Also, books you haven't read that I have and which I highly recommend to you:
Dune: Not because it seems particularly up your alley, but because everyone likes Dune.
Do Android's Dream of Electric Sleep: I think this might make a good book to listen to.
A Canticle for Leibowitz: You usually prefer lighter books than this. It's way more intense than what you seem to like. But this is my favorite work of SF of all time.
Slaughterhouse Five: The great tragicomedy.
Lord of Light, The Stars My Destination: Lumped together because they are both excellent SF retellings of classic literature. Lord of Light retells the Buddhist holy writ as colonization SF. The Stars My Destination retells The Count of Monte Cristo as space opera. The latter MUST be read, not listened to. Bester had a gift for using typography to augment storytelling. Words literally dance across the page.
Also, you should read Pratchett, but I hesitate to recommend The Color of Magic. It's the earliest one and it's a strange book. Charming, but decidedly odd. I'd recommend Men at Arms as an introduction to Discworld.
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Date: 2008-12-17 02:23 pm (UTC)Dune: Not because it seems particularly up your alley, but because everyone likes Dune.
Do Android's Dream of Electric Sleep: I think this might make a good book to listen to.
A Canticle for Leibowitz: You usually prefer lighter books than this. It's way more intense than what you seem to like. But this is my favorite work of SF of all time.
Slaughterhouse Five: The great tragicomedy.
Lord of Light, The Stars My Destination: Lumped together because they are both excellent SF retellings of classic literature. Lord of Light retells the Buddhist holy writ as colonization SF. The Stars My Destination retells The Count of Monte Cristo as space opera. The latter MUST be read, not listened to. Bester had a gift for using typography to augment storytelling. Words literally dance across the page.
Also, you should read Pratchett, but I hesitate to recommend The Color of Magic. It's the earliest one and it's a strange book. Charming, but decidedly odd. I'd recommend Men at Arms as an introduction to Discworld.