Comments | corellianjedi: the old farts are dying

corellianjedi

the old farts are dying

Apr 07, 2009 19:25

I've been in a sci-fi mood lately with my books.

I read John Scalzi's Zoe's Tale a few weeks ago and absolutely loved it. After that I read Dune Messiah, which I also loved. I'm reading Scalzi's Old Man's War right now and I think I can safely say - even though I've only read 1.5 of Scalzi's books - that he is awesome and I want to read ( Read more... )

books: recs, books, pen: scalzi

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dianora2 April 7 2009, 23:47:10 UTC

Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan series is my favorite. I think you would LOVE those books.

retrocareer April 8 2009, 00:37:07 UTC

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LEFT HYPERION AT SCHOOL. IT'S SO GOOD.

*CRIES* ;)

caffrey April 8 2009, 00:40:18 UTC

I don't have a book but I have a show. TWO ACTUALLY.

ONE'S CALLED STARGATE SG-1.

THE OTHER ONE IS STARGATE ATLANTIS.

taraljc April 8 2009, 00:47:04 UTC

I don't actually read hard SF normally. But I really enjoyed Asimov's Foundation, and Card's Ender's Game (I haven't read any of the sequels, and the one prequel, Ender's Shadow may actually be a huge mistake).

For crackfic, tho, I highly recommend Janet Kagan's Mirabile. It's not OMG SERIOUS. But what it is is omg FUN WITH GENETIICS. And for space-opera, the Starbridge series are AWESOME.

zombres April 8 2009, 01:36:51 UTC

OOH, I SECOND ENDER'S GAME. What a great book!

sobsister April 8 2009, 01:06:23 UTC

Julie E. Czerneda writes the best aliens ever, if you like that sort of thing, since she used to be a biologist. She isn't your traditional 'hard' sf writer (she has excellent characterization for one thing) but I think her world building is on par with Herbert.

A Thousand Words for Strangers is one of her best, and Beholder's Eye is about an adorable blue-blob who can shapeshift into any species. It's totally fascinating, because she draws on her biology knowledge to create all these different forms, and they're all totally believable.