What book are you reading now / or recommend?

[George Hannah]

Stop Press by Michael Innes - rarely read anybody else these days

 

[savo]

Just finished 'Brave New World' by Aldrous Huxley. Now in my top 10 of all time. For anyone who enjoyed reading 1984 do not miss this. Dystopian brilliance!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World

 

[Foe23]

recently read 'the power of one' Bryce Courtenay good read.
I've started 'the Generals daughter', Nelson DeMille which I'm enjoying.

 

[stony]

Read Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion. Absolutely amazing sci-fi double.

I then re-read Ender's Game to remove all traces of the movie from my head.

Now reading Dune. :)

Someone bought me those years ago and urged me to read them. I tried to get into them but couldn't. They must have sat on my book shelf for about ten years before I fobbed em off to a charity shop.

 

[Plaything of the gods]

Just finished 'Brave New World' by Aldrous Huxley. Now in my top 10 of all time. For anyone who enjoyed reading 1984 do not miss this. Dystopian brilliance!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World

If you like that sort of thing, try Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano as well.

Player Piano, author Kurt Vonnegut's first novel, was published in 1952. It is a dystopia of automation,[1] describing the dereliction it causes in the quality of life.[1] The story takes place in a near-future society that is almost totally mechanized, eliminating the need for human laborers. This widespread mechanization creates conflict between the wealthy upper class—the engineers and managers who keep society running—and the lower class, whose skills and purpose in society have been replaced by machines. The book uses irony and sentimentality, which were to become a hallmark developed further in Vonnegut's later works.[1]

This was a man who foresaw what computers could do...

 

[jimmy blue shoes]

recently read 'the power of one' Bryce Courtenay good read.
I've started 'the Generals daughter', Nelson DeMille which I'm enjoying.

Loved "The power of one". Have you read "Tandia",it's the sequel.

Also loved his "Australia" trilogy.

 

[speccybob]

Read Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion. Absolutely amazing sci-fi double.

I then re-read Ender's Game to remove all traces of the movie from my head.

Now reading Dune. :)

Someone bought me those years ago and urged me to read them. I tried to get into them but couldn't. They must have sat on my book shelf for about ten years before I fobbed em off to a charity shop.

Downloaded it yesterday, not started it yet though.

 

[stony]

Read Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion. Absolutely amazing sci-fi double.

I then re-read Ender's Game to remove all traces of the movie from my head.

Now reading Dune. :)

Someone bought me those years ago and urged me to read them. I tried to get into them but couldn't. They must have sat on my book shelf for about ten years before I fobbed em off to a charity shop.

Downloaded it yesterday, not started it yet though.

I'll give them another go at some point.

 

[Demosthenes]

Worth the time to read imo. Very good Sci-fi books.

 

[savo]

Just finished 'Brave New World' by Aldrous Huxley. Now in my top 10 of all time. For anyone who enjoyed reading 1984 do not miss this. Dystopian brilliance!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World

If you like that sort of thing, try Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano as well.

Player Piano, author Kurt Vonnegut's first novel, was published in 1952. It is a dystopia of automation,[1] describing the dereliction it causes in the quality of life.[1] The story takes place in a near-future society that is almost totally mechanized, eliminating the need for human laborers. This widespread mechanization creates conflict between the wealthy upper class—the engineers and managers who keep society running—and the lower class, whose skills and purpose in society have been replaced by machines. The book uses irony and sentimentality, which were to become a hallmark developed further in Vonnegut's later works.[1]

This was a man who foresaw what computers could do...

Thanks Potg, I might give it a try. I've read slaughter house 5 and Vonneguts style is easy to read.
It is amazing that these lads could dream up accurate details of future societies long before they emerged.