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ITT: 5 favorite sci-fi novels

1. Dune 2. Hyperion 3. Neuromancer 4. Hitchiker's Guide t...
odious corner
  02/21/18
good list, pretty safe though. do you have any BOLDLY COUNTE...
Thriller Bat-shit-crazy National
  02/21/18
You will laugh at this, but I actually really liked Andy Wei...
odious corner
  02/21/18
The Martian was an interesting story, but the whole thing ha...
Thriller Bat-shit-crazy National
  02/21/18
his followup is also a really mediocre book
Violent theater stage
  02/21/18
He has a new book called Artemis. Haven't read it yet, but i...
odious corner
  02/21/18
thats the one i meant. it is
Violent theater stage
  02/21/18
It was probably the most 180 scifi novel I have recently rea...
rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook
  02/21/18
Never read Neuromancer or Hyperion Others are credited ...
crawly generalized bond
  02/21/18
Neuromancer is not the strongest when it comes to the actual...
odious corner
  02/21/18
Cr 1984 and BNW should be more accurately referred to as sci...
crawly generalized bond
  02/21/18
the first two hyperion books are fucking beautiful
Pearly Point Multi-billionaire
  02/22/18
BNW was extremely thought-provoking, but not that great as a...
Soul-stirring maize nibblets step-uncle's house
  02/21/18
neuro is terrible or i have ADD, couldnt get through first 2...
Violent theater stage
  02/21/18
it basically created the entire genre
rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook
  02/21/18
(Guy who never read The Artificial Kid)
Fluffy bbw
  02/21/18
I actually liked the Diamond Age as much as Snow Crash
rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook
  02/21/18
red rising trilogy
Violent theater stage
  02/21/18
Blindsight is amazing. https://g.co/kgs/czf7We
indecent crackhouse
  02/21/18
IN MY NOT SO HUMBLE OPINION, THESE HERE BE THE TOP FIVE SCI-...
Fluffy bbw
  02/21/18
1. Brave New World 2. Rendezvou with Rama 3. Dune 4. The ...
Razzle-dazzle Resort
  02/21/18
glad to see rama getting some love ITT... I read every book ...
Bright Therapy Goyim
  02/21/18
agreed
rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook
  02/21/18
Hyperion 1 is pretty good shit but the sequel is just comple...
slate gaming laptop boistinker
  02/21/18
There are only 6 Dune books.
Histrionic deep plaza national security agency
  02/21/18
fair
slate gaming laptop boistinker
  02/21/18
staggeringly homosexual poast
talented piazza gay wizard
  02/21/18
In no particular order 1) Forever War 2) Ringworld 3) Dun...
rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook
  02/21/18
Describe ringworld
Glittery Cerise Trailer Park
  02/22/18
lol at #5
Pearly Point Multi-billionaire
  02/22/18
Dune (first is great and all 6 are good) Book of the New ...
Histrionic deep plaza national security agency
  02/21/18
In no order The Dark Forest Red Mars Foundation Asim...
Mind-boggling quadroon
  02/21/18
Red Mars is 180 because its 500 pages about a bunch of scien...
Histrionic deep plaza national security agency
  02/21/18
...
Claret wagecucks voyeur
  02/21/18
CR. It makes the Martian look very TTT
Mind-boggling quadroon
  02/21/18
Was the gangbang in Red Mars or just the sequels?
Exciting Kitty Cat
  02/21/18
...
Diverse Cordovan Garrison Knife
  02/21/18
1. A Canticle for Leibowitz 2. The Book of the New Sun ...
Exciting Kitty Cat
  02/21/18
All are 180. Canticle is VERY underrated. Along with the Pos...
rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook
  02/21/18
i've never been able to get into wolfe. honestly couldn't g...
Pearly Point Multi-billionaire
  02/22/18
If you like audio books, the version on Audible is a 180 per...
Histrionic deep plaza national security agency
  02/22/18
The moon is a harsh mistress /thread
Hideous Amethyst Internal Respiration
  02/21/18
(libertarian weirdo)
Fluffy bbw
  02/21/18
Ok... I'll include slaughterhouse 5 as well... and fuck, mos...
Hideous Amethyst Internal Respiration
  02/21/18
the fuck? S5 isn't sci-fi
Soul-stirring maize nibblets step-uncle's house
  02/21/18
yeah it is
Claret wagecucks voyeur
  02/21/18
(WW2 revisionist)
Soul-stirring maize nibblets step-uncle's house
  02/21/18
there's time travel and aliens and shit... SciFi
Hideous Amethyst Internal Respiration
  02/21/18
i liked the martian chronicles
Misunderstood carnelian water buffalo
  02/21/18
that's more philosophy than scifi
rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook
  02/21/18
whatevs. reading is gay.
Misunderstood carnelian water buffalo
  02/21/18
No order: Dune Forever war Canticle Enders game Bra...
Racy frisky hunting ground genital piercing
  02/21/18
agreed. A Fire Upon the Deep should be here too
rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook
  02/21/18
if you're a space opera fan, you should try alastair reynold...
Pearly Point Multi-billionaire
  02/22/18
Not flame I really really dislike Childhood's End and it bot...
Exciting Kitty Cat
  02/21/18
Ada or Ardor The Moon is a Harsh Mistress The Time Machine...
Razzle Geriatric Main People
  02/21/18
I used to be into some pretty obscure alternate history shit...
pink dilemma
  02/22/18
Is Enders Game worth reading as an adult? Never read it duri...
Electric Primrose Library
  02/22/18
yeah, and should be a pretty easy read. i'm surprised you n...
Pearly Point Multi-billionaire
  02/22/18


