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• Why not go all the way back to the beginning (Score:2)

  by hfb (74)

  and start with Jules Verne? :) Too often overlooked but is considered to be the father of the genre and rightfully so. Many of his books are coming back into print and you'll see a list of them over on axis of aevil :)
  • Re:Why not go all the way back to the beginning (Score:1)

    by jjohn (22)

    I may get around to good ol' Jules. I did read 20K Leagues at point in grade school. Well's was a rough contemporary, which satisfies my requirements. Although I like a good read, I've choosen a set of books that show the changing nature of Sci-Fi. It's kind of like a college class. The World Wars are a kind of gravity well that has affected many of the last century's (!) writers. That's what I'm tracking.
    
    And, I was at your site today! Check your server logs!
    
• space opera (Score:1)

  by jhi (318)

  For the best space opera I've seen, try Iain Banks. He's one of the very few scifi authors I care for these days.