Science fiction

[Womti]

which books are the best? I've read some ray bradbury, and now all I know is I want more stuff like "the martian chronicles."

[Guitar Woman]

Ender's Game is the only scifi book i ever liked

[Moobs]

I'm currently reading a science fiction/war book. It's plot is it's 1645, Civil war between King Charles I and Parliment, and The Holekhor are infiltrating England with forces and technology they shouldn't have for another 300 years.

It mixes quite well.

[Big McLargehuge]

Philip K. Dick

[executioneer]

Ender's Game is the only scifi book i ever liked

i hear that orson scott card is way homophobic watch out

[Big McLargehuge]

Theodore Sturgeon

[executioneer]

little bobby heinlein

[pjalne]

Ender's Game is the only scifi book i ever liked

i hear that orson scott card is way homophobic watch out

I'm actually reading Ender's Game right now, and I have to admit I have a hard time not comparing everything to his statements on homosexuality.

[Big McLargehuge]

Asimov's magazine.

[Blasted Child]

I read Ender's Game years and years ago, and I clearly remember that if it involved male to male affections to any particular level, it was not at all in a homophobic way.

Moreover, it's a great book.

[Johnny Couth]

Ender's Game is good, but the sequals that take place after Battle School are alot better. Childhoods End is also a good science fiction book.

[executioneer]

frederik pohl

[Fathom Zero]

little bobby heinlein

Starship Troopers is fantastic.

[executioneer]

i know, dude

[DamnthatDavid]

The Wiz Biz

[Fathom Zero]

On a side note:

Ender's Game: The Movie (http://www.pspcollective.com/article/34/enders-game-the-movie[/url)

[WhiteRat]

Red Mars.

Great read with a little bit of the shtuup action thrown in for good measure.

[Emu]

Ender's Game is the only scifi book i ever liked

i hear that orson scott card is way homophobic watch out

I'm actually reading Ender's Game right now, and I have to admit I have a hard time not comparing everything to his statements on homosexuality.

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/5/28/22428/7034

i know i keep reposting this link but OSC is a cock and i hope he chokes on one

[the cats pajamas]

these are the best Sci-fi books I've read this year..

Stone - Adamn Roberts

Only Forward - Michael Marshall Smith (sci-fi/detective, sounds like an odd coupling for the described genre of a book but it makes for a fantastic read)

Stranger in a Strange Land & Time Enough for Love - Robert A. Heinlein

[Grislygus]

(sci-fi/detective, sounds like an odd coupling for the described genre of a book...)

Obviously, you have no knowledge of Asimov's works.

[Grislygus]

EDIT: The hell? I didn't post twice.

[executioneer]

you know what's great about this thread is that womti in all likelihood posted it from a library :eek

[the cats pajamas]

(sci-fi/detective, sounds like an odd coupling for the described genre of a book...)

Obviously, you have no knowledge of Asimov's works.

no, i don't. i'd love for you to enlighten me?

[Grislygus]

Many of his works blended mystery with the science fiction genre. Read his Robot novels.

[Jeanette X]

which books are the best? I've read some ray bradbury, and now all I know is I want more stuff like "the martian chronicles."

H.P. Lovecraft, but only if you're into horror sci-fi.

I also reccommend Frederick Pohl, and Madaline L'Engle, although her books are more intended for children and teens and are more on the fantasy side.

[Big McLargehuge]

THEODORE FUCKING STURGEON

esp. More than human

[Esuohlim]

Does anyone know anything about Stephen Baxter perchance?

[Grislygus]

The Mammoth Trilogy was oddly cool. Other than that, I'm not very familiar with him.

[kahljorn]

Illuminatus! trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson. Great read guys, he's one of my favorite authors. I think anybody who hasn't read it should read it.

[Fathom Zero]

For some reason, I've been seeing those books everywhere, on and off of the internet.

[kahljorn]

probably because of all these "Magnificient treasure!" National Treasure movies and shit and people think it's cool and hip to discover the illuminati in the dollar bill. He wrote the books in like the 60's though, they are seriously good. You can open the books up to any page and find fun.
For all of you idiot internet children he's the one who basically invented discordianism.

the funny thing is that most people into the illuminati haven't even read that book, and even if they did they probably didn't really get it :( it's mostly a joke, but there's alot of seriousness there too. He used to work at playboy and people would send in their conspiracy theories and that book is basically a compilation of all the conspiracy theories people would send in. Along with other crazy shit.

he was also good friends with people like Timothy Leary, Alan Watts, the guy who was in naked lunch who's name i can't think of, Dr John C Lily etc.

[Grislygus]

the guy who was in naked lunch who's name i can't think of

The guy who was IN Naked Lunch, or the guy who WROTE Naked Lunch? The main character in the movie was played by Peter Weller (Teh Robocop), the man who wrote it was William Burroughs.

[Fathom Zero]

probably because of all these "Magnificient treasure!" National Treasure movies and shit and people think it's cool and hip to discover the illuminati in the dollar bill. He wrote the books in like the 60's though, they are seriously good. You can open the books up to any page and find fun.
For all of you idiot internet children he's the one who basically invented discordianism.

Don't think I don't know the Illuminati, though.

I've played the Steve Jackson Game. I need to buy another set, as mine is ruined by water.

Discordianism for me is like Anarchism for other teens my age.

It's funny thinking about this, though. When I think of the Illuminati, I think of the pyramid and the episodes of Gargoyles when they played a prominant role. It also reminds me of the Patriots in the MGS games.

I want to read the Illuminatus Trilogy bad, but I'm already saving my money for stuff. I'll be sure to ask for the box set for Christmas.

[kahljorn]

you could probably find a used copy for cheap.

and yea grislygus I meant william burroughs.

I'm not really into the illuminati and conspiracy theories, I'm not really into discordianism either, but i still loved those books and the other books written by him. I'll probably never read those shitty dan brown da vinci code books, he's such a dumb cocksucker.

oh man speaking of robocop we watched that the other day what the fuck is with his gun that explodes whatever it shoots?

I like anarchism :( The real kind though. I'm going to make a topic on this board about anarchy now and connect to some cool writings..

[ArrowX]

Easily one of the greatest books ever written and hands down my fav book of all time
http://www.bookcloseouts.com/images/large/isbn074/0743423763-l.jpg

[Fathom Zero]

Is that a new one? I haven't seen that one out yet.

[Darryl]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n31/n157495.jpg
The cover doesn't have anything to do with the story. :(

[kahljorn]

reminds me of a CS Lewis book if it was in the middle of a city instead of a deserted planet ;O

[ArrowX]

anyone read "devil on my back"? I never finished it but it was pretty good. I don't recall much but it was about a kid in the future wo lives in this crazy sci-fi scity where when the come of age they are hooked onto a big computer and given all the information their culture posesses.

[kahljorn]

have you guys ever read piers anthony? he was my favorite writer when i was a kid. some of his stuff is very scifish, i really like the incarnation series he did. there's also the space tyrant series, though.

I don't know how great of books they are though because i read them when i was like 12 :(

[Emu]

I read him when I was like 15 and I loved them for a while. I have all of the Incarnation series except the War one and I've read Death and Time ;( Time was the best one IMHO

[sadie]

this summer i enjoyed two collections of short stories by van vogt. but i still wonder how in the hell to pronounce his name.

[kahljorn]

i think it's voogd

I liked pretty much all of them when i was 12 :( the one about the space tyrants was good, brutal and was actually "Real" to space. I also read his anthropological fiction books was pretty good too, and that one series he wrote like 200 something books under.