Your Favorite Sci-Fi Books

[Craig66]

Dune - Frank Herbert
Hyperion - Dan Simmons
Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
Peter F. Hamilton's 'space operas' are pretty good too.
I'm currently reading the stories of Jorge Luis Borges, whist not strictly SF, they are pretty weird.

 

[shortie]

any good personalized Sci-Fi book recommenders? i am not happy with what amazon recommends for me

 

[Piffle]

Quote from shortie:

any good personalized Sci-Fi book recommenders? i am not happy with what amazon recommends for me

I haven't used anything other than the Amazon one myself (I usually get pretty good recommendations there).

If I am looking for something new to read, I usually go to an internet top 100 list and find something that looks interesting. Something like this one.

http://home.austarnet.com.au/petersykes/topscifi/lists_books_rank1.html

There is an older one I used to use all the time, but I can't find a link to it.

There are other engines on the internet to recommend books like this. http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/

 

[RCG Trader]

Foundation-about 15 books in all-Issac Asimov.

 

[Yossarian]

Neal Stephenson - Anathem, Cryptonomicon
Greg Egan - Diaspora, Schild's Ladder
Ian M Banks - Excession

For anyone with an interest in where modern physics is, a superb (and very accessible) text is

The New Physics For the 21st Century, edited by Gordon Fraser Cambridge UP