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Reccomended me some books.

Realistic science fiction, not sure what you want here, as science fiction is kinda by definition unreal.

May or may not be up your alley, but I love Anne McAffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series. It's basically about folks settling on a planet, finding little tiny dragonlike creatures in the wild, then finding out that the planet has rains of a life-eating oragnism, and the struggles to survive... losing contact with the rest of civilization and reverting to an agrarian society (lords, keeps, etc) and continuing struggle to survive.
 
Stephen Baxter - Manifold: Time, : Space, : Origin

CJ Cherryh - The Pride of Chanur (& sequels, there's a single-book collection), Downbelow Station

Isaac Asimov - I, Robot (nothing like the movie)

Niven & Pournelle - Lucifer's Hammer

David Drake - Hammer's Slammers stories

David Brin - Sundiver, Startide Rising
 
Check out the works of Peter F. Hamilton. It always struck me as being very realistic. When it comes to sci-fi, I far prefer watching movies, and find sci-fi books far more boring than fantasy books, but I've read Hamilton's 'A Night's Dawn' trilogy several times, and still love it.
 
My friend has recommended me the Honor Harrington series, personally it kind of makes me want to kill myself, but you may like it.
 
Originally posted by: Calvert
Check out the works of Peter F. Hamilton. It always struck me as being very realistic.
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Yep I like how he at least tries to portray a relatively believable and detailed futuristic society. Though I prefer the Commonwealth Saga to Night's Dawn which seems a bit "fantasy-ish" to me.

David Weber writes some entertaining space operas, like the Muntineer's Moon and its sequels.

Fire upon the Deep is also a good one (though the universe is a bit artificially strange)
 
Originally posted by: honkydory
Footfall - Niven & Pournelle
Armor - John Steakley
Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein (Nothing like the movie)
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I really didn't like Starship Troopers, too much emphasis on military philosophy and way of living, not enough combat. The power suits were freaking cool though.
 
Originally posted by: Canai
Originally posted by: honkydory
Footfall - Niven & Pournelle
Armor - John Steakley
Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein (Nothing like the movie)
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I really didn't like Starship Troopers, too much emphasis on military philosophy and way of living, not enough combat. The power suits were freaking cool though.
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if you like the power suits Armor is a pretty cool book, a lot more emphasis on the action, its similar in concept to Starship Troopers but with a different emphasis.
 
Armor is one of my 100 favorite SF novels. Steakley' other book, Vampire$, was much better than the John Carpenter movie of it.

L.E. Modesitt Jr. - Empire and Ecolitan is good action SF
 
Originally posted by: Calvert
Check out the works of Peter F. Hamilton. It always struck me as being very realistic. When it comes to sci-fi, I far prefer watching movies, and find sci-fi books far more boring than fantasy books, but I've read Hamilton's 'A Night's Dawn' trilogy several times, and still love it.
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The real problem with the Night's Dawn trilogy is that it jumps the shark with the whole Al Capone thing.
 
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