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Science fiction books

Post by Glavinius » 23 Sep 2011, 23:04

Hey guys any of you know a good Sci Fi book??? With dark humor, politics, good character and ancient alien races like the protheans in mass effect or xel'naga in starcraft.
I just finished reading the first law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie, i really love his style. Are they any Sci fi authors like him??

Well i hope all of you are doing great, hope to see you all in Old republic
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Post by Zarhan » 24 Sep 2011, 12:40

Well, my Sci-fi tastes go for more realism in the sense that I prefer to avoid latex-masked aliens speaking English...My favorite author as of now is Alastair Reynolds. There's the whole "revelation space" universe named after the first book, but I'd start with Prefect (works as a stand-alone book) or (not part of RSU) Pushing Ice.

You can get short descriptions for both from Wikipedia.

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Post by Glavinius » 24 Sep 2011, 16:24

Bought revelation space today : ))
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Post by Thrandor » 24 Sep 2011, 18:35

Glavinius wrote:Hey guys any of you know a good Sci Fi book?
Perhaps not the sort of sci-fi you're looking for, but Dune (by Frank Herbert) is definitely worth a read. There's also a televised mini series based on it that's quite decent, but I'd recommend reading the series.

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Post by Bastille » 24 Sep 2011, 18:53

Thrandor wrote:
Glavinius wrote:Hey guys any of you know a good Sci Fi book?
Perhaps not the sort of sci-fi you're looking for, but Dune (by Frank Herbert) is definitely worth a read.
Thumbs up for this one. I really liked Dune and have read that whole series like 4-5 times.

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Post by Zarhan » 24 Sep 2011, 19:39

Actually, even the Dune movie (from the 80's, with Kyle McLahlan) is relatively decent too...

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Post by Glavinius » 25 Sep 2011, 15:06

Humm dunno about Dune, ever since i played the game i have rejected it but i will give it a try now
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Post by Zarhan » 25 Sep 2011, 18:33

Depends on the game. Dune II (the RTS) had very little to do with the original, Dune (from Cryo) was quite accurate in covering the plot. And a good game as well :)

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Re: Science fiction books

Post by Pyx » 26 Sep 2011, 07:09

Peter F. Hamiltons Night Dawn Trilogy, without a doubt. Has it all.
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Post by Glavinius » 29 Sep 2011, 20:58

Ah great, thanks pyx.Im looking forward to reading it.
And Zarhan dunno which one it was, kind of a long time ago.
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