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Maxheader

(4,393 posts)
Sat May 23, 2020, 07:41 AM May 2020

Just finished

Alliance Rising...Cherryh and Fancher. Pretty good...About space stations..

So now I must reread some of the earlier stories..Just received Cyteen..complete

in one vol..700 pgs...The Chanur series? For some reason, it took me some time

to be able to follow her...Now I really enjoy the stories..

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Just finished (Original Post) Maxheader May 2020 OP
Last science fiction I read was Isaac Asimov Alliepoo May 2020 #1
Try Eric Flint's 1632 series---really good. Also bobbieinok May 2020 #3
More bobbieinok May 2020 #4
Web is great... Maxheader May 2020 #6
Weber and Flint have written several books together, in Honor series and 1632 bobbieinok May 2020 #7
Thanks for all of the great suggestions!!!!! Alliepoo May 2020 #8
My favorites by her---Paladin, Merovigen sp? Nights, Chanur series bobbieinok May 2020 #2
If you are into science fiction, Anne McCaffery wrote some damn good ones Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #5
Connie Willis. Start with "The Doomsday Book" PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #9
"it took me some time...." Maxheader Sep 2021 #10

Alliepoo

(2,456 posts)
1. Last science fiction I read was Isaac Asimov
Sat May 23, 2020, 07:59 AM
May 2020

And that was a while ago. I’ll have to start looking for more.

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
3. Try Eric Flint's 1632 series---really good. Also
Sat May 23, 2020, 08:49 AM
May 2020

Harry Turtledove's Toxic Spell Dump

Foster CyberWay (great blending of internet world and Navaho world)

Hal Clement's Mission of Gravity---older book but fascinating i

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
4. More
Sat May 23, 2020, 08:59 AM
May 2020

*David Weber Honor series---military

*Elizabeth Moon---Serrano series, many other good books

*Emma Bull---War of the Oaks, many more

*Mercedes Lackey---Sacred Ground, many, many ofhers

Maxheader

(4,393 posts)
6. Web is great...
Sat May 23, 2020, 03:20 PM
May 2020

And so was the Honor series....I hope another book is in the making to go after
the city killers in the last book..

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
7. Weber and Flint have written several books together, in Honor series and 1632
Sat May 23, 2020, 04:20 PM
May 2020

Flint has a lighter hand, adds bit of humor now and then

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
2. My favorites by her---Paladin, Merovigen sp? Nights, Chanur series
Sat May 23, 2020, 08:43 AM
May 2020

Also really like Cuckoo's egg

M Nights has lots of contributions by other authors

Chanur's Legacy was just fair

Was told by someone yrs ago her last name is Cherry but she added h to be distinctive

Super highly recommend Paladin!!

Ferrets are Cool

(21,933 posts)
5. If you are into science fiction, Anne McCaffery wrote some damn good ones
Sat May 23, 2020, 09:50 AM
May 2020

While I am more into epic fantasy, her SF is very good. You have to sort through the Dragon series to find them though.

My favorite SF of all time is Stephen R. Donaldson's Gap series. You will NOT be disappointed.

edited: Damn, I forgot about Heinlein. What a dunce.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,604 posts)
9. Connie Willis. Start with "The Doomsday Book"
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 03:42 PM
Jun 2020

and go on to anything else of hers that grabs you.

Robert Charles Wilson. My favorite of his is "A Bridge of Years".

Jack McDevitt. He has two series going, and they are both excellent.

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