Hoyt's Huns discussion

UPDATE: all book recommendations are now in the "Bookshelf" for the group. The link should be in the sidebar on the right.

I'll be going back through the "For the Children" post at accordingtohoyt.com some time this afternoon and grabbing the book recommendations from there. To peruse the post in the meantime, start here. The whole thing is a good read, but the recommendations start with that particular comment linked above.

And we'll kick it off with a book by the author who inspired / kicked-off the conversation here - Sarah A. Hoyt.

Darkship Thieves is a good read for any fan of good ol' adventurous SF in the grand tradition of Robert A. Heinlein. Adventure! Excitement! Hover-brooms! Cloning! Evil clones! Super men! (And at least one super woman)!

To keep it as neat as possible, one post per book recommendation?

Starship Troopers - a must read for the Heinlein fan. Forget the movie, which was fun as a stupid action flick, but really skipped over the meat of the book which goes back to the discussion of the appropriate use of power, the wielding of a sovereign franchise, war, responsibility, and a ton of other interesting topics. This is one I read every other year or so. It's a quick read, and very enjoyable.

- recommended by Trav in the comment that opened the discussion. Probably one of the main sources for the NBC show "Revolution", though without the magic pendants. Imagine that all technology - all electronics, all electrical generation, cars, computers, etc., just stopped working. That a fundamental change in the laws of physics has occurred that also renders steam power inoperable. How does society survive? How much of it will continue? And how will the people who remain be changed?
I haven't read this one myself, but I have friends who keep recommending it to me.

- origin of the flag of the group.
A fun read, featuring lunar colonies, supercomputer AIs trying to understand humor, and the benefits of sitting at the top of a gravity well as opposed to the bottom of it. TANSTAAFL!

The Door into Summer - RAH

Starman Jones - RAH

- Between Planets - RAH

Citizen of the Galaxy - RAH

Rocket Ship Galileo - RAH - One of the Scribner's Juveniles

Space Cadet - RAH - One of the Scribner's Juveniles

- Red Planet - RAH - One of the Scribner's Juveniles

Farmer in the Sky - RAH - One of the Scribner's Juveniles

The Rolling Stones - RAH - One of the Scribner's Juveniles

The Star Beast - RAH - One of the Scribner's Juveniles

Tunnel in the Sky - RAH - One of the Scribner's Juveniles (I read this one back in the day, and enjoyed it a lot.)

Time for the Stars - RAH - One of the Scribner's Juveniles

Have Space Suit, Will Travel - RAH - One of the Scribner's Juveniles. (Read and enjoyed this one as well.)

AAAAND only now do I notice that there's a "bookshelf" function for the group. Posting the listed books over there and leaving this space for blurbs / additions that anyone wants to add.

Embers, an Avatar: The Last Airbender fan fiction that is awe inspiring in applying real world thinking and cultures to the cartoon's world.

More adult-- not in the sex way, in the "actions have consequences" and "doing things matters" way-- than the cartoon, but with lots of humor and some great geekish in jokes.

I've read everything I could find written by RAH, and enjoyed all but a couple of them. Two other authors I've read and enjoyed are Andre Norton and Frank Herbert (Dune, Children of Dune, and God Emperor of Dune are excellent, the rest, not so much). There are about a dozen Andre Norton books available at Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org) and Feedbooks (www.feedbooks.com). H. Beam Piper's "Little Fuzzies" is also available from Gutenberg, along with a TON of Kipling and other books frequently mentioned by Sarah and others.

I also would be remiss if I didn't mention some non-SciFi written by one of the Huns, Celia Hayes. I just finished her "Adelsverein: the Trilogy" and enjoyed it immensely.

I was surprised that two of the books I downloaded from Gutenberg by Andre Norton weren't SciFi, but Civil-War era historical fiction (Ride Proud Rebel, Rebel Spurs). Still excellent reads.