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As you know by now I love Science Fiction. On this page I will give you some ideas on what books to read or authors to look for. For many of the authors I will have links to web sites for you to learn more about them. Other sites will be to sci fi pages where you can find all kinds of sci fi related stuff. Below is an easy way to search for some of these books. I would also love to hear from you with any ideas or suggestions that you have.

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A   B    C    D
E   F    G   H
I    J    K  L
M   N    O   P
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Q   R    S   T
U   V    W   X
Y    Z
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A

Anderson, Poul

Anderson writes pure Sci fi with some fantasy. He is very entertaining a must read.

Books:

Avatar
The Long Way Home
The Winter of the World
Ensign Flandry
The High Crusade

Asimov, Isaac

What can one say about the master. His style carries through out all his books and stories.

Books:

The Robots of Dawn
The Complete Robot
The Robot Novels
Robots and Empire
The Far Ends of Time & Earth
Prelude to Foundation The Foundation Trilogy
Foundation's Edge

Foundation and Earth

The Adventures of Lucky Star

B

Bear, Greg

Books:

Eon
Eternity

Bova, Ben

Bova is a pure Sci Fi writer. Who writes more on our times. His book can be full of high tech and comical.

Books:

Foward in Time
Kinsman
Millennium

Bradbury, Ray

Bradbury's Chronicles is one of Sci Fi's biggest works. It has everything that one needs in Sci Fi reading.

Books:

The Martian Chronicles
 

Brin, David

Brin is sorta new to Sci Fi. I have only begun to read his stuff but so far I have engoyed it.

Books:

Earthclan

Brinkley, William

If you like apocalyptic stories this one is for you.

Books:

The Last Ship

Busy, E. M.

I have only this one book but it is one of my favorites. It has adventure, aliens (both good and bad), and ones struggles against the odds. Pure escapism.

Books:

The Demu Trilogy

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C

Top Author

Clarke, Arthur C.

Like Asimov Clarke has been one of the most prolific writers of our time. He is widely acclaimed by his peers.

Books:

The Sentinel
Rendevous with Rama
Rama II

Coulson, Juanita

Read her too long ago to remember, guess I should again.

Books:

Tomorrow's Heritage

Crichton, Michael

I like the movies they have made from his books. Sphere closely followed the book which surprised me. But still you should read the book.

Books:

Sphere

D

Dixon, Roger

Truly an enjoyable writer. Need to look for more of his work.

Books:

Noah II

Drake, David

Drake is the premier sci fi military author. His stories are action packed and hard to put down.

Books:

Hammer's Slammers
Counting the Cost
Rolling Hot
The Warrior
At Any Price
Fortress
Surface Action
Northworld
The Sharp End

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No E

F

Foster, Alan Dean

Foster's work is hard to describe. It is very entertaining, imaginative, and hard to put down. Highly recommend him.

Books:

Icerigger
Mission to Moulokin
The Deluge Drivers
Cachalot
Nor Crystal Tears
Midworld
Mid Flinx
Splinter of the Mind's Eye
The Man Who Used the Universe

G

Gerrold, David

Books:

Voyage of the Starwolf

H

Top Author

Harrison, Harry

I call Harrison the funny man of Sci Fi. His Rat series gets me rolling. But his style isn't just comical, it also action packed and outstanding reading. Highly Recommended

Books:

Stainless Steel Rat  series 7 books in all
The Deathworl Trilogy
To The Stars
Skyfall
West of Eden
Winter in Eden
Return to Eden

Herbert, Frank

Herbert is an outstanding author. He can grip the reader in his seat keeping him or her reading his work with out stop. Only thing that I have against him is that horrible movie Dune. Read the book burn the tape.

Books:

Dune  all 6 books
Eye
The White Plauge
The Dosadi Experiment

Hubbard, L. Ron

Another prolific writer. Too much maybe, but I do love reading Battlefield Earth. As for the movie I will see it soon.

Books:

Battlefield Earth

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No I, J, or L

K

Knight, Damon

Very good book hope to find more my him

Books:

The World and Thorinn

M

McCAffrey, Anne

One of my mom's favorite authors. Her Pern books are one of best read collections.

Books:

Crystal Singer
The Harper Hall of Pern
Freedom's Landing
with Elizabeth Moon
Sissinak
Generation Warriors
with Jody-Lynn Nye
The Death of Sleep

McDivitt, Jack

Books:

A Talent for War

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N

Niven, Larry

Pournelle, Jerry

I have combined these two, for even though they are excellent writers on their own, together they write some of the best books I have read.

Books:

Ringworld
Ringworld Engineers
Ringworld Thorne
A World Out of time
The Endless Frontier
Lucifer's Hammer
The Mote in God's Eye
The Gripping Hand
Footfall

O

Ore, Rebecca

One of the few authors that I can't recommend.

Books:

Becoming Alien
Being Alien

P

Piper, H. Beam

I haven't read many of Piper's stories but I like the Fuzzy Papers so much I have to recommend him.

Books:

The Fuzzy Papers

Fredrik Pohl

Pohl is another one of the few authors I have read that I find hard to like. He writes good solid Sci Fi but I can't handle his stories.

Books:

Jem
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon

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No Q or R

S

Stabbleford, Brian

Good writer looking for more by him

Books:

Journey to the Center

No T, U,V,X or Y

W

Weinbaum, Stanley G

Weinbaum died much to early. His stories although not based on the facts we now know are none the less outstanding.

Books:

The Best of Stanel G. Weinbaum

Z

Zelazny, Roger

Another outstanding author who died before his time. Touching more on fantasy his work is hard to put down. I highly recommend his work.

Books:

The Chronicles of Amber vol I&II
Trumps of Doom
Blood of Amber
Sign of Chaos
Knight of Shadows
Prince of Chaos
Changeling
Madwand
The Last Defender of Camelot

Star Wars & Star Trek

Diane Carey Final Frontier I at first didn't want to read stories that went beyond the movies.
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens Prime Directive But as I read these book I found that I loved them.
Alan Dean Foster Splinter of the Mind's Eye
Kristine Kathryn Rusch The New Rebellion

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