I'm in the first DUNE book and I am completely loving it.
I've only read history/philosophy so far, and I would appreciate your suggestions.
Pic related, Dune illustration from Folio society.
Best sci-fi books
Jonathan Lee
Cooper Gomez
We already have /sffg/, keep the board tidy. Also if you liked Dune you'll probably like Lord of Light by Zelazny.
Sageru
Thomas Morgan
>spamming your thread in the name of being 'tidy'
faggot
Joseph Adams
Get some Dick in you.
Luke Wood
Bruce Sterling's "The Caryatids". i'd be interested to hear if you came to hate the protagonists as much as I did.. pack of self-centred, squabbling bitches. pretty sure Sterling wrote them that way.
you - fuck off. generals are shit, and you know it, yet you persist. are you making these because they keep attacking you in the /who/ generals over in /tv/? that is truly sad.
Evan Lee
Well there are about 7 or so Dune books. They're all worth it. The second one (Messiah) is the best though, I think, so at least read that.
Read the classics; Asimov, Heinlein, and Bradbury. They all wrote a TON of kind of crappy serials from when sci-fi was like that, but look up their higher rated books, and you will be blown away.
Philip Dick is really worth your time as well. Once you get through the three I mentioned, and Dick, you'll see how just about every sci fi movie you've ever seen is a rip off of their books.
VALIS fucked me up more than psychedelics ever did. Do you think his experiences were real in any way, or just his mind fucking with him? And if so, how the fuck did he know about his son and learn all those languages? I don't know what to think.
Dominic Wood
I Agree with you. I would also add Arthur C. Clark to the list. The 2001 series is worth it. As well as fountians of paradise
Gabriel Thompson
>reading a shitty star wars ripoff
lmaoing @ ur life
Liam Foster
I think the experiences were 'real' in the sense that Dick personally experienced them, but he was on a lot of drugs, and possibly had an abormal brain structure, so I doubt that his experiences actually happened outside of his own head.
Benjamin Jackson
Eat shit
Jackson Powell
Asimov since you mentioned philosophy.
If you want cyberpunk stuff, Gibson and Sterling are almost obligatory.
More fantasy oriented like Dune then Book of the New Sun by Wolfe.
Noah Johnson
The Culture series. Consider Phlebas is decent set building, but Player of Games is the most new-reader friendly. I've been reading in publication order and loving it.
Banks has a great imagination and sense of humor, and I love his turns of phrase. It's good shit
Caleb Harris
fpwp
Logan Gonzalez
If you're not interested in any of the fedora shit that dominates the genre start here
Julian Fisher
The man who fell to earth
It's pretty incredible
Asher Rodriguez
Henry Moore
Stay in your containment general if you wont get the fuck off Veeky Forums you subhumans.
Matthew Morales
Love this book
Adding Earth Abides as another post-apocalyptic masterpiece.
Angel Stewart
the end of eternity of course
Robert Butler
im not much for heinlein, but i was surprised at how much i enjoyed asimov.
Hunter Perez
read flatland, or egg's dragon
David Williams
Also doing this and I'm really enjoying Consider Phlebas.
Jack Powell
The only thing he did wrong was imply that star wars isn't actually shitty
Dylan Walker
What is that even supposed to mean you fucking retard
Christopher Young
compare PKD to what the surrealists wrote utilizing Automatism and Hypnagogia. Riding the flow of your unconscious can provide PKD level results.
Sebastian Brooks
The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov and the Rama Trilogy by Arthur C. Clarke
Liam Fisher
Book of the New Sun
Hyperion
White Plague
Dossadi Experiment
Rendezvous with Rama
Lord of Light
Foundation
Depending an what you're after these all might fit.
Austin Wood
man I couldn't get into Consider Phlebas, I'll have to retry
Jordan Lopez
Earth Abides was surprisingly comfy.