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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 4839766" data-attributes="member: 70"><p>This is just some authors I like: your mileage may vary.</p><p></p><p>CJ Cherryh's sci-fi burns my brain out, but is good. Highly, -heavily-, psychological, also none of the characters ever gets much sleep (this is starting to piss me off, actually). No humor. I'd recommend Downbelow Station & related books (Hellburner, Heavy Time, Tripoint, Merchanter's Luck - some available in a collected omnibus trade size) the Chanur series, and Cyteen (available in a trade; sequel apparently just released). She's also got about a zillion books in the Pretender/etc/etc series; that's technically sci-fi, but of a different sort.) I've had alot of trouble enjoying her fantasy work, though.</p><p></p><p>Joe Haldeman - Forever War.</p><p></p><p>Vernor Vinge - Not as prolific as I'd like, but awesome. 4 Hugos. Rainbow's End; Across Realtime; A Deepness in the Sky; A Fire Upon the Deep (I haven't been able to read, alas).</p><p></p><p>David Drake's Hammer's Slammers series is good military sci-fi war porn; not deep, but full of tanks that Blow <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Up Real Good.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I think the best thing to do is pick up the Years Best Science Fiction collection (the big, trade paperback one), and if you like a story, look for more by that author. Buy as many as you can, actually - I think they're up to #23 or #24?</p><p></p><p>I'll post new names if I think of them; most of my sci-fi is in boxes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 4839766, member: 70"] This is just some authors I like: your mileage may vary. CJ Cherryh's sci-fi burns my brain out, but is good. Highly, -heavily-, psychological, also none of the characters ever gets much sleep (this is starting to piss me off, actually). No humor. I'd recommend Downbelow Station & related books (Hellburner, Heavy Time, Tripoint, Merchanter's Luck - some available in a collected omnibus trade size) the Chanur series, and Cyteen (available in a trade; sequel apparently just released). She's also got about a zillion books in the Pretender/etc/etc series; that's technically sci-fi, but of a different sort.) I've had alot of trouble enjoying her fantasy work, though. Joe Haldeman - Forever War. Vernor Vinge - Not as prolific as I'd like, but awesome. 4 Hugos. Rainbow's End; Across Realtime; A Deepness in the Sky; A Fire Upon the Deep (I haven't been able to read, alas). David Drake's Hammer's Slammers series is good military sci-fi war porn; not deep, but full of tanks that Blow :):):):) Up Real Good. Personally, I think the best thing to do is pick up the Years Best Science Fiction collection (the big, trade paperback one), and if you like a story, look for more by that author. Buy as many as you can, actually - I think they're up to #23 or #24? I'll post new names if I think of them; most of my sci-fi is in boxes. [/QUOTE]
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