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Orphans of the Sky, by Heinlein. One of the original generation ship stories.
Orphans of the Sky, by Heinlein. One of the original generation ship stories.
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Hull Zero Three, by Greg Bear. A very very different take on a similar concept.
Hull Zero Three, by Greg Bear. A very very different take on a similar concept.
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The Machine Stops, by E M Forster (1909). The prototype for Logan's Run, THX1138 and a dozen other similar stories
The Machine Stops, by E M Forster (1909). The prototype for Logan's Run, THX1138 and a dozen other similar stories
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This Time of Darkness, H M Hoover (juvenile / YA). In a somewhat similar vein. Imagine the movie Dredd, but without violence, following a pair of 12 year old kids trying to escape Mega City One.
Still haunts me. Reread it a dozen times, as recently as last year.
This Time of Darkness, H M Hoover (juvenile / YA). In a somewhat similar vein. Imagine the movie Dredd, but without violence, following a pair of 12 year old kids trying to escape Mega City One.
Still haunts me. Reread it a dozen times, as recently as last year.
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Farmer in the Sky, Heinlein. (juvenile). Little House on the Prairie, on Ganymede. Got me interested in farming / homesteading back when I was ~10 or so.
Farmer in the Sky, Heinlein. (juvenile). Little House on the Prairie, on Ganymede. Got me interested in farming / homesteading back when I was ~10 or so.
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Little Heroes, Norman Spinrad. An overlooked cyberpunk treasure. I'd call it "dated", but if you're looking for cyberpunk, we can both agree to call it "retro" instead.
Little Heroes, Norman Spinrad. An overlooked cyberpunk treasure. I'd call it "dated", but if you're looking for cyberpunk, we can both agree to call it "retro" instead.
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Millenium, by John Varley. Classic time travel caper.
Millenium, by John Varley. Classic time travel caper.
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Slow Apocalypse, by John Varley. Small scale apocalyptic / prepper-adjacent novel, from a great author, not a red tribe ghetto writer.
Slow Apocalypse, by John Varley. Small scale apocalyptic / prepper-adjacent novel, from a great author, not a red tribe ghetto writer.
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Revenger, by Alastair Reynolds. Robert Louis Stephenson pirate tail, set in the far future, using rigorous hard science, but with a perfectly nautical 18th century tone.
Revenger, by Alastair Reynolds. Robert Louis Stephenson pirate tail, set in the far future, using rigorous hard science, but with a perfectly nautical 18th century tone.
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Mallworld, by Somtow Sucharitkul . A wacky lighthearted 1980s romp set in a giant space station mall.
Mallworld, by Somtow Sucharitkul . A wacky lighthearted 1980s romp set in a giant space station mall.
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When Gravity Fails, George Alec Effinger. Super imaginitive cyberpunk set in the high tech ghettoes of a 22nd century caliphate.
When Gravity Fails, George Alec Effinger. Super imaginitive cyberpunk set in the high tech ghettoes of a 22nd century caliphate.
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A Million Open Doors, by John Barnes. In a future when disconnected human colonies are reconnected, how do you balance cultural preservation with universal concepts of rights?
A Million Open Doors, by John Barnes. In a future when disconnected human colonies are reconnected, how do you balance cultural preservation with universal concepts of rights?
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The Text of Festival, Mick Farren. A crazy suis generis post apocalyptic tale that prefigures Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, mashed up with Woodstock
The Text of Festival, Mick Farren. A crazy suis generis post apocalyptic tale that prefigures Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, mashed up with Woodstock
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Ridley Walker, by Russel Hoban
yet another post apocalyptic tale, written by someone outside the scientific mainstream ; interesting look at cultural continuity and strange attractors
Ridley Walker, by Russel Hoban
yet another post apocalyptic tale, written by someone outside the scientific mainstream ; interesting look at cultural continuity and strange attractors
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The Integral Trees, Niven. Small scale hard science fiction adventure in a very interesting world.
The Integral Trees, Niven. Small scale hard science fiction adventure in a very interesting world.
