Just Read Ender's Game. Can someone Recommend another awesome Sci Fi book?

mobyhead1 · 4 months

Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers

Joe Haldeman's The Forever War

John Scalzi's Old Man's War

These books are (sort of) variations on the same theme as Ender's Game. And they're all good.

FlaveC · 4 months

Dune is quite different from Ender's but I would definitely encourage you to read it. I would also discourage you from reading any more of Card's work -- he just had one great book in him. Also try Asimov's Foundation Trilogy. From there, just go down the many, many scifi lists out there.

labrutued · 4 months

If you've never been into reading, then I should probably lay off recommending the super dense books like Red Mars that I always tell people to read.

Try Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein. It's a fun read--light and it'll totally convince you of human supremacy. Just so you know, it's nothing like the movie.

dontbeajerk · 4 months

A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ. Favorite book.

thinker99 · 4 months

Hitchhiker's Guide series. Snow Crash and The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.

60secs · 4 months

Foundation series by Asimov.

jroot · 4 months

Rendezvous with Rama

davincih · 4 months

The Mote In God's Eye. One of the best sci-fi books ever written.

ilogik · 4 months

Hyperion (although, it's 4 books, might be a bit long for you?)

Stick · 4 months

The Forever War

Ringworld

To Your Scattered Bodies Go

Earth Abides

Replay

The Cross-Time Engineer Series

jabjoe · 4 months

Off the top of my head:

Larry Niven's "Protector" then "Ring World" series and pretty much any of the "known space" series.

William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy.

Harry Harrison's "The Stainless Steel Rat".

Alastair Reynolds's "Revelation Space" series.

Paolo Bacigalupi's "The Windup Girl"

kmolleja · 4 months

Vorkosigan Saga by Louis McMaster Bujold. You can get most of it for free legally from the publisher.

The universe is interesting and well fleshed out. Most characters that have more then one page or so dedicated to them are compelling in some way, not to mention one the most interesting and unconventional protagonists in sci-fi.

You owe it to yourself to read it.

davidjayhawk · 4 months

I recommend this visual guide to NPR's top 100 sci-fi and fantasy books. I used it to look for some things to round out my sci-fi reading recently and my first hit was Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End. A very good sci-fi classic that isn't too heavy for someone just getting into it.

insomniaclyric · 4 months

Hey, here you go.

For a shorter but awesome read, you should go with 'Neuromancer'.

roberto_banana · 4 months

Spin, by Robert Charles Wilson.

kobun253 · 4 months

Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind

is the order for that series....then spinoffs:

Ender's Shadow
A War of Gifts
Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow Puppets
Shadow of the Giant
Ender in Exile (Reveals plot elements of Shadow Puppets and Shadow of the Giant.)
Shadows in Flight (forthcoming)
Shadows Alive (forthcoming)

jackthornglas · 4 months

If you like short fiction, check out Gardner Dozois's Years Best Science Fiction anthologies. Actually, check out any of Gardner Dozois's SF anthologies; the man's a brilliant editor, in addition to being a fairly good writer himself. I think you'll find all kinds of stuff you like, and then you'll have a list of a dozen or more authors to pursue.

_42_ · 4 months

The Dark Tower series. The first book, The Gunslinger, is short and can stand on its own. Each book after it is much longer but increasingly awesome as well.

mastertegm · 4 months

I'm reading Dune currently, starting Ender's Game next I strongly reccommend Dune. Not a ton of action so far, but a great story and SUPER in-depth setting. It's mostly politics, but still very exciting.

Cubesoup · 4 months

Blindsight by Peter Watts.

the_girl · 4 months

Orson Scott Card's the Worthing Saga was pretty badass.

BorgDrone · 4 months

Charles Stross - Accelerando

Lighter reading: the honorverse series

eria0tarka · 4 months

The forever war. Awesome book written by an vietnam veteran too.

noupvotesplease · 4 months

Not similar to Ender's Game, but I liked them just as much- The Stars My Destination and The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester.

Edit: forgot to capitalize Bester somehow.

tkltangent · 4 months

Something a little different.

The Inverted World by Christopher Priest.

