I Need Something to Read!

[DanaC]

Stephen Donaldson, The Gap Series, first one is called The Real Story.

Awesome and wide ranging solid space opera. Amazingly complex.

Greg Egan, read any of his books. Brilliant aussie sci fi writer, some of his stuff goes over my head a little (the quantum stuff) but mostly it's just sheer brilliance. Good one to start with is Quarantine.

'Amnesia Moon' and 'Gun with Occassional Music' are both stunning sci-fi novels.

Fisherman's Hope (The Seafort Saga), by David Feintuch. Wow, what an unusual sci fi story. Set in a future where a kind of puritanical Christianity is widespread and space travel is run along naval lines, with the ships run along similar lines to the 18th century naval vessels. From Amazon "Naval Academy Commandant Nicholas Seafort is a legend to the masses, an idol to his hundreds of teen cadets. They don't see the tormented soul of a man who believes that merciless duty has led him to betray every friend he ever loved, every ideal he ever cherished. After a lifelong ordeal, Seafort needs time. Time to reflect. Time to heal. Instead he is pulled into a maelstrom of crisis, corruption, and danger as the helpless, unprepared Earth faces annihilation from a horde of alien attackers. Alone at the center of a cosmic apocalypse, Nick Seafort must face his final battle . . .And his most unforgivable sin. "

Now that series is a really good read.