Forum Book Recommendations

[thereformant]

I only thought progenitors was average. Not a patch on alistair reynolds or ian m banks.

[thereformant]

EDIT: Sorry! Meant to recommend Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson - still the best sci-fi book I've ever read Except for anything by PKD

I preferred anathem but by the time i read snowcrash it could be it had been so thoroughly assimilated by popular culture that looking back on it, it seems kinda cheesy.

[SeriousCat]

I only thought progenitors was average. Not a patch on alistair reynolds or ian m banks.

looking at amazon it appears to be - sniff - self published - which is not a good sign though i suppose it is our duty as causeless rebels to support the blessy try-hards

i might try a bit of banks - i rarely venture into sci-fi and had my space opera gland fried with shtness by attempting some e doc smith - i only hear good things about banks though so think hes worth a go

[chillidoggy]

Did you move your face nearer?

Ah, well, slight embarassment....................someone told me there's a button in the bottom corner that will make the screen bigger. Well, what will they think of next?

[BCB]

I am on Book 3 of The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. I put off reading this trilogy for a long time because it is set in the 17th century, but of course it is excellently excellent!

[monquixote]

Wait... anti-oxidants aren't good for you? I watched something on telly about e numbers last night and the fella was saying anti-oxidants stop meat going bad, and I remember from days of yore reading that they can stop cancer and whatnot. Vitamin C is an anti-oxidant, right?

Suppose I should finally read this Bad Science book for myself then

Essentially there is very little evidence one way or the other that Antioxidants or Free Radicals are good or bad for you in small doses and in large doses Antioxidents give you cancer IIRC.

Read Bad Science it's a very good book.

[rocktron]

"Those who can read but won't read are as illiterate as those who cannot read."

I cannot remember who made that quote.

"One picture is worth a thousand words", and I can therefore recommend this book:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...amp+Sourcebook

[Sporky_McGuffin]

obviously a +1 to Snow Crash but a +1000 if you'd mentioned Cryptonomicon

I thought The Diamond Age vastly better than Snow Crash. Cryptonomicon was excellent. The Baroque Cycle was a bit too heavy going for me.

[FBF]

I only thought progenitors was average. Not a patch on alistair reynolds or ian m banks.

Well it's all subjective innit... It did it for me though...

Cryptonomicon.... A useless pile of over hyped self indulgent author-wank... Gave up half way through (at about the length of a normal long book) as I got very very bored waiting for something interesting to happen.