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Any good sci fi recommendations?

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    #32
    Eoin
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    Toche Guevara wrote: »
    The problem with Richard Morgan is that his plotting lacks depth. If you read Alistair Reynolds Chasm City, you get a real crime-noir detective piece set in the far future. Its first person narrative style echo's Raymond Chandler's classic detective stories. But there is much more going on under the surface.

    I'll give that a go - I've nothing to compare the Morgan stuff against really.


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    ecoli
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    John The Bad wrote: »
    Did he write Lion of Macedon? I read a few pages of that but it failed to grab my attention.

    not that i am aware of i might be mistaken but i think you have him mixed up


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    SimpleSam06
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    ixoy wrote: »
    Also try Donaldson's Gap series - it can be hard to obtain but it's gripping stuff.
    Absoloutely double and triple recommended.


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    Mr. Presentable
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    Space Opera, eh? EE "Doc" Smith - the Skylark and Lensman series should fit the bill. If you can get them....


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    hupyago
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    heres a link I just discovered on the topic
    http://www.bookyards.com/categories.html?type=links&category_id=1801
    I've read some arthur c clarke and I think hes a genius
    3001 a space odyseey is a great read; the conclusion to the space odesey series


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    Lifes_a_Witch
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    Galactic Milieu by Julian May....rip roaring Space Opera at its very finest.

    Altered Carbon by Morgan.....and like somebody else - Just finished Enders Game - very very good.


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    Toche Guevara
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    nipplenuts wrote: »
    Space Opera, eh? EE "Doc" Smith - the Skylark and Lensman series should fit the bill. If you can get them....


    I have the Lensman series first two books and they are awful:D

    They practically created the sub-genre, but sci-fi has moved on a long way since then.


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    Mr. Presentable
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    Toche Guevara wrote: »
    I have the Lensman series first two books and they are awful:D

    They practically created the sub-genre, but sci-fi has moved on a long way since then.

    Opinions, eh? :) They are very light, no question, but they epitomise Space Opera, which is, after all, what the OP expressed interest in. Had he/she wanted sci-fi I might have recommended Bob Shaw...


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    John The Bad
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    hupyago wrote: »
    3001 a space odyseey is a great read; the conclusion to the space odesey series

    Really? I thought 3001 was abysmal.


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