• Book recommendations based on what I enjoy?
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[B]So I need a book to read, my favorites are [/B] World War Z by max brooks (Nothing like the movie, more political and military interviews) Ready Player one By Ernest Cline (I hate armada though) The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury The Stand by Stephen king So I guess in summary I like smart scifi with a lot of wordbuilding, and apocalypse scienarios Sorry if thats kinda niche but I was wondering if anyone knew of anyhing that would fit. [B]Anyone know any similar books I would enjoy?[/B]
A book i really enjoy, but is not sifi is Man Child in the Promise land, its about living up black in Harlem during the 50's also Ernest Cline lives in my town and ive seen his delorean around also also, why didnt you like Armada?
The Road 1984 Dune Can't seem to think of anything else at the moment for some reason
More fantasy than science fiction but I loved the Witcher book series. The first two books are more of a collection of short stories that establish a sense of the characters and the world, then the five after are a solid development of said world/characters. They are less about an apocalyptic scenario and more about them keeping up with a rapidly evolving zeitgeist. Also the Horus Heresy series is a good introduction to the Warhammer 40k universe. Its a lot of over the top dramatization but it does feature several worlds coming to an end from natives points of view.
Neuromancer Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Animal Farm The Children of Men Roadside Picnic Fahrenheit 451 (I'm not fond of the writing style) A Clockwork Orange (can be quite difficult to read due to heavy use of invented slang)
[QUOTE=Firetornado;50992820]So I guess in summary I like smart scifi with a lot of wordbuilding, and apocalypse scienarios[/QUOTE] I've got just the thing for you. Practically anything by [URL="http://www.lemodesittjr.com/"]L. E. Modesitt JR.[/URL] Specifically the[URL="https://www.amazon.com/Forever-Hero-Distant-Warrior-Twilight/dp/0312868383"] Forever Hero trilogy,[/URL] and the two part [url=https://www.amazon.com/Parafaith-War-L-Modesitt-Jr-ebook/dp/1857235584/]Parafaith War[/url] and [url=https://www.amazon.com/Ethos-Effect-L-E-Modesitt/dp/0765347121/]The Ethos Effect.[/url] Have the synopsis of the forever hero trilogy. [quote]Thousands of years in the future, Earth is a desolate ruin. The first human ship to return in millennia discovers an abandoned wasteland inhabited only by a few degenerate or mutated human outcasts. But among them is a boy of immense native intelligence and determination who is captured, taken in, and educated, and disappears--to grow up to become the force behind a plan to make Earth flower again. He is, if not immortal, at least very long-lived, and he plans to build an independent power base out in the galaxy and force the galactic empire to devote centuries and immense resources to the restoration of the ecology of Earth.[/quote] Modesitt is clinically under appreciated, and not well known outside of hardcore scifi/fantasy fans. His writing style does get predictable after a while, but by then you're 20+ books into his discography and well and truly addicted. He heavily references Norse Mythology, has believable and practical technobabble, and is very good at presenting believable characters with tech and magic that makes sense and doesn't leave you with the classic, "but why didn't they fly the ring to Mordor", scenarios. He delves into philosophy, political topics, many twists on morality and ethics, and is even capable of writing two compellingly "good" characters on the opposite sides of a given conflict that have fundamentally different, yet paradoxically similar, core values and ideas. (Magic Engineer vs The White Order/Colors of Chaos being the prime example of this) He flips the concepts of order and chaos around, particularly in his Recluse saga, challenging conventional ideals about what is intrinsically good, evil, or even justifiable. Many of his books have snippets of self referential histories, poems, and commentaries in them that creatively ridicule and praise events that occur within the book, or other books in the series, looking at those events through philosophical, religious, economic, and in some cases prophetic angles and metaphors. Only a handful of his books are legitimately mediocre, and the only genuinely bad one is Hammer of Darkness. A really interesting thing that he pulls off, that I haven't seen many other authors do, is that he keeps characters self contained in a given series without feeling repetitive. While not relevant for standalone characters/books, you can for example, break the Recluse saga down to a bunch of two book parts, and then read them in any order. You can read them in the order of publication. You can read them in chronological order. You can arbitrarily pick and choose, and you won't really find yourself confused. Yet he doesn't spend huge amounts of time introducing the core universe mechanics in every book. It just [i]feels[/i] natural and logical. Even the Ethos Effect and The Parafaith War can be read in either order. Parafaith takes place before Ethos, and was published first, but despite sharing several characters, they are self contained units that can be read separately, one after the other, or even at the same time.
