Recommend a good scifi book about space

[Hubbleman]

And dont mention Dune

I want something cool, like that book I read about marines colonising a planet with twice gravity of earth... While battling enormousness veg organisms... Book I read as a kid, can't find it anywhere now, maybe some of u know

 

[Jellyfish]

Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein.

 

[Mikell]

Anything by Orson Scott Card.

I don't read as much fantasy/scifi as I used to, hopefully some good suggestions follow below.

 

[amanda88]

Sci-Fi not Sci Fantasy..?

I read 'The Martian' then saw the movie

10/10 for both

the Mars theme is still hot, anything from Kim Stanly Robinson is good

Red Mars

Green Mars

hell even a Blue Mars ...lol

 

[iTarzan]

Pandora's Star by Peter Hamilton.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/03...e=as2&tag=nybydmli-20&linkId=K3DJVUEFJ6DAU3YG


It is the first of a series. I very rarely read a book. It was at a cabin I stayed at a few years ago.

 

[Green Squall]

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

 

[Baked Alaskan]

Try Midworld by Alan Dean Foster. The book Avatar the movie was based on. Sounds close to the book in the OP.

Ya, anything by Orson Scott Card.

 

[yesum]

Gateway was the best sci fi I read. Short and exciting. Bolo was good, lots of action. David Drake has some action type sci fi you might want to try.

 

[Boyd Crowder]

a hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

 

[strandloper]

Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut (not full scifi but excellent)

 

[BlueBlazer]

Serious

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
Orphans of the Sky - Robert Heinlein

Humorous

Stainless Steel Rat - Harry Harrison

 

[mugenbao]

The Foundation series by Asimov
The Martian by Andy Weir (great science details)
A Sword Into Darkness by Thomas Mays
Through Struggle, the Stars by John Lumpkin and Winchell Chung
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

Or anything on this list - http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/reading.php

 

[igrowone]

...
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
...

i'll 2nd, The Mote In God's Eye, a good and worth while read

 

[BrainSellz]

The 12th Planet by Zacharia Sitchin. He wrote a host of others as well worth checking out.

 

[yesum]

I just watched 'The Martian', very nice but the ending looked a little... unlikely shall we say? Fine movie regardless. The book is supposed to be even better.

 

[shithawk420]

Not sure if this qaulifies but Night Eyes fucked me up.youll never think of aliens the same

 

[St. Phatty]

Whitley Streiber, Communion & Transformation.

About his alleged contact experiences, baring in mind that he is a sci-fi writer.


For those who want more facts, Timothy Goode, Above Top Secret.


Streiber's address is listed in the Transformation book.

In the spirit of Sci-fi Adventure, I suggest sending him something (legal) and asking him to give it to his "little Gray friends".

 

[mugenbao]

I just watched 'The Martian', very nice but the ending looked a little... unlikely shall we say? Fine movie regardless. The book is supposed to be even better.

I haven't seen the movie, but the book was pretty good. The ending is a bit of a stretch to be sure, but that's not at all unusual in science fiction

 

[Mikell]

Not a book but Humans will blow your ass out the door. Perhaps the best AI show/movie I've seen.

 

[unclefishstick]

anything by alaister reynolds,particularly the revelation space series...
charles straub (sp?) accelerando
robert reed marrow