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re: Science Fiction or Dystopian Novel Recommendations
Posted on 9/28/18 at 8:35 pm to Trump_Gump
Posted on 9/28/18 at 8:35 pm to Trump_Gump
There are 2 I'd recommend that I haven't seen listed thus far
Armor - John Steakley
Basically imagine if there was more action in star ship troopers, and this was combined with the dark tones of war from the forever war. Soldiers in mech suits on a barren planet fighting giant ants and discussing the psychological impact of war. Keep in mind that after around the first hundred pages you switch characters to what seems a completely unrelated location and person. People give the book crap for that but the parts with Felix over come it
Space Viking - H. Beam Piper
Dude's phiance gets killed, sells everything he owns to get a space ship and go after the guy. Ends up raiding planets (including using nukes on them) that are at various stages of society (IE compareable to present day, space faring, etc), to finance what ultimately becomes a sort of empire for him. Less deep psychologically than armor but still pretty good
Armor - John Steakley
Basically imagine if there was more action in star ship troopers, and this was combined with the dark tones of war from the forever war. Soldiers in mech suits on a barren planet fighting giant ants and discussing the psychological impact of war. Keep in mind that after around the first hundred pages you switch characters to what seems a completely unrelated location and person. People give the book crap for that but the parts with Felix over come it
Space Viking - H. Beam Piper
Dude's phiance gets killed, sells everything he owns to get a space ship and go after the guy. Ends up raiding planets (including using nukes on them) that are at various stages of society (IE compareable to present day, space faring, etc), to finance what ultimately becomes a sort of empire for him. Less deep psychologically than armor but still pretty good
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Posted on 9/29/18 at 8:39 am to Trump_Gump
If you haven't read the rest of the Dune series after the first book, I'd highly recommend all the ones Frank Herbert wrote. Don't bother with the rest.
I'd also recommend the Three Body Problem trilogy.
I'd also recommend the Three Body Problem trilogy.
Posted on 9/29/18 at 1:14 pm to Trump_Gump
Swan Song by Robert McCammon
This post was edited on 9/29/18 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 9/30/18 at 12:24 pm to Big Chipper
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Wool - Hugh Howey
Heroes Die - Matthew Woodring Stover
Both these series are great.
I think this may be the first time I've seen the Heroes Die series (Acts of Caine) mentioned on these boards, and it's awesome. It's one of those situations where I'm not sure how Stover hasn't been more successful.
Posted on 9/30/18 at 1:06 pm to Trump_Gump
It is young adultish, but the Unwind Series by Neal Shusterman is great. He builds a world after the USA engages in a second Civil War. There’s 4 books in the series. A brief synopsis:
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It takes place in the United States in the near future. After the Second Civil War or the Heartland War, was fought over abortion, a compromise was reached, allowing parents to sign an order for their children between the ages of 13 and 18 to be unwound—taken to "harvest camps" and having their body parts harvested for later use. The reasoning was that since 99.44% of the body had to be used (the other 0.56% are vestigial organs), unwinds did not technically die because their individual body parts lived on. In addition to unwinding, parents who are unable to raise their children to age 13 for retroactive abortion have the option to "stork" their child by leaving it on another family's porch. If they don't get caught, the "storked" baby then becomes the other family's responsibility.
Posted on 10/1/18 at 10:56 am to thatguy45
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Space Viking
Good recommendation. I enjoyed it.
Posted on 10/9/18 at 12:12 am to Trump_Gump
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What are some good books by Phillip k dick besides androids dream of sheep?
I'm very partial to short stories so I'd recommend "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale" from his early stuff and "The Minority Report" collection including Minority Report among other stories.
If you want perhaps his first great breakout then maybe "The Man in the High Castle". Other worthwhile reads include "A Scanner Darkly" and "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch"
Posted on 10/9/18 at 9:28 pm to Trump_Gump
We - Zamyatin
Posted on 10/10/18 at 8:29 pm to FleetFox504
Columbus Day - ExForce Series
Undying Mercenaries
The Forever
We are Bob
All are great stories and good characters.
Undying Mercenaries
The Forever
We are Bob
All are great stories and good characters.
Posted on 10/12/18 at 2:12 pm to Freauxzen
Posted on 10/12/18 at 3:39 pm to Trump_Gump
I was not a fan of Area X - Southern Reach Trilogy. I finished it hoping it would come together and the idea was really good. But, it just never did.
One of the rare times where the movie was infinitely better.
One of the rare times where the movie was infinitely better.
Posted on 10/13/18 at 7:24 am to ZZTIGERS
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It is young adultish, but the Unwind Series by Neal Shusterman is great. He builds a world after the USA engages in a second Civil War
Haven’t read that one, but American War is another novel set after a second Civil War that I highly recommend.
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Omar El Akkad’s debut novel, “American War,” is an unlikely mash-up of unsparing war reporting and plot elements familiar to readers of the recent young-adult dystopian series “The Hunger Games” and “Divergent.” From these incongruous ingredients, El Akkad has fashioned a surprisingly powerful novel — one that creates as haunting a postapocalyptic universe as Cormac McCarthy did in “The Road” (2006), and as devastating a look at the fallout that national events have on an American family as Philip Roth did in “The Plot Against America” (2004).
This post was edited on 10/13/18 at 7:32 am
Posted on 10/14/18 at 7:49 pm to Trump_Gump
You can't top Rendezvous with Rama.
Sorry.
Sorry.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 10:26 am to Big Chipper
Wasn’t a fan of the passage
Posted on 10/17/18 at 1:52 pm to Trump_Gump
CS Lewis Space Trilogy
Posted on 10/17/18 at 3:27 pm to AUveritas
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Swan Song by Robert McCammon
Love this book.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 10:34 am to Big Chipper
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Wool - Hugh Howey
Started this based on this thread. I really like it.
Posted on 10/26/18 at 9:17 pm to Trump_Gump
Safehold series by Dave Weber
Posted on 10/30/18 at 11:15 pm to Trump_Gump
In addition to many that have been named
Philip J Farmer - Riverworld and World of the Tiers series
Alan Dean Foster - Pip&Flinx series
Ian Banks - Culture series
Philip J Farmer - Riverworld and World of the Tiers series
Alan Dean Foster - Pip&Flinx series
Ian Banks - Culture series
Posted on 11/5/18 at 4:33 am to JT
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Philip J Farmer - Riverworld and World of the Tiers series
Great pick, hadn't thought of Farmer in a while. He tends to get overlooked but I really liked Riverworld and World of Tiers.
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