Machina said:
zarx said:
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 ^^
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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!
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I read Hitchhiker's Guide years and years ago. Like MrB, I enjoyed the first (though not as much as most people), but then it went rapidly downhill.
I read the synopsis for Neuromancer on Wiki just now and the plot doesn't grab me. Doesn't sound like my kind of sci-fi genre either ('Cyberpunk plots often center on a conflict among hackers, artificial intelligences, and megacorporations, and tend to be set in a near-future Earth, rather than the far-future settings or galactic vistas found in novels such as Isaac Asimov's Foundation or Frank Herbert's Dune.') I guess I could give Dune a shot, but if it's anything like the film or tv series adaptations I'll lose interest half way through.
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Definately give Dune a go. It really is awesome. I've only read the first two, but the original on its own is just brilliant (and the TV and film adaptations really don't do it justice).
Edit: Also, have you ever read The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke? It really is a fantastic read. You also might want to check out Jack Vance's Tales of the Dying Earth which is a selection of stories set in a ridiculously far flung future where the Eath is in its final years and the Sun is dying out.
