Comments on: MIND MELD: New SF/F Recommendations for the Golden Age Reader

By: Mike Resnick

Mike Resnick — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:35:26 +0000

I'd offer them Alfie Bester's two classic novels, which weren't quite Golden Age, and which, if read in 2009, still feel like they're 5 years ahead of where the field is today.

By: John Picacio

John Picacio — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:22:57 +0000

Yeah, I second the motion for Lou Anders. Besides instant classics he's published at Pyr like Ian McDonald's BRASYL and the Joe Abercrombie books, starting with THE BLADE ITSELF, I'd have to give a nod to his FAST FORWARD anthologies that he edited. Fair disclosure that I illustrated those covers, but in all seriousness, you could rip the covers off those books, and they would still be a singular snapshot of some of the leading minds in sf today, and a great introduction for someone who hasn't read sf since '74.

By: Scott D. Parker

Scott D. Parker — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:21:14 +0000

I asked the same question of Lou Anders. He answered me and I posted the list on my blog: http://sf-safari.blogspot.com/2009/04/sff-reading-list-for-2000s.html

I’d add the following:

Dan Simmons – Hyperion

Scott Lynch – The Lies of Locke Lamora

By: Tinkoo

Tinkoo — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:55:04 +0000

When I read the question, 2 names immediately came to mind.

Ted Chiang is already mentioned above.

I haven't read John Varley very extensively. But of his few stories I've read, most have been first rate. Essentially horror, but such light fun reads. And clearly science fiction.