Stranger in a Strange Land
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Sci-fi suggestions
Amber
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Dec 13, 2018 11:23AM
Hello! My good friend, who is in his 70s, loves sci-fi - but mostly the old school sci-fi. He said recently that all the good authors are dead - meaning he doesn't read a lot of new stuff, he mostly just re-reads the old stuff. I could suggest books all day long, but I'm not that big of a fan of sci-fi. I asked him to name his top 10 authors. You'll find them below. Based on those authors, who are some authors that you would recommend? Thank you in advance! I'm determined to give him a great Christmas gift - with your help!
Robert Heinlein
Jack Vance
Douglas Adams
Terry Pratchett
A.E. van Vogt
Ian Banks
Alexis A. Gilliland
Charles Stross
Vernor Vinge
Larry Niven
Robert Heinlein
Jack Vance
Douglas Adams
Terry Pratchett
A.E. van Vogt
Ian Banks
Alexis A. Gilliland
Charles Stross
Vernor Vinge
Larry Niven
I am betting he would like Craig Martelle.
Craig's a great story-weaver and does things in the old sci-fi school ways, really reminiscent to me of van Vogt and Niven.
Craig's a great story-weaver and does things in the old sci-fi school ways, really reminiscent to me of van Vogt and Niven.
I would suggest Good Omens since he likes Pratchett. It was co-authored with Neil Gaiman who he may enjoy reading more of. Maybe Neverwhere as a followup?
Bob Shaw, Robert Silverberg, Jack Chalker to name but a few.
Your friend's missing at least a couple of generations of modern SF classics there. For another great but dead author try Fred Pohl's Beyond The Blue Event Horizon (Pohl had the same moustache as Heinlein if that helps) or try and wrench him into the modern age with Gibson's watershed novel Neuromancer. From there Stephenson's Snowcrash should shake him out of his rut. And that's just the mainstream hard SF stuff. There are entire new genres to explore as well.
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