[TheForge] cryptonomocon YAK

[Schade]

Ries,

Thanks for the great list! I got a few more from Mike
Spencer. I will print both lists and keep it in my truck
so when I get to the library I won't go blank. I'm almost
looking forward to a snowy winter.

Bob
___



On Oct 3, 2004, at 1:58 PM, Ries Niemi wrote:

>
> Bob- both Snow Crash and Diamond age are great. They are a little more 
> scifi than cryptonomicon, but have the same very clever touch.
>
> Other authors I really recomend, forgive me if you already know some 
> of these, but I think these are some of the best speculative fiction 
> in the last 15 years or so:
>
>  Iain Banks- englishman who has written a series of books about a 
> future society called the culture-
> Use of Weapons, or Excession, or The Player of Games-  but really 
> anything he writes is all very good. Against a Dark Background is 
> another amazing one of his.
>
> If you havent read any Bruce Sterling- I would recommend reading Heavy 
> Weather- great book about chasing tornadoes in the future.
>
> Absolutely essential is the William Gibson trilogy- Neuromancer, Count 
> Zero, and Mona Lisa Overdrive. He started it all- practically invented 
> a lot of concepts that all science fiction writers use, as well as 
> many that have soaked into the culture in general.
>
> And Gibson and Sterling collaborated on another book about the 
> fictional history of computers- the Difference Engine.
>
> Then there are two really great books by Vernor Vinge- Deepness in the 
> Sky, and Fire upon the Deep- both really clever and engaging.
>
> Neil Gaiman, who is better known for his dark adult comic books, has 
> written some excellent fantastic fiction-
> start with Neverwhere- it will knock your socks off. Then try American 
> Gods.
>
> Another real uncategorizable author is China Mieville- his first book, 
> King Rat, is a retelling of the Pied Piper story in modern day london- 
> and his next one, Perdido Street Station, is indescribable, but 
> amazing.
>
> Phillip Pullman wrote a trilogy ostensibly for teens that is killer- 
> The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass
>
> Then there is the australian author Sean McMullen
> who wrote a great series of books about an almost medieval post 
> industrial civilisation. Start with Souls in the Great Machine, about 
> a human powered caluculator.
>
>
> Ken Macleod is a scottish socialist modern author who writes great 
> science fiction- anything by him is interesting, but start at the 
> beginning with the Cassini Division.
>
>
> I got lots more, but this ought to keep you going for a while.
>
> ries
>
> _______________________________________________
> Manage membership or unsubscribe at:
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
> theforge mail list group photo site is
> http://www.photoaccess.com
> Login:  blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
> password:  anvil
> ___________
>
>
>