isaac asimov, arthur c. clarke, orson scott card, and ben bova...all favorites of mine who have never disappointed me...

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Thanks to everyone who answered my question about 'Tiger,Tiger' and 'Norstrilia' :)
Could never remember the names of Alfred Bester and Cordwainer Smith.
(Terrible at names)

Here's another one for you all. Who wrote the first really good post nuclear holocaust novel and what was it called? The one that traced the history of that order of monks and emphasised the futility of unbridled technological progress without moral progress?

It would be on my list if I could remember Its name and the name of the author :(

PS: I had to sell these books when I moved, so I can't check on my bookshelves :(
PPS Next time I do that I will write down the books names :)

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> Here's another one for you all. Who wrote the first really good post nuclear
> holocaust novel and what was it called? The one that traced the history of
> that order of monks and emphasised the futility of unbridled technological
> progress without moral progress?
>

Well, this isn't the one you're thinking of, but the first post-nuclear story I read that made an impression on me was Heinlein's novel, Farnham's Freehold.

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> Thanks to everyone who answered my question about 'Tiger,Tiger' and
> 'Norstrilia' :)
> Could never remember the names of Alfred Bester and Cordwainer Smith.
> (Terrible at names)
>
> Here's another one for you all. Who wrote the first really good post nuclear
> holocaust novel and what was it called? The one that traced the history of
> that order of monks and emphasised the futility of unbridled technological
> progress without moral progress?
>
> It would be on my list if I could remember Its name and the name of the author
> :(
>
> PS: I had to sell these books when I moved, so I can't check on my bookshelves
> :(
> PPS Next time I do that I will write down the books names :)
>
>

Walter M. Miller, A Canticle for Liebowitz

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> Re Starship Troopers, did you see the movie? What a bunch of trash that was!
> On topic, my favorite has always been Heinlein, my favorite of his The Moon is
> a Harsh Mistress. I'd like to see a movie made of it

Yes. One of Heinlein's best. Really sad when Mannie punches in Mike's number and gets NULL response.
Several of RAH's novels could be great movies, done right.

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> Walter M. Miller, A Canticle for Liebowitz
>
Thanks, Celtic Wolf :)
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guess my list is now:
Walter M. Miller - A Canticle for Liebowitz
Orson Scott Card - Enders Game
Robert Rankin - The Brentford Trilogy
Alfred Bester - Tiger,Tiger
Cordwainer Smith - The Instrumentality Of Mankind Series
Andre Norton - just about anything

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I've got another one, a british guy for a change - Peter F. Hamilton - absolutely fantastic books, he created a trilogy called the Night's Dawn Trilogy. That's "The Reality Dysfunction", "The Neutronium Alchemist" and "The Naked God"
These are some of the best hard scifi I know - similar in ways to the Culture of Ian M.Banks.

Highly recommended.

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For me it has to be Iain M. Banks and, of course, Douglas Adams.

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Who said:
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm top be exceeded - here and there, now and then - are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as "bad luck."

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> Who said:
> Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man.
(EDIT)
> This is known as "bad luck."
>
> ???
>
This would be - Robert A. Heinlein
(Have space suit - will travel, and many other books)

Correct Larry ?

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> I've got another one, a british guy for a change - Peter F. Hamilton -
> absolutely fantastic books, he created a trilogy called the Night's Dawn
> Trilogy. That's "The Reality Dysfunction", "The Neutronium Alchemist" and "The
> Naked God"
> These are some of the best hard scifi I know - similar in ways to the Culture
> of Ian M.Banks.
>
> Highly recommended.

I have to agree, i am re-reading the Night's Dawn Trilogy 1 year after i read the triology the first time, and all i could, and still say is WoW! Superb. Mind-blowing, indeed similiar to Banks but i think Hamilton has more of a sex drive.....

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> > Who said:
> > Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man.
> (EDIT)
> > This is known as "bad luck."
> >
> > ???
> >
> This would be - Robert A. Heinlein
> (Have space suit - will travel, and many other books)
>
> Correct Larry ?
>
>

ABSOLUTELY!!! He's the BEST! (my humble opinion).

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