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Mission of Gravity, by Hal Clement. The father of ultra hard SF talks about humans crash landing on a planet with gravity varies between 3g and 700g
Mission of Gravity, by Hal Clement. The father of ultra hard SF talks about humans crash landing on a planet with gravity varies between 3g and 700g
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Dragon's Egg by Robert Forward. Humans communicate with the strange creatures that live on a neutron star.
Dragon's Egg by Robert Forward. Humans communicate with the strange creatures that live on a neutron star.
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Delta V, Daniel Suarez. Recommended by Neal Stephenson when I asked him at a signing what he was reading. I quite enjoyed it. Hard near-current-day SF dealing with Elon Musk, Bezos, etc. like figures, plus asteroid mining.
Delta V, Daniel Suarez. Recommended by Neal Stephenson when I asked him at a signing what he was reading. I quite enjoyed it. Hard near-current-day SF dealing with Elon Musk, Bezos, etc. like figures, plus asteroid mining.
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Slow River by Nicola Griffith. An offbeat story following one woman in the near future.
Slow River by Nicola Griffith. An offbeat story following one woman in the near future.
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The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. Somewhat dated, but given that they're really about human nature, not rockets or Mars, still perfectly timely. Read them, as with all Bradbury, as if they're poetry.
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. Somewhat dated, but given that they're really about human nature, not rockets or Mars, still perfectly timely. Read them, as with all Bradbury, as if they're poetry.
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The Alien Years, by Silverberg. Inscrutable aliens arrive, do things. Humans try to deal, and ... kind of do? Kind of don't.
In the end, the aliens are revealed to be ... quite alien.
The Alien Years, by Silverberg. Inscrutable aliens arrive, do things. Humans try to deal, and ... kind of do? Kind of don't.
In the end, the aliens are revealed to be ... quite alien.
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The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison.
Light hearted fun.
The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison.
Light hearted fun.
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The Steel Beach by John Varley. After the aliens kick us off Earth, the center of human civilization is the moon ...but with long life and near infinite wealth, how do we avoid boring ourselves to tears?
The Steel Beach by John Varley. After the aliens kick us off Earth, the center of human civilization is the moon ...but with long life and near infinite wealth, how do we avoid boring ourselves to tears?
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more later ; need to get some writing done on "Escape the City" https://escapefromthecity.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
more later ; need to get some writing done on "Escape the City" https://escapefromthecity.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
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Lucifer's Hammer, by Niven and Pournelle - the single best apocalypse / prepper novel ever written, with massive doses of Heinlein Competent Man trope
Lucifer's Hammer, by Niven and Pournelle - the single best apocalypse / prepper novel ever written, with massive doses of Heinlein Competent Man trope
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The Last Centurion, by John Ringo. Another apocalypse / prepper novel, and it doesn't suffer from most of the @hradzka "Oh, John Ringo, no!" flaws
The Last Centurion, by John Ringo. Another apocalypse / prepper novel, and it doesn't suffer from most of the @hradzka "Oh, John Ringo, no!" flaws
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Snowcrash, by Neal Stephenson. A tiny tiny bit dated now, but still a great exploration of memes, burbs, post-Westphalian systems, phyles, and more.
Snowcrash, by Neal Stephenson. A tiny tiny bit dated now, but still a great exploration of memes, burbs, post-Westphalian systems, phyles, and more.
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Metropolitan, by Walter Jon Williams. Hard to say if it's really SF, or some sort of urban fantasy, but it's a political novel set in a dieselpunk city that spans a world. Weird, and very good.
Metropolitan, by Walter Jon Williams. Hard to say if it's really SF, or some sort of urban fantasy, but it's a political novel set in a dieselpunk city that spans a world. Weird, and very good.
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Dune, by Herbert, of course. Galactic Empires had been done before, but he was the first to do it seriously, and make us take it seriously. Also a very early entry in "ecological SF".
Laid down the universe and tone that WH40k expanded on.
Dune, by Herbert, of course. Galactic Empires had been done before, but he was the first to do it seriously, and make us take it seriously. Also a very early entry in "ecological SF".
Laid down the universe and tone that WH40k expanded on.
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The Draka series, by S.M. Stirling. Ripping mil SF if a cruel, imaginative alt history.
The Draka series, by S.M. Stirling. Ripping mil SF if a cruel, imaginative alt history.
