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In reply to the discussion: Recommend me some sci-fi! [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(27,948 posts)28. Start with Connie Willis, specifically
"The Doomsday Book".
After that read books by John Barnes, Robert Charles Wilson, Robert J. Sawyer, James E. Gunn. Steve Stirling, John E. Stith.
"Time on My Hands" by Peter Delacorte is one of my favorites, and I'm very sad he never wrote the sequel.
I can suggest more, if you'd like.
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It is slightly off, but the cat aspect and prediction of everyday robots make it one of my favourites. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2025
#5
Read that when I was really young (there was lots of f&sf in my folks' house) & that cat became ...
Hekate
Mar 2025
#33
If you want some old sci-fi (1947) try "The World of Null A" by A. E. van Vogt.
wcmagumba
Mar 2025
#2
I've been reading a Jack Finley book of short stories about time travel stories
kimbutgar
Mar 2025
#3
Heinlein wrote the greatest time travel story ever, the gender-bending "All You Zombies", which has no zombies
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2025
#20
If you like time-travel, look for anything by Connie Willis. Genevieve Cogman's Invisible Library series is good too.
Hekate
Mar 2025
#34
Nah. Dick is great,; he's more like Miles Davis. Harlan Ellison is Frank Zappa. More extreme writers are thrash rock
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2025
#10
The Past Through Tomorrow by Heinlein contains the very current "If This Goes On --"
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2025
#9
Any of the E. E. Doc Smith paperbacks. Tons of books, and I bet I have over 50 of his titles and most are short
SWBTATTReg
Mar 2025
#16
For fun reading, I recommend Christopher Stasheff, The Warlock in Spite of Himself
ms liberty
Mar 2025
#19
Never read the Foundation series. Might see if I can get it as e books from my library....
electric_blue68
Mar 2025
#25
Sprawling, Serious But W Great Humor,and fabulous aliens, and cool humans....
electric_blue68
Mar 2025
#24