Hardcore SF recommendations please?
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Hardcore SF recommendations please?
By grownup SF I'm not talking about raunch or porn, simply novels written for adults, not juveniles.
And by "hardcore" I don't necessarily mean rocket ships and alien invaders (although that would be okay). I mean zero fantasy, spells, wizards, or anything resembling smurfs (ha ha)
Author whom I like are those belonging to the "new wave" of SF, the 60s-era writers who introduced sex and adult situations into SF. Authors such as Larry Niven, Robert Silverberg, Roger Zelazny, John Varley, Chip Delaney, etc.
Understand that I've read nearly everything the authors I listed above have written, so newer writers of the same type of style would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Incidentally, my nomination for the greatest SF short story, "The Man Who Lost The Sea" by Theodore Sturgeon. Greatest SF novel, "Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny.
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And, in the meantime, should you enjoy modern private detective novels, you may wish to take a crack at my 2 "Mitch King Mysteries", Amazon listed, #1 is "Blood Spiral" and #2 is "Blood Storm", author Sam Waas (me).
I'm now hard at work on the 3rd novel but I'll be checking out your suggestions soon. Thanks again.
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John Scalzi is a newer author, I've heard lots of people rave about Redshirts, which I'd look into if you're a Star Trek fan.
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As for "Redshirts" that's new to me. I'll check it out -- thanks.
Right now I'm hot to trot getting into my 4th mystery novel, focusing mostly on that in my free time, so SF will have to wait for a while anyway.
Btw, for those who enjoy sensuous and life-message SF, let me strongly recommend Robert Silverberg's "Downward To The Earth", a superb novel, also available for Kindle / e-books. One of my fave novels. And my all-time fave SF novel is Roger Zelazny's "Lord Of Light", just to give you an idea of which type of SF I prefer.
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But yeah, I read all the Asimov stories as a kid, enjoyed them.
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I'm sure you are familiar with Heinlein, but if you read his books long ago, note that in the early 1990s an uncut version of Stranger in a Strange Land was published. And his first novel, For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs (1939), was not published during his lifetime, but is now available.
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I've read Heinlein and all the other classic SF writers. I read Heinlein while he was extant, and easily remember the impact that "Stranger" made in the SF world.
But new SF? (No demons, sorcerers, swords, wands, etc. -- that's fantasy)