In Need of a Book

[The Blue Factor]

The Da Vici Code

 

[Kadarin]

Good scifi books to write a short paper on:

Hellstrom's Hive, by Frank Herbert
Ancient Shores, by Jack McDevitt
Excession, by Iain Banks
Schismatrix, by Bruce Sterling

All of these explore some interesting themes and ideas.

 

[mundane]

Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan. Slant by Greg Bear. Neuromancer by Gibson. A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge.

 

[Shadowknight]

A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
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[MrToilet]

My short story favorites off the top of my head:

Animal Farm, George Orwell
Sandkings, George Martin
Hocus Pocus, Kurt Vonnegut

And for a fun read, Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card.

 

[StevenYoo]

anything by Neil Gaiman.

specifically, Neverwhere and American Gods.

 

[UglyCasanova]

"Be Here Now" by Ram Dass Very, very good and trippy. Highly recommended.

"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach (This one would take you maybe an hour tops to read, and you should also check out Illusions by the same author)

 

[FP]

Originally posted by: Rudee
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. :thumbsup:

I have an english assignment coming up in which I have to read book of my choosing. What I need from you guys are suggestions on some books that, in your opinion, are very good. Fiction only please. I like thrillers, science fiction and pretty much everything else. Thanks.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz
Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan. Slant by Greg Bear. Neuromancer by Gibson. A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge.

If you had to write a paper on it, I'd go with Marooned in Realtime by Vinge rather than the novel you mention. Not only is it shorter, but you can discuss the technological Singularity.

 

[everman]

For scifi/fantasy I like reading for fun: dragonlance, ringworld, death gate cycle; to name a few series.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Animal Farm is probably my favorite book and it's really short too, which is a plus. However right now I'm reading The Count of Monte Cristo and it's freakin awesome :thumbsup:

 

[Malak]

Fahrenheit 451

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz
Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan. Slant by Greg Bear. Neuromancer by Gibson. A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge.

If you had to write a paper on it, I'd go with Marooned in Realtime by Vinge rather than the novel you mention. Not only is it shorter, but you can discuss the technological Singularity.

Charles Stross is another author I've come across who toys with the Singularity, just not as in-depth as Vinge does in his realtime saga. I enjoyed his [vinge] Zones of Thought novels better than Realtime, but both have some very interesting premises. The latter (Singularity) deals with 'post-human' civilizations and exponential technological growth, but the former creates some very interesting possibilities by allowing the physical properties of the universe to be more flexible dependent on how close you are to the galactic core.

Needless to say, both blew my mind when I first read them back in HS. =)

 

[Reckoner]

Last book I read was Gates of Fire about the 300 spartans who battled in a suicide mission at Thermopylae. Fascinating and overall great book. Highly recommended :thumbsup: