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A Sci-Fi Beginners List: From Space to Time to Mind to God
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2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
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In my opinion, the original space adventure. When a mysterious black block is discovered on the moon and it sends some kind of signal, the signal is directed at Saturn. What do they do? Go there.
Calculating GodCalculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
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Interesting. My favorite author, Robert J. Sawyer, presents a very convincing case for intelligent design while still giving us fun characters and an absorbing storyline.
End of An EraEnd of An Era by Robert J. Sawyer
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Yet another Robert J. Sawyer. Time travel to the time of the dinosaurs. Anyone who's seen Jurassic Park knows this can't turn out good. Good fun.
Manifold: TimeManifold: Time by Stephen Baxter
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Good. Just good. Read it.
FrameshiftFrameshift by Robert J. Sawyer
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Another Robert J. Sawyer. A french geneticist suffering from Huntington's disease and his psychic and psycholigist wife are the victims of a horrible genetic experiement. Oh yeah, and someone's a Nazi
The Light of Other DaysThe Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke
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When it becomes possible to see into the past and the present, its the end of privacy and the beginning of something else.
The TriggerThe Trigger by Arthur C. Clarke
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Guns are now obsolete. How does this go? Read it and find out.
The CarrierThe Carrier by Holden Scott
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Jack Collier has discovered a cure for cance. His professor steals the cure and Jack has to run to cure his cancer suffering girlfriend, but somewhere along the way, the cure turned into a killer....