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Edited by Sven:
2/12/2014 11:50:40 PM
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Bungie Community Science Fiction Reading List
I want you to help make this a comprehensive list of science fiction novels. I hope that this will serve as a starting point for those who are just entering the genre or as a boost for those who are interested in expanding their Sci-fi library.
[quote][b]Note:[/b] Check out all of the replies to the OP. [/quote]
What is your favorite Science Fiction novel?
[quote][quote]the Bungie Community Science Fiction Reading List:[/quote]
Douglas Adams
[quote][url=http://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Anniversary-Edition/dp/1400052920/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1359769246&sr=8-3&keywords=hitchhikers+guide+to+the+galaxy]Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Restaurant-at-End-Universe/dp/0345418921/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359769379&sr=1-1&keywords=restaurant+at+the+end+of+the+universe]The Restaurant at the End of the Universe[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Life-Universe-Everything-Douglas-Adams/dp/0345418905/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359769410&sr=1-1&keywords=life+the+universe+and+everything]Life, the Universe, and Everything[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/So-Long-Thanks-All-Fish/dp/0345479963/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359769410&sr=1-2&keywords=life+the+universe+and+everything]So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Mostly-Harmless-Douglas-Adams/dp/0345418778/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359769668&sr=1-1&keywords=mostly+harmless]Mostly Harmless[/url] [/quote]
Isaac Asimov
[quote][url=http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm]The Last Question[/url][/quote]
Barrington J. Bayley
[quote][url=http://www.amazon.com/Fall-Chronopolis-Barrington-J-Bayley/dp/1587153823]The Fall of Chronopolis[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Collision-Chronos-Barrington-J-Bayley/dp/1587153807]Collision with Chronos[/url][/quote]
Ray Bradbury
[quote][url=http://www.amazon.com/Fahrenheit-451-Novel-Ray-Bradbury/dp/1451673310/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359769817&sr=1-1&keywords=fahrenheit+451]Fahrenheit 451[/url] [/quote]
Orson Scott Card
[quote][url=http://www.amazon.com/Enders-Game-Ender-Book-1/dp/0812550706/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359325191&sr=1-1&keywords=enders+game]Enders Game[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Speaker-Dead-Ender-Book-2/dp/0812550757/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y]Speaker for the Dead[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Xenocide-Ender-Book-Orson-Scott/dp/0812509250/ref=pd_sim_b_1]Xenocide[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Children-Mind-Ender-Book-4/dp/0812522397/ref=pd_sim_b_2]Children of the Mind[/url][/quote]
Arthur C. Clarke
[quote][url=http://www.amazon.com/Childhoods-End-Del-Rey-Impact/dp/0345444051/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2]Childhoods End[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/2001-Odyssey-Arthur-C-Clarke/dp/0451457994/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1]2001 A Space Odyssey[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Fountains-Paradise-Arthur-C-Clarke/dp/0446677949/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359325459&sr=1-1&keywords=arthur+c+clarke+fountains+of+paradise]Fountians of Paradise[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Rendezvous-Rama-Arthur-C-Clarke/dp/B000HJZ24I/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359325349&sr=1-1&keywords=arthur+c+clarke]Rendezvous with Rama[/url][/quote]
Eoin Colfer
[quote][url=http://www.amazon.com/Another-Thing-Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy/dp/B0043RT9I0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359769641&sr=1-1&keywords=and+another+thing]And Another Thing...[/url][/quote]
Phillip K. Dick
[quote][url=http://www.amazon.com/Do-Androids-Dream-Electric-Sheep/dp/0345404475/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359325621&sr=1-1&keywords=phillip+k+dicks]Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Scanner-Darkly-Philip-K-Dick/dp/0547572174/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359325622&sr=1-7&keywords=phillip+k+dicks]A Scanner Darkly[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Man-High-Castle-Philip-Dick/dp/0547572484/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359325622&sr=1-5&keywords=phillip+k+dicks]Man in the High Castle[/url][/quote]
Frank Herbert
[quote][url=http://www.amazon.com/Dune-40th-Anniversary-Edition-Chronicles/dp/0441013597/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359781962&sr=8-1&keywords=dune]Dune[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Dune-Messiah-Chronicles-Frank-Herbert/dp/0441015611/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359782017&sr=1-1&keywords=dune+messiah]Dune Messiah[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Children-Dune-Chronicles-Book/dp/0441104029/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359782073&sr=1-1&keywords=children+of+dune]Children of Dune[/url] [/quote]
David Mitchell
[quote][url=http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Atlas-Novel-David-Mitchell/dp/B008AUGEFC/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359769831&sr=1-3&keywords=cloud+atlas]Cloud Atlas[/url] [/quote]
Michael Moorcock
[quote][url=http://www.amazon.com/Nomad-Time-Streams-Michael-Moorcock/dp/1565041941]A Nomad of the Time Streams[/url]
