Posted on 08/13/2022 11:42:57 AM PDT by MNDude
2001? A wrinkle in time? I, Robot?
What are the best science for books in your opinion?
Glen Cook’s Annals of the Black Company is superb! I’ve read them all several times.
My two favorites are by Dean Koontz:
Watchers 1987
Lightning 1988
In a box somewhere I have my dad’s signed copies of some Lensman books.
I would like to see Ringworld done as a series on a streaming service. There is enough there to keep several seasons going and with CGI it could look great. The Kzinti would look amazing and Teela could be the “strong female character” required on all shows. Nessus would no longer be a challenge to make look believable.
Thank you for this thread!
You seek the impossible IMneverHO.
I could possibly narrow it down to 3 authors but that would miss sooooo much.
Here are a few so far unmentioned stories from mentioned authors.
Larry Niven “A World Out of Time”
Is his short story ‘Rammer’ made into a novel.
Also by Niven,
“The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton” and
“The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club”
My ficticious alter ego is a ‘Childless Protector’.
Robert A. Heinlein “Starman Jones”
Clifford D. Simak “The Big Front Yard”
This story can be found in the book ‘Over the River and Through the Woods’
Isaac Asimov “The Currents of Space”
As I age and reading becomes a challenge I have been collecting audiobooks. One good source of sci-fi stories is
https://librivox.org/
The best part of getting old and forgetfull is that I get to re-enjoy my favorites a second time as if they were new.
Sad/NOTsad but true.
Oh that’s cool!
I read all those as a teen in the mid-70s. I think I threw them out some years ago as they were badly yellowing acid paper paperbacks plus the glue bindings falling apart.
Great book!
Would make a great movie that wokeism would ruin!
Ray Bradbury,,,Something wicked this way comes,,,
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
Book of The New Sun by Gene Wolfe
Freegards
Nice.
Starship Troopers
Dune
The Forever War
Excellent picks. The whole list could just be Heinlein books
Childhoods End
Martian Chronicles
Rendezvous With Rama
Well, I have even read “Take Back Your Government” by Robert A. Heinlein 1992.
Agree! What our mind’s eyes see in our heads would look great on the screen.
I’m surprised Gateway from Frederik Pohl hasn’t been mentioned so I’ll toss that one in.
Who doesn’t want to be Lazarus Long? So, Time Enough For Love.
Ring world is right up there, and I of course have to mention the World Of Tiers universe(s) by Philip José Farmer.
As I remember it more fantasy then science fiction. Good book!
The Door Into Summer is very good.
Other than the implausibility inherent in any paranormal crap that wind up on sci-fi (which is, after all, a branch of the horror genre), I’ve always thought this one pushed many of the right buttons, and one really wrong one.
https://freeread.com.au/@RGLibrary/RobertEHoward/REH-Conan/TheHallOfTheDead.txt
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