Yay! I've never been able to find another Malaysian fan of Greg Egan. Unfortunately, most of Egan's current stuff can't compare to the stuff from the late 1990s. If you haven't already, google for his personal website where he makes available plenty of his short fiction for reading for free.

I posted this as in Fantasy section but....looking at the reading list, the bookclub have a heavier leaning towards SF, so i post it agian here.
everyone welcome to join us in:
The Why-Isn't-There-An-SFF-Bookclub Bookclub
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8056546802

Basic Info
Name:
The Why-Isn't-There-An-SFF-Bookclub Bookclub
Category:
Entertainment & Arts - Books & Literature
Description:
A book club for people who dig Science Fiction & Fantasy, based in Petaling Jaya. Geeks unite!

Check out our blog here: http://speculatorspeculator.blogspot.com/

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We will be reading a science fiction book, a fantasy book and a comic book in a three-month cycle.

Please feel free to suggest more books! Books should preferably not be part of a series, unless it is possible to read them as a standalone. They should be of a length that busy yuppies -- I mean, uh, working professionals would be able to finish within a month. It doesn't matter if we can't shoehorn a book into a particular category, so long as it is speculative fiction. They should of course be available at all good bookshops.

TIP: when looking for SFF, it's often worthwhile to check out Payless or other secondhand bookshops.
Contact Info
Location:
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8056546802

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Added on October 16, 2009, 11:06 pmhttp://feedbooks.com/type/Science%20Fiction/books/top?lang=en

try downloading public domain books from feedbooks.com, then read them on http://bookworm.oreilly.com.

many good books by Cory Doctorow and Peter Watts.

This post has been edited by tender: Oct 16 2009, 11:06 PM

i think after cryptonominicon(still reading), i'll be staying away from neal stephenson for awhile. for some reason his books are the easiest to find, so have a quite a few of them

i figured i'll finish the baroque cycle first since its the prequel to cryptonominicon. from here on out, the font size for usual paperbacks will look like granma print, and 300 pages will be like picture books

snow crash ending, i was like, wtf?

so far haven't seen iain m banks stuff around

This post has been edited by dopeycheese: Jan 3 2010, 01:36 AM

Is this thread still alive? If it's dead I'll be very unhappy.

Anyone here a fan of CJ Cherryh?

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is awesome. Read the rest of the books in the series only if you're a hardcore Ender fan. They're still good, but a little anti-climactic for me, personally. If you've already read the whole series I recommend that you read both Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow (parallel novels) in tandem. It's awesome to see the same story from 2 different points of view. You get to see how human these kids really are, no matter how high their IQ.

ANY of Isaac Asimov's books are good. No matter how many times I read it, I'm still amazed at how seamlessly Mr. Asimov puts things together.

For those who like to read some Hard Science-Fiction, you should try Alastair Reynolds He has several books, but the ones i found interesting and engaging is his so-called "Revelation Space" series.

Wiki: Revelation Space universe

The books, in recommended reading order are:

1. The Prefect (stand-alone novel)
2. Chasm City (stand-alone novel)
3. Revelation Space (Part 1 of the Revelation Space series proper)
4. Redemption Ark (Part 2 of the Revelation Space series proper)
5. Absolution Gap (Part 3 of the Revelation Space series proper)

The last three novels are a trilogy, while the first two books deal with stories set in the same universe. Reynolds' make use of relativistic sciences, and plausible future technologies to tell his stories; engaging and at the same time educational (in an intriguing way)

This post has been edited by evanrue: Aug 6 2010, 10:30 PM

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Peter F Hamilton.

Those who like Iain M. Banks, Alastair Reynolds, Dan Simmons, and other space opera writers should read him.

I'm currently reading his Void books (Dreaming Void and Temporal Void), having completed his Commonwealth series (Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained) recently.

All his books are good, starting from his Greg Mandel books to his Confederation Universe.

Suggest you visit this forum as well: http://theunisphere.com/, for more information about the works of Peter F Hamilton.