<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> 2016-09-21T10:57:24Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/18881/good-books-to-read-scifi-fantasy/ <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> oscillating wrote:

1984 George Orwell
Brave new world Aldous Huxley

yes#1

also, the man in the high castle, Phillip K Dick

2001, Arthur C Clarke

A clockwork orange. Anthony Burgess

Flatland, Edwin Abbott (seriously the best book ever by miles, read this. il even send it you if you pay the postage from UK)

The disposessed, Ursula k leguin (le guinn? fuck knows)

All of P K dicks short stories + Do androids dream of electric sheep

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Domu 2016-09-21T10:57:24Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/248286/#p248286 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> PULSELOOPER wrote:
TetrisEffect wrote:

WTf, this is so off topic,
things of far more interest have been sent to the graveyard

Yeah, lots of great threads like "what should be my first tattoo?"

lool

]]> https://chipmusic.org/TetrisEffect 2016-09-20T20:17:36Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/248263/#p248263 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> TetrisEffect wrote:

WTf, this is so off topic,
things of far more interest have been sent to the graveyard

Yeah, lots of great threads like "what should be my first tattoo?"

]]> https://chipmusic.org/PULSELOOPER 2016-09-20T17:54:21Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/248255/#p248255 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> WTf, this is so off topic,
things of far more interest have been sent to the graveyard

]]> https://chipmusic.org/TetrisEffect 2016-09-20T04:56:25Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/248251/#p248251 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> Now I am reading another classics:
William Gibson - Neuromancer...

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Matej 2016-09-19T11:56:46Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/248240/#p248240 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> [removed]

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Feryl 2016-08-30T00:02:15Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/247504/#p247504 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> C.S. Lewis is my favorite author so I'd highly recommend his space trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength) as well as his final novel Till We Have Faces. If you like Lewis and want to get a bit deeper into Faerie, try some of George MacDonald's works: The Golden Key, The Light Princess, The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, At the Back of the North Wind, and Phantastes are worth checking out. I also recommend The Neverending Story by Michael Ende—it's much better and richer than the film (sorry). Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea books are also worth checking out, though I've only read the first (A Wizard of Earthsea). Oddly enough, I'm also a huge fan of Garth Nix's Abhorsen quartet (it used to be a trilogy): Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, and Clariel. If you like those you may also want to check out Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and other stories, a collection of stories by Nix that gives a couple of side stories. Roger Zelazny's work is also very well done and entertaining: try A Night in the Lonesome October and Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming. Finally, for classic sci-fi, try Tunnel in the Sky and Orphans of the Sky, both by Robert Heinlein, and Stanislaw Lem's Cyberiad.

So, to recap:

C.S. Lewis:
- Out of the Silent Planet
- Perelandra
- That Hideous Strength
- Till We Have Faces

George MacDonald:
- The Golden Key
- The Light Princess
- The Princess and the Goblin
- The Princess and Curdie
- At the Back of the North Wind
- Phantastes

Michael Ende:
- The Neverending Story

Ursula K. LeGuin:
- A Wizard of Earthsea

Garth Nix:
- Sabriel
- Lirael
- Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories
- Abhorsen
- Clariel

Roger Zelazny:
- A Night in the Lonesome October
- Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming

Robert Heinlein:
- Tunnel in the Sky
- Orphans of the Sky

Stanislaw Lem:
- The Cyberiad

Enjoy!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Sonus+Silver 2016-08-29T14:37:05Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/247475/#p247475 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> If you like reading sentences that last for whole pages, this English translation of the Russian classic 'The Master and Margarita' is one of the best things ever written.

http://www.masterandmargarita.eu/estore … glenny.pdf

]]> https://chipmusic.org/10k 2016-08-16T00:49:30Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/247125/#p247125 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> Neuromancer

]]> https://chipmusic.org/GLOOMS 2016-08-16T00:08:21Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/247123/#p247123 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> The Martian by Andy Weir is a good near-future sci-fi. Exciting story, not too heavy. Short too.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/breakphase 2016-08-15T01:37:36Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/247080/#p247080 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey. It is the first in the Expanse series and it is amazing

]]> https://chipmusic.org/2PLAYER 2016-08-14T21:33:59Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/247073/#p247073 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> Thanks for nice tips! I will check them in nearest books store. I am also finishing reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (Metaverse, VR)! And yesterday I have buyed Ready Player One by Ernest Cline...

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Matej 2016-08-13T15:36:27Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/247049/#p247049 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> The Icarus Hunt by Zahn. Takes a bit to get going, but once it does, you're in for a seriously good time.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Feryl 2016-08-13T00:15:20Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/247035/#p247035 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> +1 to Philip K. Dick

]]> https://chipmusic.org/GenSek 2016-08-11T20:59:52Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/246988/#p246988 <![CDATA[Re: Good books to read? (Scifi, Fantasy)]]> Jellica wrote:

Paolo Bacigalupi - The Windup Girl (concious artificial sex slave stuff?

I kinda liked this actually. It was incredibly depressing, but poignant.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/PROTODOME 2016-08-11T19:58:05Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/246984/#p246984