The Last Ship
[QUOTE=AD/HD;50992896]A book i really enjoy, but is not sifi is Man Child in the Promise land, its about living up black in Harlem during the 50's also Ernest Cline lives in my town and ive seen his delorean around also also, why didnt you like Armada?[/QUOTE] Holy shit he lives in your town..thats fucking awesome. As for armada, I just felt like the constant 80s nods were quite annoying and made me roll my eyes a few times. The character was the same as parsival from ready player one, has a missing dad who was into 80s shit, and there are references in every page. Idk it just doesnt seem like ernest has much range as an author, I dont wanna read the same book twice. [editline]3rd September 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=RootingaSmurf;50994611]The Last Ship[/QUOTE] Is this the same as the TV series? If so I would love it! [editline]3rd September 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Zephyrs;50993810]I've got just the thing for you. Practically anything by [URL="http://www.lemodesittjr.com/"]L. E. Modesitt JR.[/URL] Specifically the[URL="https://www.amazon.com/Forever-Hero-Distant-Warrior-Twilight/dp/0312868383"] Forever Hero trilogy,[/URL] and the two part [url=https://www.amazon.com/Parafaith-War-L-Modesitt-Jr-ebook/dp/1857235584/]Parafaith War[/url] and [url=https://www.amazon.com/Ethos-Effect-L-E-Modesitt/dp/0765347121/]The Ethos Effect.[/url] Have the synopsis of the forever hero trilogy. Modesitt is clinically under appreciated, and not well known outside of hardcore scifi/fantasy fans. His writing style does get predictable after a while, but by then you're 20+ books into his discography and well and truly addicted. He heavily references Norse Mythology, has believable and practical technobabble, and is very good at presenting believable characters with tech and magic that makes sense and doesn't leave you with the classic, "but why didn't they fly the ring to Mordor", scenarios. He delves into philosophy, political topics, many twists on morality and ethics, and is even capable of writing two compellingly "good" characters on the opposite sides of a given conflict that have fundamentally different, yet paradoxically similar, core values and ideas. (Magic Engineer vs The White Order/Colors of Chaos being the prime example of this) He flips the concepts of order and chaos around, particularly in his Recluse saga, challenging conventional ideals about what is intrinsically good, evil, or even justifiable. Many of his books have snippets of self referential histories, poems, and commentaries in them that creatively ridicule and praise events that occur within the book, or other books in the series, looking at those events through philosophical, religious, economic, and in some cases prophetic angles and metaphors. Only a handful of his books are legitimately mediocre, and the only genuinely bad one is Hammer of Darkness. A really interesting thing that he pulls off, that I haven't seen many other authors do, is that he keeps characters self contained in a given series without feeling repetitive. While not relevant for standalone characters/books, you can for example, break the Recluse saga down to a bunch of two book parts, and then read them in any order. You can read them in the order of publication. You can read them in chronological order. You can arbitrarily pick and choose, and you won't really find yourself confused. Yet he doesn't spend huge amounts of time introducing the core universe mechanics in every book. It just [i]feels[/i] natural and logical. Even the Ethos Effect and The Parafaith War can be read in either order. Parafaith takes place before Ethos, and was published first, but despite sharing several characters, they are self contained units that can be read separately, one after the other, or even at the same time.[/QUOTE] This sounds fantastic! [editline]3rd September 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Novangel;50993371]The Road 1984 Dune Can't seem to think of anything else at the moment for some reason[/QUOTE] Do i need to spend my life researching to understand dune? Thats what ive heard anyway 1984 sounds good
Similar position to the series but a whole other different event and much darker too, entertaining read
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