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Kiteworld by Keith Roberts. Set either in a future of this world, or - I think - an alternate sister world to ours, it follows a priesthood of kite riders who defend the borders of their realm from demons that may be weird technological incursions.
Kiteworld by Keith Roberts. Set either in a future of this world, or - I think - an alternate sister world to ours, it follows a priesthood of kite riders who defend the borders of their realm from demons that may be weird technological incursions.
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Downbelow Station C. J. Cherryh, follows politics at a vast space station / border town as political provocations between two superpowers turn into open war.
Downbelow Station C. J. Cherryh, follows politics at a vast space station / border town as political provocations between two superpowers turn into open war.
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Timescape, by Gregory Benford. A cross-time-communication thriller combined with ecothriller.
Timescape, by Gregory Benford. A cross-time-communication thriller combined with ecothriller.
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Starship Troopers, by Heinlein. The great granddaddy of mil SF, which has only been equaled once. Almost everything else that follows in its footsteps gives the adventure, without any of the introspection.
Starship Troopers, by Heinlein. The great granddaddy of mil SF, which has only been equaled once. Almost everything else that follows in its footsteps gives the adventure, without any of the introspection.
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The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman. A response and rebuttal to Starship Troopers, and the only mil SF novel to ever equal or perhaps even exceed it, on its own terms.
The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman. A response and rebuttal to Starship Troopers, and the only mil SF novel to ever equal or perhaps even exceed it, on its own terms.
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Dhalgren, by Samuel Delaney.
I hated it, and I didn't finish it, but there's something going on there.
Dhalgren, by Samuel Delaney.
I hated it, and I didn't finish it, but there's something going on there.
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There are Doors, by Gene Wolfe. Perhaps the easiest onramp to the often challenging master. Multiple universes, doors between then, maybe a goddess.
There are Doors, by Gene Wolfe. Perhaps the easiest onramp to the often challenging master. Multiple universes, doors between then, maybe a goddess.
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The World Next Door, Brad Ferguson. Set in an alternate history where World War III happened in the late 1960s, the children and grandchildren of the survivors, living a relatively placid agrarian existence, start to have dreams, dreams with lyrics from our universe...
The World Next Door, Brad Ferguson. Set in an alternate history where World War III happened in the late 1960s, the children and grandchildren of the survivors, living a relatively placid agrarian existence, start to have dreams, dreams with lyrics from our universe...
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Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson. Part of a triptych of three novels, each set 30 years in the future in the same California town, but in three very different futures.
Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson. Part of a triptych of three novels, each set 30 years in the future in the same California town, but in three very different futures.
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Hyperion, Dan Simmons. The Canterbury Tales, in the future, when three factions of AIs are plotting against humans, but we don't know it and are more concerned with a time travelling murder both protecting time tombs.
...but then it gets weird.
Hyperion, Dan Simmons. The Canterbury Tales, in the future, when three factions of AIs are plotting against humans, but we don't know it and are more concerned with a time travelling murder both protecting time tombs.
...but then it gets weird.
ok, back to writing the homesteading book
more later
more later
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A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller Jr.
A meditation on human nature, sin, the cyclical nature of history, all in the context of recovering lost science 1,000 years after a nuclear war.
A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller Jr.
A meditation on human nature, sin, the cyclical nature of history, all in the context of recovering lost science 1,000 years after a nuclear war.
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Souls in the Great Machine, by Sean McMullen.
very odd post apocalyptic novel where the exact nature of the apocalypse is unclear, but the remnant orbiting weapons can still be seen with the naked eye, and the mutated sea mammals still use their Call to lure humans to doom
Souls in the Great Machine, by Sean McMullen.
very odd post apocalyptic novel where the exact nature of the apocalypse is unclear, but the remnant orbiting weapons can still be seen with the naked eye, and the mutated sea mammals still use their Call to lure humans to doom
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Orion Shall Rise, by Poul Anderson.
Again, set a thousand years after the nuclear war. There are several interestingly evolved future cultures, all vying for supremacy.
I need to reread this.
Orion Shall Rise, by Poul Anderson.
Again, set a thousand years after the nuclear war. There are several interestingly evolved future cultures, all vying for supremacy.
