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Post by papamihel on Oct 12, 2021 6:28:30 GMT
Do tell...
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Post by yggdrasil on Oct 12, 2021 8:29:20 GMT
Alfred Bester's "The Stars My Destination"
Clarke's "Childhood's End","A Fall Of Moondust","Rendezvous with Rama" and "The Fountains of Paradise"
Anything by Mike Moorcock.
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Post by papamihel on Oct 12, 2021 18:11:41 GMT
Alfred Bester's "The Stars My Destination" Clarke's "Childhood's End","A Fall Of Moondust","Rendezvous with Rama" and "The Fountains of Paradise" Anything by Mike Moorcock. Nothing from younger authors? |
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Post by yggdrasil on Oct 15, 2021 8:22:49 GMT
Alfred Bester's "The Stars My Destination" Clarke's "Childhood's End","A Fall Of Moondust","Rendezvous with Rama" and "The Fountains of Paradise" Anything by Mike Moorcock. Nothing from younger authors? Must admit to not reading much sci fi these days, was more a teen thing for me. More modern ones that have impressed me are Adrian Tchaikovsky and China Mieville. No way an expert though. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Oct 15, 2021 10:50:03 GMT
I read a few sci-fi books, film derivatives such as Star Trek and Alien, fantasies and comedies (Conan Doyle; Tom Sharp) then took a look at heavier fare such as The Last Temptation (excellent stuff) and Nietzsche (good grief, turgid pointlessness) and a few PJ O'Rourkes (Holidays in Hell, Give War a Chance - marvellous) but once I found PG Wodehouse, I read nothing but.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2021 10:21:53 GMT
Oddly enough I havent read many scifi books, not that I can remember right now anyway. Mostly crime/true crime. Some fantasy
Oh, I have read two books of the trilogy in which that Natalie Portman movie is based on, Annihilation
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Dec 5, 2021 10:23:12 GMT
Oddly enough I havent read many scifi books, not that I can remember right now anyway. Mostly crime/true crime. Some fantasy Oh, I have read two books of the trilogy in which that Natalie Portman movie is based on, Annihilation I quite liked that film and would definitely watch more of the strange world if they made one. Weird ending as well, which was interesting. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2021 10:25:15 GMT
Oddly enough I havent read many scifi books, not that I can remember right now anyway. Mostly crime/true crime. Some fantasy Oh, I have read two books of the trilogy in which that Natalie Portman movie is based on, Annihilation I quite liked that film and would definitely watch more of the strange world if they made one. Weird ending as well, which was interesting. Yeah it's definitely one of the upper tier modern scifi movies imo |
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Post by OldSamVimes on Dec 13, 2021 18:03:42 GMT
I like John Varley and Vernor Vinge.
'A Fire Upon the Deep' is excellent.
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Post by bomtombadil on Dec 14, 2021 14:03:57 GMT
Anything by Mike Moorcock. Agreed! Amazing works! |
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Post by yggdrasil on Dec 15, 2021 9:22:08 GMT
Anything by Mike Moorcock. Agreed! Amazing works! Not so much his fantasy although I adored the "Eternal Champion stuff" as a kid, but his serious books show him to be one of the most underrated writers of his generation. His Colonel Pyat quartet are my all time favourite books, closely followed by "Brothel in Rosenstrasse", Mother London and Gloriana. Plus the Jerry Cornelius works of course (the world could do with Jerry right now, I like to think he's out there somewhere) |
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Post by bomtombadil on Dec 15, 2021 14:17:26 GMT
Not so much his fantasy although I adored the "Eternal Champion stuff" as a kid, but his serious books show him to be one of the most underrated writers of his generation. His Colonel Pyat quartet are my all time favourite books, closely followed by "Brothel in Rosenstrasse", Mother London and Gloriana. Plus the Jerry Cornelius works of course (the world could do with Jerry right now, I like to think he's out there somewhere) Yes, Brothel in Rosenstrasse was excellent. Moorcock even recorded a song of that title with his band Deep Fix. (not really my favorite song though. His Hawkwind collaborations turned out much better). |
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Post by bomtombadil on Dec 15, 2021 14:19:56 GMT
I like me some Ray Bradbury for his excellent creation of atmosphere. I also enjoy Ballard and Zelazny and Vonnegut Jr.
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Post by yggdrasil on Dec 15, 2021 14:30:45 GMT
Not so much his fantasy although I adored the "Eternal Champion stuff" as a kid, but his serious books show him to be one of the most underrated writers of his generation. His Colonel Pyat quartet are my all time favourite books, closely followed by "Brothel in Rosenstrasse", Mother London and Gloriana. Plus the Jerry Cornelius works of course (the world could do with Jerry right now, I like to think he's out there somewhere) Yes, Brothel in Rosenstrasse was excellent. Moorcock even recorded a song of that title with his band Deep Fix. (not really my favorite song though. His Hawkwind collaborations turned out much better). Yeah, I saw him live with Hawkwind in the 70's and the last time I saw them on The "Chronicles Of The Black Sword" (Elric based album) tour back in I believe mid 80's. He also added some guitar on Bob Calvert's "Hype" album if memory serves. "World's Fair" is an underrated album. |
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Feb 3, 2022 0:58:43 GMT
I like the girls. Elizabeth Moon, Anne McCaffrey, Ursula LeGuin. LeGuin would have got a Nobel literature prize if the snotty literati didn't think sci fi too lowbrow. |
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