Strange book...

jayurbzz · 4 months

Check our George RR Martin's short stories--a collection called a Song for Lya

McLargepants · 4 months

Definitely Dune, it may be the only Sci Fi novel to be better than Ender's Game. But also if you really liked Ender's Game, try the other Ender series novels, there are a ton of them, and they're all very good (although none of them are as good as Ender's Game). A lot of people will say to avoid OSC's works because he is an outspoken Mormon (some might say bigot), but I'd encourage you to take the art separate from the artist, whether or not you agree with his politics.

yogthos · 4 months

Seclorum · 4 months

Dune is good, a classic, but I personally couldn't finish the whole series.

The Honor Harrington Series, Personal favorite. Plenty of space action and battle and alot of emphasis on people. One of my friends couldnt get through it because there is ALOT of meetings characters go through.

Pandora's Star. Lots of Action, lots of cerebral stuff.

soup_sandwich · 4 months

Vurt by Jeff Noon. I don't see this one get mentioned very often, I read it a while back, it was amazing.

pyro-genesis · 4 months

I'd definitely recommend A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo. It's one of my absolute favourite series and it's free. The premise is that earth is contacted by friendly aliens and told "You're in the path of a war. All us friendly aliens are genetically incapable of fighting, but we've got some kick ass tech for you to use. So get building."

Ben_Yankin · 4 months

you do know that enders game is just the first of series right?

mistermordancy · 4 months

Man Plus - Frederik Pohl.

Flow my tears, the policeman said - PKD

Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke (his self-admitted/critically/fan acclaimed best work).

Aufbruch · 4 months

Anything by Harlan Ellison, Kurt Vonnegut or Philip K. Dick (well almost anything by Dick). The point is that you read some Harlan Ellison.

Yeah I'm one of those guys from the anarchist liberal left of sci fi, and am neither a huge fan of Herbert or a fan of Mr. Scott Card....but it's important you at least look into these authors, trust me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yaY98GTCYM Watch this and try not to be intrigued by the dude. : )

TheRealPariah · 4 months

1 Vote for Starship Troopers and Asimov's Foundation series.

One book which I loved but I don't see much is Shade's Children by Garth Nix.

You probably won't see this, but I really hope you read it!

Shiby92 · 4 months

Oryx and Crake by Margret Atwood. Post-apocalyptic, genetic splicing gone wrong, crazy ass story that tugs at your heart strings. Favorite novel of all time :)

Brainfreeze10 · 4 months

Did you actually read the rest of the series or just Ender's Game? I would suggest Ender's Shadow if you have not read it.

_Aardvark · 4 months

I know many will disagree, but I found the Foundation Trilogy ( the only ones I've read in the series) to be very, very dull. It picks up towards the end, but not enough to make the repetitive snooze-fest of the earlier parts worth it. If you're really into the sci-fi genre, it's worth reading for its significance, but for a quick "awesome" read - stay away.

Typhun · 4 months

I know a lot of people are not fans of it, but you may like Speaker for the Dead. I liked that one just as much as I liked Ender's Game, and it is the followup. It is a lot less science fiction(it is still there), but it is more of a book that sparks thought.

thejarvin · 4 months

"Gateway" and it's sequels by Frederick Pohl

Most of the books by Alastair Reynolds (Chasm City is a nice introduction). Avoid "Century Rain" by him, that one sucked.

Anything by Pete Hamilton. "Fallen Dragon" is a pretty good stand-alone novel.

I really enjoyed "Sewer, Gas and Electric" by Matt Ruff, but it's a pretty polarizing novel. Sort of a love it or hate it kind of thing.

"Hardwired" and "Voice of the Whirlwind" are very cool cyberpunk books by Walter John Williams.

The Gap series by Donaldson is wicked cool space opera. A little harsh at points, by well written and engaging.

unitzer07 · 4 months

enders shadow

SystemicPlural · 4 months

I'm guessing you are quite young and so related to the main character and also liked the fairly straightforward narrative structure. That makes it difficult for me to recommend what you should read next, because most of the best science fiction is pretty convoluted.

I'm going to suggest Little Brother By Cory Doctorow and Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge. Both are near future science fiction rather than space based, so they are different on that count. But both are self contained books that are fairly short and both have a main character who is young.

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