I need to reread this.
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Hardwired, by Walter Jon Williams.
Great cyberpunk-ish smuggling tale.
Hardwired, by Walter Jon Williams.
Great cyberpunk-ish smuggling tale.
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Deep Drive by Alexander Jablokov. The solar system has been visited by dozens of aliens, but they won't sell humans the technology to travel to the stars. Intrigue happens.
Deep Drive by Alexander Jablokov. The solar system has been visited by dozens of aliens, but they won't sell humans the technology to travel to the stars. Intrigue happens.
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Farewell Horizontal by K. W. Jeter. A very weird setting that haunts the entire tale: everything takes place on the outside of a very (infinitely ?) tall building.
Farewell Horizontal by K. W. Jeter. A very weird setting that haunts the entire tale: everything takes place on the outside of a very (infinitely ?) tall building.
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Beggars in Spain, Nancy Kress. In a near future where a fraction of 1% of people produce 99% of the value, and everyone else lives off of welfare which they "earn" by voting, what responsibility does the 1% have for the others?
Nancy answers the question incorrectly.
Beggars in Spain, Nancy Kress. In a near future where a fraction of 1% of people produce 99% of the value, and everyone else lives off of welfare which they "earn" by voting, what responsibility does the 1% have for the others?
Nancy answers the question incorrectly.
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Red Mars, etc. trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. An epic tale of teraforming, politics, and ecoterrorism.
Red Mars, etc. trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. An epic tale of teraforming, politics, and ecoterrorism.
Espedair Street, oh, wait, that's by Iain Banks, not Iain M Banks https://twitter.com/TheClarksTale/status/1331355477897166850
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Against a Dark Background, by Iain M Banks. A stand alone novel, outside of his culture universe, set in a world that is far far far from any galaxies, and which therefore is trapped in tens or hundreds of thousands of years of rise-and-fall-and-rise history
Against a Dark Background, by Iain M Banks. A stand alone novel, outside of his culture universe, set in a world that is far far far from any galaxies, and which therefore is trapped in tens or hundreds of thousands of years of rise-and-fall-and-rise history
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and speaking of endless cycles
The Mote in God's Eye by Niven and Pournelle. Best first contact novel ever, IMO. I s̶t̶e̶a̶l̶ pay homage to one particular scene in Aristillus 4.
and speaking of endless cycles
The Mote in God's Eye by Niven and Pournelle. Best first contact novel ever, IMO. I s̶t̶e̶a̶l̶ pay homage to one particular scene in Aristillus 4.
ok, need to write
at 4,242 words today and would love to hit 5k
at 4,242 words today and would love to hit 5k
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Neuromancer, William Gibson
I just re-read it a year ago, and it's an entirely different novel when read at 49 than at 13 or so. An absolute classic of cyberpunk / ennui / Beat
Neuromancer, William Gibson
I just re-read it a year ago, and it's an entirely different novel when read at 49 than at 13 or so. An absolute classic of cyberpunk / ennui / Beat
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The World Inside, Robert Silverberg
Yet another 1960s/70s overpopulation tale, an adult counterpart to the YA This Time of Darkness, but without the hope.
A good view into a future culture entirely unlike our own.
The World Inside, Robert Silverberg
Yet another 1960s/70s overpopulation tale, an adult counterpart to the YA This Time of Darkness, but without the hope.
A good view into a future culture entirely unlike our own.
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Bug Jack Barron, Norman Spinrad 1969
media mogul Donald Trump's son Barron Trump, uncovers a future adenochrome conspiracy by the pedo elite.
I...am only 20% joking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_Jack_Barron
Bug Jack Barron, Norman Spinrad 1969
media mogul Donald Trump's son Barron Trump, uncovers a future adenochrome conspiracy by the pedo elite.
I...am only 20% joking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_Jack_Barron
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The Snow Queen, by Joan D Vinge (ex wife of fellow SF great Vernor Vinge).
Two human cultures alternate ruling a single planet on a 300 year cycle, as the climate oscilates, one high tech, one low.
The Snow Queen, by Joan D Vinge (ex wife of fellow SF great Vernor Vinge).
