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ITT: 5 favorite sci-fi novels
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Date: February 21st, 2018 2:51 PM Author: ungodly bright jew 1. Dune 2. Hyperion 3. Neuromancer 4. Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy 5. Ender's Game |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 2:54 PM Author: 180 Flirting Giraffe good list, pretty safe though. do you have any BOLDLY COUNTERINTUITIVE selections that you'd add if you had to swap out one from your list? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453621) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 2:56 PM Author: ungodly bright jew You will laugh at this, but I actually really liked Andy Weir's "The Martian" (the movie was SPS). I also like a fairly recent sci-fi book written by a Chinese author, "The Three Body Problem." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453641) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:04 PM Author: 180 Flirting Giraffe The Martian was an interesting story, but the whole thing had way too much cringeworthy nerd humor (and I say this as an avid sci fi fan). It will be completely unreadable in 20 years.
See this poast:
Date: October 4th, 2015 12:36 PM Author: attidood
actual quotes from the book: "Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped."
"LOG ENTRY: SOL 61 How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense."
"I can't wait till I have grandchildren. When I was younger, I had to walk to the rim of a crater. Uphill! In an EVA suit! On Mars, ya little shit! Ya hear me? Mars!”
"I'm calling it the Watney Triangle because after what I've been through, shit on Mars should be named after me.”
"They say once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially ‘colonised’ it. So technically, I colonised Mars.In your face, Neil Armstrong!”
"Once I got home, I sulked for a while. All my brilliant plans foiled by thermodynamics. Damn you, Entropy!”
http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008291&forum_id=2#28896921
and this one: Date: October 4th, 2015 12:52 PM Author: attidood
"You know what? "Kilowatt-hour per sol" is a pain in the ass to say. I'm gonna invent a new scientific unit name. One kilowatt-hour per sol is... it can be anything... um... I suck at this... I'll call it a "pirate-ninja"."
http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008291&forum_id=2#28897009 |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:29 PM Author: stubborn roast beef his followup is also a really mediocre book (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453948) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:39 PM Author: ungodly bright jew He has a new book called Artemis. Haven't read it yet, but it looks mediocre. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454018) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:41 PM Author: stubborn roast beef thats the one i meant. it is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454038) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:28 PM Author: hot indian lodge It was probably the most 180 scifi novel I have recently read (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453935) |
Date: February 21st, 2018 2:53 PM Author: Crawly filthpig Never read Neuromancer or Hyperion
Others are credited
I'd nominate Snow Crash
Also Brave New World if you consider that scifi |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 2:57 PM Author: ungodly bright jew Neuromancer is not the strongest when it comes to the actual literary style. Gibson's writing is a bit unpolished, but he was so far ahead of his time. Amazing book.
Hyperion is majestic and soul crushing. Bradley Cooper is supposed to make this into a TV series for SyFy channel.
Yeah, it's debatable whether Brave New World and 1984 should be considered sci-fi. |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:05 PM Author: Crawly filthpig Cr 1984 and BNW should be more accurately referred to as science non fiction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453742) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:44 AM Author: wonderful judgmental theater death wish the first two hyperion books are fucking beautiful (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35459000) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:00 PM Author: puce blood rage university BNW was extremely thought-provoking, but not that great as a novel imo. Still would highly recommend it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453676) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:04 PM Author: stubborn roast beef neuro is terrible or i have ADD, couldnt get through first 20 pages (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453723) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:50 PM Author: hot indian lodge it basically created the entire genre (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454125) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:57 PM Author: Mind-boggling location (Guy who never read The Artificial Kid) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454174) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:51 PM Author: hot indian lodge I actually liked the Diamond Age as much as Snow Crash (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454127) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 2:56 PM Author: stubborn roast beef red rising trilogy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453638) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:13 PM Author: Adventurous brilliant stag film Blindsight is amazing.
