Best mystery & adventure books according to redditors
We found 393 Reddit comments discussing the best mystery & adventure books. We ranked the 142 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 393 Reddit comments discussing the best mystery & adventure books. We ranked the 142 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
It's been a while so I'm not 100% sure, but I think Soon I Will Be Invincible fits the bill. Literally superheroes/villains, I'd say comedy.
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton is a great novel, intense and clever. Quite different and much better than the movie. 馃摎
The first novel I read was [Jurassic Park] (https://www.amazon.com/Jurassic-Park-Novel-Michael-Crichton/dp/0345538986/ref=tmm_mmp_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=). It created in me a love for reading solid captivating novels that has lasted over the last 25 years.
In all honesty, the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are pretty tough to get into, since they are practically the ur-examples of fantasy, written back when a lot of commercial fiction methodology was still being developed.
When i read a book, I worry first and foremost if I'm entertained, if I am, I'll give it my recommendation, regardless of the flaws. These are the ones I think you'd find best for jumping in with.
YA/Middle Grade Books
Fantasy
Discworld by Terry Pratchet (I'd recommend not starting at the beginning.)
Sci-Fi
Urban Fantasy
Thrillers/Suspense
Just started CS Friedman's This Alien Shore. Female protagonist on the run, from what she doesn't know yet. Set within a far future universe and also entails an exotic computer virus let loose within the systems of the net... as usual very dense in plot and I am getting drawn in so far. Only other novel of her's I have read was In Conquest Born and that was a very good psi-fi/space opera.
Some personal favorites:
Check out Pines by Blake Crouch. It's a fun mix of The Twilight Zone, Twin Peaks, and The Fugative.
I'm not sure how much you've read by Stephen King, but many of his books are not all that intense. Two recommendations are 11-22-63, about a time-traveller trying to prevent the JFK assassination, and Sleeping Beauties (with son Owen King), about an apocalypse where all females succumb to an unending coma if they fall asleep.
You might also check out creature-feature books like Jaws, The Meg, Jurassic Park, or my book The Dinosaur Four.
On the zombie front, consider World War Z by Max Brooks, an "oral history of the zombie apocalypse," and Mountain Man by Keith C. Blackmore is about a loner who drinks his way through the zombie apocalypse. If you're an audible member, there is a free short story prequel to Mountain Man called The Hospital.
Best,
Geoff Jones
Author of The Dinosaur Four
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
I liked the thrawn trilogy. Zahn does a good job of putting some of the sci-fi genres people like into star wars. There is a hacker character and militarism and of course you get to see tiny tidbits of the clone wars and everything that people were dying to learn about at the time (the books came out before the prequel movies).
I sort of enjoy star wars that isn't the epic star wars. That is, a lot of the west end games short stories and other stuff that came out that let people explore the universe but without the galaxy ending ramifications most star wars stuff was about. You can find these stories in the Star Wars Journals. I think some of these ended up in the Tales books. Tales of the Bounty is probably the collection everyone likes the best.
Another book I liked was the novelization of the Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight video game. It's a trilogy of books that came out with the game. I wouldn't say they are the best and maybe I only like them because of nolstalgia for the game but who knows, maybe you will like them.
I also really liked the Boba Fett trilogy, The Bounty Hunter Wars. I'm not really a huge Boba Fett fan like some people but these books were fun because they get away from whatever mischief luke and company are up to this week. You get to see parts of the galaxy you don't see elsewhere.
Also, the X-Wing books by Michael A. Stackpole were very good. I never read the books by Aaron Allston, although I met him at a convention once.
I didn't like the New Jedi Order series. It felt too. . .prepared I guess. I don't know how else to describe it. It was fun when I was reading it as a teenager but I sort of lost interest at some point and I think it's because NJO spends so much time giving you everything and not letting you use your imagination. That was always the best part about Star Wars for me. Imagining who I would be or what I would do and all that.
Assuming "reboil" is an autocorrect of "ebook", does this not work?
I always stick to 3 books at a time.
Main:
Jurassic Park by Michael Critchon. I love this book. I have about 9% left and will finish it during bedtime tonight. Crazy thing is everyone tells me The Lost World is the superior novel. Will start on it after I'm done with this.
Secondary:
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway. Gustavo is just getting his fish to bite. It's okay. I don't have a ton of time to read it, but once it's my main book, I'm sure I'll put a lot more time into it.