Two human cultures alternate ruling a single planet on a 300 year cycle, as the climate oscilates, one high tech, one low.
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Soldiers of Paradise by Paul Park
Another in the "cyclical history" subgenre. On a world where seasons last for decades or centuries, it seems that all of this has happened before.
Soldiers of Paradise by Paul Park
Another in the "cyclical history" subgenre. On a world where seasons last for decades or centuries, it seems that all of this has happened before.
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Helliconia Spring / Summer / Winter by Brian Aldiss. Yet another entry in the "long seasons / cyclical history" subgenre.
Against the background of this subgenre, Martin's failure to do much of interest w the variable seasons in his Throne series is damning.
Helliconia Spring / Summer / Winter by Brian Aldiss. Yet another entry in the "long seasons / cyclical history" subgenre.
Against the background of this subgenre, Martin's failure to do much of interest w the variable seasons in his Throne series is damning.
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The High Crusade, Poul Anderson
Light hearted romp, but fun. Aliens land in the middle ages and ... aren't prepared for how effective humans can be.
The High Crusade, Poul Anderson
Light hearted romp, but fun. Aliens land in the middle ages and ... aren't prepared for how effective humans can be.
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Little Fuzzy, H Beam Piper
First contact story with, may Allah forgive me, furries.
Little Fuzzy, H Beam Piper
First contact story with, may Allah forgive me, furries.
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The Rolling Stones, Robert Heinlein (YA)
A three generation family from Free Luna (the grandmother is an all-grown-up-now Hazel Stone from TMiaHM !) buy a spaceship and set out on adventures / profit seeking businesses.
The Rolling Stones, Robert Heinlein (YA)
A three generation family from Free Luna (the grandmother is an all-grown-up-now Hazel Stone from TMiaHM !) buy a spaceship and set out on adventures / profit seeking businesses.
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Emerald Eyes / The Long Run / The Last Dancer by Daniel Keyes Moran. A very convincing 21st century where individual autonomy is slowly giving way to the logic of centralization.
Three books in an insanely audacious [ unfinished ] future history of 33 that he mapped out
Emerald Eyes / The Long Run / The Last Dancer by Daniel Keyes Moran. A very convincing 21st century where individual autonomy is slowly giving way to the logic of centralization.
Three books in an insanely audacious [ unfinished ] future history of 33 that he mapped out
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Flinx in Flux, Alan Dean Foster.
A fun series in a galaxy populated with dozens of sentient species.
Flinx in Flux, Alan Dean Foster.
A fun series in a galaxy populated with dozens of sentient species.
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A Boy and his Dog, Harlan Ellison
he's a good dog, Bront
A Boy and his Dog, Harlan Ellison
he's a good dog, Bront
as a side note, I'm looking at list of Hugo award winning novels, and it breaks my heart how the SJWs have corrupted this
it used to be awarded, 19 times out of 20, to insanely good novels that altered and improved the genre forever ; now it's all woke trash awarded by entryists
it used to be awarded, 19 times out of 20, to insanely good novels that altered and improved the genre forever ; now it's all woke trash awarded by entryists
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Cowboy Angels, Paul Mcauley
A little known work that posits cross time gates ... and US foreign policy inevitably has opinions about Similar Americas.
Not absolutely amazing as a novel, but I keep coming back to the concept.
Cowboy Angels, Paul Mcauley
A little known work that posits cross time gates ... and US foreign policy inevitably has opinions about Similar Americas.
Not absolutely amazing as a novel, but I keep coming back to the concept.
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Schismatrix, Bruce Sterling
1980s cyberpunk, and, yes, I'm sure I'm listing so many of these because "the golden age of science fiction is 13", but also - there was something in the water then - a golden age
two human cultures (cyborg vs biohackers) battle for solar system
Schismatrix, Bruce Sterling
1980s cyberpunk, and, yes, I'm sure I'm listing so many of these because "the golden age of science fiction is 13", but also - there was something in the water then - a golden age
two human cultures (cyborg vs biohackers) battle for solar system
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The Difference Engine (Sterling, Gibson)
The single novel that created steampunk. Alt history where Babbage built his Difference Engine. Novel didn't quite cohere or pay off perfectly, but still worth reading.
