For me it would have to be Butcher's Storm Front. It was the first Dresden
files book and it was like a breath of fresh air to me. Before that it was
Christopher Golden's Angels souls demon hearts. I have to admit that my
strong church upbringing made me feel guilty for enjoying that book so muc
For me, "The Mote In God's Eye" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Great
ideas, semi-plausible scientific bases, fun read all the way through. (And,
apparently, some of my former friends agree -- the four who stole each of the
four copies I owned, that is.)
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For me, it might be Zelazny's "Lord of Light". it's a great tale about humans
who come to rule a planet by scientifically giving themselves powers to match
those of the Hindu pantheon. The powers are given to those called the
First--the crew and passengers of the ship that brought the humans to
how's that?
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Charles Sheffield's 'Proteus' series ('Sight of Proteus,' 'Proteus
Unbound,' 'Proteus Combined,' 'Proteus in the Underworld').
Brent
"ravenadal" writes:
>The question about Asimov's "Foundation" septology leads me to ask what
>was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!" And, by tha
I'd forgotten those, Brent. Good reads.
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That was a novel...
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That was a novel...
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I have loved everything by Neal Stephenson that I have read. Snow Crash was
just unbelievable. I loved Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle. I am in the
middle of the third volume now. However for me, The Diamond Age, an exploration
of Nano-Technology and sociology amongst other things, is his be
sh.
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I have loved everything by Neal Stephenson that I
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For me, "The Mote In God's Eye" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
Great ideas, semi-plausible scientific bases, fun read all the way through.
(And
more.
> Maybe it was the whole thought of space-traveling pachyderms...
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What was Lucifer's Hammer?
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> I loved both of those as well as Lucifer's Hammer and thei
Phillip K Dick's "VALIS".
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Yah. An inspired choice. :-)
Brent
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>Phillip K Dick's "VALIS".
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It's a post-apocalyptic novel about the effects of a comet strike on Earth.
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