Science Fiction

[JonRB]

I revisited one of my favourite cyberpunk novels recently; "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson. A little dated, and the ending is a little lame, but still epic.

[StuH]

rich1231 said:

There is a new Hamilton Trilogy coming btw

Can't wait! http://www.risingshadow.net/library/book/40025-the...

[oldbanger]

Irocfan check your mail. Should be arriving tomorrow.

[irocfan]

oldbanger said:

Irocfan check your mail. Should be arriving tomorrow.

cool - I'll drop you a message

[Cotty]

Struggling though Iain M Banks Surface Detail. What was he smoking when he wrote that.
Girl seeking revenge on her murderer is good, but the war over the digitised souls of the dead is pretty wierd. Multicoloured demons etc

[StuH]

Cotty said:

Struggling though Iain M Banks Surface Detail. What was he smoking when he wrote that.
Girl seeking revenge on her murderer is good, but the war over the digitised souls of the dead is pretty wierd. Multicoloured demons etc

Stick with it. The avatar Demeisen is my all time favourite banks character! One twisted ship mind.

[JonRB]

StuH said:

Stick with it. The avatar Demeisen is my all time favourite banks character! One twisted ship mind.

Ever more than Meat fker? (ok, ok, Grey Matter)

[irocfan]

oldbanger - all arrived, many thanks! Postie dropped it 3 doors up and then didn't leave us a card so we had no idea it was here SWMBO is rolling her eyes a little but there appears to be much geeky fun

[oldbanger]

irocfan said:

oldbanger - all arrived, many thanks! Postie dropped it 3 doors up and then didn't leave us a card so we had no idea it was here SWMBO is rolling her eyes a little but there appears to be much geeky fun

Yay enjoy!

[Cotty]

StuH said:

Cotty said:

Struggling though Iain M Banks Surface Detail. What was he smoking when he wrote that.
Girl seeking revenge on her murderer is good, but the war over the digitised souls of the dead is pretty wierd. Multicoloured demons etc

Stick with it. The avatar Demeisen is my all time favourite banks character! One twisted ship mind.

I am sticking with it Demeisen is funny. Explaining what the false tattoo can do "well it can dice your poo"

[Cotty]

Anyone read anything by Alastair Reynolds. looks like an decent collection of books to jump into once I finish the Culture series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Reynolds#Nov...

[LordGrover]

Quite surprised you've not tried Hamilton before. One of my favourites - nothing too taxing, but good flowing stories that hang together pretty well.

[RealSquirrels]

Cotty said:

Anyone read anything by Alastair Reynolds. looks like an decent collection of books to jump into once I finish the Culture series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Reynolds#Nov...

yep, the revelation space series of books is ace...

[StuH]

RealSquirrels said:

Cotty said:

Anyone read anything by Alastair Reynolds. looks like an decent collection of books to jump into once I finish the Culture series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Reynolds#Nov...

yep, the revelation space series of books is ace...

Yep, I'll second that. Also house of suns - brilliant!

[StuH]

RealSquirrels said:

Cotty said:

Anyone read anything by Alastair Reynolds. looks like an decent collection of books to jump into once I finish the Culture series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Reynolds#Nov...

yep, the revelation space series of books is ace...

Yep, I'll second that. Also house of suns - brilliant!

[Mannginger]

I'm halfway through The Martian by Andy Weir and I'm loving it.

I actually bought it as an Audiobook and it's the first time I've ever listened to it but the story is great, intense, amusing and laden with tech details (maybe a little too much in places) but it is clearly so well researched it stands out IMO.

At its heart it;s a story of an astronaut stranded on Mars - ok been done before in essence but I still heartily recommend this book (either written or audio!)

[jimmyjimjim]

Good isn't it? Mentioned on the main 'what are you reading' thread - highly recommended by all.

[jmorgan]

StuH said:

rich1231 said:

There is a new Hamilton Trilogy coming btw

Can't wait! http://www.risingshadow.net/library/book/40025-the...

About time, though I find the endings weak. Part way through Reality dysfunction and left the book in a hotel, dammit.

[etchacan]

Just finished Kim Stanley Robinsons Mars trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars) - was really impressed and hooked the whole way through.

Next I'm waiting for 19th June when Long Mars (3rd in the series by Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett) coms out - reading The Lost Fleet (Jack Campbell) in the interim...

[Cotty]

etchacan said:

Just finished Kim Stanley Robinsons Mars trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars) - was really impressed and hooked the whole way through.

I have only read the first book. Didn't like it enough to read the trilogy.