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Adept wrote:QUOTE (Adept @ Feb 16 2013, 05:14 PM) It's the earliest battlesuit Sci-Fi and reasonable early military Sci-Fi in general. Points for originality IMO.

But the Anvil of Stars is something else entirely.

It might be if it was the first thing dealing with that that ive read. But it wasnt, and it wasnt even done well. I mean, do you go read shakespeare all the time because of originality or whatever?

If i hadnt heard so many people gushing over the book, and it wasnt so short, then I would have abandoned ST before i finished it. There is so much better out there, even in scifi

Enders game is a great read . For the yoof I recommend Stephen Donaldson's Gap series + anything by Peter F Hamilton if ya'll like reading some classy Space Opera .

Hamilton can't write a single likeable character into his books. He would be ok if not for that, and turning every story into a 1000+ page tome.

Broodwich wrote:QUOTE (Broodwich @ Feb 17 2013, 02:17 PM) It might be if it was the first thing dealing with that that ive read. But it wasnt, and it wasnt even done well.

I always thought it was, but then Wikipedia suggests the Lensman series was the first. Whaddya know?

As a teen, I loved those books. Scared to read them again incase I realise they were crap.

if you just read ender's game, i hope you enjoy both of the series that split off... one for ender/val and one for bean/peter.