Favorite Sci-Fi Novel/Author?

[capt. apathy]

i'm more into the fantasy half of the fantasy/sci-fi section.

Robert Jordan- WoT

[Swager]

Terry Brooks  -  Shannara Series
Fred Saberhagen - Lost Swords Series

[Staga]

Erich Von Däniken  

[Tac]

LOL staga. True indeed!

Frank Herbert (Dune, Soul Catcher, Jesus Incident..damn nearly EVERY book he wrote!)
Douglas Adams (Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy)
David Brin (all Uplift books!)
Heinlein (Left Hand of Darkness)
Artur C. Clarke (all the Space Odyssey books, The Hammer of God)
Peter Hamilton (Reality Dysfunction books & all sequels.."Night's Dawn" I think the whole thing was called).
Clifford D. Simak ("City")

[Kratzer]

Phillip K. Dick
J.G. Ballard
William Gibson

I think that the sci-fi short stories of the 50s/60s are the epitome of all fiction, but these are they guys whose novels I read. I used to read a lot more, but now I mainly read non-fiction about WWII with a novel here and there.

EDIT: Oh, and Heinlein is good too.

[ 12-09-2001: Message edited by: Kratzer ]

[Kratzer]

Red Ant - I take it you've read Lem's 'Cyberiad'? That is some great, funny stuff!

[Harppa]

Robert Holdstock, and number one from his production: Mythago Wood. Great story which won some prizes when published, and which I couldn't leave from my hand before reading the whole book.

Harppa

[Hangtime]

Heinlein.. Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, The Man Who Sold the Moon, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Farnhams Freehold.

Niven.. Ringworld, The ARM stories (ORGANLEGGERS!!!!  LOL!), Lucifers Hammer, Footfall, and the finest pair of SF Future History stories ever written... The Mote in Gods Eye, and The Gripping Hand.

I enjoy most of the old stuff.. Harry Harrison and his Stainless Steel Rat stories were a great diversionary read; still great IMHO.

There was a series.. The Beserkers.. who wrote that?

The vintage Spider Robinson was a breath of fresh air right when SF went campy and stale. I have no idea who's good nowadys; ain't picked up a SF novel in 20 years.

So, who writes like Niven, thinks like Heinlein, and can grab your soul like the Spider could now?

[Serapis]

Arthur C. Clarke

charon

[Pongo]

The list presented here is pretty hard to add too... but
The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon.  

and probably
Honor Harrington series by David Weber.

[steely07]

Gotta agree hang,larry niven/jerry pournelle and the Mote books are great
Philip jose Farmer,Riverworld is cool
Arthur C 'o course
Micheal Moorcock,Nomad of Time,(reading atm,again)
H.P Lovecraft
Jules Verne (oldies but goodies)
John Wyndham (i think he wrote Day of the triffids?)
James Blish,After Such Knowledge,Highly recommended
Lots more but all my books in boxes atm
PS like this thread  ,very interesting to see what y'all read.

[steely07]

Horn,lathe of heaven,Ursula K Le Guin  

[Hangtime]

MOTIES RULE!!!

Ahhhh yess.. Capt Blaine's Imperial Cruiser MacArthur; the motie emmisary ship free falling into the sun.. the Russian Admiral.. wot wuz his name... Lermontov. A pisser. The expedition to the mote; the watchmakers and the loss of the MacArthur and then the midshipmen, the evacuation under fire, the battle across the system to the jump point; then the Blockade. And of course, the Arab bad guy, His Emminince, Trader Bury.... and the watchmakers in his oxy tank... hehehehhehhee.

I'm gonna blow the dust off my old tattered copy of Mote In Gods Eye and get lost again.   Hail Niven!

[capt. apathy]

can't believe i forgot about the mote, haven't even thought about it in years.  great read

[Tac]

Damn I forgot the moties!

Did you know they made a 2nd book? "The Gripping Hand". I read the 2nd one before I read the first. Damn good book.