Forum: Sci-Fi Novels

I'm wondering if anyone here who is a fan of the tv series The 4400 has tried out the novels associated with it? Two of them follow the end of the 4th season, and the other two take place during seasons 2 and 3 (I think). I am really curious about the books, especially the ones set after the end of...

I guess this book is more a sci-fi than a distopia, so I'll put it here. :) I really enjoyed it. Hehe, sounds very constructive - nothing more to add. :rolleyes: Joking. Though the novel takes place in a world after World War Terminus, I thought it was more of a sci-fi novel. World War...

Anyone read his stuff? I just finished 2001: A Space Odyssey and thought it was brilliant. I've never seen the movie, so nothing was spoiled and I went into it completely blind. How is the movie in comparison to the book? Anyone read his other novels and have recommendations?

I have a recommendation: Truancy It is a novel that has just been published a few days ago and was written by a Stuyvesant high school student in NYC named Isamu Fukui. He wrote a chapter for this novel every day for a month when he was 15. He is now 17. This is a dystopian novel that is...

I'm sure you know, or you have heard of, any cyberpunk novel, short story, or anything like it. I wish to know if you could recomend any, cause cyberpunk is one of my favourite sci-fi sub genre. Thanks in advance.

who here has read at least 1 of crichton's books, tell which one adn describe what you thought about them. jurassic park-absolutely amzing book, in my opinion his best book, you cna feel the fear a veloci(is that how its spelled?) raptor instills, you cna almost hear the click of claws on tile...

I read a short story in Jr. High back in the 80's about a world in the future where everyone was made to be equal. The story revolved around a boy in school who was smarter, stronger, faster and had better eye sight than everyone else. Because of this, he was forced to wear plated armor to slow him...

Sorry if this isn't allowed. My English 10 Honors class is doing book reports starting Monday. I'm looking for a Sci Fi/Fantasy book to read. I was thinking about doing Maximum Ride: School's Out-Forever by James Patterson but I'm not quite sure of the reading level. PS: My teacher wants us...

so, what do you think? inexcusable 'wackiness', or comic and satiric genius? I favour the latter, but why do you think I started the thread! Am reading "Der Restaurant am Ende des Universums" auf Deutsch at the moment, and thoroughly enjoying it!

Has anyone read any of the Star Wars books? As much as I like the movies, I always felt like they seemed more like decent movies based on great books. By that I mean, the movies seemed like they took the action scenes and the bare minimum plot points from a really good book series, kind of like...

I must say I love this novel. I am now reading another ST:TNG novel and it's not half as good. Peter David created deep characters and what I like about his Star Trek work is that he is able to expand Enterprise characters without violating the original series plot. I reread the novel several...

Hello, I am Ahmed from Egypt what is the recurrent theme in H.G. Wells`s science fiction novels especially in these novels: The Time Machine When the Sleeper Wakes A Story of the Days to Come The war of worlds I am waiting for your suggestions This is going to be my master’s thesis

Anyone read the book "Contact" by Mr. Sagan? Recently watched the movie (and *then* found out that there's a book as well). The film was pretty good, Jodie Foster gives an acceptable performance, but now I wish I'd read the book first. Anyway, just wanting to know if any of you people know about...

so im writing my thesis on arthur c. clarke, and i found this sweet quote from childhoods end, which i havnt finished yet. “No Utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power and...

Has anyone here read C. S. Lewis' Space Triology? It includes Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia have gotten so much press lately with the release of the film, but I rarely (if ever) hear anyone discuss this series. The books follow the...

hiya, i read the Rama series over the summer and I'm not sure what to think about it. I loved the first part. It's style is classical Clarke. But I'm not so sure about the sequels. I liked reading about Nicole and her family, but it was a bit lengthy and the ending didn't exactly knock me off my...

When I first read the announcement of over thirty years of hard work by Christopher Tolkien to assemble and edit and other his father's abandoned effort of a work from 1918 I could scarce breathe I was so excited Quote: Press Release Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S THE CHILDREN OF...