Duke Bushido Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Re: Book suggestions? Might want to peep at Med Ship by Murray Leinster-- Seconded! A very good read, and another angle from wich to look at your 'frontier' type society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ura-Maru Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Re: Book suggestions? Walter Jon Williams has a new series out, (called Dread Empires Fall, of all things) that I’m enjoying a lot. It’s a 50’s style space opera, but with a far more sophisticated take on politics, tech, the laws of physics, and, well, pretty much everything. Oh, and don’t read the blurb on the back cover. It makes it sound like the worst book ever written by a non-Shatner. The first one is called ‘The Praxis’ He’s got a few others you might want to check out. Angel Station was centered around small time independent interplanetary traders (say that five times) and a more-or-less peaceful first contact. The tech is pretty believable, only the jump-type drives push it. The main characters aren’t really that likeable, but they’re believable. It would actually make a pretty good gaming setting, except there’s insufficient violence. Voice of the Whirlwind* is another to look for. The main character is the clone of a warrior fanatic/special forces type whose memories are 15 years out of date. So he missed the war he was heading off to fight, the betrayal and eventual breakup of the corporate nation that trained him, first contact with the aliens who’s world they were fighting over, his betrayal of his wife and the breakup of their marriage, and his original getting killed while (presumably) carrying out an assassination or terrorist attack Written out like that, it sounds awful. It’s not, really. Actually, all his SF is really good. Ranging from the cyberpunk-with-no-hackers Hardwired to the absurdly-high-tech-but-surprisingly-still-interesting Aristoi Some of it’s getting hard to find these days, but it’s worth seeking out. *My favorite book ever. You’ve been warned. --- “Gravity is a harsh mistress.†Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Re: Book suggestions? MOTE in GOD's EYE & THE GRIPPING HAND Larry Niven GO READ IT NOW !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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