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“Good” sci fi Anonymous Mon Sep 14 19:04:28 2020 No.16363717 [Reply] [Original]

This is probably the only sci fi I would ever consider well done and well written. I personally liked it far more than Neuromancer.

If you want to read the the best of the best sci-fi this would be it.

The concept execution is well done and the pacing is top notch.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 19:22:06 2020 No.16363835 >>16363717 It's great and that alone deserves a reply. Loved how the Overlords' appearance was woven into the whole mystical-biblical thing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 19:25:54 2020 No.16363862 >>16363835 Yeah same that whole aspect sold the book for me.

Anonymous Mon Sep 14 19:33:55 2020 No.16363929
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>>16363717
i was dissapointed with randevouz with rama. is this better? 2001 is the best sci fi movie -and probably the best movie in general- so i believe in him

but i think the best sci fi is the time machine. its a classic idea done in an original mysterious way with emotion, horror, and a general dreaminess. its explanation of how it works is way too ahead of its time. definitely well written if not a bit too brit

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 19:39:48 2020 No.16363973 >>16363929 Agree with you on the dreamy aspect of that book I loved it

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 19:41:57 2020 No.16363989 >>16363717 We read this in 10th grade and I remember whacking off to a thicc blonde milf who lives on the island.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:04:25 2020 No.16364136 >>16363989 I’m sorry what

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:05:27 2020 No.16364142 >>16363929 Never read it but I’ll add it to my list

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:05:39 2020 No.16364146 >>16363835 Kinda gets freaky when it's mentioned that The Overlords are essentially middle managers. What do their superiors look like?

Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:06:52 2020 No.16364156

>>16363717
Yevgeny Zamyatin - We (1921)
Olaf Stapledon - Star Maker (1937)
George R. Stewart - Earth Abides (1949)
John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (1951)
Theodore Sturgeon - More Than Human (1953)
Frederik Pohl - The Space Merchants (1953)
Edgar Pangborn - A Mirror for Observers (1954)
Hal Clement - Mission of Gravity (1954)
Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination (1957)
Walter M. Miller - A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959)
J.G. Ballard - The Drowned World (1962)
Clifford D. Simak - Way Station (1963)
Strugatsky Bros. - Hard to Be a God (1964)
Frank Herbert - Dune (1965)
Robert Heinlein - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966)
Roger Zelazny - Lord of Light (1967)
John Brunner - Stand on Zanzibar (1968)
Keith Roberts - Pavane (1968)
Stanislaw Lem - His Master's Voice (1968)
Philip K. Dick - Ubik (1969)
Stanislaw Lem - The Futurological Congress (1971)
Strugatsky brothers - Roadside Picnic (1972)
Robert Silverberg - Dying Inside (1972)
Arthur C. Clarke - Rendezvous with Rama (1973)
Ursula K. Le Guin - The Dispossessed (1974)
Christopher Priest - Inverted World (1974)
Samuel R. Delany - Dhalgren (1975)
Cordwainer Smith - Norstrilia (1975)
Octavia Butler - Kindred (1979)
Brian W. Aldiss - Helliconia Trilogy (1982)
Gene Wolfe - The Book of the New Sun (1983)
Dan Simmons - Hyperion Cantos (1990)
Vernor Vinge - A Fire Upon The Deep (1992)
Greg Egan - Permutation City (1994)
Alastair Reynolds - Revelation Space (2000)
M. John Harrison - Light (2002)
Robert Charles Wilson - Spin (2005)
Neal Stephenson - Anathem (2008)
China Mieville - Embassytown (2011)

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:07:00 2020 No.16364157 >>16364146 Yeah it’s super creepy. And the end terrified me

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:11:26 2020 No.16364194 >>16363929 Childhoods End is considered Arthur C Clarke’s masterpiece so you should at least give it a shot

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:15:21 2020 No.16364215 >>16363717 I know this is bait, but Hyperion is a top tier piece of literature, that happens to be scifi.

Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:17:10 2020 No.16364228

Arthur C Clarke has his share of fedora moments but he is an excellent writer. The City and the Stars is one of my favorites of his. Aside from him here's some of my favorites:

A Canticle for Leibowitz
Earth Abides
Dune
Starship Troopers
Foundation
The Death of Grass
Viriconium
Roadside Picnic
Frankenstein
Book of the New Sun
Hyperion
I Am Legend

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:26:53 2020 No.16364270 File: 280 KB, 551x700, 8462A0AF-D792-46A7-B940-0DDE95399C28.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What do you guys think of The War of The Worlds?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 20:28:36 2020 No.16364277 >>16364228 >Arthur C Clarke has his share of fedora moments but he is an excellent writer. Except when it comes to buddhism, lmao. Like, dude...buddhism is like, not even a religion, it's more like a, uh, philosophy you live, man...

