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Emil
Posted 2012-07-26 9:41 AM (#3882 - in reply to #3859)
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Location: Grootfontein, Namibia		I've recently read Jo Walton's Among Others, my pick for the Hugo. On the surface it's a journal, but it becomes evident that something isn't right. There are fairies in it - they have plans for Mori, the lead character. It's a wonderful book ... actually, it's a fantasy about science fiction.

Among Others by Jo Walton

Among Others



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dustydigger
Posted 2012-07-27 2:04 PM (#3886 - in reply to #3737)
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Location: UK		Oh wow,Emil,you gave us a nasty one there,you have stopped the game in its tracks! .I know a Deus ex machina is a solution to a plot difficulty by some improbable means or person who has had little connection with the plot.The only thing I can think of is the butterbug in Lois McMasters Bujold's A Civil Campaign.It only solves a minor part of the story.We have learned that the hero's land was destroyed by radiation in the war,and will take as much as 500 years - 1000 years to return to viability.The butterbug turns out to be able to eat the irradiated land plants,and voids non toxic rich fertiliser in its wake.Miles Vorkosigan's barren waste will return to life in decades instead of centuries.this is just tossed off as a careless aside in the tale,but has huge beeficial results.

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Emil
Posted 2012-07-27 2:46 PM (#3887 - in reply to #3882)
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Location: Grootfontein, Namibia		Oh dear, I didn't mean for that to happen, @Dusty. I thought a few takers would immediately jump in with Hamilton's The Naked God, which infuriated quite a few fans of The Reality Disfunction, including me.I think your definition has a measure of the truth, but as I understand Deus Ex Machina it relates to a "godly" intervention usually by a machine reality that solves mankind's problems (or the story's plot) which otherwise would not have been resolved by mankind alone. But I'm sure the more erudite readers can enlighten us further on this.

Anyway, I'm a huge supporter of Tony Ballentyne's Recursion Trilogy, so this series will then by answer to the artificial challenge:


Recursion Trilogy by Tony Ballantyne

RecursionCapacityDivergence



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justifiedsinner
Posted 2012-07-27 3:03 PM (#3888 - in reply to #3737)
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The Incomplete Enchanter by L. Sprague De Camp and Fletcher Pratt

How about a BDO? (Big Dumb Object, not the accounting firm)
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dustydigger
Posted 2012-07-28 11:16 AM (#3892 - in reply to #3737)
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Location: UK		I still find Larry Niven's Ringworld one of the most gobsmacking ideas in SF.The space of 3 million earths is still pretty mindboggling.If ever there was a book worth universe -sharing it was this one.Lots of people tried to debunk it,boring on about how it was unsustainable etc etc,instead of just enjoying the ride.
I was a bit disappointed with Eon,the intriguing possibilities of an endless Time Tunnel seemed to be played down.The Rama spaceship was a lot smaller,but good fun,as was The Wanderer,but I still have to pick Ringworld for sheer mindblowing size.

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Scott Laz
Posted 2012-07-31 9:07 PM (#3896 - in reply to #3892)
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Location: Gunnison, Colorado		Does poetry count? The Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti (1862)

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dustydigger
Posted 2012-08-02 3:20 PM (#3902 - in reply to #3737)
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Location: UK		I have a lovely old copy of Goblin market.Very fond of the Rosettis poetry,both D.G and Christina. I also as a child loved George MacDonald;s Princess and Curdie and Princess and the Goblins.But I was sure someone would pick Lord of the Rings,because the Orcs are goblins!
Not sure quite what you mean by Hollow Earth.If its the oldfashioned idea,I would say Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth., or ERBs Pellucidar books,but if you mean the scienitfic theory I wouldnt have a clue,so I'll pick the traditional view,and say At the Earth's Core by ERB

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Engelbrecht
Posted 2012-08-03 7:04 AM (#3912 - in reply to #3737)
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I just finished John Scalzi's Redshirts, so it leapt to mind for space cadets. 

 

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justifiedsinner
Posted 2012-08-03 12:02 PM (#3919 - in reply to #3737)
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Not wanting to state the obvious I'll go with The Amulet of Samarkand which is more of an apprenticeship than a school but...

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Engelbrecht
Posted 2012-08-05 2:45 AM (#3929 - in reply to #3737)
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Zoo City by Lauren Beukes

 

Zoo City

 

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dustydigger
Posted 2012-08-05 4:12 AM (#3930 - in reply to #3737)
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Location: UK		Great chunks of Tad Williams Otherland take place in in South Africa,but magical school? Not so much,unless Emil knows of any


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Posted 2012-08-05 10:23 AM (#3933 - in reply to #3930)
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MercuryVenusMars LifeJupiter

 

Ben Bova's Grand Tour is comprised of 18 books that touch on most of the planets in the solar system, the asteroid belt (Asteroid Wars sub-series) and the moon.  You can dip in at any point in the series though you should probably read the asteroid books in order.

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justifiedsinner
Posted 2012-08-05 11:00 AM (#3935 - in reply to #3737)
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Greg Bear's wonderful "Blood Music".

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dustydigger
Posted 2012-08-05 11:14 AM (#3937 - in reply to #3737)
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Location: UK		Thought of Ursula Le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness,but got to go with my beloved Bren Cameron and the Atevi Jago,in the Foreigner universe books. Good stuff!

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Scott Laz
Posted 2012-08-05 11:42 AM (#3938 - in reply to #3737)
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C. L. Moore: Jirel of Joiry – The first female S&S hero?

 Jirel of Joiry

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Going back to the African magic school, I think Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor fits the bill…

 Akata Witch

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dustydigger
Posted 2012-08-09 2:13 PM (#3966 - in reply to #3737)
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Location: UK		Kim Stanley Robinson - Red Mars

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Posted 2012-08-09 2:33 PM (#3967 - in reply to #3966)
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Cowl by Neal Asher

Cowl

Cowl sends his terrifying hyperdimensional pet, the torbeast, hunting through all the timelines for human specimens. It sheds its scales -- each one an organic time machine -- where its master orders. Anyone who picks one up is dragged back to the dawn of time, where Cowl awaits. Then the beast can feed, growing ever larger . . .

An interesting and fast paced take on time travel. If you like lots of action you'll like this one.

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whargoul
Posted 2012-08-09 2:34 PM (#3968 - in reply to #3737)
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Location: Dallas, TX		I've tried to read Red Mars twice and just can't seem to finish it.

Stephen Baxter - The Time Ships
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dustydigger
Posted 2012-08-09 3:10 PM (#3969 - in reply to #3737)
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Location: UK		Hm,thought of Neal Stephensons Anathem,but would much rather go with Roger Zelazny's A Rose for Ecclesiastes.

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justifiedsinner
Posted 2012-08-18 9:51 AM (#4003 - in reply to #3737)
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Cowl by Neal Asher


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dustydigger
Posted 2012-08-18 4:07 PM (#4004 - in reply to #4003)
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DrNefario
Posted 2012-08-19 4:31 PM (#4007 - in reply to #3737)
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Scott Laz
Posted 2012-08-19 5:15 PM (#4008 - in reply to #3737)
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Posted 2012-08-23 8:04 AM (#4020 - in reply to #4008)
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Moonrise Moonwar

Moonrise and Moonwar by Ben Bova. Part The Grand Tour series but can be read as a 2 part stand alone sequence.

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dustydigger
Posted 2012-08-23 12:13 PM (#4021 - in reply to #3737)
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