Epic Scifi Novel Suggestions

[blugill]

I'm looking for something with massive capital ships, interstellar intrigue, and lots of action.

I've started the Honor Harrington series and I'm really not liking it that much. It's just not as exciting as I was hoping and I'm really struggling to get through it.

Any suggestions and why would be greatly appreciated!

I've read Dune and that's a great series but it's a darn dense series.

[Kreth]

Asimov's original Foundation trilogy would be an obvious choice. Although, if you found Dune to be dense, the Foundation books are pretty heavy reading as well.
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[blugill]

I don't mind dense at all, it just takes some serious reading attention is all.
I enjoyed Dune a lot! It's a classic for a reason!

[Kreth]

Originally Posted by blugill

I don't mind dense at all, it just takes some serious reading attention is all.
I enjoyed Dune a lot! It's a classic for a reason!

The first time I read Dune I almost gave up on it because it started soooooo slow. I may have to give it and the Foundation trilogy a re-read. It's been years.
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[tsolomon]

I would suggest you read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

[blugill]

I've read Ender's Game, loved it!
Great novel for anyone really not even fascinated by scifi, it's very human.

[akumushi]

Any William Gibson, Neuromancer is a good place to start; it's the first of a loose trilogy. Virtual Light is the first of another trilogy of his.

[Emjaysmash]

Great thread!

[SvilleKid]

Did you start with the first Honor Harrington; on Balstik(sp) Station? If so, hang in there. You will quickly grow into it. Weber puts in a lot of tech data that can get in the way early on, but he loosens up in the following books in the series. I've read them all, and enjoyed them. However, the next to the last few were as much intrigue as space battles, but the last couple pick back up.

You might hunt down the three-book trio that make up what's called the Armageddon Inheritance. Very interesting concept!

BTW, most of the early Honor books (and probably the Armageddon series) can be had for free off the the Baan website. Plus hundreds of older (Sci-fi) authors' works. A good place to do some reading to see if you like the authors without spending money.

[tsolomon]

Foundation Triology by Asimov and The Mote in God's Eye by Niven are classics. I also liked the Hyperion seires by Dan Simmons and the Dorsai series by Dickson.

[CigarNut]

Not SciFi, but epic: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series -- last book (14) is due out later this year

I like The Foundation series, but if you read all of them, it's like 11 books. Asimov did a great job linking seperate but related series together:

- Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, The Robots of Dawn
- Pebble in the sky
- Prelude to Foundatioin, Forward the Foundation
- Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation
- Foundation's Edge, Foundation and Earth

There are also three new Foundation books by different authors that are also very good:

- Foundation's Fear (Gregory Benford)
- Foundation and Chaos (Greg Bear)
- Foundation's Triumph (David Brin)

[blugill]

Originally Posted by SvilleKid

Did you start with the first Honor Harrington; on Balstik(sp) Station? If so, hang in there. You will quickly grow into it. Weber puts in a lot of tech data that can get in the way early on, but he loosens up in the following books in the series. I've read them all, and enjoyed them. However, the next to the last few were as much intrigue as space battles, but the last couple pick back up.

You might hunt down the three-book trio that make up what's called the Armageddon Inheritance. Very interesting concept!

BTW, most of the early Honor books (and probably the Armageddon series) can be had for free off the the Baan website. Plus hundreds of older (Sci-fi) authors' works. A good place to do some reading to see if you like the authors without spending money.

I did start with Basilisk Station. It's ok but I'm really not into it. I've heard great things that's why I picked it up. I'm less than a hundred pages from finishing it and I haven't picked it up in a month.

I thought this is exactly what I'm looking for and it just doesn't move me much. I might give it another shot though!

[kaisersozei]

Take a look at Stephen Baxter:

http://www.stephen-baxter.com/books.html

I've read a lot of his stuff--the Manifold series, and the Xeelee Sequence would fit in what you're looking for, but I particularly liked The Light of Other Days, Destiny's Children series, and Evolution.

[Kreth]

Originally Posted by kaisersozei

Take a look at Stephen Baxter:

http://www.stephen-baxter.com/books.html

I've read a lot of his stuff--the Manifold series, and the Xeelee Sequence would fit in what you're looking for, but I particularly liked The Light of Other Days, Destiny's Children series, and Evolution.

I've read Time's Eye and enjoyed it. Now I see there's two more books in the series.
I also really liked a series called The Destiny Makers by Mike Shupp. A college professor is pulled thousands of years into the future into one country's war against a worldwide alliance. The series is out of print now, but you can find the books on Amazon, ABE, etc...
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