Reddit reviews Spin
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Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. It is like Niven and Clarke in that the plot focuses on a big, mysterious object; however, it is a character-driven story first. The hard sci-fi elements, as they gradually emerge, deliver the goods as well. It's a great book; it won the Hugo for a reason.
Edit: Avoid reading the synopsis on amazon. I think it gives away a bit too much.
Spin Robert Charles Wilson
From Amazon:
>One night the stars go out. From that breathtaking "what if," Wilson (Blind Lake, etc.) builds an astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres. The narrative time oscillates effortlessly between Tyler Dupree's early adolescence and his near-future young manhood haunted by the impending death of the sun and the earth. Tyler's best friends, twins Diane and Jason Lawton, take two divergent paths: Diane into a troubling religious cult of the end, Jason into impassioned scientific research to discover the nature of the galactic Hypotheticals whose "Spin" suddenly sealed Earth in a "cosmic baggie," making one of its days equal to a hundred million years in the universe beyond. As convincing as Wilson's scientific hypothesizing is--biological, astrophysical, medical--he excels even more dramatically with the infinitely intricate, minutely nuanced relationships among Jason, Diane and Tyler, whose older self tries to save them both with medicines from Mars, terraformed through Jason's genius into an incubator for new humanity. This brilliant excursion into the deepest inner and farthest outer spaces offers doorways into new worlds--if only humankind strives and seeks and finds and will not yield compassion for our fellow beings.
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. Stunning scifi grand idea payoff in the conclusion. If you like it, the sequels are also magnificent. The climax of the last book, in particular, is mind shattering. It isn't a twist ending, because you have all the clues before the denouement. When the author finally puts them together, I promise you will be amazed and thoroughly satisfied.
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
From Amazon:
> One night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his back yard and watched the stars go out. They all flared into brilliance at once, then disappeared, replaced by a flat, empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives.
> The effect is worldwide. The sun is now a featureless disk--a heat source, rather than an astronomical object. The moon is gone, but tides remain. Not only have the world's artificial satellites fallen out of orbit, their recovered remains are pitted and aged, as though they'd been in space far longer than their known lifespans. As Tyler, Jason, and Diane grow up, a space probe reveals a bizarre truth: The barrier is artificial, generated by huge alien artifacts. Time is passing faster outside the barrier than inside--more than a hundred million years per year on Earth. At this rate, the death throes of the sun are only about forty years in our future.
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For madam,
I would propose either china miéville "Perdido..." or Robert Charles Wilson "spin". Both weave interesting believable characters within a good sf plot.
But If you want a page turner, I would say Eliantris or Warbreaker both by brandon sanderson. They're fantasy and really hard to put down.
In the end, I would propose "To say nothing of the dog" by connie Willis. Very clever and funny with a time travel theme.
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( Damn, I really liked to be a bookseller...)
Maybe you should not go back to read unsatisfying literature.
There is a lot of sub-par fantasy by the numbers stuff that I don't really think is worth the time. But you will find a lot of great fantasy or speculative fiction that still is intellectually and stylistically satisfying.
Some subjective recommendations:
You can go back reading classics like Mervyn Peakes Gormenghast series.
Or contemporary fantasy authors with more interesting settings or ideas, like R. Scott Bakkers Prince of Nothing series.
China Mieville was mentioned in this thread before. Mieville is on the opposite end of the political spectrum, but speaks highly of Wolfe and his influence on his writing nonetheless.
If have no problem with challenging narrative structures: Vellum by Hal Duncan (as you can see from the reviews, not everyones cup of tea).
Crossing over to SciFi: Geoff Ryman, Air is one of my all time favorite novels.
Robert Charles Wilson is also always worth reading.
Googling around a bit I found this list: Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction, which contains Wolfe, most of my recommendations and many more that I have not read yet, so I wager it's a good place to start!
Actually if you like the concept but not the implementation I'd recommend reading Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
http://www.amazon.com/Spin-Robert-Charles-Wilson/dp/076534825X
Science Fiction,
Planet Spanning Shield,
Earth is Doomed,
Teleological Engingeering,
Pretty that this is the "Book"
Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt is an excellent many-years-after-the-apocalypse type story.
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson isn't exactly apocalyptic, but it does deal with end-of-the-world themes and explores how society might react.
Wastelands is an excellent collection of apocalyptic short stories.
Try Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds
If you liked this, then you'll love THIS. It's the first in a trilogy.
I've fallen on a deep sci-fi binge, so I'm going to recommend what I've read so far (lately) and loved:
Ender Series: The sequels to "Ender's Game" are not on par with the first, but they're compelling nonetheless (except maybe Childrens of the Mind), and the Bean series (Ender's Shadow and the sequels) is GREAT. I would recommend reading the sequels, and if not, to stay with the same Ender's Game vibe, then at least read Ender's Shadow, as it opens up the story a lot more.
