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Any good sci-fi books for me to read?
I’ve read The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Series, Time Warp Trio series, most of the Stargate SG-1 series [I've read Trial By Fire, A Matter Of Honor, Siren Song, Survival Of The Fittest and Allainces], and part of the Stargate Atlantis series [Halcyon and part of Entanglement]. I’ve also read a few of the Star Wars books [Tatooine Ghost, Courtship Of Princess Leia, Jedi Apprentice]. Any suggestions for what to read next? I like sci-fi action adventure with humor and a little bit of very chaste romance. Please don’t suggest books that have inappropriate adult material or that aren’t funny. I am also not that fond of Star Trek. Also, have you read Roswell by Sonny Whitelaw? If you have, what happens and should I read it? Thank you so much for answering.
I am not that fond of fantasy
OK, “chaste” scifi is sort of my forte (sex in scifi usually distracts from the story).
First, *anything* by Andre Norton, but especially the following (all at least *very good*, some *excellent*). Books with (romance) have some romance in them – the rest, as best as I can remember, have none.
The Time Traders series (Time Travel) (romance) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Andre_Norton#Time_Travel
The Zero Stone books http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Andre_Norton#Zero_Stone
The Solar Queen books http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Andre_Norton#Solar_Queen
The Janus books (romance) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Andre_Norton#Janus
The Central Control books http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Andre_Norton#Seriesstar guard
Star Man’s Son (also titled 2250 A.D., my favorite, but no romance to speak of)
Isaac Asimov’s original Foundation series http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series#The_trilogy . The “sequels” are not so “chaste”. The original trilogy is one of the great scifi series of all time.
Also, Asimov’s “I, Robot”. Very little romance, but the only scifi I recommend as “must read”.
The first two Elijah Baley books also should qualify http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Baley . I cannot remember for certain, but the hero *may* cheat on his wife in the 2nd book. I really don’t think he does, but it’s been years since I’ve read it. I can say with certainty that, if he does, it is not explicit. Stay away from the 3rd book. Read “I, Robot” before reading these. These are *excellent* scifi murder mysteries.
Of course, the original Star Wars trilogy is well worth reading – exactly filling your criteria, and including many things left out of the movies. (Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi).
Most of the pre-70′s scifi is probably going to fit your bill as far as chaste goes, but most are devoid of romance. Dune and Flowers for Algernon are 2 that are not “chaste” – avoid these. H.G. Wells and Jules Verne are full of action (and Verne has great humor), but mostly devoid of romance. Journey to the Center of the Earth is probably my favorite scifi of all time, and funny, but the only romance is at beginning and end where Harry leaves his fiance and then returns to her. Still, free online as all the Verne books. Also read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Mysterious Island for starters. Verne is almost always excellent – but “From the Earth to the Moon” and “Around the Moon” are on the boring side (only good). Around the World in 80 Days is not scifi (unlike almost all his other books), but it’s still great adventure and has more romance than most.
Another great – Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. I just read this recently – excellent!
Final pick: the original Buck Rogers book – *really* excellent, title “Armageddon 2419 A.D.” by Philip Francis Nowlan. I hope you can find it – Amazon only has it used.
I wish I could remember more of what I read when I was younger. Anyway, this is a pretty good start. Most of these probably blow those TV/movie books out of the water as far as story quality goes (I know the spin-off Star Wars books that I’ve read are terrible).
Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com
P.S. The Rama series, recommended by one answer, is definitely *not* chaste!
P.P.S. Also the Harper Hall trilogy, as I recall, is not chaste (although it’s a close call). This *is* an excellent series, however, and I think that the main character, at least, remains chaste throughout most of the 3 books (perhaps all). Several of her peers are not so, however.
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