Sci - Fi books

Hi all. I am searching for new Sci-Fi books to read. I'm a teenager and I have a pretty high reading level. I am thinking of picking up Stranger In a Strange Land, and I have read Ender's Game and House of the Scorpion and loved those. I prefer Sci-Fi books with warfare or action, but all recommendations will be noted.

Thanks

Get Dune, its a nice scifi book with a number of sequels if you like reading

The Dune saga is absolutely amazing if you enjoy scifi. It has just about everything in it and is truly an impressive series of books!

Get Dune, its a nice scifi book with a number of sequels if you like reading

Scr00I

Hitch hikers guide to the galaxyBig_Bad_Sad

Just take a look at my bookshelf, most of it's sci-fi and good.

Specifically though:
- The Dune Series (Just Frank Herbert's works though)
- Any Alistair Reynold book, but I'll recommend Revelation Space for now.
- The Ender's Game series
- Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
- The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
- The Depths of Time by Roger Allen
- City of Pearl and the rest of that series, by Karen Traviss
- Star Wars: Shatterpoint, and Traitor

Agh, far too many good novels to recommend.

Edit: Regardless of anything else, you must read Dune. Seriously. It's the Sci-Fi equivalent of LotR.

Honestly, pretty much anything by Isaac Asimov is great. His Foundation and Robot series are both amazing, and he's got a lot of great novels (The Gods Themselves, Nemesis, Nightfall, etc.).chessmaster1989

From looking at your gamertag I would recomend the Halo novels if you havent read them yet, they are pretty damn good.

I'm a big Warhammer 40k buff, so if you haven't checked those out, I would definitely start there.

The way I started was with Eisenhorn, and then read the Ultramarines Omnibus, and then Ravenor.

After that it's really up to you. I read the Gaunts Ghost's series(The Founding and The Saint have the first six novels) mainly because I like Dan Abnett a lot.

Hope you give them a try and find them to your liking.

I'm a big Warhammer 40k buff...

airshocker

What other books do you like?

I've been thinking about reading some of the WH40K books, I just didn't know where to start and if they were well-written.

Just take a look at my bookshelf, Nagru

Thats a lot of books

if they were well-written.

Nagru

Thats a lot of booksBig_Bad_Sad

Thanks :D I'm hoping to have a whole room full of books at some point.

They're generally good quality but there are a bunch of different authors and series that have different styles so it's impossible to generalize. What i will say is that they are very cheap if you get them in the omnibuses, they're officially 10 quid but you can usually pick them up for a fiver on amazon which for a 800-1000 page novel is great.markop2003

I suppose I've got nothing to lose by checking them out then, thanks! Any specific omnibus I should look at, or should I just read Eisenhorn first?

I suppose I've got nothing to lose by checking them out then, thanks! Any specific omnibus I should look at, or should I just read Eisenhorn first?

Nagru

What other books do you like?

I've been thinking about reading some of the WH40K books, I just didn't know where to start and if they were well-written.

Nagru

Pretty much what I just listed is the "way to go". Eisenhorn is written for laymen to the W40K universe. Ultramarines really details the Adeptus Astartes, and Ravenor is a creation of Dan Abnett's as well. After that, the Gaunt's Ghosts series details the Imperial Guard.

As for other novels I read, I'm into Warhammer Fantasy, Star Wars, pretty much all the sci-fi books people have listed, John Ringo, Vince Flynn, Tom Clancy, and many other authors it would take too long to name.

I suppose I've got nothing to lose by checking them out then, thanks! Any specific omnibus I should look at, or should I just read Eisenhorn first?

Nagru

Definitely read Eisenhorn first.

Just take a look at my bookshelf, Nagru

Just take a look at my bookshelf, most of it's sci-fi and good.

Nagru

A fellow Star Wars fan. Nice. I have all of my books in tupperware boxes. Until I get a nice bookshelf. That'll probably come with a house. :P

I see someone's gotten into the Song of Ice and Fire series. :DTheokhoth

Yeah you were right, I was waay off-base earlier. :P Once I got into it, it was a very good book.

