Science Fiction Books

Jérémie:
Currently reading ‘’The Martian: stranded on Mars, one astraunaut fights to survive’’, that inspired the Ridley Scott movie. Love it so far !
Previously I had read all the ‘’Jack Caffery’’ series of books from Mo Hayder (police, murders...). I started las summer in August and got caught in it...

I read that one was good!

Stefan Böckler:

The Three Body Problem - Cixin Liu - Excellent thus far, is trilogy

That's my favourite sci fi trilogy. The second book, The Dark Forest, is the best out of the three IMHO.  The last sci fi books I read were the last two volumes of the Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor - hilarious :-) Another recommendable series is The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter!

I check out thank you Stefan!

Red rising series by Pierce Brown is amazing. It’s Lawrence of Arabia in space with GoT and Hunger games flavors.

Currently reading « Artemis » from Andy Weir, the author of « The Martian », and enjoying it so far.
Next on the list is the Three Body Problem : you all made curious about it :-) Thanks for that !

Ringworld by Larry Niven is good.

My favourite SciFi author - sooo many great stories. Try 'Inferno' - an update of Dante's classic with Mussolini as a guide 
Or for a lighter tone - any short stories from his 'Draco's Tavern' series are great fun! 

hi folks,

thanks for the recommendations, i wil definately check some of them out.

i can recommend:

"Delta-V" by Daniel Suarez. Its a more near-future, realistic sci-fi about the first asteroid mining endeavour with a great storyline.

"Children of time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Millenia-spannnig epic, mainly focussing on extrateresstial life and the descendents of humanity

"Paradox - On the brink of eternity" by Philip P. Peterson. Great sci-fi in our present time with amazing plot-twist.

cheers and clear skies!

Franz

Just started "The Mote in God's Eye", another Larry Niven book. So far so good.

A relatively new book I just finished, and found extremely enjoyable, is “Wherever Seeds May Fall” by Peter Cawdron.  It’s a “first contact” book, with lots of good science.
CS, Ara

David Goldstein:
Favorite SciFi - I first read it in 1968 - Dune - Frank Herbert - a new movie coming soon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9xhJrPXop4&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Pictures

Then...
Stranger in a Strange Land - Heinlein
Foundation series - Asimov
Robot series - Asimov
The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
As She Climbed Across the Table -  Jonathan Lethem - one weird story about black holes
Player Piano - Kurt Vonnegut - seems that is coming true today!

Just started "Klara and the Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro, pulitzer winner.

Finally, I have not read the books, but I love the tv series, "The Expanse", based on the  novels by James Corey.

*** Ok you've got some of my favorites of all time on here: Dune, Foundation, Robot Series, Martian Chronicles, and I like the Expanse too but never read the books.  I should check out the others on your list.  BTW, I really wish one of the streaming services would do something with Foundation Series and shoot it in a retro sci-fi style***

Thought I might suggest:

anything by Lois McMaster Bujold--gifted writer, creates believable, live-in societies and worlds seemingly effortlessly

David Brin--especially the Uplift War series. 

like LMB, just about anything by John Scalzi.  Start with Redshirts for a one-off, or Fuzzy Nation. Don't miss the Collapsing Empire series, his latest work--fantastic!  And the Old Man's War stuff.

Speaking of war:  Joe Haldeman --start with the Forever War and go on from there. 

Lucifer's Hammer--what happens when a comet hits the Earth. Great science, great fiction. Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle co-authors.

Orson Scott Card--the Ender series, starts with Ender's Game and goes on. All interesting in my opinion

Ann Leckie--her Ancillary series raise a number of interesting ethical/moral/societal issues

I could go on...might add a few more another time. I agree with some of the above, like Herbert, Niven, Asimov, Clarke, some Heinlein (how can you not?!) but I really didn't care for the Three Body Problem. 

Folks have probably thought of this and other sources, but just go to the Hugo Awards website and look up a list of nominees and go from there. Enough to keep you going for a while, and all nominated as the "best of the year". You can make up your own mind....

Lots there to read on cloudy nights (or days)

Norm

For a slightly more adult Tom Swift (and remember Tom Swift!… Brandon Sanderson’s Skyward is fun. It’s been a very long time but I remember liking Frederik Pohl’s Beyond the Blue Event Horizon and Gateway — jump in an ancient alien shuttle, press go and see where it takes you… hopefully not to a star that has since become a black hole…; )