Just Starting:
Slobberknocker: My Life in Wrestling by Jim Ross**.** I'm a huge wrestling fan, and this is the autobiography of Jim Ross, a man that has been in the business for many decades. I am only a few pages in, but I know I will kill this book in a few days once this is my main book.
Next Books to Start:
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
Without Remorse by Tom Clancy
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama (Suggested by a Reddit User's post)
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I, also, would recommend the Ex-Heroes series by Peter Cline.
I liked Austin Grossman's Soon I Will be Invincible which has chapters alternating between the POV of the main Villian and a Rookie who has just been drafted into their version of the JLA.
I have a few more recommendations if you want
Link's for everyone's convenience:
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Wikipedia
Not sure if you are into security tech but some of my favorites....
Also thought I'd include some that I have purchased but not finished yet in case you'd be interested.
Gregory Benford might be to your liking, Eater hits a lot of those old hard SF buttons in particular. The Hyperion Cantos may also do the trick. C.S. Friedman's In Conquest Born and This Alien Shore are favorites that have that classic sci-fi feeling.
I would also give Stephenson another shot.. it's really good stuff, but yeah Snow Crash is a little over-the-top (very much so for the first chapter or two, but it does settle down a good bit). I mean, the main character is named Hiro Protagonist... there's obviously going to be a certain level of tongue-in-cheek, self-aware ridiculousness going on, but it's quite amazing how well he foresaw much of the modern computing world. Cryptonomicon is awesome and is one of those rare books that somehow feels like science fiction even though there's nothing out of the ordinary in it. Anathem and Zodiac are also quite good and more traditional in tone and style.
You want robots? I give you ... Roboapocalypse I haven't read it myself, but it has some decent reviews.
Some of the best books I've read came from people recommending them to me. Please don't ever feel terrible for asking.
It might be a good idea to start with some fun books:
I am a writer, my work is self-published (and reviewed pretty well) and would love a better cover. A buddy did this one and... eh. Anyway you can find it here. It's a thriller. With dragons. Sort of.
https://www.amazon.com/Ziggurat-Marduk-Fletcher-Helle-ebook/dp/B00MY9VK3Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486512644&sr=8-1&keywords=ziggurat+of+marduk
Saturn Run (2015) by John Sandford and Ctein.
Jurassic Park is a great read! I'm sure he'll love it.
Check out Drood by Dan Simmons. I picked it up on a whim, and couldn't be happier that I gave it a chance. It's a total trip, and suspenseful in a laid-back / behind-the-scenes sort of way.
Also, I find anything by Michael Chrichton to be utterly "un-put-downable". I'd recommend starting with Congo or Prey, but definitely give Sphere a shot before you move on.
Edit: Sorry I meant Micro instead of Prey. Prey was "meh" but Micro is great. Also definitely check out Timeline! (Sorry, I'm basically obsessed with Chrichton)
Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, is another favorite of mine. But, it's been so long since I last read it that I can't really remember why. I'm going to be rereading that one again soon.
It's Superman! by Tom De Haven.
It's not an action novel. It's more of a character study of Clark Kent.
But I really enjoyed it.
http://www.amazon.com/Its-Superman-Novel-Tom-Haven/dp/0345496752/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422116815&sr=8-1&keywords=it%27s+superman
Other works of fiction that contain the concept of a metaverse;
Books
Anime and Manga
Film
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I know I haven't even begun to scratch the surface of the genre, because if there's one thing humans are good at, it's writing fucktons on what we like.
So feel free to comment additions to this list, or opinions on what I've currently included. I have by no means read/watched all of these, so having someone with actual experience with each of these weigh in would be nice.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Twelve-Stones-Book-ebook/dp/B0070CSKE4
Because, hey why not. I'll take some of that voodoo magic.
This Alien Shore is one of those single books that actually make me want to read more in that universe.
Stranger in a Strange Land is controversial, thought provoking, and while a couple of characters will show up in later Heinlein books, it isn't part of a series.
+1 Anathem (2008) by Neal Stephenson
+1 The Speed of Dark (2002) by Elizabeth Moon
You can try Cuckoo's Egg: http://www.amazon.com/The-Cuckoos-Egg-Tracking-Espionage/dp/1416507787
And if you like it, here's the movie about the book: http://youtu.be/EcKxaq1FTac
It's one of my favorite books of all time.
If you haven't read Mitnick's other work, he has the Art of Intrusion which is pretty nice.
