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Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
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Thu, 16 Dec 1999 15:44:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Ben Olmstead writes:
> 1 - Larry Niven, arguably the best SF author ever. Discounting Clarke,
> Card, Gibson, Herbert, Asimov, Adams, and Stephensen, who are also all
> arguably the best SF author ever (well, I despise Gibson, but hey).
> Wrote hard Sci-Fi, though--he based pretty much everything in science
> fact.
I smell a fun geek topic. Best books by these authors?
I would submit:
"Rendezvous with Rama" as Clarke's best work.
"Ender's Game" as Card's.
Either "Dune" (the obvious choice) or "God Emperor of Dune"
for Herbert.
"The Mote In God's Eye" by Niven (and Pournelle). (Argue with
me about this one, if you please, Ben =)
I can't pick a "best" by Asimov (the too-easy choice: Foundation)
or the others on your list.
In the "too-easy" category, RAH usually gets props for
Stranger in a Strange Land - I'd like to hear another
choice. Go for it, Lar.
Authors not on your list, with works I would list as canon
Varley: "Steel Beach"
Farmer: "To Your Scattered Bodies Go"
Robinson: "Time Pressure"
--
jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"
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| (...) Agreed. I read this in one night when I was 15. Couldn't put the dang book down. (...) _The Worthing Saga_ might be a close second, though it's an collection and not technically a "book" per se. And then there's _Folk on the Fringe_, but that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Haven't read it, actually, so no opinion. (...) Of the Card books I've read: definitely. (...) Either _Dune_ or _The Dosadi Experiment_, in my opinion. (Yes, Herbert did write some non-Dune-series books. Most of them were _really_ bad.) (...) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Didn't know where I should insert this into the thread... (...) V. Vinge: "A Fire upon the Deep" - anyone who's ever been upset by a non- sensical off-topic post should read this Hugo Award winner ;) I've even had some conversations with Dr. Vinge (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Of course, when you're going *that* far, you also have to count relativistic effects. Is '1g of acceleration' from the frame of the guy on the rocket, of the frame of the guy on Earth? (Important difference...) And then you have to figure out (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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