https://g.co/kgs/czf7We |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:17 PM Author: Mind-boggling location IN MY NOT SO HUMBLE OPINION, THESE HERE BE THE TOP FIVE SCI-FI NOVELS:
1. TWILIGHT - STEPHENIE MEYER 2. UBIK - P.K. DICK 3. AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS - HP LOVECRAFT 4. CRASH - J.G. BALLARD 5. THE DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN TRILOGY - ANNE MCCAFFERY
'LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS' NOT IN TOP 200. |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:21 PM Author: Floppy carmine site fortuitous meteor 1. Brave New World 2. Rendezvou with Rama 3. Dune 4. The Forever War 5. Use of Weapons |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:24 PM Author: Dashing locale people who are hurt glad to see rama getting some love ITT... I read every book in that series as a kid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453888) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:27 PM Author: hot indian lodge agreed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453924) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:25 PM Author: diverse drab parlor legend Hyperion 1 is pretty good shit but the sequel is just completely ridiculous and terrible. I think there's 4 total but dont bother past the first
Dune I read last year and it's ok but it feels incredibly dated. No way I'm bothering with a dozen sequels, the world isn't that interesting |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:27 PM Author: Cerebral effete degenerate There are only 6 Dune books. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453918) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:28 PM Author: diverse drab parlor legend fair (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453936) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:57 PM Author: buff talented heaven psychic staggeringly homosexual poast (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454170) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:27 PM Author: hot indian lodge In no particular order 1) Forever War 2) Ringworld 3) Dune 4) Snowcrash 5) Old Man's War |
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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:32 AM Author: dun dog poop Describe ringworld (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35458991) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:45 AM Author: wonderful judgmental theater death wish lol at #5 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35459001) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:29 PM Author: Cerebral effete degenerate Dune (first is great and all 6 are good)
Book of the New Sun
Forever War
Red Mars (but only for the reasons outlined below)
Haven't read any others yet that I have enjoyed as much as these. |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:30 PM Author: Crimson kitchen In no order
The Dark Forest Red Mars Foundation Asimov’s Robot series Aurora
Will def check out Forever War based on this thread
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:34 PM Author: Cerebral effete degenerate Red Mars is 180 because its 500 pages about a bunch of scientist dorks gangbanging a Japanese woman on Mars. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453984) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:35 PM Author: Smoky odious dilemma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453987) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:12 PM Author: Crimson kitchen CR.
It makes the Martian look very TTT |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:13 PM Author: Heady school chad Was the gangbang in Red Mars or just the sequels? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454318) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:15 PM Author: mischievous bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454336) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:38 PM Author: Heady school chad 1. A Canticle for Leibowitz
2. The Book of the New Sun
3. Foundation Trilogy
4. Brave New World
5. Speaker for the Dead
Haven't read as much sci-fi as I'd like. With my 50-book goal for this year I'm hoping to read a lot more. |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:52 PM Author: hot indian lodge All are 180. Canticle is VERY underrated. Along with the Postman. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454132) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:46 AM Author: wonderful judgmental theater death wish i've never been able to get into wolfe. honestly couldn't get through the first 20 pages or so, and i've tried a few different times. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35459003) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:50 AM Author: Cerebral effete degenerate If you like audio books, the version on Audible is a 180 performance. I am usually not a fan of audio books, but I enjoyed it as much or more as reading BotNS on my own. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35459013) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:50 PM Author: Histrionic tattoo The moon is a harsh mistress
/thread |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:50 PM Author: Mind-boggling location (libertarian weirdo) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454126) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:52 PM Author: Histrionic tattoo Ok... I'll include slaughterhouse 5 as well... and fuck, most Vonnegut is good. I would suggest slapstick (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454134) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:59 PM Author: puce blood rage university the fuck? S5 isn't sci-fi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454186) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:07 PM Author: Smoky odious dilemma yeah it is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454259) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:18 PM Author: puce blood rage university (WW2 revisionist) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454371) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:37 PM Author: Histrionic tattoo there's time travel and aliens and shit... SciFi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454550) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:17 PM Author: big nursing home knife i liked the martian chronicles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454360) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:38 PM Author: hot indian lodge that's more philosophy than scifi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454554) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:44 PM Author: big nursing home knife whatevs. reading is gay. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454598) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:19 PM Author: wine area voyeur No order:
Dune Forever war Canticle Enders game Brave new world
Hurts to leave off books like childhoods end, Frankenstein, 1984 |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:39 PM Author: hot indian lodge agreed. A Fire Upon the Deep should be here too |
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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:47 AM Author: wonderful judgmental theater death wish if you're a space opera fan, you should try alastair reynolds revelation space and peter f hamilton's commonwealth books (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35459005) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:42 PM Author: Heady school chad Not flame I really really dislike Childhood's End and it bothers me that it's so popular. It just felt like weird wish fulfillment by Clarke coupled with some bizarre "transcend physical reality" ending. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454587) |
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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:32 PM Author: Twisted Vibrant Hall Ape Ada or Ardor The Moon is a Harsh Mistress The Time Machine The Man Who Was Thursday Valis |
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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:36 AM Author: French Church I used to be into some pretty obscure alternate history shit... Pavane, The Difference Engine, King of the Wood, Journey to Fusang, Roma Aeterna... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35458993) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:40 AM Author: Trip magical gunner Is Enders Game worth reading as an adult? Never read it during my childhood (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35458995) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:48 AM Author: wonderful judgmental theater death wish yeah, and should be a pretty easy read. i'm surprised you never read it as a kid. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35459008) |