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tomos:
A Canticle for Leibowitz is one of my all time favorite books. There's also a sequel, but he doesn't appear to have read that.
-allen (April 27, 2011, 07:35 AM)
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I read that years ago - I never would have guessed it's so old - 1961. A very good book all right.
wraith808:
The ones from the list:
American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson
Mirror Dance (Miles Vorkosigan Adventures) by Lois McMaster Bujold (Really... all of them)
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Some others in addition that you might check out:
The Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny
The Sten Series - Alan Cole and Chris Bunch
The Axis of Time Trilogy - John Birmingham
The Dresden Files - Jim Butcher
The Belisarius Series - Eric Flint
A Song of Ice and Fire - George R.R. Martin
The Dune Prequels - Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
The Deryni Series - Katherine Kurtz
The Caine Series - Matthew Woodring Stover
Beth UK:
The City & The City by China Mieville - though I preferred Perdido Street Station by the same author...
kyrathaba:
Anything by Patrick Rothfus; you won't be disappointed.
40hz:
If you're interested in what I consider one of the best cyber-scifi has to offer check out John M. Ford's 1992 Web of Angels. Has that rare ability to create a world simultaneously familiar yet so different that it brings you to a screeching halt for some deep thinking from time to time. Very literary - and almost poetic at times despite being pleasantly readable. A rare feat to pull off successfully in sci-fi. Or pretty much any other literary genre.
Other good choices: Stand on Zanzibar and Shockwave Rider by John Brunner. and the absolute "must read" novel Nova by Samuel R. Delany.
Oh god! There are so many... ;D
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