Re:Project Gutenberg's science fiction bookshelf
by ableal on Thursday February 07, 2013 @04:20PM
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Interesting list. I've read most books in it. There's a bit too much listening to literary critics in there - e.g. Mieville is skilled writing, but it is not SF - not really.
Add in Neal Asher for the 2000s. Breakneck action space opera, wily AIs, disgusting wildlife, rarely a dull moment, Banks on speed.
Also, almost any Vance is bound to be enjoyable, after you acquire the taste (the P.G.Wodehouse of SF, not that it is comic, more of a sardonic tone).
And yeah, Lem, The Cyberiad, the non-existing-book reviews, whatever. Also, Pierre Boulle, amazingly unknown in spite of the movies (Les Jeux de l'esprit should be mandatory reading in some sophomoric circles.)
Add in Neal Asher for the 2000s. Breakneck action space opera, wily AIs, disgusting wildlife, rarely a dull moment, Banks on speed.
Also, almost any Vance is bound to be enjoyable, after you acquire the taste (the P.G.Wodehouse of SF, not that it is comic, more of a sardonic tone).
And yeah, Lem, The Cyberiad, the non-existing-book reviews, whatever. Also, Pierre Boulle, amazingly unknown in spite of the movies (Les Jeux de l'esprit should be mandatory reading in some sophomoric circles.)