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Date: February 21st, 2018 2:51 PM
Author: odious corner

1. Dune

2. Hyperion

3. Neuromancer

4. Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

5. Ender's Game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453602)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 2:54 PM
Author: Thriller Bat-shit-crazy National

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: odious corner

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: Thriller Bat-shit-crazy National

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453724)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:29 PM
Author: Violent theater stage

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: odious corner

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: Violent theater stage

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: rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook

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)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 2:53 PM
Author: crawly generalized bond

Never read Neuromancer or Hyperion

Others are credited

I'd nominate Snow Crash

Also Brave New World if you consider that scifi

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453617)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 2:57 PM
Author: odious corner

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453649)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:05 PM
Author: crawly generalized bond

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: Pearly Point Multi-billionaire

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: Soul-stirring maize nibblets step-uncle's house

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: Violent theater stage

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: rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook

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: Fluffy bbw

(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: rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook

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: Violent theater stage

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: indecent crackhouse

Blindsight is amazing.

https://g.co/kgs/czf7We

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453804)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:17 PM
Author: Fluffy bbw

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453831)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:21 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Resort

1. Brave New World

2. Rendezvou with Rama

3. Dune

4. The Forever War

5. Use of Weapons

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453868)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:24 PM
Author: Bright Therapy Goyim

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: rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook

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: slate gaming laptop boistinker

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453896)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:27 PM
Author: Histrionic deep plaza national security agency

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: slate gaming laptop boistinker

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: talented piazza gay wizard

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: rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook

In no particular order

1) Forever War

2) Ringworld

3) Dune

4) Snowcrash

5) Old Man's War

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453919)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:32 AM
Author: Glittery Cerise Trailer Park

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: Pearly Point Multi-billionaire

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: Histrionic deep plaza national security agency

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453941)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:30 PM
Author: Mind-boggling quadroon

In no order

The Dark Forest

Red Mars

Foundation

Asimov’s Robot series

Aurora

Will def check out Forever War based on this thread



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35453953)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:34 PM
Author: Histrionic deep plaza national security agency

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: Claret wagecucks voyeur



(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: Mind-boggling quadroon

CR.

It makes the Martian look very TTT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454305)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:13 PM
Author: Exciting Kitty Cat

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: Diverse Cordovan Garrison Knife



(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: Exciting Kitty Cat

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454010)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:52 PM
Author: rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook

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: Pearly Point Multi-billionaire

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: Histrionic deep plaza national security agency

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: Hideous Amethyst Internal Respiration

The moon is a harsh mistress

/thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454120)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 3:50 PM
Author: Fluffy bbw

(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: Hideous Amethyst Internal Respiration

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: Soul-stirring maize nibblets step-uncle's house

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: Claret wagecucks voyeur

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: Soul-stirring maize nibblets step-uncle's house

(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: Hideous Amethyst Internal Respiration

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: Misunderstood carnelian water buffalo

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: rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook

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: Misunderstood carnelian water buffalo

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: Racy frisky hunting ground genital piercing

No order:

Dune

Forever war

Canticle

Enders game

Brave new world

Hurts to leave off books like childhoods end, Frankenstein, 1984

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454379)



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Date: February 21st, 2018 4:39 PM
Author: rebellious vermilion famous landscape painting travel guidebook

agreed.

A Fire Upon the Deep should be here too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454557)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:47 AM
Author: Pearly Point Multi-billionaire

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: Exciting Kitty Cat

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: Razzle Geriatric Main People

Ada or Ardor

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

The Time Machine

The Man Who Was Thursday

Valis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3899591&forum_id=2#35454515)



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Date: February 22nd, 2018 3:36 AM
Author: pink dilemma

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: Electric Primrose Library

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: Pearly Point Multi-billionaire

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)