I decided to group them by category then alphabetical by authors last name

Booklist

Fiction — science fiction & fantasy
Computing, cybersecurity & statistics
Science, engineering, architecture & reference
Medicine, nutrition & metabolism
Neuroscience, psychology & philosophy of science
  • billwashereEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    A Fall of Moondust maybe? thats the only one I can think of about moon dust. My favorite Clarke was probably the Rama series and of course 2001, 2010, 2061, and 3001. Honestly I liked the Rama series more but don’t tell anyone. So many Bradbury stories I read when I was younger (high school, college) but my two favorites are probably A Sound of Thunder and The Martian. I was so psyched about the movie for A Sound of Thunder (yes they made a movie) but it was just ok.

    And speaking of impactful, have you ever read the short story “Think Like a Dinosaur” by James Patrick Kelly. Pretty sure I read this for a college class but I still think about that story to this day. And The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. Also think about this book a lot. No idea way. I guess I was impressionable at the time :)

    You should make a list instead of just the pic. I’d love to see what else is there.

    • jet@hackertalks.comOPEnglish
      2·
      13 hours ago

      There is a list! the spoilers in the post expand to the book list with links (well, mostly, some of the books didn’t get scanned, but its mostly complete)

      Yes - A fall of moondust! Rama was really a great story both about meta-structures where we are not the main character, and how human colonies morph over time - it wet my appetite for Ringworld - which i cannot recommend enough.

      I’m partial to Bradbury’s “There will come soft rains”, mostly because a civilization has echo’s through time and even if ours falls we are not totally gone.

      I have not had the pleasure of reading Think Like a Dinosaur yet, but i will soon!

      • billwashereEnglish
        2·
        10 hours ago

        One of these days I’m gonna dive into Ringworld…

        • jet@hackertalks.comOPEnglish
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          4 hours ago

          I think Niven is my favorite author, if you enjoy ringworld you will enjoy his other books as well, but he has a huge collection of short stories you can get a taste with first.