True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier11 reviews Vernor Vinge Tor Books, 2001 Interesting Story and Related Articles + Who Are You, Really? Having read Vernor Vinge's "A Fire upon the deep", I was very eager to read something else of his. I've heard about "True Names" a few years ago and was really intrigued, however, I could not find this book anywhere. Therefore, I was delighted to see that it's out again - I didn't check what else ...             The Stars My Destination222 reviews Alfred Bester Vintage, 1996 Best sci fi + firey vengence sparks adventure and self-improvement + Dated, but Great + Bester's Best             The Complete Short Stories of H.G. Wells (Phoenix Giants)5 reviews H.G. Wells Phoenix, 1999 Prepare to see the world! + A Must for SF readers and writers + classic short stories, should NEVER be out of print! + H.G. Wells as you've never known him             Puppet Masters49 reviews Robert A. Heinlein Del Rey, 1986 Great even for the NON Science Fiction Reader. + Don't trust anyone wearing a shirt! I am not a Science Fiction fan at all. I have only seen the original Star Wars movie, for example. It's just not my thing. Then my friend told me about this book, The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein, and how people were overtaken by alien slugs and he was curious about how people "are ...             Ender's Game (The Ender Saga)2519 reviews Orson Scott Card ATOM, 2002 How did I overlook this series + Not Your Typical Science Fiction + My top favorite of all time! + Not a Sci-Fi Fan, but loved this book + Believe the hype             The Forever War297 reviews Joe Haldeman Eos, 2003 A easy and enjoyable SF read--with bonus social commentary + An allegory for both war and aging... + The Best + One of the best War/Sci Fi novels out there             Burning Chrome68 reviews William Gibson Eos, 2003 worth it for "Hinterlands" alone + A turning point + Solid, introductory selections + all wonderful but not all cyberpunk + Excellent collection of short stories             Lord of Light141 reviews Roger Zelazny, 2004 on of the greatest Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books ever + I can't add more to the earlier reviews EXCEPT... + Knowledge of Hinduism and Buddhism Helpful At the top of the Sci-Fi pile is Dune, some people will disagree of course, but generally, there it sits. What comes next is even more debatable, but for me there are 2 books that really stand out; Lord of Light and Tiger,Tiger (opps sorry - The Stars my Destination) by Alfred Bester (no not the ...             Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology14 reviews Greg Bear, Pat Cadigan, ... Ace Books/Berkley, 1988 Best Collection For the Genre + for cyberpunk n00bs and other scifi lovers + Not Free SF Reader + A mixed bag, but still pretty good             Vermillion Sands1 review J.G. Ballard Berkley S1980, 1971 Beautiful, brilliant, and inspired fantasy of the future This magnificent collection of stories was first published in 1971. Although this book frequently shows up on lists of the greatest books of all time in that genre, it is not science fiction so much as a vision of possible forms that the arts could take in the future. It is more futuristic fantasy ...             His Master's Voice20 reviews Stanislaw Lem Northwestern University Press, 1999 no easy answers + Interesting Sci-Fi + LEM THE THINKER Lem's bibliography cosnists of a great variety of books. From fairytales (featuring robots) to incredibly difficult quasi-philosophical works. HMV can be placed somewhere in the middle of the scale. It can be read even if you're not a scholar, at the same time being a very demanding book. The ...             Hercules Text (Ace Special, No 7)8 reviews Jack McDevitt Ace, 1986 Still one of my favorites, refreshing and different + One of the best, from one of the best . . . + Plot, characters, AND ideas! + The Age of Reason? + Refreshing, knockout, intelligent story             The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford (The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vol. 1)10 reviews Philip K. Dick Citadel, 2002 Essential reading for everyone (and everything) + Not Free SF Reader + Signs Of What Would Come + Sci-Fi from the Cold War             The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith53 reviews Cordwainer Smith Nesfa Press, 1993 The Glory That Was Cordwainer + Step into the fantastic mind of Cordwainer Smith + Not Free SF Reader + Talk of a hidden gem             The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy32 reviews Stanislaw Lem Harvest Books, 1985 Where am I? What day is this? + Drugged Up and Far Out + Lost in reality? The past and future ooze into the moment of now within this timeless masterwork. So many layers of reality paint an amorphous reflection of our modern world. This sort of transcendent insight will revise society's concept of our common ground. Perhaps, Lem's byproducts (e.g. Ubik roll-on) will ...             Her Smoke Rose Up Forever9 reviews Jr., James Tiptree Tachyon Publications, 2004 Outstanding Sci-Fi with an Unusual Perspective + The best tales of one of the best of all sf authors + James Tiptree/Alice Sheldon: Best author of the genre + A Look into a Dark Soul + Absolutely Fantastic             Rendezvous With Rama215 reviews Arthur C. Clarke Lightyear Press, 1994 No region on Earth left for safe celestial target practice + Wonderful Book + What could it be? + It would make a great movie!             When Gravity Fails23 reviews George Alec Effinger Orb Books, 2005 Hard-boiled detective novel set in a Middle Eastern cyberpunk future + Awesome ! + Great setting, average mystery + Not Free SF Reader             The Space Merchants34 reviews Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth St. Martin's Press, 1958 Cynicism at its thought provoking best! + Dated, but with a view ahead of its time + Subversive Juvenilia + A very interesting book             Altered Carbon (Gollancz)207 reviews Richard Morgan Gollancz, 2007 Spectacularly good SF + Sci fi noir at its best + futuristic Chandler + Altered Carbon