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Position:Home>Books & Authors> List me some good science-fiction books...?Question: List me some good science-fiction books!.!.!.!? I am 23
I wanna start reading science fiction!.please list me 5 to 10 of your favorite science fiction books!. Please do not list erotic science fiction books!.List decent books :)!. *there is a book by aisimov about a robot that is trying to become like humans !.you know it's name!? Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The Asimov book you want is Bicentennial Man!. Here are the pages for the Hugo awards!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Hugo_Award_!.!.!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Hugo_Award_!.!.!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Some of my favorites: Star Wars books-but then I'm a huge star wars fan, which makes me a little biased, but if you are a fan as well, there's tons of book available, check out the link on the bottom for a more or less complete list Uglies trilogy (plus Extras, so I guess its not a trilogy anymore) by Scott Westerfield Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix (Some may consider this fantasy) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (This just recently came out but its quite a thought-provoking read) Dean Koontz's Watchers (Watcher maybe, I can't quite remember) and Lightning!. These both have some language in them, but are good reads, I especially liked Lightning-it kept you guessing the entire story!. I also like most anything written by Anne McCaffrey The Host by Stephenie Meyer (okay I had to throw it in) Hopefully these suggestions will help!Www@QuestionHome@Com Hi! The House on the Borderland , The Ghost Pirates or The Night Land written by William Hope Hodgson !. :0) http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/William_Hop!.!.!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/The_House_o!.!.!. http://www!.gutenberg!.org/etext/10002 "In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten!. While there, they discover in the ruins of a very curious house a diary of the man who had once owned it!. Its torn pages seem to hint at an evil beyond anything that existed on this side of the curtains of impossibility!. This is a classic novel that worked to slowly bridge the gap between the British fantastic and supernatural authors of the later 19th century and modern horror fiction!. Classic American horror writer H!. P!. Lovecraft lists this and other works by Hodgson among his greatest influences!." http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/The_Ghost_P!.!.!. http://www!.gutenberg!.org/etext/10966 "The Ghost Pirates !. !. !. is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible sea-devils (of quasi-human aspect, and perhaps the spirits of bygone buccaneers) that besiege it and finally drag it down to an unknown fate!. With its command of maritime knowledge, and its clever selection of hints and incidents suggestive of latent horrors in nature, this book at times reaches enviable peaks of power!." — H!.P!. Lovecraft http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/The_Night_L!.!.!. http://www!.gutenberg!.org/etext/10662 The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson [O]ne of the strangest visions ever published in science fiction or fantasy is presented!. The Sun has gone out: the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism!. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, the Last Redoubt, probably the first arcology in literature, under siege from unknown forces and Powers outside in the dark!. These are held back by a Circle of energy, known as the "air clog," powered from the Earth's internal energy!. For millennia, vast living shapes - the Watchers - have waited in the darkness near the pyramid: it is thought they are waiting for the inevitable time when the Circle's power finally weakens and dies!. Other living things have been seen in the darkness beyond, some of unknown origins, and others that may once have been human!.?a Excerpted from The Night Land on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia!. =^,,^= Www@QuestionHome@Com The Liaden series by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (First is Agent of Change) or the book The Tomorrow Log (2nd book is not published yet)!. The Vorkosagian series by Lois McMaster Bujold (First is Warriors Apprentice) The Honor Harrington series (starts with On Basilisk Station) or the Prince Roger series (Marching Upcountry is first) by David Weber!. The Looking Glass series by John Ringo (Into the Looking Glass is first) The Confederation series by Tanya Huff (A Confederation of Valor contains the first two stories)Www@QuestionHome@Com The Time Quintet by Madeline L'Engle has some great books in it!. A Wrinkle in Time A Wind at the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters An Acceptable Time Many Waters and An Acceptable Time don't really fit in with the first three books, and they can be read separately!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I really enjoy the Ender series by Orson Scott Card: Ender's Game Speaker for the Dead Xenocide Children of the Mind Ender's Shadow Shadow of the Hegemon Shadow Puppets Shadow of the Giant And, Prey and Next by Michael Crichton are good, as well (to round it to an even ten)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com One name: Philip K Dick My favorites are "Flow my Tears the Policeman Said", "The Transmigration of Timothy Archer" and "the Divine Invasion"!. His writings make you do one important thing!.!.!.THINK!. He's also the author of "A Scanner Darkly"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I Robot by Asimov Foundation series by Asimov Dune by Frank Herbert Caves of Steel by Asimov Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein (i love the computer trying to learn what humor is!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com Any book written by Ray Bradbury!Www@QuestionHome@Com |