Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I like Sterling more for his monologues than believable characters or plot. But yep...I like my sci-fi 'three counts removed' from present day reality...and preferably no farther.
Some of David Brin is excellent, The Practice effect, The Postman- His Short story the Crystal Spheres is outstanding- Another great is a short story called Contact, where human meet Aliens for the first time out by a nebula, can't remember author. Hogan as mentioned before. Mostof the sci fi I read is before the 90's :
I agree that Cantel for Lebowitz is one of the best post Holacastic novels writen
The Foundation by Asimov is the best for me. I read it I don't know how many times, in Italian as a young kid and in the original English version later.
I also like Robert Sheckley, although I don't find much of him in bookstores; it looks like he was more famous in Italy than in the USA.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
