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Posted: 12/12/2016 12:02:30 AM EDT
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Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge.
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Posted: 2/5/2017 7:08:55 PM EDT
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Fallen Dragon by pete hamilton. I have that one too, have not read it yet. Read that a few weeks ago, it is a very good read. |
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Posted: 2/5/2017 7:09:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/5/2017 7:19:32 PM EDT
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Started watching the show "The Expanse" based on a book series.
If the show does the books any justice, they are probably really fucking good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_Wakes Every beloved near sci-fi trope is included, it's like Heinlein had a orgy with Firefly and Bebop and this show is the lovechild. |
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Posted: 2/5/2017 7:24:22 PM EDT
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Started watching the show "The Expanse" based on a book series. If the show does the books any justice, they are probably really fucking good. The show doesn't really do the books justice, but is nevertheless fun and watchable, anyway. Engaging, if not nearly as in-depth - but that's TV for you. |
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Posted: 2/5/2017 7:35:14 PM EDT
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The show doesn't really do the books justice, but is nevertheless fun and watchable, anyway. Engaging, if not nearly as in-depth - but that's TV for you. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Started watching the show "The Expanse" based on a book series. If the show does the books any justice, they are probably really fucking good. The show doesn't really do the books justice, but is nevertheless fun and watchable, anyway. Engaging, if not nearly as in-depth - but that's TV for you. I agree that depth of context is easier in books, but man... some things just come across better visually. I.E. rail gun scene... and when gravity comes back. OMG fell in love with the show. The quasi-realistic physics and use of the complexity of distance in space and solar system orbital mechanics is neat to see in TV. |
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Posted: 2/6/2017 9:54:24 PM EDT
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Troika by Alastair Reynolds is a really excellent novella. Takes place in the relatively near future with reasonable space tech. I couldn't put it down once I picked it up.
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Posted: 2/7/2017 6:47:56 AM EDT
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Wow! I'll definitely have to track them down then! I agree that depth of context is easier in books, but man... some things just come across better visually. I.E. rail gun scene... and when gravity comes back. OMG fell in love with the show. The quasi-realistic physics and use of the complexity of distance in space and solar system orbital mechanics is neat to see in TV. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Started watching the show "The Expanse" based on a book series. If the show does the books any justice, they are probably really fucking good. The show doesn't really do the books justice, but is nevertheless fun and watchable, anyway. Engaging, if not nearly as in-depth - but that's TV for you. I agree that depth of context is easier in books, but man... some things just come across better visually. I.E. rail gun scene... and when gravity comes back. OMG fell in love with the show. The quasi-realistic physics and use of the complexity of distance in space and solar system orbital mechanics is neat to see in TV. that was a great scene...as was depressurizing the ship before combat |
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Posted: 2/7/2017 8:45:52 AM EDT
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Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. Not much on story or characters, but the descriptions of colonizing Mars and the early stages of terraforming are interesting enough to carry it. It's a conditional recommendation, however, because it's dry. Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds. A mining spaceship in 2057 is redirected to take readings of the moon Janus when it breaks orbit and begins accelerating out of the solar system. I loved this one, but I'm a Reynolds fan. |
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Posted: 2/7/2017 1:52:20 PM EDT
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Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. Not much on story or characters, but the descriptions of colonizing Mars and the early stages of terraforming are interesting enough to carry it. It's a conditional recommendation, however, because it's dry. Hell yes, I love Robinson's Mars series. There's also Icehenge by the same guy - he wrote it ~10 years before he started the Mars trilogy, but it deals with some of the same concepts and has similar themes. It's shorter and less technical (although one of the main characters is still, like, a water-recycling engineer) than Red Mars. |
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Posted: 2/7/2017 2:21:42 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/8/2017 4:10:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/8/2017 11:08:14 PM EDT
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The Frontlines series by Marko Kloos is a good mil sci-fi story of first contact in the middle of an east vs west rivalry.
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Posted: 5/2/2017 10:10:50 AM EDT
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The Frontlines series by Marko Kloos is a good mil sci-fi story of first contact in the middle of an east vs west rivalry. You can easily tell his influences: Armor, Starship Troopers, Aliens, etc. But he tells a great story. |
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Posted: 5/2/2017 10:16:09 AM EDT
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Sector 64
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Posted: 5/21/2017 6:15:54 PM EDT
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He's a liberal and I've never read a book of his I liked except his popular one. He's the only author I've sent hate mail (and he replied, too).  because of his/her pre-election posts. I get your actions. |
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Posted: 6/19/2017 10:35:17 PM EDT
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David Weber - Apocalypse Troll
The Expanse/Leviathan Wakes Draka series by S.M. Stirling John Ringo - The Last Centurion John Ringo - Troy Rising series |
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Posted: 6/20/2017 11:06:48 AM EDT
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I'll recommend Charles Stross' Accelerondo. It's a bit cyberpunk and definitely near future.
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Posted: 6/29/2017 7:48:04 AM EDT
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Started watching the show "The Expanse" based on a book series. If the show does the books any justice, they are probably really fucking good. I agree that depth of context is easier in books, but man... some things just come across better visually. I.E. rail gun scene... and when gravity comes back. OMG fell in love with the show. The quasi-realistic physics and use of the complexity of distance in space and solar system orbital mechanics is neat to see in TV. that was a great scene...as was depressurizing the ship before combat Looking forward to it. 
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Posted: 7/2/2017 11:47:36 PM EDT
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Thirteen by Richard K morgan, author of altered Carbon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0345480899?tag=vglnk-c102-20 |
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