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Originally posted by Dance Master MCGood for you. Star Wars isn't real sci-fi. It's just the story of the young hero in white who saves the princess from the bad guy in the black hat. I would suggest short stories like Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison. If you don't like short stories, I would suggest you go back to books written in or around the 80's. I don't like much of the recent work. Most of it is Star Wars military type stuff although I could recommend Scott Westerfelds "The Risen Empire" and it's sequal "The Killing of Worlds". I think authors like Frederick Pohl and Robert Silverberg are better than their modern counterparts. I liked William Gibson a lot at first but he seems rather unfocused nowdays. Alastair Reynolds is OK sometimes.
I want to read a good sci-fi book, know any good ones?
Edit: BESIDES STAR WARS
Originally posted by Dance Master MCAnvil of Stars by Greg Bear. It's actually part two of two, but is better than the first and holds up as a stand alone book.
I want to read a good sci-fi book, know any good ones?
Edit: BESIDES STAR WARS
Also, The Galactic Millieu Trilogy by Julian May, and The Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F Hamilton.
Originally posted by StarrmanJules Verne, in my opinion, is one of the best Sci-Fi writers out there, but he's not the same kind of sci-fi as most. He takes "current" science (current meaning early 20th century, I think, or even 19th century) and speculates on the possibilities. Electric submarines before there were submarines or much electricity. Going to the moon before anyone did that (he used a cannon instead of a rocket). Good stuff.
Agreed, anything by Asimov is great. Robots and Empire was always a favourite of mine.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungActually, Poe wrote 'The Unparalled Adventures of One Hans Pfall' 30 years before Verne wrote 'From the Earth to the Moon'. But I agree he was fantastic.
Jules Verne, in my opinion, is one of the best Sci-Fi writers out there, but he's not the same kind of sci-fi as most. He takes "current" science (current meaning early 20th century, I think, or even 19th century) and speculates on the possibilities. Electric submarines before there were submarines or much electricity. Going to the moon before anyone did that (he used a cannon instead of a rocket). Good stuff.