Fatal System Error is also a nice read: http://www.amazon.com/Fatal-System-Error-Bringing-Internet/dp/B004NSVENM
If you're into fiction, read this: http://www.amazon.com/Zero-Day-Jeff-Aiken-Novel/dp/1250007305/
Seconding Soon I Will Be Invincible.
After The Golden Age was pretty good.
I have a copy of Powerless in my classroom, and my kids seem to enjoy it. It's a YA novel.
Sounds a bit like Amazonia by James Rollins?
I would suggest C. S. Friedman. She has a lot of the flawed character thing going on in many of her books. She does a bit more sci-fi than fantasy, but honestly either way she's great.
This Alien Shore is good, and a stand-alone:
http://www.amazon.com/This-Alien-Shore-C-S-Friedman/dp/0886777992/ref=la_B000AQ1TUO_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1410005630&sr=1-9
Feast of Souls is the start of a good trilogy:
http://www.amazon.com/Feast-Souls-Magister-Trilogy-Book/dp/0756404630/ref=la_B000AQ1TUO_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1410005630&sr=1-5
And Black Sun Rising is also the start of a good trilogy:
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Rising-Coldfire-Trilogy-Book/dp/0886775272/ref=la_B000AQ1TUO_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1410005630&sr=1-1
If you like sci-fi I strongly recommend This Alien Shore by C.S. Friedman. VR and Augmented Reality is just part of life and in the background, it makes it even better than having it be the sole focus. It's so key to society at that point that it is implanted at birth. Poor people get the government version which can be crappy, but it's law that everyone has access. Some people aren't happy with crappy outdated hardware and turn to back-ally brain surgeons...
Multiple personality, corporate espionage, humans as our own aliens, on board technology, hacking, controlled madness, xenophobia... it's an amazing book that had a background which could rival the best world building authors out there but it's a stand alone book not a series.
This is a lovely way to remember your mom :) She sounds like she was a lovely person and raised a lovely child :)
My Mom is always cool and calm, and always ready for a laugh. She takes shit from nobody, and doesn't give a rats ass what you think about her. I strive to be more like her :)
this book is about dinosaurs and I haven't read it yet :) Used, please!
"Hey Bean!"
Amazonia
Really good sci-fi book that plays around with this question.
You might enjoy Soon I Will Be Invincible.
You should read Matthew Reily's Ice Station. :V
Sounds like a plan! I can't remember what got me hookedon reading. It may have been the Percy Jackson series that make me looove books.
And if you haven't read it, I highly recommend Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Greatr ead. Currently my favorite book.
One thing I like in fanfic is deconstructions. Two deconstructions I've enjoyed are Soon I Will Be Invincible and Redshirts.
I believe he was simultaneously trying to escape while a second group was trying to rescue him... It's been a while since I read the books, but here is the book that discusses his escape
Most depressing post apocalyptic book I ever read was
https://www.amazon.com/Genocides-Thomas-M-Disch/dp/0375705465
That's a book that makes you want to give up.
Here is my review!
edit-I linked to it, is that ok? I can't do a screenshot right now because I don't have a computer and I can't do screenshots at work.
There is this really good book called Soon I Will Be Invincible about Superheroes in the same realistic vein that Worm resides in. It's told from alternating POV's of a Super villain and a new Superhero.
This Lost World edition is from 2012, and is probably the newest one. Amazon's stupid review system seems to have mixed it up with Doyle's Lost World though, haha.
Here's a similar edition of the first book.
the Species Imperative books look at humans and aliens as species that are living in the same environment, competing for resources. the scientist as reluctant hero is pretty great.
Right. I get all that. I was just pointing out that there are many books where you see things like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Played-Fire-Millennium/dp/0307949508/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373500736&sr=1-3&keywords=girl+on+fire
http://www.amazon.com/Jurassic-Park-Novel-Michael-Crichton/dp/0345538986/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373500809&sr=1-1&keywords=jurassic+park
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Some of Alastair Reynold's works remind me of James SA Corey, specifically Pushing Ice.
You also might enjoy Ian McDonald's Luna, just out.
Saturn Run by John Sandford and Ctein is also pretty good.
Michael Crichton; he does a lot of books like The Martian. His books are based on real scientific points that blur into fiction to make it more realistic. I like to describe them as "approachable science fiction."
He's most famous for his books-turned-movies: Jurassic Park, Timeline, Congo, and 13th Warrior.
But he also has great approachable ones like Andromeda Strain, The Terminal Man, and Next.
