Sci-fi books recommendation [+giveaway]

I am surprised no one has mentioned the Heechee saga written by Frederick Pohl, it starts with Gateway. The mystery and slow revelation of the unknown along with the wit and humour are extremely entertaining. (Also, Man Plus is another great novel by Pohl)

The Grand Tour series by Ben Bova are also really good, they usually have titles relating to the planets or locations where they take place (like Jupiter, Titan, Mercury, Venus all of which I recommend) and are almost all really engaging.

The Riverworld series by Philip José Farmer is great. The first two books, To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat, being two of the best.

Pretty much anything by Larry Niven is bound to be great. The first Ringworld was amazing but all the Known Space novels really. He co-wrote Inferno with Jerry Pournelle and while it isn't exactly sci-fi it is still an amazing read!

Speaking of Jerry Pournelle, his Starswarm novel was notably good.

You've already read The Day of the Triffids and it really is a classic that still reads beautifully, I haven't read anything else written by John Wyndham but there might be more there. Good choice on this one!

Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge is also highly recommended. A great sci-fi mystery.

If you haven't read any H. G. Wells you should definitely pick up The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, and The First Men in the Moon. All timeless classics that have inspired countless authors.

Speaking of, if you've already read (or do read) The Time Machine and enjoy it then you might be interested in The Time Ships which is a speculative sequel/prequel/tie-in to the idea written by Stephen Baxter.

Michael Crichton had some good ones like The Andromeda Strain and Timeline.

And then of course others have already mentioned the other I'd have recommended like Isaac Asimov, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, Douglas Adams, etc. Out of them I'd recommend reading The Gods Themselves, anything in the Robot series, Rendezvous with Rama, Childhood's End, The City and the Stars, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: Odyssey Two, Stranger in a Strange Land, For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.

I would highly recommend going out and finding some sci-fi short story collections too, those are almost always excellent. Not only can you read tiny bits at a time, but the authors manage to fit so much in so little. You'll discover some great authors that way!

Oh, and if you're ready to hit the hard stuff, you can try reading the Projekt Saucer by W. A. Harbinson. Epic read, but really... really dauntingly long and complex.

Enjoy yourself! :)

Philip K. Dick and Stanisław Lem (Solaris <3)

For a somewhat less conventional choice, I recommend you read Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami. It's somewhat reminiscent of the dreamlike Inception in the multi-layered intricacy of its plot and setup, but make no mistake, this is the far superior work, bursting with wit, humour, imagination and emotional resonance, and all almost 25 years before that film. From the Amazon description: "Half the chapters are set in Tokyo, where the narrator negotiates underground worlds populated by INKlings, dodges opponents of both sides of a raging high-tech infowar, and engages in an affair with a beautiful librarian with a gargantuan appetite. In alternating chapters he tries to reunite with his mind and his shadow, from which he has been severed by the grim, dark "replacement" consciousness implanted in him by a dotty neurophysiologist. Both worlds share the unearthly theme of unicorn skulls that moan and glow. Murakami's fast-paced style, full of hip internationalism, slangy allegory, and intrigue, has been adroitly translated."

I loved the StarCraft books (Wings of Liberty, Shadow of the Xel'naga, Speed of Darkness), if you havent read them you should give them a chance :)!

DUNE

Anything Asimov.

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books

That's a fairly good list in my opinion and could recommend many of those.I believe the last scifi book I read was The Forever War by Joe Haldeman which has some pretty interesting time travel physics to it.Also,Ridley Scott waited around 25 years just for the rights to make a film of the book which has to say something. :)

Must for sci-fi fan: Asimov (Trilogy), Gibson (Neuromancer), Huxley (Brave New World)

Time for a big list!

The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester - distopian lit

A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr. - post apocalyptic

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert A. Heinlein

Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein - nothing like the movie of the same name

Dune, by Frank Herbert

Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut

Ringworld, by Larry Niven

2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clark

Neuromancer, by William Gibson - cyberpunk

Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card - after which you must read:
Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card

Snowcrash, by Neal Stephenson - cyberpunk

The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson - hard to classify, but good

Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson - I don't really consider this sci-fi (it's more of a thriller), but it's very good

American Gods, by Neil Gaiman - actually, anything by Neil Gaiman, although it really is fantasy

The Vorkosigan Saga (series), by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon - an alternate history / mystery more than sci-fi (but still won the Hugo and Nebula), but it is definitely literature. his Pulitzer winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is also excellent.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams - if you like wit, whimsy, and British humor

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, by Hayao Miyazaki - yes, it's also manga. read it anyway

Watchmen, by Alan Moore - graphic novel, I count it as literature

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke, alternative history / fantasy

There are many other great recommendations out there, and I'm sure I've left some out of this list unintentionally, but what can you do? I hope this helps.

Edit: Wow, formatting fail.

Randevous with rama by Arthur C. Clarke... also Rama II

It's Hard to be a God by Strugatski brothers.

Stranger in a Strange Land, The War of The Worlds , or Snow Crash my recommendations

A Trace of Memory

Zelazny has quite a few good books and short stories out there you might be interested.

Another author I enjoy who I never hear anything about from anyone else is C.J. Cherryh.

Other than that, I see quite a few recommendations already, so enjoy!

Read Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and have some fun! (If you havent already)

All the books writed for Isaac Asimov...specially the Fountation saga...enjoy!

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher is a steampunk so i think it's sci-fi.
besides that, i have no idea.

Johh Ringo books!!

I've read Jumper and Metro 2033, I started Metro 2034 but it's not really interesting. I'm looking for "Reflex" by S. Gould (sequel to Jumper)

Heinlein. Anything by Heinlein.

I like Doom series :)

I had posted this in http://www.steamgifts.com/forum/N5Lb7/recommend-me-some-booksplease, but it's the same deal :)

Maybe these (although not all strictly-speaking SF):

• The Stars My Destination: Alfred Bester (my personal fav)
• Ubik: Philip K. Dick (although you can basically get anything of his)
• The Dispossessed: Ursula K. la Guin
• The Moon is a Harsh Mistress: Robert A. Heinlein
• Gateway: Fredrick Pohl
• Flowers for Algernon: Daniel Keyes
• I Am Legend: Richard Matheson
• The Forever War: Joe Halderman
• Cities in Flight: James Blish (4 novels, but frequently published as one)
• Cat's Cradle: Kurt Vonnegut
• Brave New World: Aldous Huxley
• Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
• Nineteen Eighty-Four: George Orwell
• A Clockwork Orange: Anthony Burgess

And then, some relatively recently published SF novels that I've liked -

• Snow Crash: Neal Stephenson
• The Long Earth: Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter
• The City & the City: China Miéville
• Blackout/All Clear: Connie Willis

I hope you enjoy! If you'd like any chat of the above, please feel free to add me - always up for some bookspeak.

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If you are into really hardcore sci-fi I would strongly suggest My Little Pony: Pony Pop Stars by Scout Driggs. It is really deep and well-thought-out work of science fiction.