I only found this list: Sci-Fi-Horror-Books
And I don't have recommendations because I haven't ready anything from that list. Anyone else?
Thanks, but I've seen many lists - and all the books I've tried haven't really matched what I'm looking for.
I did read I am Legend - which is an absolutely fantastic book, even if it's very short. But it's not what I would consider horror.
That is the problem I agree - I look at that list and have read many of the (quite good) books … but not really anything I would have recommended as sci-fi horror.
Dart, do you like Phillip K Dick? His stuff is dark and horror'ish. Too dark for my tastes, but that was years ago.
Thanks, that is what I assumed … would 'Timelike Infinity' be a good starting point with him (unavailable on eBook, sadly) or do you have another recommendation?
BTW, a nice summary of the alternate universe timeline and where the books fit in is here:When asked directly for a suggested reading order, the author wrote: "I hope that all the books and indeed the stories can be read stand-alone. I’m not a great fan of books that end with cliff-hangers. So you could go in anywhere. One way would be to start with ‘Vacuum Diagrams’, a collection that sets out the overall story of the universe. Then ‘Timelike Infinity’ and ‘Ring’ which tell the story of Michael Poole, then ‘Raft’ and ‘Flux’ which are really incidents against the wider background, and finally ‘Destiny’s Children.’
Yeah his style is too jarring for me. BTW, he wrote the wonderful "City on the Edge of Forever" classic Star Trek episode co-starring none other than Joan Collins as Edith Keeler.
Enough SciFi horror out there
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8036916-dead-space
4 stars on good read. Who knows
He did? That's pretty much the best TOS episode out there
Ellison was hired as a writer for Walt Disney Studios but was fired on his first day after Roy O. Disney overheard him in the studio commissary joking about making a pornographic animated film featuring Disney characters.
Enough SciFi horror out there
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8036916-dead-space
4 stars on good read. Who knows
I saw this discussion earlier and was actually going to recommend that one.
Being a big fan of the Dead Space games, I really enjoyed it. Most video game tie-in novels are garbage, but Dead Space: Martyr is even good enough to stand on its own.
I read Vacuum Diagrams and really liked it. Baxter has got quite the imagination! There's barely any tension in the stories, but intellectually speaking they were lots of fun. The whole theme reminded me of Asimov's Foundation in its presentation as a future history, although instead of psychohistory you get scientific principles ...But as Baxter has suggested from his wiki it may not be best to read strictly chronologically. I like his suggestion:
(..) One way would be to start with ‘Vacuum Diagrams’, a collection that sets out the overall story of the universe. Then ‘Timelike Infinity’ and ‘Ring’ which tell the story of Michael Poole, then ‘Raft’ and ‘Flux’ which are really incidents against the wider background, and finally ‘Destiny’s Children.’