[url=http://www.amazon.com/Behold-Man-Michael-Moorcock/dp/1585677647]Behold the Man[/url][/quote]
Beth Revis
[quote][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across_the_Universe_%28novel%29]Across the Universe[/url][/quote]
Larry Niven
[quote][url=http://www.amazon.com/Ringworld-Larry-Niven/dp/0345333926/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359769719&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=ringworld]RingWorld[/url][/quote]
Jack Vance
[quote][url=http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Dying-Earth-Jack-Vance/dp/0312874561]Tales of the Dying Earth[/url]
The Demon Princes [url=http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Princes-Vol-Killing-Machine/dp/0312853025]Volume One[/url]/[url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Demon-Princes-Volume-Two/dp/0312865767]Volume Two[/url][/quote]
Timothy Zahn
[quote][url=http://www.amazon.com/Heir-Empire-Star-Wars-Trilogy/dp/0553296124]Heir to the Empire[/url][/quote][/quote]
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2 RepliesEdited by SuperAce 5: 2/9/2013 12:05:06 AMMost of the memorable Science Fiction I've read have been mentioned already. Frank Herbert's Dune and William Gibson's Sprawl Series are great reads that I'd also recommend. But I highly recommend [url=http://www.amazon.com/Contact-Carl-Sagan/dp/B0010KX8F8/ref=cm_lmf_tit_11_rlrssi0]Contact[/url] by Carl Sagan. The book is quite enjoyable and I feel the film does not give the book justice. Its a great First Contact Science Fiction and builds on Sagan's more optimistic view and fascination with alien contact. I realize though there is a lot more of it I need to jump into. I'm juggling three series at the moment and one of them is the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gap_Cycle]Gap Cycle[/url] by Steven R. Donaldson, a cousin of mine has lent me the entire series. As I'm currently on the third book it seems to be a decent Science Fiction many here would seem to enjoy. The Gap Cycle is a Science Fiction adaptation of the Fantasy Opera Epic written by Richard Wagner called [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen]Der Ring des Nibelungen[/url]. You'll enjoy it if you like corrupt monolithic Cyberpunk size corporations, an Earth Military Police Government worried about their relevance in governing human deep space, and uneasy human relations with a truly Alien Race that only trades and reveals their motives through the human deep space Black Market filled with those that would sell out their own species to make a decent living. The first book just sets the stage and can be skipped, but I advise skimming it over though to grasp some things that go on in the book's universe, like gap-sickness for instance. But here are the books: [url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Story-into-Conflict/dp/0553295098/ref=pd_sim_b_3]The Real Story: The Gap into Conflict[/url] [url=http://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Knowledge-into-Vision-Book/dp/0553297600/ref=pd_sim_b_1]Forbidden Knowledge: The Gap into Vision[/url] [url=http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Hungry-God-Arises-Power/dp/0553562606/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y]A Dark and Hungry God Arises : The Gap into Power[/url] [url=http://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Order-The-Into-Madness/dp/0553572539/ref=pd_sim_b_1]Chaos and Order: The Gap Into Madness[/url] [url=http://www.amazon.com/This-Day-All-Gods-Die/dp/0553071807/ref=pd_sim_b_5]This Day All Gods Die: The Gap Into Ruin[/url] There is another Science Fiction series I currently have my eyes set on once I finish all the books I'm currently reading. I've been intrigued by Gene Wolfe's Solar Cycle because based on what little I've gathered about the books it takes place in a universe with elements similar to Bungie's next IP. I know the series was inspired by Jack Vance's Dying Earth Series which have already been mentioned in this thread. Has anyone read any of the Solar Cycle? There's quite a few books that take place in the universe: [url=http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Claw-First-Half-Book/dp/0312890176/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1]Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun'[/url] [url=http://www.amazon.com/Sword-Citadel-Second-Half-Book/dp/0312890184/ref=pd_sim_b_1]Sword & Citadel: The Second Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' [/url] [url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Urth-New-Sun-sequel/dp/0312863942/ref=pd_sim_b_2]The Urth of the New Sun: The sequel to 'The Book of the New Sun'[/url] The following books are separate stories that take place after The New Sun Series: [url=http://www.amazon.com/Litany-Long-Sun-Nightside-Books/dp/0312872917/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_6]Litany of the Long Sun: Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun (Book of the Long Sun, Books 1 and 2)[/url] [url=http://www.amazon.com/Epiphany-Long-Sun-Calde-Exodus/dp/0312860722/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_8]Epiphany of the Long Sun: Calde of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun (Book of the Long Sun, Books 3 and 4)[/url] [url=http://www.amazon.com/On-Blues-Waters-Volume-Short/dp/0312872577/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_4]On Blue's Waters: Volume One of 'The Book of the Short Sun'[/url] [url=http://www.amazon.com/Greens-Jungles-Book-Short-Sun/dp/0312873638/ref=pd_sim_b_1]In Green's Jungles (Book of the Short Sun, Book 2)[/url] [url=http://www.amazon.com/Return-Whorl-Final-Volume-Short/dp/0312873646/ref=pd_sim_b_2]Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun'[/url]
