Heinlein

[bbmike]

Job: A Comedy of Justice has to be one of Heinlein's books that I've read more than once.  As a youngster, it did get me to thinking and questioning the particular tenets of the faith I was being brought up in.

I did read more Heinlein stories, as well as Asimov, Clarke, etc. as well; more of a Pournelle fan myself...makes a fellow wonder if the Silver Age science fiction stories still hold an attraction for the younger folk.

Ah, Larry and Jerry. I loved Inferno and Fallen Angles.  Fallen Angles had a nod in it to Clifford Simak, one of my favorite authors. :)

[Staggerwing]

Clifford Simak, one of my favorite authors. :)

+1.

Check out the short stories The Big front Yard and Good Night Mr James some time for an ideas of his range.

[bbmike]

Clifford Simak, one of my favorite authors. :)

+1.

Check out the short stories The Big front Yard and Good Night Mr James some time for an ideas of his range.

The Big front Yard is the Simak nod in Fallen Angels.  O0

[Staggerwing]

Well, then I'll just have to read Fallen Angels, now won't I?

I'm sure it it will be good since I've already read the Mote in God's Eye series and Lucifer's Hammer.

EDIT: Forgot to also mention Footfall.

[Dammit Carl!]

EDIT: Forgot to also mention Footfall.

The propulsion method for the human spaceship was just so freakin' metal in Footfall - leave it to us to get off planet via nuclear explosions!  Whooo!

[Staggerwing]

Another great writer you don't hear mentioned much anymore these days is Roger Zelazny. For those of you unlucky enough to have not yet read his books you should start here: The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth.


EDIT: Bad copy/paste fix. Sorry MD.

[MetalDog]

Hey, Stagger.  That'd be Roger, not George.  Good call though.  Never read any of his SF, but, I've read all 12 Amber books.

[Staggerwing]

 :-[

[Staggerwing]

Did I mention that Poul Anderson is a damn fine author as well? Check out his Time Patrol series for a great mix of history and scifi (sometimes actually becoming alt-history). His Boat of a Million Years is also a must read.

[besilarius]

Two of Anderson's earlist works are Three Heartsand Three Lions, and the Broken Sword.
Both are extremely well done and in totally different genres.
Three Hearts and Three Lions is easy read fantasy, but the Broken Sword is a dark take on the Norse myths.  He had a lot of range.
And for just fun, the Dominic Flandry series is about a galactic empire's trouble shooter.

[Staggerwing]

War of the Gods is another of Anderson's gems. It juxtaposes the story of the Scandinavian chieftain Hadding with that of the conflict between the Norse Gods of the Aesir and Vanir.

[bob48]

'Glory Road' I liked, although I guess I have read just about all of his books over the years.

[DoctorQuest]

Another great writer you don't hear mentioned much anymore these days is Roger Zelazny. For those of you unlucky enough to have not yet read his books you should start here: The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth.


EDIT: Bad copy/paste fix. Sorry MD.

I am re-reading the Amber series at the moment. I gotta find me some Trumps.

[bob48]

Did I mention that Poul Anderson is a damn fine author as well? Check out his Time Patrol series for a great mix of history and scifi (sometimes actually becoming alt-history). His Boat of a Million Years is also a must read.

One of my all-time favourite SF writers, especially the Nicholas Van Rijn stories.

[besilarius]

A certain major RPG game company (which is not functional at this time) supposedly had a handshake with Zelazny to do a really in depth Amber RPG.
Since the family in Amber were based on a D&D group that Zelazny played in, this would have been ultra nerd cool.