> > Do you enjoy more science in your science fiction or do you lean more towards space opera? The Mars trilogy is a well-written hard SF work. Green and Blue aren't as good as Red was, much in the same way that an A isn't as good as an A+. Currenty, Kim Stanley Robinson is my favorite author.
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> Oh, definitely science. I don't know that I've even read any space opera. Although I do enjoy the Star Wars novels, so I guess that counts. But some of my favorite SF books are the ones that are heavy on "science", like Asimov & Silverburg's "Nightfall" or "The Positronic Man" I also really enjoyed Anne McCaffrey's Pern series, esp. the first book which explained "scientifically" where the dragons came from.
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> Gri"G'rishny?"shny

If you are a person that loves the science part of SF the most, then check out the book "Diaspora" by Greg Egan. A master's degree in any 2 of the following 3 would be helpful: theoretical astrophysics, computer science, manifold topologies... but you don't really need to know any of that before you read it (just keep the glossary at the end handy). For me, the deep sciency-stuff alone made the book hard to read.

And yet, even amidst that, the guy still manages to pull out an incredible story that takes your breath away and makes you *think* for a long time after the book is covered in dust...

Reading this book is like climbing a mountain- it ain't easy, but it's well worth the view.

-Enig"maybe I'll try for a triple major, then re-read the book again!"ma