Thread: Recommend me some Sci-Fi books

I've been getting into Sci-Fi books lately, but I'm not really familiar with any particular authors or series'. Some that I've read in the last few years and really enjoyed are:

A Clockwork Orange- Anthony Burgess
Riddley Walker- Russel Hoban
Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
Frankenstein- Mary Shelley
1984- George Orwell
The Quiet War- Paul McAuley (currently reading; sorta slow so far)

In my queue are:
Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
The Martian Chronicles- Ray Bradbury

I found this site and it's been helpful, but I'd like to hear what some of you would suggest.

Thanks!

the Foundation series - Asimov

Dune - Herbert

the Demolished Man - Bester

Anything by Asimov. Richard Matheson is also an author to read.

Originally Posted by gescom

the Foundation series - Asimov

Dune - Herbert

the Demolished Man - Bester

Good picks from gescom !!!

I would throw in Enders Game by Orson Scott Card and the books that follow it.

Arthur C Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey and following books are good.

William Gibson's Neuromancer the classic cyber punk book.

And one of my personal favorits : Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five

Im happy that there are some readers here on LGK

Everything by Stephenson

Neal Stephenson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And Heinlein:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...n_bibliography

What's your preference, Doc? There are many genres within the category.

Dan Simmons is one of my favorite authors. Hyperion is outstanding as are the other 3 novels in that series.

Neal Asher is about as good as it gets in more contemporary space operas. He has created a rather amazing universe. Check out The Skinner.

Neal Stephenson's first novel is called Zodiac and he just got better from there with Snow Crash and Diamond Age. His next 4 novels digressed from sci-fi into revised history but the man writes beautiful prose. Anathem went back to Sci-fi and I absolutely loved it.

I have lots more if you enjoy this literary realm.

Anything by Bradbury, short stories especially. In my opinion he is one of the best American authors of all time, regardless of genre.
Anything by Stanislaw Lem. Solaris is probably his most famous work.
Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
Philip K. Dick, the author of the short story "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" on which Blade Runner was based. Again, pretty much anything he wrote.

Other authors to check out

Roger Zelany
E. E. "Doc" Smith
Theodore Sturgen
Harry Harrison
Larry Niven/Jerry Pounell

Never read much science fiction but I thoroughly enjoyed Phillip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series back in the seventies...especially the first two books (To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat).