
Ringworld's Children (2004)
So the good news is two more to read
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I think Philip K. Dick will always be my favorite SF writer, so I'm biased towards him. William S. Burroughs also counts -- a number of his books
were SF-oriented. I'd also say that of the writers mentioned thus far, he is the most difficult to read (but probably the most innovative).
William Gibson and Neal Stephenson are great too.
Gotta love Arthur C. Clarke. Do SF short stories get any better than The Nine Billion
Names of God? Well, perhaps. There's Harlan Ellison's I Have No
Mouth, and I Must Scream.
/tn.
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The two authors you mention are pretty good. Another science fiction/horror writer who was pretty good and under appreciated was H.P. Lovecraft. Most
of his stories were on the short side, but he was very prolific.
And many of his stories, like The Dunwhich Horroe, Reanimator, The Outsider, etc., were made into movies.
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reply to post by Freedom ERP
I've just managed to get hold of ringworld engineers, and then I'll have completed the set.
I read them out of order, but it doesn't really matter to me - they have been fabulous reads.
Only read one of the man-kzin wars so far - they are difficult to get hold of as well, if you don't have the money to order them from a bookshop, but
I'm hoping I can order them at the library.
I've also recently read Alistair Reynolds "Revelation Space" - another excellent hard sci fi book, and I hope I can read some more of his in
future.
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Sorry to open up a slightly silent thread, but i must agree. Joint-works between Niven and Pournelle are magnificent.
I've personally got hold of:
The Mote in God's Eye
Footfall
Lucifer's Hammer
I really enjoyed Lucifer's Hammer and Footfall... Excellent reads.
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