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Sci Fi book recommendations

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  • 12-10-2009 6:27pm
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    ErayWanderer
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    hey folks .

    im hoping the community at large can suggest authors or books of type im finding hard to find . im a big fanof david weber and love the Honor Harrington series. that whole huge space opera / political story has always been a favorite of mine. i also managed to find an author called Mike Shepherd who has a simular styled series in kris longknife.

    so thats an idea of what im after , female protagonist , great big space battles , some political slants but hopefully without the bug eyed aliens so much . any ideas or recommendations would be greatly appreciated

    Eoin
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    JD1763
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    Stephen Donaldson - The Gap Sequence.

    Kevin J Andersen - Saga of the Seven Suns

    Charles Stross - Saturns Children/Iron Sunrise/Singularity Sky


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    Dades
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    ErayWanderer wrote: »
    so thats an idea of what im after , female protagonist , great big space battles , some political slants but hopefully without the bug eyed aliens so much . any ideas or recommendations would be greatly appreciated
    Iain M Banks' "Against a Dark Background" ticks pretty much all of those boxes. Less of an 'opera', but a great standalone read. :)


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    Morlar
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    The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman. It would not be easy to explain without making it sound ridiculous but well worth checking out.


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    Funglegunk
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    Dades wrote: »
    Iain M Banks' "Against a Dark Background" ticks pretty much all of those boxes. Less of an 'opera', but a great standalone read. :)

    +1 That should be perfect for what you're looking for.

    Otherwise you might try Peter F. Hamilton's 'Commonwealth' saga, starting with 'Pandora's Star'. Just be warned, it takes a while to get into! A hell of a lot of characters in it.


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    gdael
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    Or try Asimov's Foundation series.


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    Furious_Daz
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    JD1763 wrote: »
    Stephen Donaldson - The Gap Sequence.

    Kevin J Andersen - Saga of the Seven Suns

    Charles Stross - Saturns Children/Iron Sunrise/Singularity Sky

    Stay away from this series! The writing style is akin to that of a twelve year old. I read the first book and decided I could probably do better myself if I put my mind to it...


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    JD1763
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    Matter of taste really but I enjoyed it as a bit of lighter sci-fi fare.

    Will we be seeing your space opera submission in creative writing soon? ;)


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    steevee
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    Peter f Hamilton master of space opera !


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    Funglegunk
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    Furious_Daz wrote: »
    Stay away from this series! The writing style is akin to that of a twelve year old. I read the first book and decided I could probably do better myself if I put my mind to it...

    I thought exactly the same thing when I read another Kevin J Andersen book, one of the Dune prequels. Awful, awful book. Especially annoying considering the original Dune books are favourites of mine!


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    Furious_Daz
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    JD1763 wrote: »
    Matter of taste really but I enjoyed it as a bit of lighter sci-fi fare.

    Will we be seeing your space opera submission in creative writing soon? ;)

    I doubt it! I should have clarified above that my comment was just my personal opinion. I can see why people would enjoy the story, it's just that the writing style began to annoy me after a while...


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    skogs
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    Ben Bova - The grand tour series. Great space opera especially 'The asteroid wars.' No bug eyed aliens in sight!


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    zesman
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    The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick


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    Dades
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    zesman wrote: »
    The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick
    Not much sci-fi in that really, apart from the alternative future aspect.

    Found it very disappointing myself, ended with a whimper, too.


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    dioltas
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    Dades wrote: »
    Not much sci-fi in that really, apart from the alternative future aspect.

    Found it very disappointing myself, ended with a whimper, too.


    I found the same, It's supposed to be brilliant though. I was wondering if I'd missed something. It strikes me as something that might need to be re-read.


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    CuLT
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    Peter F. Hamilton is a fantastic space opera author; sprawling canvas, imaginitive technologies, vivid characters, excellent plots and very well written.

    If you haven't encountered his work yet, I envy you :)

    His most recent stuff is The Commonwealth Saga, which is excellent. I enjoyed his earlier trilogy, "The Night's Dawn", but it's a little hokey and probably a bit too heavy on the sex.


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