Last year, I raved about Spin and thought Axis was pretty good, and this year I finally got around to reading some more Robert Charles Wilson. So far this year I've read Darwinia, Blind Lake, and The Harvest. None were as good as Spin, but all were good, and I especially liked Darwinia.
Other sci-fi authors I'd recommend:
- Kurt Vonnegut (Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five, in particular, but the latter is barely sci-fi)
- Stanislaw Lem (Cyberiad and The Futurological Congress were favorites when I was a teenager)
- Timothy Zahn (almost everything)
- Larry Niven (I remain impressed with how well most of his work has aged)
I'd also recommend goodreads.com or librarything.com as good sites for social-networky tracking of reading lists, reviews, recommendations, and read books. I'm currently using goodreads for this. My "read" list is far from complete, and as I think of it, I backfill with authors or books, but it's more about current reading. I'd welcome comments here (or on goodreads) on my current to-read list or new suggestions for additions.
If you like larry niven you should check out the larry niven list. Intelligent debates about lots of Niven, general sci-fi and other off-topic stuff.
ReplyDeleteA really decent list with manageable traffic amounts.
Also have you read any Iain M Banks.
You'd probably like his stuff. Start with the player of games.
Just came across your blog.
Very interesting.
Thanks for your efforts.
:-)))
EdShift
I've read and enjoyed (some of) Banks' books including Player of Games. The whole Culture series is a very appealing mileu. Thanks for the list pointer, I'll consider it.
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