Being a thicko I'd quite like a recomendation for some decent sci-fi if anyone has one?
classics:
heinlein - 'the moon is a harsh mistress', 'stranger in a strange land', 'the man who sold the moon' or 'the cat who walks through walls'. his short stories are fun too, but not anywhere near as good as the aforementioned.
asimov is (obviously) very good as well, foundation series is a must.
ender's game is another obvious one.
dune.
other orson scott card - worthing saga is pretty good, as is his earthfall series (but alot of his other stuff gets all mormony and stupid).
robert rankin (not really sci-fi, but along the same lines as pratchett, but i think much better)
sorry if that's a bit patronising (with all the classics), or you've read it all. but that's all the recent sci-fi i've been reading. and heinlein is brilliant.
classics:
heinlein - 'the moon is a harsh mistress', 'stranger in a strange land', 'the man who sold the moon' or 'the cat who walks through walls'. his short stories are fun too, but not anywhere near as good as the aforementioned.
asimov is (obviously) very good as well, foundation series is a must.
ender's game is another obvious one.
dune.
other orson scott card - worthing saga is pretty good, as is his earthfall series (but alot of his other stuff gets all mormony and stupid).
robert rankin (not really sci-fi, but along the same lines as pratchett, but i think much better)
sorry if that's a bit patronising (with all the classics), or you've read it all. but that's all the recent sci-fi i've been reading. and heinlein is brilliant.