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READY PLAYER ONE - set in a dystopian future, yet seeming waaaaaaay better than this post trump era we are currently living in!
This is a genuinly fun book, especially if, like me you happen to be a child of the 80s! And into VR.. And games... And Anime... Really its got pretty much every bit of geek culture going for it!! Oh and it's going to be a film in 2018, with Spielberg directing!!
The audiobook is really good too - and read by Will Weaton!! (Yes, the Star trek kid!!) Who does an outstanding job!
ENDERS GAME - The film was lame, the book was awesome! Gritty and Epic in its scale, which never really transferred well to screen.. A book which will have you rooting for the hero all the way through!
DUNE - It's freaking DUNE guys!! C'MON, you don't minded me to explain this.. Just read it so the spice can flow!!
https://youtu.be/2B6jgkcANRE - But check out this classic YouTube dub of the movie. So that when you read the book - the character voices will sound like theirs!! Plus, it's funny as hell!!
JURASSIC PARK!! Did you know this was a book?! Me neither, but I have to say, it puts a clever Spon on the film and start with mystery and then builds up to epic proportions!! Read it to fill in the blanks from the film. It's awesome.
FOUNDATION - I read this quite a while ago, but it resonated with me so much, it's made the list. It's quite Sci-fi heavy so don't be put off by high brow sentence structure. The pay off towards the end of the book is what make it all worth while..
I ROBOT - Will Smith ain't around in this one.. But the book is better off without him. It's probably the book that most writers start with for inspiration amd for food reason.. It kicks the whole genre off, so start with this book first so that when other Sci-fi authors pay homage. You know where they're coming from.
THE FOREVER WAR - kinda like starship troopers. But this one feels more grand in scale.. I also sense a little of 1984 conspiracy in here too.. Like a shadowy force controlling the publics thoughts.. Very good read!! And fun to boot!
mobial
Ernest Cline's newest book Armada is also video game related and a really good read! Set in modern day, with lots of timely references.
Brainiac1331
I would also recommend The Mortality Doctrine Series by James Dashner
engtennchs
'Speaker for the Dead" in the Ender series is one of my all-time favorites.
unclemacdaddy
I love all of them!!
Ikkebelgiumxxxx
I would like to add old man's war
PavlovianProgramming
I just read cats cradle and sirens of titan. Cats cradle was good, but sirens man. Sirens was incredible.
riomadre
Chrono Synclastic Infundibulum - Vonnegut is my favorite. If you haven't read Breakfast of Champions, try it - it's a different, but great
xilodle
Armor by John Steakley definitely belongs on this list.
Nosdarb
Everything about Ready Player One is terrible. It blows my mind that anyone enjoys it.
Grievuuz
Definitely one of my favorites, and I'm absolutely stoked that it's coming to the big screen, directed by the king of the 80s himself.
grizzabelle
"Jurassic Park - did you know it was a book ?!" ... I feel my age today.
PreciousTritium
Yeah a 14 year old posted this. At least he reads!
paranoidpookie
We're living in a trump era, not a post-trump era.
TrebleThom
Armor !!!!!
HaroldStewartIII
Most Asimov books and short stories are really awesome if you're into sci-fi. Also, Crichton, the guy that wrote Jurassic Park, made the...
HaroldStewartIII
...original Westworld movie in the 70's. So without him we probably wouldn't have the awesome HBO show.
adjacentengels
He also wrote The Andromeda Strain and Sphere. Both amazing books with mediocre, at best, movies.
pizzapartyhard
And Congo! Mr. Holmolka, stop eating my sesame cake. STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!
jsaund86
Read neuromancer then get some friends together and play Shadowrun
Lyrian
I wrote a book similar to Ready Player One, apparently people like it. It's in my profile if anyone's interested.
scarpedieme
Dude that's awesome! Would love to read it :)
MyWalkingPetunias
Pratchett Pratchett Pratchett
HappyHourThief
Pratchett is fantasy.
IEatAllTheFluffyAnimals
Read em all. So make another with ones i havent read please and thank you.
jebert
Armor
SirBrocOfTheBroccoliClan
'Do androids dream of electric sheep?' is another good one. It's the book that the film 'Blade runner is based on and it's my favourite book
Caboose007
Key word is "based"
howToLoseTheGame
Still and transfixed, The electric sheep are dreaming of your face
frizzyo
Yes! I was stored too not see that one listed.
Tighe
I love the author and loved the book, but in my humble, strictly personal opinion, I enjoyed watching the movie over reading the book
bluejane
By my favorite author!
Slagurth
So what you're saying is you love Dick.
bluejane
Well, I love Dick books...
Beelsebooob
I'm not a big fan of Ready Player 1. It's more of a masterbatory tour of 80s tech - a kind of trashy chick novel for geeks.
MarvintheMoose
As a casual fan of the genre I would agree. But that's prob why I did like it.
CrowbarJones
The Forever War is a great read. The sequels drop off in quality . Imo
iLoveItWhenMyFingersSmellLikePussy
It has also been made into comic books. Pretty damn good too imo.