> However I do think superheroes in film have had essentially no evolution the way other genres have, and they've stagnated massively. Essentially every Marvel film is identical, and for some reason the few unique ones all choose for the ultra edgy grimdark path. At least with Westerns, a similarly long-beloved genre, new ones are expected to innovate. Not so with superheroes.
I think thats a combination of the superhero genre only becoming really big recently and the monopolization of the films under the Marvel/DC label. Marvels had success with making their films light so theyve become hesitant to step outside their wheelhouse with regards to film (TV is completley different however) and DC seems to think that darkness is the only way to react to the "fun" of Marvel. My hope is we'll see more interesting films play with the concept as the "superhero age" drags on someone will take on the melancholy Soon I will be Invincible or the bleak realism of Worm and succeed outside of the Marvel/DC wheelhouse and hopefully impact the genre for the better
Half of Soon I Will be Invincible is from a supervillains point of view, aaaand it's awesome, full of gems like:
>You don't build a 100 ft robot out of nothing.....there's rumors and gossip, trace evidence. There's a shadow economy out there, where these things get done.
and
> Once you get past a certain threshold, everyone's problems are the same: fortifying your island and hiding the heat signature from your fusion reactor.
BONUS!!
Yes. Cherries. need them now.
This certainly looks like it
https://www.amazon.com/Survival-Species-Imperative-Julie-Czerneda/dp/0756402611
Ok, now we've got something to work with.
Have you read any of Chuck Palahniuk's books (author of Fight Club)? If not try Choke and Fight Club. Like the movie they are dark and brooding, but if you liked the movie, you should enjoy the books.
Since you are into science, you've got an excellent trove of books to dive into by Michael Crichton. A lot of films have been based off the books, but pretty much every book was better than the movie, yes even Jurassic Park. Crichton started to get lazy later on, and a bit preachy, so I'd recommend his earlier stuff. Read: Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strand, Congo, and Sphere.
If you would like to try some hard science books, you can try out either Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything, or perhaps Richard Dawkin's The Selfish Gene.
You'd love the sci-fi book Breakthrough by Michael C. Grumley then!
That is exactly what the scientists do in that book. Then shit goes down.
As I commented on the post, the Bounty Hunter Wars was about equal to the Han Solo trilogy. Important books for any Fett fans.
Get the bountyhunter wars it was my favorite staring bobba fett
http://www.amazon.com/The-Mandalorian-Armor-Star-Wars/dp/0553578855
I liked Legion of the Damned by William Dietz. Not exactly what you're looking for, but it's about encased brains plugged into power armor, mechs, warbots, etc.
http://www.amazon.com/Legion-Damned-William-C-Dietz/dp/0441480403
Book!
Also, pronounced in vuh lid. I've looked like an idiot telling friends about this book.
A few works by an excellent female science fiction writer, Julie E. Czerneda.
Survival,
Migration, and
Regeneration
Czerneda is a fantastic author.
amazon link for those asking for more info.
I've seen it on the shelf and considered reading it. My opinion on "canon" is that it's as much canon as Red Son is...
In the comic world, canon is dependent on which run you're talking about. Sometimes there are just one shots or six issue stories that stand on their own. This novel likely falls into that category.
Just a warning: You are looking for Zero Day for example on amazon here:http://www.amazon.com/Zero-Day-John-Puller-Series/dp/0446573027
This is very different fromZero Day: A Jeff Aiken Novel by Mark Russinovich again on amazon here : http://www.amazon.com/Zero-Day-Mark-Russinovich-ebook/dp/B00457X7XQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409703700&sr=1-3&keywords=zero+day
Both are excellent books in my opinion but VERY different! Make sure you pick the right one.
It may also be http://www.amazon.com/Ice-Station-Matthew-Reilly/dp/0312971230
Main character wears reflective sunglasses to cover scarring over his eyes. The members of the research team at the station find a aircraft thousands of feet under the ice by swimming in through a tunnel in the ice. That tunnel opens inside their station. The station does get destroyed.
There is some background stuff set in the 70's involving a presidential aide that you find out was behind building the aircraft. His transport plane crashed and his disappearance was a mystery.
Robopocolypse by Daniel Wilson is very similar, but instead of zombies it鈥檚 a robot uprising.
A little guidance in your taste of literature would help. However, because I like you, I'll recommend Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates, or really anything by Tom Robbins.
