[Setekh]

Apart from all that has been mentioned already (Banks is my favourite so far, still have to get a hold of Hyperion), there's also Stephen Baxter. He's got a number of 'hard sci-fi' novels out, check out his Manifold Sequence (Time, Space, Origin).

[silverwolf]

well i'de have to say almost nay star trek novel some are better than others. and i would also suggest the Equation novels(the human equation and the alien equation. The renegade equation is slated for this fall) if you can get a hold of them. They are written By a friend of a forum member who's name is corhellion lol

[übermetroid]

Night Fall is a really good book....  I read it in death valley and I hardly noticed I was in DV at all...

[an0n]

Day Of Honor.

One of the stories has a level of gore that surprised even me. Something about a carpet that squelched with blood. And then there's all the Klingon-on-Klingon slaughter....

[mitac]

Did anybody mention Douglas Adams?

[Stunaep]

The fact that Ford Prefect has posted in this thread could be counted as an indirect reference.

[Clave]

Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers are two of the most inventive and interesting books ever.  Niven goes to some effort to explain the structure of the greatest artifact ever created, it's all good stuff.

[Tiara]

Originally posted by Clave
Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers are two of the most inventive and interesting books ever.  Niven goes to some effort to explain the structure of the greatest artifact ever created, it's all good stuff.

*shrugs*

Talk about your tedious reading... Ringworld is only for those with patience and a 'different' taste in books.

[Arraxis]

I thought I was the only one to have read the Night's Dawn trilogy

Anyway, some other good books:

Pandora's Star, by Peter Hamilton (Part 1 of the Commonwealth Saga)
Hidden Empire, by Kevin Anderson (Part 1 of the Saga of the Seven Suns)
Has anyone mentioned Battletech? That's a great bunch of books.

[silverwolf]

ah yes battletech there is a problem though most of the battletech books are iout of print except for the ones based off of Dark Ages

[Getter Robo G]

GREY DEATH LEGION 4EVA!

   (Yeah I'm a Freebirth, so go pike it you Clanners!)

[NGTM-1R]

The Twilight of the Clans books dealing with Operation Serpent (III, V, VI?).

And the Warrior Trilogy. Definitely the Warrior Trilogy. Fourth Succession War, w00t!

[Fergus]

Iain M. Banks is by far the best of the other contemporary novelists.  Use of Weapons, Excession and Consider Phlebas are his more notable works in this area.  (Use of Weapons will leave you feeling empty, quite an ending if you've read it.  Same with Condsider'.  They are all very witty.)