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  1. Heinlein's Starship Troopers is excellent. More social and philosophically oriented than "science-y", though. Very different than the brain dead movie based on it (although there is a lot of blowing stuff up).

    The Forever War by Joe Halderman (sp?) is in a similar vein.

  2. Quote Originally Posted by Violently Happy
    Carl Sagan is awesome. I love all of his writings. I was first introduced to his writing by my high school english teacher.

    Carl Sagan writes science fact, not fiction. Unless you count Contact, which was amazing. But he isn't really a science fiction writer.


    Philip K. Dick is the only sci fi you'll ever need. At least, in my opinion. Valis, Ubik, Counter-Clock World, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich, Do ANdroids Dream of Electric Sheep, etc....
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    I have enjoyed everything I have ever read by Ben Bova, and Timothy Zahn.

    You probably will too.

    Get: "Mars" and "Return to Mars".

  4. GET YOUR ASS TO MARS
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    My name is not Quaid...

  6. Quote Originally Posted by Satsuki
    Carl Sagan writes science fact, not fiction. Unless you count Contact, which was amazing. But he isn't really a science fiction writer.
    I know.


    Bio, Glad your taking the time to read this. The book changed my perception about a lot of things.


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  7. Pick up "The Light of Other Days" by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter.

    It's a hard sci-fi tale about quantum physics and the use of wormholes to enable a new communications revolution. How would the world change if I could open up a little "Worm Cam" and watch what anyone is doing anywhere in the world?

    It's really compelling stuff.

    Most Barnes and Nobles are clearing out the hard cover versions for around $6.00.
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  8. I was looking for some good hard sci-fi recommendations earlier this year and a friend turned me onto The Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois. Chances are you'll find a handful of short stories to enjoy and there are a few pages of honorable mentions. With so many authors to pick and choose from it's hard to lose out. I got around a million words of sci-fi to read and I'm about 1/4 of the way done.

  9. Just watch Voltron, everything in it will happen in the future.
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