Post by Claire on Apr 6, 2017 19:33:37 GMT 1
Hi all, well as promised I'm starting a thread on Science Fiction books. Does anyone - other than myself and Kunuma - read them? If so which authors/what sort of stories do you like? If you don't like them why not?
While not a massive fan I do like the odd sci-fi book and especially films. Unfortunately I am a total airhead where science is concerned so a lot of that goes over my head. (Perhaps a good thing as the folk I know who are well up on science are always complaining about anomolies in these blockbuster sci-fi films!)
I suppose I read more sci-fi in the past than now, I've read many of the classics such as 1984, Dune, and various titles by Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, John Wyndham and the like.
Recently enjoyed The Martian by Andy Weir (also a film). And a couple of years back I discovered a writer called Connie Willis. Anyone else read her? She's a US author but many of her books are set in the UK. Her most popular books involve time travel which has become a tool for historical study at the Oxford University of the future. To be honest these are probably more historical novels than sci-fi as they are largely set in past times and don't have much science in them, but they are great reads and also have a dark humour I really like. I'd recommend in particular Doomsday Book, Black Out and All Clear.
While not a massive fan I do like the odd sci-fi book and especially films. Unfortunately I am a total airhead where science is concerned so a lot of that goes over my head. (Perhaps a good thing as the folk I know who are well up on science are always complaining about anomolies in these blockbuster sci-fi films!)
I suppose I read more sci-fi in the past than now, I've read many of the classics such as 1984, Dune, and various titles by Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, John Wyndham and the like.
Recently enjoyed The Martian by Andy Weir (also a film). And a couple of years back I discovered a writer called Connie Willis. Anyone else read her? She's a US author but many of her books are set in the UK. Her most popular books involve time travel which has become a tool for historical study at the Oxford University of the future. To be honest these are probably more historical novels than sci-fi as they are largely set in past times and don't have much science in them, but they are great reads and also have a dark humour I really like. I'd recommend in particular Doomsday Book, Black Out and All Clear.
. I definitely go in cycles, and it's been a few years now since I was on a sci-fi/fantasy kick. These are some, in no particular order, that stick in my mind. 
