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Anonymous Sat Mar 19 04:26:51 2016 No.7827833 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /lit/ newfag to lit here. I spend most of my time in /out/ and /k/. I don't know your customs. Anyway, I read Issac Asimov's Foundation. I was wondering: Is the rest of the series worth reading? What are some God tier science fiction novels? (Other than Dune, everyone always answers with Dune)

Anonymous Sat Mar 19 04:34:57 2016 No.7827840
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You're going to get memed on by most of /lit/ for bringing up genre fiction. Figured I'd warn you.
We have a Sci Fi general, with recommendation images for both Sci Fi and fantasy. I suggest you head over there for future reference.
Personally, I'm a huge fan of Greg Egan's novels. Diaspora and Quarantine are heavy on the mathematics while also being an entertaining ride. Past that, I recommend Mike Brotherton's Star Dragon, The Last and First Men, the Perry Rhodan series, and Peter Watts' entire bibliography, the majority of which are free on his site.
Happy reading, amigo.

Anonymous Sat Mar 19 04:49:06 2016 No.7827856

Like >>7827840 said the sf/fantasy general is probably a good place to look.

Id also recommend Peter Watts books, you can read and download" Blindsight" here http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm completely free.
Its a book I really like and has an interesting way to deal with first contact.

If you want a more space opera like book you could look into ian banks books. They are mostly self contained but you might want to start with "player of games" or "consider phlebas"

Of course if you enjoyed foundation so far continuing seem like a good idea.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 19 04:50:52 2016 No.7827861 >>7827833 the bible

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 19 04:55:18 2016 No.7827870 >>7827833 I just don't like Asimov.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 19 05:14:49 2016 No.7827891 >>7827833 Gene Wolfe is the undisputed king of science fiction Go read The Fifth Head of Cerberus.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 19 08:25:54 2016 No.7828124 File: 86 KB, 760x331, Chrysler-TV-8-Was-Nuclear-Based-Conceptual-Tank-3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Thank you /lit/

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 19 10:29:30 2016 No.7828341 >>7828124 No, thank you, /lit/

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 19 10:44:20 2016 No.7828368 Ursula Le Guin - The Dispossessed

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 19 10:59:40 2016 No.7828395 If you liked the the first book of Foundation the other two in the original trilogy are solid as well. Never read the others.

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