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Baron Greenback said:
p1doc said:
Baron Greenback said:
I have Neal Asher infinity engine and Richard Morgan Thin Air waiting for me next.
not heard of richard morgan-will have a lookyoungest child-13 asked for book ideas so she will try dogs of war.....
Takeshi Kovacs novels are good and tv series on Altered Carbon very good on netflix.
Altered Carbon
Broken Angels
Woken Furies
techguyone said:
Baron Greenback said:
p1doc said:
Baron Greenback said:
I have Neal Asher infinity engine and Richard Morgan Thin Air waiting for me next.
not heard of richard morgan-will have a lookyoungest child-13 asked for book ideas so she will try dogs of war.....
Takeshi Kovacs novels are good and tv series on Altered Carbon very good on netflix.
Altered Carbon
Broken Angels
Woken Furies
They should have just made S2 out of book 3 and forgotten about book 2. Instead they tried to roll book 2 and 3 into one series. Too much content and not enough of it good.
Still worth watching though. Even if S1 set the bar too high.
hairykrishna said:
DibblyDobbler said:
Another recommendation for the Greg Mandel books - more straightforward (and better for it IMHO) than some of his later work
Just finishing the third one now. All excellent!captain_cynic said:
techguyone said:
Baron Greenback said:
p1doc said:
Baron Greenback said:
I have Neal Asher infinity engine and Richard Morgan Thin Air waiting for me next.
not heard of richard morgan-will have a lookyoungest child-13 asked for book ideas so she will try dogs of war.....
Takeshi Kovacs novels are good and tv series on Altered Carbon very good on netflix.
Altered Carbon
Broken Angels
Woken Furies
They should have just made S2 out of book 3 and forgotten about book 2. Instead they tried to roll book 2 and 3 into one series. Too much content and not enough of it good.
Still worth watching though. Even if S1 set the bar too high.
honest_delboy said:
Going to stick my neck out here and say Market Forces is a fantastic book, read it more times than the others put together.
I'll take a recommendation. I liked Altered Carbon and Woken Furies.
Richard Morgan also had a hand in writing Mass Effect so sure I'll check his other work.
Recommendations are why I keep coming back to this thread.
Edited by captain_cynic on Thursday 3rd March 20:17
If you have Kindle Unlimited and don't mind something at the other end of the scale from Reynolds or Hamilton as a bit of light relief, then have just binge-read J.N Chaney and Terry Maggert's Backyard Starship series (well, the 5 of 6 out now), and it's light, fast and entertaining, with a touches of humour.
Same goes for Chaney's Sentenced to War series with Jonathan Brazee, but this is a bit more space-war derivative, though does pass the time.
If you've got KU, then they're value for money, but wouldn't actually buy them without.
Same goes for Chaney's Sentenced to War series with Jonathan Brazee, but this is a bit more space-war derivative, though does pass the time.
If you've got KU, then they're value for money, but wouldn't actually buy them without.
Braking Day, debut novel by Adam Oyebanji. The story follows a trainee engineer on a generation starship as it finally approaches it's destination star and is getting ready to turn round and hit the brakes.
I'm about half way through and really enjoying this, it's well written, fascinating concept, lots of intrigue (not everyone on board wants to stop at their destination) reminds me a little bit of Wool/Silo trilogy by Hugh Howey.
I'm about half way through and really enjoying this, it's well written, fascinating concept, lots of intrigue (not everyone on board wants to stop at their destination) reminds me a little bit of Wool/Silo trilogy by Hugh Howey.
A bit late to the party, but I read Shards of Earth - Adrian Tchaikovsky over the Easter break. Thoroughly enjoyed it, almost as much as Dogs of War and Children of Time. He's not one to use a few words when he can draw out another sentence or two, but the stories themselves are well conceived and told.
Looking forward to the sequel/second in series due later this month.
Looking forward to the sequel/second in series due later this month.
LordGrover said:
A bit late to the party, but I read Shards of Earth - Adrian Tchaikovsky over the Easter break. Thoroughly enjoyed it, almost as much as Dogs of War and Children of Time. He's not one to use a few words when he can draw out another sentence or two, but the stories themselves are well conceived and told.
Looking forward to the sequel/second in series due later this month.
Oh that's worth knowing. Thanks! Looking forward to the sequel/second in series due later this month.
I bought the Kindle edition for 99p last month but haven't got round to starting it yet as I'm currently reading PKD's "A Scanner Darkly" which, although I have seen the film, I have never read the book. Despite having read a lot of PKD over the years.
I'm reading on my brand new Kindle Paperwhite which I bought in the Spring Sale for £110 (without ads version). It's a nice way to read - much better than reading on my old Nexus 7 tablet.
Anyway, I will look forward to reading "Shards of Earth".
Weaponised - Neal Asher
New Asher; pure, distilled Asher - you will either love it or hate it as a result.
I loved it.
Also just started Eversion by Alastair Reynolds; this is proving to be pretty interesting and decidedly non-classical Reynolds so far, so will wait to see how it goes.
New Asher; pure, distilled Asher - you will either love it or hate it as a result.
I loved it.
Also just started Eversion by Alastair Reynolds; this is proving to be pretty interesting and decidedly non-classical Reynolds so far, so will wait to see how it goes.
ooh - didn't know it was out! Cheers 
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