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re: What is your favorite sci-fi author?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:50 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:50 pm to DavidTheGnome
Olaf Stapledon. Arthur C Clark considered Stapledon's The Starmaker to be one of the best science fiction novels ever written.
Read a lot of Asimov. Probably most if not all of his fiction novels and a lot of his short stories. Herbert's Dune series is a favorite of mine.
Etc. Etc.
Read a lot of Asimov. Probably most if not all of his fiction novels and a lot of his short stories. Herbert's Dune series is a favorite of mine.
Etc. Etc.
This post was edited on 11/6/18 at 9:52 pm
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Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:54 pm to DavidTheGnome
Robert Jordan was pretty good. Terry Goodkind.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:56 pm to RoleTideFan80
My ex loved those but I can’t do anything with even a touch of Fantasy in it
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:00 pm to DavidTheGnome
Heinlein and Clark I enjoyed like a lot of people.
This post was edited on 11/6/18 at 10:04 pm
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:07 pm to RoleTideFan80
Been on a niven and pournelle kick lately. Reading Footfall now Just finished Lucifer's Hammer, The Gripping Hand and The Mote in God's Eye.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:09 pm to mt1
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The Mote in God's Eye
One of my favorites. It and Rendevous With Rama
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:23 pm to DavidTheGnome
As a kid my Mom read kid versions of Jules Vernes. So he will always be my favorite.
Daniel Suarez in present day.
No one touches Suarez when at his beat. DAEMON is near perfect for a techno-thriller.
Daniel Suarez in present day.
No one touches Suarez when at his beat. DAEMON is near perfect for a techno-thriller.
This post was edited on 11/7/18 at 4:39 am
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:24 pm to DavidTheGnome
A human...
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:25 pm to OysterPoBoy
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Whom
Wrong.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:25 pm to DavidTheGnome
Isaac Asimov
Arthur c. Clarke
Robert Heinlein
Ray Bradbury
Frank Herbert
Arthur c. Clarke
Robert Heinlein
Ray Bradbury
Frank Herbert
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:25 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:FIFY
Who is your favorite sci-fi author?
I know things are hard for you when you can't copy and paste from Reddit, so I'm here to help.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:31 pm to DavidTheGnome
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I’ve never read anything by him or Asimov.
Damn, man, you’re missing out on the best sci-fi ever written. Asimov’s works are incredibly entertaining. His are science based. No fantasy.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:35 pm to DavidTheGnome
Isaac Asimov
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:36 pm to Kentucker
I know, on my to do list for years but never picked it up.
Also should mention Andy Weir
Also should mention Andy Weir
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:04 pm to Kentucker
I love Asimov. I don't want to come across as being too critical. I've probably read more by him than anyone else.
My biggest critique of him is that his stories tend to be very formulaic. Most of his stories tend to follow the format of your standard mystery. He's much more of an ideas guy than he is an innovative storyteller. He had very interesting ideas about the possible ways that humanity could develop, and how technology and environment could shape this development and culture. The scene is much more important than the stories for Asimov.
Also, yes, accurate and plausible science was very important to him. He was a scientist himself after all. One thing that I found interesting is that I have somewhat later prints (still decades old at this point) of some of his early novels where he actually wrote apologies in the forwards of the books for science that he thought was plausible at the time of original writing, but was later proven to be unlikely or just flat out wrong. He would say something to the effect of hoping that they could still be enjoyed for what they are.
One that I specifically remember was that the danger of radiation was far worse than he earlier thought. Another was that he had a planet with a high oxygen content atmosphere with little vegetation, and apparently it was later thought that atmospheric oxygen was unlikely to develop without plant life.
My biggest critique of him is that his stories tend to be very formulaic. Most of his stories tend to follow the format of your standard mystery. He's much more of an ideas guy than he is an innovative storyteller. He had very interesting ideas about the possible ways that humanity could develop, and how technology and environment could shape this development and culture. The scene is much more important than the stories for Asimov.
Also, yes, accurate and plausible science was very important to him. He was a scientist himself after all. One thing that I found interesting is that I have somewhat later prints (still decades old at this point) of some of his early novels where he actually wrote apologies in the forwards of the books for science that he thought was plausible at the time of original writing, but was later proven to be unlikely or just flat out wrong. He would say something to the effect of hoping that they could still be enjoyed for what they are.
One that I specifically remember was that the danger of radiation was far worse than he earlier thought. Another was that he had a planet with a high oxygen content atmosphere with little vegetation, and apparently it was later thought that atmospheric oxygen was unlikely to develop without plant life.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:10 pm to Peazey
Intereting post and good to know. He sounds like he writes what I would enjoy. I’m not sure why but I like hard sci-fi to the point that it’s like you described Asimov. No fantasy, not even a drop. Most of the books I’ve read don’t quite meet that but they try. The Martian was the last book I read that really fits the bill.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:22 pm to DavidTheGnome
Douglas Hill wrote great Sci-fi books for young teens.
But I stopped reading Sci-fi by high school to focus on finding the clit.
But I stopped reading Sci-fi by high school to focus on finding the clit.
This post was edited on 11/6/18 at 11:23 pm
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:25 pm to mikelbr
Did you find it?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:26 pm to DavidTheGnome
C.M. Kornbluth
Kurt Vonnegut
Harry Harrison
H.R. Haggard
Philip K. Dick
Kurt Vonnegut
Harry Harrison
H.R. Haggard
Philip K. Dick
This post was edited on 11/6/18 at 11:29 pm
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:28 pm to Peazey
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Did you find it?
frick not anytime soon after that. It Wasn't until my Jr year at LSU. In an apartment off Nicholson during the Notre Dame vs Michigan game. A chick showed me how to do it. True Story.
This post was edited on 11/6/18 at 11:29 pm
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