Suggested Reading

These are some stories and author's that I strongly recommend. I have a penchant for hard sci-fi, the absurd, and interesting distopias. In addition, I am interested in the intersection of science fiction and the environment. ie; sf treatment of environmental themes, sf as a vehicle for conveying environmental concepts.

Andromeda StrainMichael Crichton0345378482
OmnivorePiers Anthony1594260648

1984George Orwell0451524934
Brave New WorldAldous Huxley0060809841
The Sheep Look UpJohn Brunner1932100016

Calif of Fornia Pugh1883184088
A collection of poems with some common theme and plot

Anything by:

Douglas (N.) Adams
Witty brit humor.
Some choice quotes:
Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.
If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.
A bowl of petunias on it's way to certain death, the sperm whale, it wasn't.'Oh no, not again.'
Rober L. Forward
A physicist who wrote hard sci-fi on a similiar level as Niven. Less twisty and more science though... Still, very very good.
Larry Niven
Contains a lot of science fact and extrapolation.
    Here are some of Niven's Laws
  • Never throw shit at an armed man.
  • Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man.
  • It is easier to destroy than create.
  • Never waste calories
Niven's Law for Writers: If you don't have anything to say, say it anyway you like
Neal Stephenson
jargon entry
:Snow Crash: Neal Stephenson Bantam, 1992 ISBN 0-553-56261-4 Stephenson's epic, comic cyberpunk novel is deeply knowing about the hacker psychology and its foibles in a way no other author of fiction has ever even approached. His imagination, his grasp of the relevant technical details, and his ability to communicate the excitement of hacking and its results are astonishing, delightful, and (so far) unsurpassed.