BlkKnight

Currently reading through Peter F Hamilton - just have one of his shorter books to go!

Really enjoying them.

Can anyone recommend another author to try?

Markus

Iain M Banks. Very good Sci-Fi stuff and his non-SF stuff is also rather good, he uses the name Iain Banks for that.

ChefDude

stephen baxter

gap series from stephen r donaldson is superb

Nimbus

Some of the old Larry Niven are my favourite..

The Mote in Gods Eye
FootFall
Lucifers Hammer

Longjing

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.

Big Bear

Eon by Greg Gear

Nimbus

Vernor Vinge

A Fire upon the Deep
A Deepness in the Sky
(in that order)

Nimbus

And the sequel "Eternity", though I don't think it's as good as Eon.

Gymbal

Richard Morgan (Fallen Angels Black Man etc)
Alastair Reynolds Absolution gap etc
Make sure you read Peter F Hamiltons Nitghtsdawn trilogy, long but excellent
Neal Asher ,Skinner , brass man polity agent
Iain M banks definately

richiewong

Brian Aldiss, old but good

GaryCat

I liked The Truth Machine... free download here http://coins.ha.com/ttm/images/ttm.doc

OzzyWRX

Iain M Banks, he is the current sci-fi god. I highly recommend Excession, Consider Phlebas, Use of Weapons and The Player Of Games.

Alastair Reynolds, start with Revelation Space.

Joe Halderman - The Forever War

China Mieville - Perdigo St Station.

Michael Marshall Smith - Only Forward, Spares & One Of Us.

James Blish - Cities In Flight

Daniel Keyes - Flowers For Algernon

Both the Vernor Vinge books mentioned earlier and Eon by Greg Bear.

Kurt Vonnegut - The Sirens Of Titan

Robert Heinlein - Starship Troopers (different to the film).

Dan Simmons - The Hyperion Omnibus

Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination.

BlkKnight

some great suggestions there.

Think I'll try Ian M Banks next.

Thank you

stevem2k

Add in Kevin J Anderson , Saga of Seven Suns

EddScott

Your probably not into Warhammer 40K but the books are very good. With a family I don't have time to paint and play anymore so I just read the books and play the computer game "Dawn of War"

The Horus Hersey series isn't bad for giving you some background as to why the Imperium is in its current state.

TonyG

Hothouse by Brian Aldiss
Titan, Wizard, Demon - all by John Varley
The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
The Legacy of Heorot by Niven/Pournelle

scoobynutta555

Ben Bova is quite a good read. Very light reading, and quite moorish. Look for books on Saturn, Mars, Venus and the moon series as well as asteroid wars. I have pretty much the full collection and they interwine a fair bit. It;s best to start with the moon and work through the rest of his planet books.

If you like sci-fi you'll love ben Bova.

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

I particularly liked "The end of eternity" by Isaac Asimov, and also recommend his "I,Robot" and "The rest of the Robots". Neither are like the silly film with Will Smith.

Try also "The Pawns of Null A", "The World of Null A" and "Null A Three" by AE Van Vogt.

Alcazar

Chelspeed

Another vote for Iain Banks, I particularly like Against a Dark Background and the short stories collection State of the Art.

When you say you've read all of Peter F. Hamilton then make sure that includes his original three books, Nanoflower, Quantum Murder and Mindstar Rising, all excellent.

For a left field recommendation try Terry Pratchett's couple of serious (ish) non-discworld proper scifi books, Strata and The Dark Side of the Sun. Both really good.

vindaloo

Waiting for the next one....