Suggestions needed for Sci-Fi books set in snowy climes / winter
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Suggestions needed for Sci-Fi books set in snowy climes / winter
Has anyone read any good sci-fi books that take place in snowy climates? Or during the winter?
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Originally Posted by 89981
Has anyone read any good sci-fi books that take place in snowy climates? Or during the winter?
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More post-apocalyptic climate-change....
As a teen I read and enjoyed Richard Cowper's "The Twighlight of Briareus".
Over the years I have several times recommended it to those a little wary of the science-fiction genre.
Over the years I have several times recommended it to those a little wary of the science-fiction genre.
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I read Deception Point by Dan Brown. It has some sci-fi elements and is set primary in the arctic. I guess it was more of thriller then sci-fi, still a good book set in cold weather though.
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One of Brian Aldiss' Helliconia sequence is entitled "Helliconia Winter".
David Zindell's "Neverness" & "The Broken God" are set on and around the planet Icefall, sometimes among the Eskimo-esque Alaloi tribe. (FWIW I rate these books more highly than Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos).
David Zindell's "Neverness" & "The Broken God" are set on and around the planet Icefall, sometimes among the Eskimo-esque Alaloi tribe. (FWIW I rate these books more highly than Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos).
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A couple of books more in the sci-fi/action/thriller vein:
James Rollins "Ice Hunt". Americans vs Russians at the North Pole with a Doomsday device threatening the world all while battling hordes of prehistoric ice monsters. As you can guess, it's not exactly a "thinking persons" book, but I found it goofy fun.
The always solid Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston had a good one in "The Ice Limit".
James Rollins "Ice Hunt". Americans vs Russians at the North Pole with a Doomsday device threatening the world all while battling hordes of prehistoric ice monsters. As you can guess, it's not exactly a "thinking persons" book, but I found it goofy fun.
The always solid Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston had a good one in "The Ice Limit".
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Aldiss' Helliconia
I've just noticed that they've gathered together the three books of the Helliconia trilogy into one stonking great volume of 1300+ pages!
I would imagine that this would suit anyone who worked their way through Robinson's Mars books &/or anyone who likes doorstoppers in general.
I have the first two of these in hardback from a bookclub I belonged to as a teen but missed the final volume. I'll either pick up the "anthology" or simply search Abebooks for a hardback copy of "Winter".
I would imagine that this would suit anyone who worked their way through Robinson's Mars books &/or anyone who likes doorstoppers in general.
I have the first two of these in hardback from a bookclub I belonged to as a teen but missed the final volume. I'll either pick up the "anthology" or simply search Abebooks for a hardback copy of "Winter".
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Larry Niven's Fallen Angels has the earth going through a second ice age.
From wikipedia:
I enjoyed the book, although it is more of a nod/wink to science fiction fans and conventions than a novel with a "big idea".
From wikipedia:
Spoiler:
I enjoyed the book, although it is more of a nod/wink to science fiction fans and conventions than a novel with a "big idea".
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More horror than sci-fi:
-- Dan Simmons "The Terror" will have you putting extra blankets on your bed at night.
-- If you enjoyed "The Thing," check out the basis for that movie: John Campbell's "Who Goes There?"
-- Dan Simmons "The Terror" will have you putting extra blankets on your bed at night.
-- If you enjoyed "The Thing," check out the basis for that movie: John Campbell's "Who Goes There?"