Sci-fi books while waiting Starfield

[DNCE Knight]

What are your favourite pieces of science fiction? What books fuel your interest in this topic?

I'm looking for something new to stir up interest in this game. Hope Bethesda will surprise us with some interesting and truly variative stories.

Personally, I really like the ageless Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, Hyperion by Dan Simmons and relatively new The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.

Hope you all are having a great day.

[Langkard]

Everything John Scalzi writes. Start with Old Man's War and work your way from there. I'll stop there. I've been reading sci-fi since I first discovered Heinlein and Del Rey and Asimov when I was in the 4th grade, in 1968, so my list would be rather long.

[A. Silvermane]

Just finished Death Troopers on audible and am now listening to Red Harvest. Its Star Wars WITH ZOMBIES it's actually quite the blast and I hope for a horror mod like it in Starfield.

[DNCE Knight]

Thanks for sharing! Asimov holds a special place in my heart too. I will look at John Scalzi as well as Joe Schreiber's works in the Star Wars universe.

[8bitgamer1972]

Troy Rising series by John Ringo. Book one is Live Free or Die and is about humans first contact with aliens. I have to reread the series every couple of years

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Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke. Modern SciFi is garbage.

[Flippy]

Books are in a really bad situation now and would try as much as possible to get books from around the 80's or written before.

I spent time at a lodge in the mountains with books stacked high all over the place as would be imagined in a movie, and while i was doing lots of different stuff, there was no TV at all, and no phone i used much if ever, and could read any of the books i wanted to, or not.

So if its not a good read or interesting dont try to hard to read a book basically, but if not much choice any book isnt all bad, sort of going through this now myself and the book i am reading is not that great but not all bad.

There were book stores and comics everywhere during the 80's, paper production and printing was at a point i dont think history will ever see again.

This is a really good reply because i know books quite well and Encyclopedia sets and things. Was handed books to read by librarians and others and all sorts of things. A Librarian is actually a very respectable job real life i learned even.

I am more into sports and things by nature but there is alot going on in the world thats alot of fun and very interesting, or challenging, so not a bad idea to try be balanced a bit anyway.

i spend alot of time on these forums, but i get good work outs doing chores, indoors and out doors, more than may be expected of both, although im not on a construction site out doors all the time like i was for 30ish years any more. The point though is its good to grow in a not to serious way. :)

Doing drywall for 30ish years is interior work of course, and heat is needed, but there are no phones, but there is good music, and its hard labour, but very highly skilled to be the best. There are no lies, and have to have success 100% of the time to get paid, and its what i am actually good at, just saying. One of the best co workers was one of my Grandfathers who was from Croatia, i didnt apprentice for him, i was Journeyman before working with him, and i would be an alot more serious person if he didnt show me to at least try relax and have fun. :)

[Das_Noobi]

My favs are Star Wars X-Wing books

[apellis]

David Weber's Honor Harrington series.

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[marcus]

Currently rereading footfall by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven.
Also seveneves by Neal Stephenson. Thinking about rereading the foundation series from Isaac Asimov for the third time. Good reads.

[Zhorge]

Originally posted by DNCE Knight:

What are your favourite pieces of science fiction? What books fuel your interest in this topic?

I'm looking for something new to stir up interest in this game. Hope Bethesda will surprise us with some interesting and truly variative stories.

Personally, I really like the ageless Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, Hyperion by Dan Simmons and relatively new The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.

Hope you all are having a great day. :summerparrot2023:

Alliance Universe (related books, not a series) by CJ Cherryh.
Hyperion series by Dan Simmons
Star Ship Troopers by Heinlien
The Mote In God's Eye by Niven & Pournelle
The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
Gateway (The Heechee Saga) by Fredrick Pohl
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
The Riverworld Series by Phillip Jose Farmer
Eon by Greg Bear
Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear
Heart of the Comet by Benford & Brin
Sundiver (all the Uplift series really) by Brin
Dune Series (all six, but not what the kid wrote) by Frank Herbert
Foundation & Earth by Asimov
I, Robot by Asimov
Caves of Steel by Asimov
Most everything by Alistar Reynolds
Grass by Sherri Tepper
Project Hail Mary by Weir (also The Martian if you haven't seen the movie)

That'll keep you busy for a few days...

[Langkard]

If you want to get a jump on an upcoming TV series (or so I've heard), then Allen Steele's "Coyote" series is being made into one. I generally find books to be better than their adaptations; and seeing the adaptation first can ruin the book or books.

Originally posted by markmclre:

Currently rereading footfall by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven.
Also seveneves by Neal Stephenson. Thinking about rereading the foundation series from Isaac Asimov for the third time. Good reads.

Seveneves was good. The idea of the, not sure what to call it, spinning two-car ferris wheel orbital lifter was an eye-opener. I'm about to reread the Foundation series after I finish rereading the Malazan book of the Fallen series.

Originally posted by Zhorge:

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Good list there. Cherryh's Alliance Union novels always top my favorites. I'd add Vernor Vinge's novels in there. He doesn't have a big catalogue, but of the few novels he writes it seems like most end up at least nominated for or win a Hugo or a Nebula. A Fire upon the Deep is stunning.

[Brenturo]

did someone here read "A Memory called Empire"? meant to check it out but I'm pretty busy with other books but it sound pretty interesting

[Glamredhel]

If you love existential dread then the Remembrance of Earth's Past series, better known by the first book in the series The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin.

[Sabaithal]

I liked the "freedoms landing" series by Anne Mccaffrey (may she rest in peace). Though its got more "survival" themes going on at first. One of my favorite authors though.

There's also jack Mcdevitt novels if you want a mix of sci-fi exploration/mystery and thriller elements.