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brokeplex:
yes, the Robinson Mars trilogy really set the pace for serious hard science fiction novels about terraforming. I like LeGuin as well, I notice some of the 'hard science' folks don't. When I read Leguin, I have to put on a different hat so to speak, and read it differently than I would read say Larry Niven, or Poul Anderson. Her works set in that fantastic future universe, seem to touch the fringes of fantasy.
Meryl:
--- Quote from: brokeplex on December 06, 2007, 10:28:40 am ---yes, the Robinson Mars trilogy really set the pace for serious hard science fiction novels about terraforming. I like LeGuin as well, I notice some of the 'hard science' folks don't. When I read Leguin, I have to put on a different hat so to speak, and read it differently than I would read say Larry Niven, or Poul Anderson. Her works set in that fantastic future universe, seem to touch the fringes of fantasy.
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I'm glad to hear you like Ursula LeGuin, what with your being more of a 'hard science' fancier. In her books I learn more about politics, power and morality than I do about technology. I was kind of surprised at how much I liked the technological aspect of KSR's Mars books. He integrated the science with the story so well that it was a pleasure to learn it along the way. I hope I find the same quality in Larry Niven's books. Which one would you recommend I read first?
Kd5000:
Well I saw THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB and the one male member in the book group is a sci-fi reader and he keeps telling them to read Ursula Leguin, much to the chagrin of the other bookgroup members. ;) I think one of the members finally reads one of her books and tell him she actually liked it.
I've got a copy of THE DISPOSSESED from the 1970's. I've never finished it, but I've kept it around because I like the bookcover artwork.
Meryl:
Ha, that's funny, Karl! I think the screenwriters are onto something there. I've read every bit of Jane Austen I can get my hands on, and the same goes for Ursula Leguin. Maybe it's a female thing? ;)
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: Meryl on December 06, 2007, 02:08:14 pm ---I'm glad to hear you like Ursula LeGuin, what with your being more of a 'hard science' fancier. In her books I learn more about politics, power and morality than I do about technology. I was kind of surprised at how much I liked the technological aspect of KSR's Mars books. He integrated the science with the story so well that it was a pleasure to learn it along the way. I hope I find the same quality in Larry Niven's books. Which one would you recommend I read first?
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For Larry Niven a good start is the "Man-Kzin Wars" series, there are in volume XI right now. Like much of what LeGuin writes it is future history, just not so far into the future as Leguin. Start with volume # 1, which will start you on the journey into Niven's "known universe" as mankind confronts the Kzinti. I'll give you a hint: the Kzinti are intelligent felinoids, if you are a cat lover like me....you will love this series. The conflict with the Kzinti is brutal, too put it mildly, so be prepared for a little sci-fi gore. If that isn't your style, go to the "Tales of Gil the Arm", set in the same future history as M-K wars, just a century earlier, before the Kzinti arrived and destroyed the long peace................. I hope I've got you interested.
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