Sci-fi or fantasy - NO TWILIGHT?

Question

I need new sci-fi or fantasy books

I like and have read

William Gibson,

Nick Sagan,

Neal Stephenson,

Richard Morgan,

I love cyber punky - urban stuff and stuff with a dark edge.

I also enjoy humourous books

Douglas Adams -read 'em all

Terry Pratchett -read 'em all

Neil Gaiman -read 'em all

NO VAMPIRES/ NO WEREWOLVES/ NO ROMANCE

not young adult/teen fiction please

read Holly Black and found it kind of young

any suggestions?

Answer 1

Cyberpunk novels:

Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling

Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling

Heavy Weather by Bruce Sterling

The Artificial Kid by Bruce Sterling

Crystal Express by Bruce Sterling

Mindplayers by Pat Cadigan

SYNNERS by Pat Cadigan

Tea From An Empty Cup by Pat Cadigan

Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology by Greg Bear

Eclipse, Eclipse Penumbra 2, and Eclipse Corona by John Shirley

City Come A-Walkin' by John Shirley

The Exploded Heart by John Shirley

Deserted Cities of the Heart by Lewis Shiner

Frontera by Lewis Shiner

White Light by Rudy Rucker

Master of Space and Time by Rudy Rucker

Software by Rudy Rucker

Wetware by Rudy Rucker

The Glass Hammer by K.W. Jeter

Vacuum Flowers by Michael Swanwick

In the Drift by Michael Swanwick

Metrophage by Richard Kadrey

Other:

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King

h**l House by Richard Matheson

Dune by Frank Herbert

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

Answer 2

The Abhorsen Trilogy (Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen) by Garth Nix is a great fantasy series. They are listed as young adult on Amazon for some reason, but don't worry, they don't read like teen books at all. They're some of my favorite books, and I read a lot of the authors you listed, so I think you'd like them.

Answer 3

you've probably heard of it but His Dark Materials series (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass)

Answer 4

His Dark Materiels by Phillip Pullman

Harry Potter by JK Rowling

Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

Dune by Frank Herbert

Ender's Game by Orson Scott

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

1984 by George Orwell

Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

A Song of Ice & Fire by George R R Martin

Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind

  

Answer 5

Hi !

Bladerunner(original title : Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep) by Philip K. d**k .

:0)

Answer 6

HAHA  Twilight is the best!!!  I'll bet you haven't even read it!!!

but i guess if your a freak who doesnt like ROMANCE or omg i can't beleive i'm actually saying this ...  I never seirously thoguht that there was a person who couldn't relate to twilight!!!  i mean come on VAMPIRES ROCK!!!   Well at least stephenie meyer's vampires do!

Answer 7

Jim Butcher's series The Dresden Files - Storm Front (ISBN9780451457813) - Excellent dark fantasy in a modern setting. Like Pratchett's satire crossed with Gaiman's irreverence. Keeps getting better as the series goes on.

King Rat and Perdido Street Station by China Mieville (ISBN9780345459404) - Fair, not the best I've ever read but definitely appeals to some.

Syne Mitchell's The Last Mortal Man (ISBN9780451460943) truly surprised me by being excellent. Normally I can't stand futuristic scifi for the lack of intelligentt discourse, but this one doesn't talk down to the reader nor does it assume that everyone is going to know what all the technical terms are.  

Answer 8

HorseLover02 is kind of crazy. I kind of want to smack some sense into her.

You might like Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones. There IS romance, but really it's just a tad at the very end. I'm sure its bearable :) I also liked Chris Wooding- he's got a sci-fi called Storm Thief and a fantasy called Poison (which is better than Storm Thief, in my opinion). And then there's a fantasy/horror called The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray.

Hope that helped. Good luck on your search.

Answer 9

You should read the book Uglies. There's a little romance though... It's good. It's Sci-Fi and it's based in the future- ish. It's a series by Scott Westerfield