This is an interesting series of novels. Not really necessary to read them in any particular order, but set in the same universe with some really neat ideas. Expendable, James Alan Gardner. I'm a stickler, so I like to read in order and this is the first.
http://www.amazon.com/Expendable-League-Peoples-Bk-1/dp/038079439X/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267371733&sr=8-8
I'd also add C.S. Friedman, This Alien Shore
http://www.amazon.com/This-Alien-Shore-C-S-Friedman/dp/0886777992/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267371906&sr=1-8
And if you haven't read them, the Halo book series is surprisingly good.
http://www.amazon.com/Books-Flood-First-Strike-Reach/dp/0345473043/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267373681&sr=1-4
Firstly, what are you reading? Are you feeding your mind? You have a professional obligation to be reading voraciously. Required reading, Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman. A very cute tongue in cheek novel about a superhero and a supervillain, but also a very compelling page-turner.
As deeper research, you might want to read Mutants And Mystics, a book of essays about the origins of superhero comics. Did you know a lot of the guys who create the superhero genre were themselves having profound mystic/supernormal experiences? Back in the 50's, if you told people you were having a "kundalini awakening" like they talk about in yoga classes these days, guys in white coats would show up in a van and cart you off to the nearest asylum. So they had to sublimate these stories into fiction as a way of working out what in heaven was happening to them.
On a more fundamental level, I'd start outlining your characters. Not just their powers, but who they ARE as people. For instance, maybe your strongest superhero is really strong, but he's a health freak. He's a 100% raw vegan who only eats organically grown fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. And it's complex. He has to get a certain amount of calories, or (psychosomatically) he believes he'll lose his superpowers. And if you know anything about raw vegans, it's hard to get enough calories eating that way. Fruit is basically just water. Many people binge on raw nut butters and then pass out from all the fat, or sit around eating dozens of bananas at once, and then crash from the sugar. (30 bananas a day is an online community for raw vegans). This is just one example. Tie in your superheros with real life things people do to try and be superhuman. You could have a super-genius superhero who hangs out with "Masters Of The Universe" on Wall St. And maybe he believes that he has to make $250,000 per day on the stock market or he'll lose support of the big corporations who are doing dark rituals or something to empower him. Maybe his power comes from the "mastermind" council of these corporate overlords, and if he doesn't maintain that profitability with his supermind, they'll stop doing the ritual and he'll be cut off, or killed or something.
These are just some examples. It's just raw creativity, man. Like a painter or a tattoo artist (hopefully) grinds their own ink, you have to sit down and grind on your characters. As you learn more about them, the story ins and outs will become at least clear enough for you to get started. I wouldn't invest a lot of time in a super duper detailed outline of the whole book, because as you're writing more things will occur to you, and that will pull you off your outline. Stay agile. Be willing to go on digressions. Just get to a point where your characters are dynamic and fun enough to write and then play jazz with the story, you can always fix inconsistencies in post.
Funny you should ask. I'm a novelist in this genre as well, and I've done a bit of research on the market. As you might imagine, this is a fairly niche space. I'd probably be making more money if I wrote vampire romances, but you gotta write what you love, right?
Anyhow, the advice about the Fantasy>Superheroes category on Amazon is real good. There are a lot of books directly tied to licensed properties, like DC and Marvel characters, but I can't tell you much about those since I work in my own universe. There are also excellent lists on GoodReads. Here are some of the examples I used to figure out my keywords and categories (I haven't read any of these yet, but they're on my list):
Soon I will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman. I hear this is awesome.
Confessions of a D-List Supervillain by Jim Bernheimer.
Good Intentions: A Supervillain Story by Michel Crider.
Meta by Tom Reynolds.
The Second Super by Logan Rutherford.
ULTRA (The Last Hero Book 1) by Matt Blake.
And, I hope this isn't a violation of the self-promotion rules (if it is, please let me know and I'll edit this out), but I can't help but add my own novel, The Hero Beat!
Those are great. I also enjoyed this one:
The Mandalorian Armor (Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars, Book 1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553578855/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Jj9XBbKK39KXY
Have you read This Alien Shore by CS Friedman? It might cover some of what you are thinking of.
Close plot but not the book I was looking for. After an extensive search through the intense action novel genre I have found it: Ice Station
Looks interesting but how can a novel that has high functioning autistic vampires be considered hard Sci Fi?
Edit: In terms of bleak, I was considering The Genocides by Disch. It looks similar to the Three Body Problem in that humans are considered bugs. I haven't read it yet but maybe it would have been the story of what would have happened if the Trisolaran fleet arrived.
