Science Fiction

I have been mostly reading non-fiction the last few years, but ever since I've started working here, I have had a really hard time getting into read them.

I'm trying to get back into reading, so I've started with some fiction. I've been picking up some used science fiction. It's been a mix of the 'fan' canon and the 'academic' canon of science fiction. I'll probably read something from Bester, Walter Miller, or Le Guin next. By then the Asimov and Clarke short stories books I've ordered should get here and I'll start on those. I'm expecting that I'll like the fan books more.

I have something I have to admit. My favourite science fiction books of all time and maybe my favourite books period are the GURPS books. Yes, those role playing game manuals. No story. No character development. No good writing. No literature. They just at lets me know that at a certain tech level, the follow weapons, technologies, and abilities are available and my mind can go off from there without a plot getting in the way. GURPS Ultra-Tech, Space, Terradyne, and Cyberpunk were some of my favourites. Yeah, I'll probably be more into the high concept and high technology books rather than literature that just happens to be also science fiction.

Maybe after a few science fiction series behind me, I'll be able to get back into non-fiction. I have amassed a bunch of .NET books I really should get to.