I'm behind on the times. For the past few years have been using a BC library that is an hour away but they didn't have a huge sci/fi section and I couldn't order anything in but recently they opened up a small local library that has access to the TRAC system (can I just say how much I love the TRAC system). It opened in May and I have ordered in 45 books a month....want to get back into the Star Trek books and have ordered in the Gateway series but not sure what else there is anymore. Have already read the entire City of Angels and Clockwork Prince and Laurell K Hamilton series I realize 'what's good' is a broad scope but it'll give me a baseline to start with This is why am trying to post more and talk to adults
Lately I've been off of most mass-marketed "Sci-Fi", as it tends to be more fantasy than SF, or they're "series" books like Trek or Star Wars, etc... which don't usually draw my interest. So I've been reading more historical fiction, and even some non-fiction (The Nine Nations of North America, while old, is still very interesting). Of course, anything by Dan Simmons is on my list.
Well...like Nautica said, print is dead for new stuff...try Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, and Dune, if you haven't already. Mmm...someone will no doubt throw in Heinlen, and Ellison...
If you're looking for recommendations here's a few books I've enjoyed over the last year. Ex-Heroes Zombies and Superheroes what's not to like? Confessions of a D-List Supervillain The trials of a low rent supervillain. Dead Sea Shipwrecked in the "Bermuda Triangle" very creepy sci fi/horror story. Not sci fi but damn good is The Hunter by Richard Stark. I'm currently working my way through that series.
I like the sound of both of those. the last relatively new SF book I've read was called Radio Freefall and was passed off as Heinlien-esque but was on very vaguely so - but I got it for a dollar out of the bargain bin so for that price it was alright.
Some ideas of what you like would be helpful. Everyone likes different things. I like to go the used book stores and find older 60's to 70's books by small time authors. I've found some great books.
Don't know whether you'd like them or not but I just loaned my copies of The Lost Fleet Series by Jack Campbell to a friend of mine. There are six in the first series and the author has recently started a new one based in the same universe with the same basic set of characters. Also, see if you can find some stuff by John Scalzi. I first read Old Man's War a couple of years ago and was hooked. I like his work, too.
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. The title makes it sound like it's corny, but after reading the book cover, I was intrigued. Unfortunately, that day, I found three other romance novels I wanted and the sci-fi one would have to wait for another day.
I read everything from victorian erotica to sci-fi/fantasy to non-fiction to craft books (do everything under the sun). About the most horror-like stuff I can handle is Laurell K Hamilton. I get really into the books and they scare the crap out of me. Even have Star Trek craft books
I don't like Horror - never have. Not reading it. Not watching it. I don't even like haunted houses. But, I loved reading Stephen King - before Richard Bachman, naturally. Stuff he's written since is shit.
I'm with you on horror - never got into it at all. Speaking of King, though, I did recently watch The Stand. It started out pretty strong but just got weird for, apparently, no good reason. Made me even more glad I never bothered attempting the book.
I can't even watch Criminal Minds anymore and CSI is getting too gory for me. Laurell K Hamilton isn't really 'horror' though. I don't know how it classifies as horror. I think they just gave it that so that it can go onto the mainstream literature rack as who really wants to admit that they are reading a book that is essentially only rough group sex. Except me. As I have no problem whatsoever admitting that (am still the only person who has ordered in a KNITTING book that shocked the crap out of the librarian).
How was I supposed to know that they had half naked erotic pictures all over the back of it? Some of those books look quite interesting. I shall have to check them out
I burned out on Laurell Hamilton. Her books, especially the Anita Blake series, just got too damn repetitive. It's rote now, not creative. Still hold out hopes for the Meredith Gentry stuff, but eh. Mostly these days I'm reading biographies, so I've no idea what's hot in SF.
Yea, I couldn't figure out if it was some kind of military project gone wrong or biological attack from enemies or ... something else.
Admittedly its been a really really really long time since I saw the movie, but I mainly got the whole devil against god out of it. I think it was more who cares how it happened this is what happened after?
Anybody got any free Sci-Fi recommendations for the Kindle? There's a lot of junk out there, especially on Amazon's so-called top 100 list.
Sorry. I refuse to get a Kindle because I like real books too much. I did just finish Swimming Through the Steno Pool - it was highly entertaining lol. Amusingly enough I ordered in the Gateway series and book 1 hasn't come in yet. Guess am reading 2-7 first
I like real books, too, but the convenience is unsurpassed for carrying around the stack of books that I haven't gotten around to finishing yet. Plus I can carry reference books to supplement my old brain on the fly now.
Good luck finding "real books" anymore. Nearby Dover, Delaware has lost both of its bookstores within the last 6 months. If I want to buy a "real book", I have to drive 30 miles to Wilmington. Buy a Kindle and join the dark side...I get mine for my birthday in two weeks. Of course, I also have the Kindle app on my laptop, which means I'm wasting lots of time on Amazon these days.
