Originally posted by lyman:
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Originally posted by Rinehart:
You guys have mentioned a number of classic sci fi series. There's a lot of great books out there with a core of brilliant writers like Heinlein, Bradbury, Asimov, and others. I originally read a lot of these books back when I was younger, Navy days and while traveling and sailing.
Some books have stuck with me more than others over the years.
I liked the Grimes series because Chandler had some life messages in the Grimes stories.
He was a real-life ship captain and was a pretty interesting chap.
Here's a few more that I still enjoy to re-read after years-
Harry Harrison- (in particular the Stainless Steel Rat- would make a great film run if done properly), also the "Deathworld" trilogy.
Joe Haldeman- "The Forever War" and his other books.
Piers Anthony- "Blue Adept" series...
Frederik Pohl- "Gateway" series-
Tad Williams- "Otherland" series. (And we are almost there in tech).
William Gibson and Neal Stephenson also touch on a lot of future highly probable tech (like social media future evolution), virtual reality developments...
I could go on...
That is one thing about tech I can appreciate... I can take decades of books and put them on an iPad or ebook reader and have them wherever I go.
There are lots of good books out there-
to add,
Varley's Wizard Demon and cannot remember the 3rd book title, all pretty good
Niven's Ringworld books would make a good movie if done right as well