[link] (http://www.amazon.com/Jurassic-Park-Novel-Michael-Crichton-ebook/dp/B007UH4D3G/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1418639897&sr=1-1&keywords=jurassic+park)
Soon I will be Invincible made me laugh, its told from the villains point of view.
I'm not going to call any of them "literature", but I've read and enjoyed a bunch of new-ish books recently.
did you read MR. ROBOT: Red Wheelbarrow book by Sam Esmail the creator of the television series Mr. Robot.
I highly recommended Jeff Aiken Series [Zero Day, Trojan Horse and Rogue Code] by Mark Russinovich this guy is well known among the Security Research Community, co-author of the Microsoft Press Windows Internals books, and co-author of the Sysinternals Administrator鈥檚 Reference. He also authors and publishes the Sysinternals tools, which include dozens of popular Windows administration and diagnostic utilities. He is a featured speaker at major industry conferences, including Microsoft TechEd, RSA Conference, BlackHat and BUILD.
Cyberpunk genre: William Gibson Probably the most important author of the genre, his first novel Neuromancer was published in 1984 and won the Hugo, the Nebula and the Philip K. Dick awards for that year. He is credited with coining the term "cyberspace".
1- Neuromancer
2- Count Zero
3- Mona Lisa Overdrive
The next highest acclaimed cyberpunk author after William Gibson is Neal Stephenson, he's also written a lot of non-cyberpunk fiction as well.
1- Snow Crash
2- The Diamond Age
3- Cryptonomicon
4- REAMDE
More awesome post apocalyptic classics:
My son doesn't need this, but he would love to read it. He loves the movies. Thanks for the offer.
I definitely recommend it, especially if you like books and action.
This Alien Shore by C. S. Friedman. I'm not sure how many people have read it, but I don't see it mentioned very often, which is a shame because it's a great book.
What I enjoyed as a teenager, and among the easier reads are Ender's Game, Animal Farm, and Ringworld. Less 'literature' are Rogue Warrior, X-Wing: Rogue Squadron, and Ice Station. Actually, I've never read a book by Matt Reilly (Ice Station) that I didn't finish in one day - they're hard to put down.
Try Mark Russinovich. Zero Day, and Trojan Horse are supposed to be similar. Also, Daniel Suarez has another book out called Kill Decision.
David Brin's Uplift Series is exceptional (at least the first three are: Sundiver, Startide Rising, The Uplift War)...Startide won the most awards, but imho it's the least fun of the three.
There is a really interesting stand alone that a lot of people haven't heard of called This Alien Shore, by C. S. Friedman...It's a hell of a book, and not as well known as it deserves to be.
I'm Horrible because i think you'd like this military sci fi book.
This one. Although, I can't seem to find the exact edition I read. It had a different cover.
It's where the movie came from. I would recommend it. It gets more into the science part of the science fiction than the movie does, and it's also more graphically violent. Plus, there are several pretty epic parts that didn't make it into the movie, and a lot of the characters are more fleshed out.
I completely forgot I bought this book! I'll have to find it. I also picked up It's Superman! by Tom De Haven Haven't had a chance to read it yet either.
The Genocides by Thomas M. Disch was probably inspired by this novel...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0345538986/ref=tmm_mmp_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=1540518292&sr=8-18
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0345538986/ref=tmm_mmp_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=1540518292&sr=8-18
I actually have the Kindle version of it on my device. I've got all Crichton novels. I've just never got around to reading it for some stupid reason.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0441480403/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1451393704&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=william+c+dietz&dpPl=1&dpID=51MlGQICJqL&ref=plSrch
Survival by Julie E Czerneda (Species Imperative 1) has a different twist, the series is about migration patterns and such, you will also notice Julie is a biologist.
There are so many I have no idea how someone can not be aware of them.
Just go through the wikipedia article and follow the references that interest you.
To skim over it a bit. We could accidentally put in a gene that damages the soil, put in something that messes with the soils bacteria ecosystem, put in something that kills an insect that is an important part of the ecosystem, create an invasive species that becomes impossible to control, accidentally leak GMO material into non-GMO plants which is happening to a lot of corn in the United States, cause the plant to produce an allergen it wasn't producing before, it goes on and on.
Which is how you know that anyone who thinks there's nothing to worry about with GMOs is either completely ignorant about science or a shill. This unexplored territory and we should use caution as we explore it instead of economically exploiting it as quickly as possible like idiots.
This is a very common theme in Michael Crichton's books about the recklessness of capitalism with scientific discovery. This is stressed in the book version of Jurassic Park, read that if you don't understand the general risks that come with any new technology.