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sci-fi reading list by @mtnygard & @tirsen
Hi Michael,
Jon and I were geeking out on "The New Space Opera". Here are some of the titles and authors.
* Peter F. Hamilton: The Night's Dawn, Pandora's Star/Judas Unchained, The Void Trilogy
* Dan Simmons: Hyperion/The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion/The Rise of Endymion. Avoid Olympos/Illium, they're silly.
* Alistair Reynolds: Everything, beginning with Revelation Space.
* Iain M. Banks: Any of the Culture novels. The Algebraist is slightly off-kilter but enjoyable.
* Charles Stross: Glasshouse, Accelerando.
We didn't talk about these at the party, but I would also recommend Vernor Vinge, particularly A Fire Upon the Deep/A Deepness in the Sky. Also, Robert Charles Wilson (Spin, Axis) and Stephen Baxter (start anywhere in the Xeelee Sequence.) Wilson and Baxter do deep time better than anyone.
Enjoy!
-Mike
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