Foundation (Isaac Asimov): One of the groundbreaking sci-fi series. I've currently read only the first one (Foundation) and absolutely loved it. It takes up several character's point of view over the course of a lot of years. But don't worry, each character get their spot lights and they shine in it. And the universe he creates is one I'm anxious to get back once I finish with...
Leviathan Wakes (James S.A. Corey): This one I'm still reading, so I won't jump up and say: READ IT, IT'S AMAZING! But I will say this, it's long and full of twists, but it's two central characters are fun and interesting. Someone said it's like reading the best sci-fi movie there is. And it kind of is. It's full of action, suspense, some horror and fun writing. I would check it out if I were you.
Spin: I enjoyed this one. Not fanatical about it, but still enjoyable. It's a little bit too long, but the mystery around the event that occurs in the book is interesting and compelling enough to continue. The characters feel real, and the drama around it is fun.
A while ago I also read: The Forever War which I liked a lot. I like seeing humanity evolve, so this book was awesome. I hear it's a lot like Old Man's War, but I've heard better things from Forever War than Old Man's. Might be worth checking out.
Hope I was helpful!
First I'll tackle your query regarding one of my favorite novels:
>Read The Forever War, thought it was O.K. I've heard the sequels were bad, would like confirmation on this?
There's one sequel to Forever War, and it's Forever Free. It goes in a weird direction and has an unsatisfying ending. There's a short story that tells the end of the forever war from Mary Gay's point of view, called "A Seperate War". It's pretty good if only for the fact that it just retreads the novel.
Haldeman has a book called Forever Peace, published in 1998, which tackles the same basic concept of never-ending war... But in no way is it actually connected to The Forever War in a narrative sense.
Second:
Some books that I read and enjoyed are...
I liked the resolution of Spin, it has a logical and organic outcome of a fascinating mystery.
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson has a somewhat similar idea, except instead of humanity expanding off-planet, the universe itself ages faster.
Encounter with Tiber
Spin
Julian Comstock
Domain / Resurrection
Dragon's Egg / Starquake
Have you read Spin?
http://www.amazon.com/Spin-Robert-Charles-Wilson/dp/076534825X
Give it a shot is you haven't... its fairly short anyway, so it not a huge commitment.
Also, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
http://www.amazon.com/The-Name-Wind-Kingkiller-Chronicles/dp/0756404746
I can hear you saying OOOOOH i don't like fantasy much! Well, neither do i, but I read name of the wind, wise mans fear, and am anxiously awaiting number 3.
http://www.amazon.com/Spin-Robert-Charles-Wilson/dp/product-description/076534825X
Spin seems like a closer guess.
Hugo Award Winner: The Spin by Robert Charles Wilson, published 2005. (don't bother with the sequels, they're horrible, and the first one's ending is satisfying enough).
Also, if you ever decide to give a TV Series a go, you'd most likely love Doctor Who (whimsical). I would recommend Stargate, but it's tough to get into (though very rewarding), and never had enough non-humanoid aliens for me.
You may also like Spin by Robert Charles Wilson, it is also the start of a trilogy.
Based on your reading history, you need to give this book a shot!
Spin
by Robert Charles Wilson .. fantastic read
Some of Neal Stephenson's other novels such as Anathem are definitely hard sci-fi.
Also try Spin by Robert Wilson
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
Your picture titled Star Trails Over the Cabin reminds me of this book
Theres actually a current Science workaround to FTL communication.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement
If we can find a way to artificially induce quantum entanglement in a pair of trapped particles, then we can communicate information between the pair by way of sending spin through the entanglement.
||I think a good story could be told about a human society who gets FTL technology after a few millennia of "shot-in-the-dark" ark ships. Let's go visit the cousins, somebody says, but the isolation has caused them all to develop in very unique ways...and whatever breakthrough led to the heroes getting FTL may have led the other systems to develop stranger things.
http://www.eveonline.com/
http://www.amazon.ca/Spin-Robert-Charles-Wilson/dp/076534825X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1314037179&amp;sr=8-3
Both those 'stories' play with the idea of a divergent species due to relativistic separations
Is there a group at Google that has been reading the book Spin, or what? http://www.amazon.com/Spin-Robert-Charles-Wilson/dp/076534825X
Oh Hi Mark! How long is spring break? If you have enough time off, you can take a class or start a new hobby like knitting!
We don't really do spring break here, but post-secondary students usually get "Reading Week", which is a chance to catch up on studying and reading. It's usually when your big assignments are due, so you have lots of time to complete them. I worked full time+part time while going to school, so I didn't really go anywhere or do anything during Reading Week or Summer. :\
Here is a book, but feel free to get it used :D
Sounds like a sci-fi book. Maybe Spin by Robert Wilson? Closest I could think of.