Summer Reading

Hello anonymii (Anonymouses? Anonymi?). Summer's here, and I want to know which Science Fiction or fantasy books you'd reccommend.

What've you read already?

Dune, all of Asimov, all of Heinlein...

I've read the Dune series, and I read one book that I think was Asimov. I just want specific titles of books that might be interesting.

The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength.

Completely kickass.

Have you read any Peter F. Hamilton?

Superior SpaceOpera, though his books are long.

In particularly, his Night's Dawn trilogy is nice.

Ringworld series.
How about some HGWells?

Yeah, I second Ringworld. The Golden Oecumene-trilogy by John C Wright is also awesome (best I've read).

The Supernaturalist by the same guy who made artemis fowl.

Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. It's like Harry Potter, but without the emo.

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It's even more childlike though - I personally could not stand it.
That said, I did get through the first book and I don't dispute that it's finely written. Probably worth a look if you don't mind reading something where you clearly feel that it's been written for children.


That aside, I recommend "The Name Of The Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss. It's arguably the polar opposite of His Dark Materials on the "Harry Potter Spectrum", much darker but with a lot of similarities in the story (magic university, etc - although that's only in the first and part of the second book, but there is only the first as of now). It's no way near a knock-off however. Go google some reviews.

Also: Neal Asher, Scott Lynch, Joe Abercrombie, Charles Stross, John Scalzi, Iain M. Banks, Richard Morgan, Neal Stephenson, Steven Erikson, George R. R. Martin, Jim Butcher, Peter F. Hamilton.
You could probably read anything by the above and not be disappointed.
Google them, NOW.