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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4666577" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>1) Larry Niven & Steven Barnes' Dream Park novels. They combine the elements of mysteries, sci-fi and fantasy by telling murder/industrial espionage stories in the world of competitive broadcast LARPing. Think American Gladiators + Survivor for the role-play set, combined with the high-tech of <em>Westworld</em> & <em>Futureworld</em>.</p><p></p><p>2) Ben Bova's Grand Tour books (the ones named after planets). Tales of the early days of exploring our solar system, including the machinations of plutocrats who want fame, fortune and power by being first. Some of Bova's best stuff.</p><p></p><p>3) Kristine Katherine Rusch's Retrieval Artist novels. A Sam Spade-esque hero who acts as a bounty hunter/intermediary between alien races and the humans who run afoul of their laws.</p><p></p><p>4) Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion cycle. Everyone knows about Elric, Hawkmoon and Corum, but they forget about Eric Bastable and Jerry Cornelius, Una Persson and others.</p><p></p><p>5) Greg Bear's <em>Forge of God</em> and <em>Anvil of Stars.</em> Humanity loses nearly EVERYTHING when Earth is destroyed...then the survivors begin to fight back.</p><p></p><p>6) Larry Niven's Known Space stories. So broad, there are too many tales to cover, but includes the Man-Kzin wars, Gil "the Arm" Hamilton, and Draco's Tavern.</p><p></p><p>7) The works of Phillip K. Dick- his stories inspired the movies <em>Blade Runner</em>, the <em>Terminator</em> franchise, <em>Screamers</em> and <em>Minority Report</em>- some of which are closer to the text than others.</p><p></p><p>8) The works of William Gibson- his writings are basically the best of the entire cyberpunk genre- action, mystery, and excellent pacing. 'Nuff said.</p><p></p><p>8) William Burroughs' John Carter of Mars books, as well as Leigh Brackett's excellent homage novels about Eric John Stark on Skaith. Classic pulp and pulp-style action with swords and blasters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4666577, member: 19675"] 1) Larry Niven & Steven Barnes' Dream Park novels. They combine the elements of mysteries, sci-fi and fantasy by telling murder/industrial espionage stories in the world of competitive broadcast LARPing. Think American Gladiators + Survivor for the role-play set, combined with the high-tech of [I]Westworld[/I] & [I]Futureworld[/I]. 2) Ben Bova's Grand Tour books (the ones named after planets). Tales of the early days of exploring our solar system, including the machinations of plutocrats who want fame, fortune and power by being first. Some of Bova's best stuff. 3) Kristine Katherine Rusch's Retrieval Artist novels. A Sam Spade-esque hero who acts as a bounty hunter/intermediary between alien races and the humans who run afoul of their laws. 4) Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion cycle. Everyone knows about Elric, Hawkmoon and Corum, but they forget about Eric Bastable and Jerry Cornelius, Una Persson and others. 5) Greg Bear's [I]Forge of God[/I] and [I]Anvil of Stars.[/I] Humanity loses nearly EVERYTHING when Earth is destroyed...then the survivors begin to fight back. 6) Larry Niven's Known Space stories. So broad, there are too many tales to cover, but includes the Man-Kzin wars, Gil "the Arm" Hamilton, and Draco's Tavern. 7) The works of Phillip K. Dick- his stories inspired the movies [I]Blade Runner[/I], the [I]Terminator[/I] franchise, [I]Screamers[/I] and [I]Minority Report[/I]- some of which are closer to the text than others. 8) The works of William Gibson- his writings are basically the best of the entire cyberpunk genre- action, mystery, and excellent pacing. 'Nuff said. 8) William Burroughs' John Carter of Mars books, as well as Leigh Brackett's excellent homage novels about Eric John Stark on Skaith. Classic pulp and pulp-style action with swords and blasters. [/QUOTE]
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