

This new stuff is pale and a lot of the new fantasy seems to cater towards some strange bdsm fetish. I mean, Dave Duncan and Barbara Hanbary versus Terry Goodkind and Robert Jordan? Please. They don't even write this kind of stuff now. What? No Samuria cat? You guyz don leik Samuria Kittiez? Otherworld - Tad Williams (Dragonbone chair series is also alright.)

Hunter/victim - Robert Sheckley - We could probably use this game. "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel." Take for example the first line of Nueromancer: It doesn't hurt that he is one of the best wordsmiths you will ever read. If you're a fan of SciFi, these books are virtually required reading. followed his lead, and games such as Deus Ex, System Shock, Syndicate, etc. Authors such as Bruce Stirling, Neal Stephenson, Jon Shirley, etc. Dick-style speculative fiction into the genre of Cyberpunk. William Gibson almost single-handedly evolved Philp K. Math, cryptography, history, social theory and commentary, all excecuted in an approachable style. Seriously, you won't go wrong with any of his books.Ĭryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. The Black Company and the rest of the BC series by Glen Cook, who is possibly one of the most underrated writers in sci-fi/fantasy. Simply put, the best military sci-fi you'll ever read.