Thanks everybody, I guess I'll pick up Eisenhorn and then Gaunt's Ghosts if that goes well. Dang, these books are starting to pile up on me though :lol:

Edit: @Airshocker: *high-fives* The SW books just don't get the credit they deserve. Most of them are quite good, and there are a couple of really exceptional ones.

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]I see someone's gotten into the Song of Ice and Fire series. :DNagru

Yeah you were right, I was waay off-base earlier. :P Once I got into it, it was a very good book.

Thanks everybody, I guess I'll pick up Eisenhorn and then Gaunt's Ghosts if that goes well. Dang, these books are starting to pile up on me though :lol:

Edit: @Airshocker: *high-fives* The SW books just don't get the credit they deserve. Most of them are quite good, and there are a couple of really exceptional ones.

Nagru

You definitely won't be disappointed with Eisenhorn.

And they certainly don't get the credit they deserve. To this date the Han Solo, Lando and Boba Fett books are my all-time favorites.

Dang, these books are starting to pile up on me though :lol:

Nagru

I recommend these:

Dune by Frank Herbert
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke

Gateway by Pohl is probably my favorite sci fi book.

The Raw Shark Texts.

Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis.Theokhoth

Gateway by Pohl is probably my favorite sci fi book.

topgunmv

Sci fi Action/War oriented books I reccomend..

AMTRAK WARS (1-7) - Patrick Tilley

Hope Series - (1-7) David Feintuch

Consider Phlebas - Iain M Banks

Demon Prince Series - (1-5) Jack Vance

Forge of God and Blood Music - Greg Bear

River World Series, World of Tiers Series, Dayworld Series, The Lovers, Dark is the Sun, The Unreasoning Mask, - Philip Jose Farmer

The Lost Regiment Series - William R Forstchen

The Damned Trilogy - Alan Dean Foster

Dune, Hellstrom's Hive, The Santaroga Barrier - Frank Herbert

The Nightland - William Hope Hodgson

Heiro's Journey - Sterling E. Lanier

Orbitsville Trilogy, Night Walk - Bob Shaw

Slan, The Mind Cage, Rogue Ship, Children of tomorrow, The Voyage of the Space Beagle - A. E Van Vogt

Slan, The Mind Cage, Rogue Ship, Children of tomorrow, The Voyage of the Space Beagle - A. E Van Vogt

spacedog1973

River World Series, World of Tiers Series, Dayworld Series, The Lovers, Dark is the Sun, The Unreasoning Mask, - Philip Jose Farmer

spacedog1973

I decided to single out this suggestion because of its general greatness. Farmer is so often overlooked but he has some incredible works.

Another oft missed author that I really enjoyed is Jack Chalker, especially his Well of Souls series which starts with Midnight at the Well of Souls.

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Slan, The Mind Cage, Rogue Ship, Children of tomorrow, The Voyage of the Space Beagle - A. E Van Vogt

Jandurin

[QUOTE="spacedog1973"]

Slan, The Mind Cage, Rogue Ship, Children of tomorrow, The Voyage of the Space Beagle - A. E Van Vogt

Jandurin

I'd highly reccomend Amtrak Wars and the Hope Series, very easy to get into and epic and I really mean epic stories throughout the course of the series.

The Forge of God and Blood Music are end of the world scenarios really well done. One is Aliens blowing up the Earth and the other is what happens when you give intelligence to cells..

Demon Princes is a great revenge series written by the master of scifi/fantasy writing - Jack Vance

In relation to AE Van Vogt, you have to be carfeful when you read his books as some of the concepts and style are highly dated and dull except the ones I mentioned.

And Philip Jose Farmer is probably the most consistant science fiction writer with the most fantastic ideas, realised perfectly. Its also worth noting that Iain Banks is also a great sci fi UK writer and IMO consider Phlebas is is best sci fic work so far together with Player of Games.

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis.Agent-Zero