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Re: Have you read Stephen R. Donaldson's Gap Cycle? by Hans Clastorp 04/06/2012, 11:07pm PDT
I read the first book as a teenager and actually really enjoyed it, it had a nice spare Love Triangle In Space simplicity to it that I dug.

But I also tried re-reading his Thomas Covenant series a few years ago and thought it was super fucking dreadful so I don't know.

Mischief Maker wrote:

Wikipedia entry on the Gap Cycle, so you know all the titles. Scroll down at your own risk.

It's a little too far in the future to qualify as "cyberpunk" but it's some of the darkest grittiest pulpiest sci fi I've ever read. Seems to be cheap on amazon if you shop around.

The main problem with this series is that the first book is really weak. The author's note spells out that it was just a narrative experiment. But from book 2 onwards, like some bizarro-world version of William Gibson, he picks up book 1's loose threads and goes crazy places with the universe and characters.

It ain't high art, but that's not what you wanted, right?
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Recommend me something, perhaps? by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/05/2012, 11:53am PDT NEW
    Warhammer 40K novels. No I'm not kidding. by Eurotrash 04/05/2012, 1:01pm PDT NEW
        Are they as pulpy as Mechwarrior and Shadowrun novels? by Mr. Kool 04/06/2012, 6:01pm PDT NEW
            The books I linked to are especially enjoyable because of excellent character de by Eurotrash 04/06/2012, 11:11pm PDT NEW
    I enjoyed the crap out of "Red Mars" by Kim Stanley Robinson by Fullofkitttens 04/05/2012, 2:27pm PDT NEW
    I can't help with under $5 books by jeep 04/05/2012, 8:47pm PDT NEW
    Have you read Stephen R. Donaldson's Gap Cycle? by Mischief Maker 04/06/2012, 7:58pm PDT NEW
        Re: Have you read Stephen R. Donaldson's Gap Cycle? by Hans Clastorp 04/06/2012, 11:07pm PDT NEW
            Only a sick fuck would call that a "love" triangle. NT by Mischief Maker 04/06/2012, 11:51pm PDT NEW
        Bookmarking this NT by WITTGENSTEIN 04/07/2012, 8:59am PDT NEW
    Off genre, but by motherfuckerfoodeater 04/06/2012, 8:21pm PDT NEW
        Everyone should read Canticle for Liebowitz. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 04/07/2012, 11:18am PDT NEW
            It's a trashy Catholic apologia, no one should waste a second on it NT by Mysterio 04/07/2012, 3:48pm PDT NEW
                Agreed. I had to force myself to read it. by Mr. Kool 04/07/2012, 6:18pm PDT NEW
    Oryx and Crake is ... biopunk and very good, but you will find it at the library NT by Arbit 04/07/2012, 4:49pm PDT NEW
    Re: Recommend me something, perhaps? by Wandering Writer 04/08/2012, 9:52am PDT NEW
    Gene Wolfe by Cannibal Dave 04/15/2012, 6:34am PDT NEW
    Re: Recommend me something, perhaps? by Mysterio 04/22/2012, 6:04pm PDT NEW
    Blindsight is online for free, although it's worth buying at full price by Lizard_King 04/24/2012, 3:11am PDT NEW
 
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