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I have been going across amazon looking at the multitudes of sci fi masterworks books on sale there. Any that you would recommend /lit/?
Pic related, I own it already.

>> No.5313347

>>5313325
What did you think of it, assuming you've read it obviously

>> No.5313363

The "Spacewar" triumvirate of Forever War, Starship Troopers, and Armor has always been my favorite. Three different perspectives, political and social, on war from three masters of the sci-fi craft.

>> No.5313428

>>5313347
Actually haven't read it yet, still getting through a Neil Gaiman book atm.

>> No.5313440

The Glass Bees.

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>>5313325
Roadside Picnic.

>> No.5313447

>>5313347
It's fucking amazing. Seriously.

You might be disappointed if you want the atmosphere and flavour of something like Dune, but as a science fiction book it's just incredible.

>> No.5313476

>>5313325
I read forever war a month orso ago. I think of the irrelevancies of time that that the book poses often. It is an interesting short read that is not too hard... a satisfactory buffer. As of now I am reading endymion in the hyperion cantons. I enjoy it quite well enough. . Though my anticipation lies in the third and final installment of the Masters of Solitude series by marvin kaye and the late park godwin. ... the concept just resonates. Will monitor thread for developments.

>> No.5313536

ubik
the three stigmata of palmer eldritch
do androids dream of electric sheep?
the man in the high castle
a scanner darkly
martian time slip

and if you feel like going off the dick end, read valis

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The 'Revelation Space' series by Alastair Reynolds. Best sci-fi I've read so far.

>> No.5313596

>>5313443
Nice. Also, check out The Inhabited Island.

>> No.5313769

Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy

They're pretty damn good, a 'future history' of the colonisation of Mars.

>> No.5313897

Anyone read Lord of Light?