Reddit reviews Spares
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Going to put my 2 cents and Five Pounds Sterling in here as well. Probably in descending order of my favourites, actually!
As recommended elsewhere, the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons, comprised of four books (in two Omnibuses (Hyperion, Fall of Hyperion and Endymion, Rise of Endymion) are an excellent read. One of my all-time favourites.
Spares, by Michael Marshall Smith, is a weird one. Maybe not pure-Scifi, but definitely something to look at.
Altered Carbon, by Richard Morgan, is a dark, violent read but with a compelling protagonist. Contains possible the best revenge scene ever. Not for the squeamish. Grips you from the very first page.
Unto Leviathan (known in the US as "Ship of Fools") by Richard Paul Russo, is one of the two books that I've finished in one sitting (the other being The Fall of Hyperion). Brilliant page turner. Just don't expect things to get wrapped up neatly at the end.
Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds. Great standalone book, but once again too many questions left at the end! But I guess that's the point!
Eon by Greg Bear is quite hard Sci-Fi, but if that's your thing you'll love it.
Marrow by Robert Reed has some wonderful ideas, but is sadly not the most well written book in the world. A spaceship as big as Jupiter, inhabited by thousands of different alien species, ruled over by immortal humans who have discovered something hidden in the core of the ship. The story spans thousands of years. Can drag a little in the middle, but definitely worth a look at, if only for the concepts presented.
Think it's time to dig some of these out and give them another read. Maybe after some sleep...
It's 4:30am here, so I appreciate my descriptions have added nothing of value, hence the links. The links aren't affiliated or anything like that, they're just there for Redditor's perusal. ;)
Just had a flashback to reading 'Farewell Horizontal' many years ago; it takes place on the outside of a giant skyscraper.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Farewell-Horizontal-K-W-Jeter/dp/0312025742
Also, much of 'Spares' takes place inside a huge building which had been equipped for flight, before breaking down and being colonised.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spares-Michael-Marshall-Smith/dp/0006512674
Although not as old as many of the classics on the list, I feel Michael Marshall Smith is missing from the list. Perhaps best represented by his debut Only Forward. However, Spares and One of Us are equally thrilling.
What I like most about his writing, is how he never describes the details of the futuristic technologies in his books, but rather explore how people interact with it. This makes it a good mix of interesting sci-fi and a great deal of wit.
I haven't seen it, I gathered it wasn't great, I'll probably watch it eventually... It was kind of ripped off the novel Spares by Michael Marshall Smith. Dreamworks bought the rights for it, they lapsed and then they made this film, even from a synopsis of the film it seems pretty clear to me they've jacked it, but he decided it wasn't worth suing over. Great book though, although his others are probably even better.