Someone recommend a book....

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Minnie

Sliver, have you checked out Wool, by Hugh Howey? It's a series but they just released it as an 'omnibus' in March which has all the books in one which makes things a little easier.

Never heard of it, but I'll check it out after I'm done Fahrenheit 451. Thanks.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I'm about 2/3s of the way through this book right now. I'll have it wrapped up by the end of the week, but every page is an effort. I'm not enjoying it at all.

Is it the story, the writing style, the vocabulary?

[Finny61]

Wool by Hugh Howey is definitely garnering lots of attention. Cool to see someone find success in the self publishing market and land a deal. Just be sure to read Shift (Book 2) if you liked Wool.

[Free Ben Hur!]

Almost anything by Leon Uris. Exodus and Trinity are both awesome.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Is it the story, the writing style, the vocabulary?

I don't know. I finished reading 1984 and started Fahrenheit literally the next day. I think I should have gone to a different style of book or something because it seems hollow compared to 1984. I like the writing style, but the story isn't as gripping. I don't really care that much about Guy (main character), where as I was right there with Winston in Orwell's.

[pylon]

Lots of awesome suggestions. I wanted to check in earlier and thank everyone but it was a crazy day at work.

I am thinking something along the lines of Hellraiser meets Aliens.

[Minnie]

Originally Posted by Finny61

Wool by Hugh Howey is definitely garnering lots of attention. Cool to see someone find success in the self publishing market and land a deal. Just be sure to read Shift (Book 2) if you liked Wool.

Yep. So many self published books are just crap but Wool is very well done. I have to re-order it from the library - got a start on it and then life intervened and it was due - couldn't renew it because someone else requested it. I liked as much of it as I read though.

Wool isn't even my typical genre but I really liked it.

[Flames89]

Originally Posted by Minnie

I have to re-order it from the library

Wow.
People like you exist!

You should consider a Kindle. Wool (1-5) costs $3.95 with one.
http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Omnibus-E.../dp/B0071XO8RA

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by pylon

Lots of awesome suggestions. I wanted to check in earlier and thank everyone but it was a crazy day at work.

I am thinking something along the lines of Hellraiser meets Aliens.

The Skinner by Neil Asher comes to mind.

[Minnie]

Originally Posted by Flames89

Wow.
People like you exist!

You should consider a Kindle. Wool (1-5) costs $3.95 with one.
http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Omnibus-E.../dp/B0071XO8RA

Nah. I like paper books.

[annasuave]

Originally Posted by Finny61

Wool by Hugh Howey is definitely garnering lots of attention. Cool to see someone find success in the self publishing market and land a deal. Just be sure to read Shift (Book 2) if you liked Wool.

I second that. Good read. I downloaded them all and stayed up late 3 nights running to read them all. You can get it as "Wool Omnibus" (The original timeline) and First, Second and Third Shifts as stand alone novellas that tell the back story.

I believe Howey is publishing in dead-tree format for the die-hards now.

[annasuave]

Some of my faves:
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
A Fire Upon The Deep, and A Deepness in The Sky by Vernor Vinge
The Peshawar Lancers by R.M Stirling (and usually I hate Stirling - but this one was light and funny)
The Milkweed Triptych by Ian Tregills
The Lions of Al Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay (warning, its a romance AND a bromance)
The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (will only appeal if you're the sort of person who liked A Game of Thrones)

[jeep991]

I've been on a zombie reading spree the past 10 - 12 months and I really enjoyed 3 books by Craig Dilouie: The Infection, The Killing Floor, and Tooth and Nail. Also, its pretty cool the author is from Calgary.

[troutman]

The Big Man Under the Afro, and His Music

Questlove Publishes His Memoir, ‘Mo’ Meta Blues’


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/bo...lues.html?_r=0



It’s a proper memoir in the sense that it eventually gets his story told, all 42 years of it thus far.

But it’s more about the music that’s pricked up his ears, the stuff that’s made him the tastemaker that he is. The end pages on my copy are crammed with song titles; they resemble the back of a popular girl’s senior yearbook.

I suspect I’m going to be listening to more Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Prince, the Isley Brothers, Rufus, Public Enemy and D’Angelo than I have for a long time.

[WhiteTiger]

I've been reading and really enjoying the "Safehold" series by David Weber.

Starts with "Armageddon Reef".

Light fiction (thought it passes itself off as sci-fi due to the nature of the story) and some very impressive world building.

[BlackEleven]

I'm a big fan of dystopian science fiction. Particularly when it's social commentary on the current state of affairs.

Some of my favourites classics:
- 1984
- Brave New World (unbelievable that this was written in the 30s)
- Ender's Game
- The Forever War
- Starship Troopers (it's very different from the movie)

More modern ones that I like are Cloud Atlas and Never Let Me Go.

[Cowperson]

I'm re-reading "The Risen Empire" and "The Killing Of Worlds" right now, a two-parter.by Scott Westerfeld.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Risen_Empire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing_of_Worlds

A little off the beaten path but would definitely recommend it. It shows up on a few lists among the great sci fi operas.

Cowperson

[Knut]

Bump.

Just finished "Fear the Sky". Which is part one of the Fear Saga by Stephen Moss. A new twist on an Alien invasion novel.

Kind of a mix of espionage and sci fi. Was a great Audiobook narrated by Rc Bray (who did the Martian Audiobook).

Starting into part 2 now.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by BlackEleven

I'm a big fan of dystopian science fiction. Particularly when it's social commentary on the current state of affairs.

Some of my favourites classics:
- 1984
- Brave New World (unbelievable that this was written in the 30s)
- Ender's Game
- The Forever War
- Starship Troopers (it's very different from the movie)

More modern ones that I like are Cloud Atlas and Never Let Me Go.

If your going to read those you might as well throw Childhood's end up there.

Or the Foundation series by Asimov.

[Dion]

The Martian Chronicles is a collection of loosely related fictional stories depicting humanities struggle to flee from the potential of nuclear war on Earth to try and find refuge on the Red Planet. Many of the ideas Bradbury put forth in the novels seemed fantastical at the time, but modern day efforts to explore Mars smack of the science fiction writer's vision of what it would be like to visit there.

While Bradbury is seen primarily as an author who had a profound effect on his literary genre, in reality his reach has been much wider. While his novels may not be required reading in our schools anymore (which blows my mind), his ideas are talked about everyday with the people uttering the words usually not knowing the origins of the topics they are discussing. Ray Bradbury will certainly be missed, not just for his amazing science fiction writing, but also for his visionary foresight into cultural phenomenons.

NASA put a burned DVD containing The Martian Chronicles on the hull of the Phoenix Martian Rover.