Book Thread: VGChartz gotta start readin'!

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Machina said:

Nowadays I'm reading a lot, problem is I rapidly run out of books I'm interested in reading.

At the moment I have a thing for sci-fi, but I'm very particular about what storylines I'll actually enjoy, so I find myself ruling out a lot of 'classics', and modern sci-fi is extremely hit and miss (The Posleen War series is supposed to be brilliant, but I find it barely comprehensible. On the other hand, the Old Man's War series was absolutely fantastic and makes everything else I read pretty crap in comparison :/ ).

Anywho, I'm currently working my way through Asimov's Foundation series. It's not that amazing, but I'm enjoying it enough to want to read the whole series, which gives me about another 8 or so books to go before I'll need to find something else.


Recommendations are more than welcome ^^

Give Neuromancer a try not quite as "clasic" as some and not modern Sci fi ether. A seminal work in the cyberpunk genre it's definatly an interesting read and also not that long. It is a bit strange tho and has some drugs, sex and space rastafarians!!!

especially reccomended if you like Ghost in the Shell/The Matrix

Oh an if you have not read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books go read them now!