TheOncomingStorm526
How do you do a sequel with that ending?
yamatto
Yeah so agree with that.
FrankLake
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson.
mormacil
So much this, whole trilogy.
DidYouKnowThatCashewsComeFromAFruit
Also check out the Old Man's War series
niksta
Love Jurassic park. Read it so many times the book fell apart. Try the lost world too, it's just as good.
goodguyC
1/2 After the movie came out I read the book, and then read Lost World before the sequel film was released (I was 8 or 9). I was so freakin
goodguyC
2/2 excited for the Lost World movie, and then so incredibly disappointed in the film. They left out brilliant plots, and just invented shit
Sonicdahedgie
Have a downvote for starting off your post with "lol trump amirite?"
alchemist23
... that everybody has already read
DidYouKnowThatCashewsComeFromAFruit
Anybody read The Expanse series or the Far Star Trilogy?
ParappaTheVelociraptor
I read the first four of The Expanse last year. Very much enjoyed my time in that universe.
DidYouKnowThatCashewsComeFromAFruit
Cool. I might pick that series up after I finish Old Man's War
ItIsFunToHaveFunButYouHaveToKnowHow
Agreed. Also I would suggest "Old Man's War" by Scalzi if you're into future-military sci-fi like "Starship Troopers."
DidYouKnowThatCashewsComeFromAFruit
Just finished the 5th book. Awesome series
Zordid
Redshirts by Scalzi is fucking hilarious.
kickme212
Old Man's War was amazing !
Setemalky
Good list. I would add Hyperyon and some book of Arthur c Clarke since you already have Asimov in there
DoesLasagnadreamofcreamsauce
Hyperion needs to be on this list
TheDTYP
Fall of Hyperion was confusing as fuck. Idk if I missed something and am really stupid or what.
TheDTYP
First one was awesome though and I still found enjoyment in the second. The Shrike is one of my favorite characters in fiction
mobiusplane
Meh. Read the whole thing. Wasn't that great in my opinion.
unclemacdaddy
Damn I new I forgot to add a picture!! Yep it was on the list!! The blending of Sci fi and religion with a hulking great monster is immense!
DoesLasagnadreamofcreamsauce
Yup! It's one of those books that you have no clue what's going on then it ends and you just sit there absorbing it and it hits you
shimmernshine
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson is about to become very relevant, as is William Gibson's Neuromancer
Paxtez
Right Author, not best book. It's all about 'Cryptonomicon' I think it may be my favorite book of his.
TheLastNalbinder
I think Count Zero is better than Neuromancer.
Halykan
Eh, really? I could see an argument for Pattern Recognition since it's so different from his other stuff, maybe.
WinnieThePuff
Yeah, it kinda is but it doesn't have a one man rasta army with a shotgun. Maelcum FTW.
Zordid
Snow Crash is awesome, But Reamde is my personal favourite from his body of work.
alchemist23
I have read it and I completeley disagree.
RosencrantzNGuildensternNeverLived
Not my fav, but I liked it.
aCoolBreezeOnAHotSummerDay
Why is it about to become relevant? Because all jobs are going to machines?
menoku512
Very small government and a ruling oligarchy in the US might be in the near future.
Derrapin
Multinational corporations rule the dystopian future.
morewithless
shimmernshine
Augmented reality is going to be a huge deal in the next few years, and Stephenson himself was recently hired by Magic Leap.
spookytwigg
Nah, the mafia has bought out all the pizza places.
FrankLake
+1
aCoolBreezeOnAHotSummerDay
Well, if its the Italian mafia then that's ok. They make the best pizzas.
foreverlurkermachine
No love for Roland. Thankee sai
Zoroasterisk
The quality of the series nosedived after King got hit and got sober. The ending was phoned in, too. THERE I SAID IT
RockStrongo24
Come comalla, Do ya!!!
PizzaPringler
I'm looking forward to the movie, but I'm keeping my hopes low for obvious reasons.
DrShrinker
These are more hard sci fi. DT is kind of a Scifi fantasy supernatural western.
foreverlurkermachine
I only say this as I am partway through 5th... and it's all encompassing lol
ThatswhatIwasthinking
That's what I was thinking
BabydickJones
I have a tough time classifying The Dark Tower as any one genre, and I think that's why we don't often see it on sci fi lists.
Wednait
This is a year late but I classify it in the genre of "Garbage".
BabydickJones
Back necromancer! Movie: yes. Books: very mixed.
captaingrump
Man I got them for Christmas and I'm halfway through book 4, it's damn good. ... ..... but I think it has to be called fantasy. Not scifi.
augdah93
Oooh! Don't forget; there is a 8th book in between 4 and 5. The Wind Trough the Keyhole. Don't miss to read that one cronologically too.
DrShrinker
It's both. and its also a western.
captaingrump
I would argue it is primarily a fantasy. There are certainly western motiffs, and sci-fi elements, but it's a fantasy epic at its heart.
mr21989
It is fantasy but there definitely sci if elements to the story/plot. It's a hard one to put in any one genre.