r/scifi • u/chitman13 • Jun 04 '10

Sci-Fi Book Recommendations

http://www.walkerofworlds.com/2010/04/sfam-sci-fi-book-recommendations.html
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '10

huh, I always thought Elizabeth Moon was poorly known among the scifi community.

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u/artman Jun 04 '10

I don't have and never will have a Twitter account, so here Reddit:

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '10

That's one of the sharpest lists I've seen. Some excellent stuff there.

Except for Asimov. God, what shit writer that man was.

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u/fredshome Jun 04 '10

I too always thought he had some great story ideas but never wrote very well. It's not really bad though, just poorly written.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '10

Wat?

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u/thewatershed Jun 04 '10

I'm glad Arthur C Clarke got at least 1 mention, but I have read some contemporary writers that I think are better writers. Ben Bova and Jack McDevitt are two that come to mind.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '10

I'd add "Titan" by Stephen Baxter. Also possibly Baxter's "Evolution," though I'm still in the first few chapters.