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My Favourite Science Fiction Books
Gridlinked (Ian Cormac)Gridlinked (Ian Cormac) by Neal Asher
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Fast paced,original with fantastic characters,especially Mr.Crane.
The SkinnerThe Skinner by Neal Asher
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A very good novel with a sci-fi/seafaring plot.Sounds strange but Neal Asher manages to make it work.If you're looking for an offbeat novel buy The Skinner.
Revelation Space (Gollancz S.F.)Revelation Space (Gollancz S.F.) by Alastair Reynolds
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I picked up this novel on a whim and I was rewarded fivefold by what I received in turn.A novel that mixes deep space with horror and cyberpunk.It is my favourite science fiction novel of all time.A++
Chasm City (Gollancz S.F.)Chasm City (Gollancz S.F.) by Alastair Reynolds
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Consider this novel a must buy.
Redemption Ark (Gollancz S.F.)Redemption Ark (Gollancz S.F.) by Alastair Reynolds
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Things are warming up and coming to a point of no return in this the third novel of the Revelation Space series.A book full of hope,fear and monumental weapons.Alastair Reynolds knows how to write.
MarrowMarrow by Robert Reed
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This novel does nothing by halves.Near-immortal humans find an ancient and empty spaceship the size of a gas giant.They then begin to comb the galaxy inducting new species onboard.
Consider Phlebas (The Culture)Consider Phlebas (The Culture) by Iain M. Banks
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Consider Phlebas is magnificent.If you don't have it in your collection then your sci-fi collectiion is incomplete.
The Player of Games (The Culture)The Player of Games (The Culture) by Iain M. Banks
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When Jernau Gurgeh is called upon to learn and compete in a game where the winner becomes emperor of a galactic emperor he agrees.However things are never that easy.A masterpiece!!!
Salt (Gollancz S.F.)Salt (Gollancz S.F.) by Adam Roberts
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This book is damn infectious.It even had me rooting for one one faction over another.Adam Robert's prose is wonderful.
Stone (Gollancz S.F.)Stone (Gollancz S.F.) by Adam Roberts
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Psyhopaths no longer exist.Or they shouldn't,but the novel's protagonist is an anomaly who manages to free herelf.Lookout!!...........and then buy this novel.
Gateway (S.F. Masterworks)Gateway (S.F. Masterworks) by Frederik Pohl
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At first I found The Gateway naive and just too unbelievable.Frederick Pohl however seems to disregard hard science and politics and tells a damn fine and engrossing story.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (S.F. Masterworks)Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (S.F. Masterworks) by Philip K. Dick
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Sheer brilliance from a tormented mind.