Does anyone else like to read Robin Cook? He is my favorite scifi writer one of my favorite scifi writers. And he has a lot of books. My favorite of his would have to be Shock, or Mutation. Awesome books.

I also like Michael Cricton. His novels are nice. Of course my favorite would be Jurassic Park. The Sphere was a good one as well.

If anyone knows any other awesome Scifi authors, let me know.

Read Jurassic Park and I think the sequel, but no other Crichton. Never heard of Robin Cook, but Wiki says he sure isn't sci fi.


The best current science fiction author around is Iain M Banks. Alastair Reynolds is also really good.
You should also have read Dune by Frank Herbert and anything ever written by Douglas Adams.

I've read Mutation, t'was pretty good. Also read Prey by Crichton, which is EPIC.

Sentynel wrote:Read Jurassic Park and I think the sequel, but no other Crichton. Never heard of Robin Cook, but Wiki says he sure isn't sci fi.


The best current science fiction author around is Iain M Banks. Alastair Reynolds is also really good.
You should also have read Dune by Frank Herbert and anything ever written by Douglas Adams.

I would have to classify Robin Cook as Scifi. Well, Medical Scifi. But Medicine is Science.

I Shall look into Douglas Adams, and Dune. Added to my list.

I started Prey by Crichton, but never finished it.

Apart from Sentynel's recommendations, I recommend Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein and of course Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Apollo wrote:of course Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Argh, I knew I'd forgotten something...

I read Robin Cook. They are good, but not brilliant. His writing is okay and the story somewhat predictable. And doesn't Artemis Fowl come under sci-fi? Sci-fi and fantasy.

nathanielandbartimaeus wrote:Sci-fi and fantasy.

More the latter.

Heinlein's stuff is great. I really prefer him over his contemporaries Asimov and Clarke. A good sci-fi sub-genre: Cyberpunk. William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Neal Stephenson, Philip K. Dick.