What's your favourite science fiction book?

[ArDee]

I read a book years ago that featured a man travelling back through time in stages. At each stage he met a character, his implacable enemy, who was in effect travelling to other way. His enemy though was just living a kind of immortal life.
The enemy was in fact a Neanderthal and was opposed to humans and was fighting a desperate losing battle through the ages.
Can anyone tell me the name of the book or the author?

I believe this is "Orion" by Ben Bova

 

[ska1903]

I am currently reading the revelation space books by Alastair Reynolds. Fantastic dark, gothic Sci-Fi.

Just finished the commonwealth saga by Peter F Hamilton as well. Very good but a bit too long.

 

[colly]

I believe this is "Orion" by Ben Bova

Thanks. That rings a bell so I'm sure your right.

 

[pauldavid]

Labour Party Manifesto

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I'm currently reading every novel that won, or was multiply nominated, for any of the major SF awards since 2002 for some research I am doing on science fiction post-9/11... I've read some excellent novels that I somehow missed at the time (Gwyneth Jones' Life, for example) but also had to endure some crap (e.g. Robert Sawyer's WWW trilogy). I can thoroughly recomment the late Banks's best mate Ken Macleod's latest, Intrusion, too.

And Saluki, that was a pretty pointless comment, wasn't it?

Recommendation taken

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Labour Party Manifesto

You ascribe some scientific backing to it then?

 

[SteCenturion]

Most probably been done once or thrice before - however I can't stop myself.
The Conservative Party Manifesto by Cameron/Thatcher.
Closely followed by The Liberal Party Manifesto by Cameron's Bitch.

 

[Stonechat]

I Robot

 

[postman]

Most probably been done once or thrice before - however I can't stop myself.
The Conservative Party Manifesto by Cameron/Thatcher.
Closely followed by The Liberal Party Manifesto by Cameron's Bitch.

You beat me too it.

 

[asterix]

I enjoy re-reading H.G. Wells, War of the Worlds, The Time Machine. I reckon I am probably a Morlock

 

[Melonfish]

it'd be a toss up between ringworld by larry niven, the illyum/olympus books by dan simmons or excession by iain m banks.
i'm a sucker for space opera's.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

it'd be a toss up between ringworld by larry niven, the illyum/olympus books by dan simmons or excession by iain m banks.
i'm a sucker for space opera's.

Me too! I had totally forgotten about Ringworld, do you think that was the inspiration for Bank's sphere worlds in Matter?

The McLeod book is a bit too tense for me so far!

 

[Melonfish]

i reckon both niven and banks got their idea's from freeman dyson, the idea that you could encompass a star to capture its energy is fantastic in every sense of the word, true sci-fi

 

[Yellow Fang]

I am in the mood for reading some more sci-fi. I finished The Time Machine last week. Interesting, invent a time machine to take you to 800,000 AD, then run around hitting people with an iron bar. I borrowed The Day of the Triffids off someone. I am intrigued by The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin, shelved under G not L at Waterstones. I feel I ought to read Arthur C Clarke and Issac Asimov. Which of their books would you recommend if you could only read one of each.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Ooh, I love that this thread has popped up again.

I've just re-read 'Player of Games' by Iain M Banks. It gets better each time I read it.