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 21:40:25 2020 No.16364672 >>16363717 >Neuromancer Is trash. The dump I took earlier is better than it but that doesn't make this pedos book about demons killing humanity good

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 21:45:16 2020 No.16364686 >>16364228 >I Am Legend The ending hurts

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 21:45:46 2020 No.16364689 I forgot what the message of the book was. The whole exchange between mankind and the aliens was totally peaceful, it looked like they just got absorbed into something greater and people were happy about it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 22:08:40 2020 No.16364796 File: 20 KB, 263x406, 9798623566379_p0_v1_s550x406.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16363717 Try this, it's pretty short and kinda relevant with the virus and lockdowns. Certainly gonna appeal to antitech anons

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 22:16:33 2020 No.16364832 >>16364672 It’s not even about that at all lol

Anonymous Mon Sep 14 22:24:12 2020 No.16364881
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>>16363717
Its been so long since reading Childhood's End I don't even remember reading it unless reminded of it.. Maybe I should add it to my re-read list ..
Here are some of my favorites not yet mentioned in the thread; I am currently re-reading image related since its been about a decade since last reading and its great

Legacy of the Aldenata/Posleen War, series by John Ringo (+Tom Kratman, Julie Cochrane, Michael Z. Williamson)
Voyage of the Space Bubble/Looking Glass, series by John Ringo (+Travis S. Taylor)
Troy Rising, series by John Ringo
The Mote in God's Eye, novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Forever War, novel by Joe Haldeman
The Coming, novel by Joe Haldeman

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 22:30:37 2020 No.16364914 >>16364156 That's a list composed of letters, numbers, and punctuation!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 23:38:15 2020 No.16365368 >>16364156 thanks, great list

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 23:46:04 2020 No.16365420 >>16364832 What's it about then, or am I thinking of the wrong book? Aren't the aliens in described as looking like the devil? And don't they take the kids away to their masters and end humanity in its current form?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 23:49:58 2020 No.16365436 >>16364881 >Haldeman I've read 3 books of his The forever war The old 20th The forever peace The only good one was the forever war. The other 2 were bad. I'm beginning to think he was a 1 hit wonder

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 23:50:17 2020 No.16365441 >>16365420 there are no aliens, demons, kids, or masters in Neuromancer

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 23:54:43 2020 No.16365464 >>16365441 I was referring to child hoods end. Clarke was a pedo. Neuromancer is just overrated

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 23:56:29 2020 No.16365471 For me it’s Book of the New Sun, the best series I started the Culture too and I’m liking it so far. Kinda puzzled why /sffg/ scoffs at it considering all the gay YA fantasy shit they like

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 23:57:33 2020 No.16365480 >>16363717 Read DICK (Phillip K., that is) hehe

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 14 23:58:57 2020 No.16365490 >>16365480 Man in the high castle is meh Some of his short stories are decent though

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 05:14:19 2020 No.16367061 >>16365436 I enjoyed The Coming quite a bit although I kinda felt it ended abruptly

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 05:23:14 2020 No.16367092 >>16364228 Just chiming in to also recommend the foundation trilogy. It’s great stuff. But you can skip the rest of the books imo

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 05:39:39 2020 No.16367153 >>16363717 The fact that you actually use Neuromancer as your standard shows you either haven't read much or read pure shit. 'Dragon's egg' by Robert L Forward is very good hard sci-fi, and any book by Stanislaw Lem is brilliant.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 08:14:30 2020 No.16367754 >>16365480 I loved s scanner darkley and do androids dream was ok I guess

Anonymous Tue Sep 15 08:16:41 2020 No.16367762

>>16367153
Neuromancer is a good book but I admit not the best. I hold concept and creativity a little higher when I read Sci-Fi than I do when I’m looking for just good LIT and prose though. So idk to each his own. I personally really loved Neuromancer though but my favorite books are things like Moby Dick and 100 years of solitude

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 09:47:43 2020 No.16368107 >>16363929 >probably the best movie in general Hello, reddit

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 10:11:12 2020 No.16368200 >>16368107 not my favorite but it is the best

Anonymous Tue Sep 15 10:30:30 2020 No.16368279

>>16368200
It absolutely isn't. It isn't even in the top 50. The whole idea of "The Best" is fuzzy but there are a bunch of contenders which utterly blow 2001 out of the water. Andrei Rublev, Au Hasard Balthazar, La Jetée, Sátántangó, Battleship Potemkin etc, etc.
You sound like someone who unironically believes that the dark knight trilogy meme is a masterpiece and that Tarantino is a genius. Consume less media, brother.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 10:32:33 2020 No.16368286 >>16364156 >Frank Herbert - Dune (1965) ruined a great list

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 10:37:10 2020 No.16368311 >>16365471 There might be some trolls who scoff at Banks' politics.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 13:07:37 2020 No.16369082 >>16364270 I didn't finish it. It's too long and didn't age well imo.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 13:37:22 2020 No.16369289 >>16369082 Whatever you say twitterbrained zoom zoom

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 14:11:23 2020 No.16369485 >>16369289 It's just an opinon, you fucking drone. I guess every book you like is the best book ever and every book you don't like is the worst book ever, eh? Retard

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 15 14:17:32 2020 No.16369510 >>16369485 Deep in your warped and blackened forebrain you know I'm right.

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