The Macguffin may tie into Stephenson's Cryptonomicon ( ??)
The Difference Engine (Sterling, Gibson)
The single novel that created steampunk. Alt history where Babbage built his Difference Engine. Novel didn't quite cohere or pay off perfectly, but still worth reading.
The Macguffin may tie into Stephenson's Cryptonomicon ( ??)
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Startide Rising, David Brin
Brin might have been a complete cock the one time I met him, but his Uplift universe was great. Galactic civilization, gene hacking animals to give them intelligence ( this is the trope I stole for the Dogs in my novels ).
Startide Rising, David Brin
Brin might have been a complete cock the one time I met him, but his Uplift universe was great. Galactic civilization, gene hacking animals to give them intelligence ( this is the trope I stole for the Dogs in my novels ).
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Singularity Sky, Charles Stross
A future warblogger encounters omnipotent AI, time travel, posthumans, and more.
Stross dumped 20 years of ideas into this + sequel, and it's overflowing. avoid Accelerando (the economic ideas of which I mock in passing in my novels)
Singularity Sky, Charles Stross
A future warblogger encounters omnipotent AI, time travel, posthumans, and more.
Stross dumped 20 years of ideas into this + sequel, and it's overflowing. avoid Accelerando (the economic ideas of which I mock in passing in my novels)
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Fallen Angels by Niven, Pournelle, and Flynn
Lightweight fan-service, hitting all of the "rah, rah SCIENCE!" and "space travel good, greens bad!" talking points of the in crowd...but fun, if you like that sort of thing.
Fallen Angels by Niven, Pournelle, and Flynn
Lightweight fan-service, hitting all of the "rah, rah SCIENCE!" and "space travel good, greens bad!" talking points of the in crowd...but fun, if you like that sort of thing.
70/
Eifelheim, by Michael Flynn
A medieval European village encounters cross-universe travelling aliens. Philosophy, science, and theology ensue.
Eifelheim, by Michael Flynn
A medieval European village encounters cross-universe travelling aliens. Philosophy, science, and theology ensue.
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The January Dancer, Up Jim River, etc. by Michael Flynn
Small scale interstellar spy adventure, set in a background that explicates Flynn's great ideas about cultural evolution, facts becoming narrative becoming myth, and the fragility of the scientific method
The January Dancer, Up Jim River, etc. by Michael Flynn
Small scale interstellar spy adventure, set in a background that explicates Flynn's great ideas about cultural evolution, facts becoming narrative becoming myth, and the fragility of the scientific method
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Ship of Fools, Richard Paul Russo.
A slow scale disaster on a large space ship, as human nature does what human nature always does: destroys us by our own hands.
Ship of Fools, Richard Paul Russo.
A slow scale disaster on a large space ship, as human nature does what human nature always does: destroys us by our own hands.
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The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K LeGuin
explores free will and Daoism in a story about a man who can dream the world into changing itself
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K LeGuin
explores free will and Daoism in a story about a man who can dream the world into changing itself
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Ecotopia, by Ernest Callenbach.
More or less created the modern left-environmentalist Cascadia secessionist movement.
Certainly an influence on the later Pacific Edge https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1331346992849620998
Ecotopia, by Ernest Callenbach.
More or less created the modern left-environmentalist Cascadia secessionist movement.
Certainly an influence on the later Pacific Edge https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1331346992849620998
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Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Asimov's reputation diminishes as time passes, for 2 reasons, 1 good, 1 bad. The valid reason is that his stories were so so and his characters were cardboard. The invalid reason is the "trope creator" problem - seems old hat bc he CREATED stuff
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Asimov's reputation diminishes as time passes, for 2 reasons, 1 good, 1 bad. The valid reason is that his stories were so so and his characters were cardboard. The invalid reason is the "trope creator" problem - seems old hat bc he CREATED stuff
Foundation was hugely influential on, for example, the NYT's Paul Krugman, so it's important to understand it
ok, gotta work on writing my homesteading books
BTW, if you like the kind of SF novels I discuss in this thread, check out my own novels https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1303047090399055875
BTW, if you like the kind of SF novels I discuss in this thread, check out my own novels https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1303047090399055875
