Well, I haven't read that book yet ... but a lot of people probably would be against it. I wouldn't take an immortality treatment. A couple extra decades of youthfulness, sure ... but not immortality. I don't want to know what I'd become after four or five hundred years...Junghalli wrote: I also found the bit with Smith's people kind of vaguely disturbing. "LOL, we shouldn't develop immortality". Though I may just be reading too much into that.
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Re: Looking for Science Fiction
Favorite sci-fi books:
Mission of Gravity/Star Light by Hal Clement
Midworld by Alan Dean Foster
Eden Trilogy by Harry Harrison
Favorite sci-fi TV series:
War Planets
Mission of Gravity/Star Light by Hal Clement
Midworld by Alan Dean Foster
Eden Trilogy by Harry Harrison
Favorite sci-fi TV series:
War Planets
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Thirded the Revelation Space recommendation, I've only read 3 of Reybolds books, yet he is already on my list of all time favorite authors.Samuel wrote:All Alistar Reynolds books are rather good. RS is his first and if you like it, you'll will love the rest. I hope Reynolds branches out more. He certainly beats Jack McDevitt.Admiral Valdemar wrote:Seconded. And Pushing Ice.Samuel wrote:Read Relevation Space?
And Stand On Zanzibar.
Re: Looking for Science Fiction
Legend of the Galactic Heroes has warp. That's how Geiersburg was moved from the Empire to engage Iserlohn in the corridor/fight the FPA Fleet as well (for those unaware; that was basically two death stars shooting at each other.)Uraniun235 wrote:I highly recommend Legend of the Galactic Heroes, if you can find it.
"Opps, wanted to add; wasn't there a study about how really smart people lead shitty lives socially? I vaguely remember something about it, so correct me if I'm wrong. Frankly, I'm of the opinion that I'd rather let the new Newton or new Tesla lead a better life than have him have a shitty one and come up with apple powered death rays."
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FTL is acceptable under the OP:Saxtonite wrote:Legend of the Galactic Heroes has warp. That's how Geiersburg was moved from the Empire to engage Iserlohn in the corridor/fight the FPA Fleet as well (for those unaware; that was basically two death stars shooting at each other.)Uraniun235 wrote:I highly recommend Legend of the Galactic Heroes, if you can find it.
FTL, energy shields, and artificial gravity are okay, while "super bullshit nanotech" is not.Hotfoot wrote:Here is what I am not looking for:
-No or very limited "Supertech" FTL/Energy Shields/Agrav, okay, super bullshit nanotech is not. This ties in with #3.
Besides, the technology in LOGH is pretty unobtrusive - the technology isn't the story, the technology's there to help tell the story of the two greatest space fleet admirals ever.
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Re: Looking for Science Fiction
Greg Bear has many other hard scifi novels, including the Hugo & Nebula winner Blood Music (the awards were for the original shorter novelette version though, the novel got only nominations). Being an expanded novelette it's still relatively short, not too long that is. Most modern scifi novels are way too long for their own good. Publishers typically want at least 500 pages, about 200 of which is fluff in most cases.Vultur wrote:The Forge of God by Greg Bear.
If you want near-future stuff, Ben Bova's Mars, Return to Mars, and Venus are good.
Ben Bova's Mars books reminded me of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy. The rest of his work is pretty hard core as well, although I find his books a little boring. The Mars trilogy is interesting as a "future history" type of work, but not all of it is terribly interesting or engaging. His writing is OK, but his style is a little dry.