Barnes is always a favorite. My favorite sare the Lion's Blood series, Iron Shadows, Street Lethal and The Legacy of Heorot and Beowulf's Children with Niven and Pournelle. His last couple were good but not my favorites.
Barnes' wife Tananarive Due is awesome as well. Her work is more horror/dark fantasy but very good. My Soul To Keep is a great place to start. Tobias Buckell's Ragamuffin series is great fun. Acacia by David Anthony Durham is a good read. I haven't had a chance to pick up sequel yet. --- In [email protected], "Kelwyn" <ravena...@...> wrote: > > Since this is a listserv for "People of Color," can y'all please recommend > some sci-fi by authors of color? I did my bit "The One Hundred Thousand > Kingdoms," y'all. How bout some Steven Barnes? Heck, how bout some Cory > Doctorow (who ain't black like me). > > ~rave! > > --- In [email protected], "B Smith" <daikaiju66@> wrote: > > > > Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos might be a good fit. > > > > The futuretech is there in huge doses, there are a group of heroes who are > > on the journey for various reasons and there are huge battles. Plus the > > Shrike is an awesome big bad. > > > > --- In [email protected], Martin Baxter <martinbaxter7@> wrote: > > > > > > Angela, the way you phrased that made a neuron in my brain flip states. > > > There's something in that vein, but I can't remember it. I'm thinking on > > > it, > > > and I'll put it into the database, along with a few others. > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:05 PM, angelababycat <asrobinson@>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's a good point. I guess I need to think about the kinds of books I > > > > used to read...they were probably more fantasy, but I think I want > > > > something > > > > with a little techy edge to it too. So like "Lord of the Rings" (all > > > > which > > > > I've read) with space ships and other planets. > > > > > > > > MEANWHILE, I took the liberty of making a table in the Database section > > > > with the recommendations. Everyone is free to add/edit/delete their > > > > recommendations as they wish. When I go to the bookstore, I'm taking the > > > > table with me. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > Angela > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, Keith > > > > Johnson <KeithBJohnson@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Pure scifi only, or are you open to fantasy as well? > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Angela Robinson" <asrobinson@> > > > > > To: [email protected] <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:30:48 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > > > > Subject: [scifinoir2] ISO good book recommendations > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's been a while since I've made time/had time to curl up with a > > > > > book, > > > > but now am looking for a good sci-fi novel to sink my teeth into. If you > > > > could maybe only get through one sci-fi book this year, what would it > > > > be? > > > > > > > > > > Angela > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > > > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > >
