[gtrvox]

Been reading some Jack McDevitt recently (Chindi, Deepsix, and others) and am hoping for recommendations for other SF archeology novels.

Thanks in advance!

gtrvox

[Mugwump]

Been reading some Jack McDevitt recently (Chindi, Deepsix, and others) and am hoping for recommendations for other SF archeology novels.

Thanks in advance!

gtrvox

Archeology in what sense? Do you mean earth archeology that has an SF link (At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft) or some future, alien archeology, perhaps on a distant planet (Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds, A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge, Gateway by Fred Pohl etc.)

[gtrvox]

Archeology in what sense? Do you mean earth archeology that has an SF link (At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft) or some future, alien archeology, perhaps on a distant planet (Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds, A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge, Gateway by Fred Pohl etc.)

Future, alien archeology. Thanks for the examples. I'll check those out. :)

gtrvox

[Mugwump]

In fact, the answer to your questions about archeology and neighboring worlds containing sentient beings is neatly answered two-for-the-price-of-one by The Martian Chronicles. :D

I wonder if Ray Bradbury will toss me a few dollars for plugging his book so often today.

[Loque]

Broken Angels by Richard Morgan. It's the second book in series but you don't actually in any way need to read the first. It's not brilliant but it's not bad either.

[gtrvox]

Thanks Mugwump and Loque!

I bought a bagful of books today and ordered another boxful from Amazon. Now all I need is a stretch of four uninterrupted weeks of reading. It isn't going to happen. Wife, one year old daughter, work, eating, etc.

I took a speed reading course 10 years ago. I never got close to the level they represented in their success stories: 10,000 words/minute. It seemed to be fancy skimming. I sure wish I could read faster than I do.

The only thing I found that helps me get through more reading is to quit reading books I don't like.

[Colonel Worf]

Try Hidden Empire by Kevin J. Anderson. They do a lot of archaological investigation of the Klikiss, an extinct race.

[Duraccione]

I seem to remember that the starting point of the "Convergence" series by Charles Sheffield is about some archeological digs in alien sites and about even older, unknown artifacts. They're a nice reading. :)

[intensityxx]

*bump*

I'm interested, too, in artifact sf, alien archaeology, anthropology, etc. It seems I've heard about recent works, but can't remember the authors.

So far this thread points to McDevitt, Reynolds, Sheffield...

oops, I'll add Niven (Ringworld), Clarke (Rama), and Robert Charles Wilson (Chronolith, Spin and soon Axis)

[FitzChivalry]

The Uplift Saga by David Brin has some of that, although, it's so big, it has pretty much something of everything...
Memory by Linda Nagata doesn't have alien archaeology, but it still has some archaeology in a SF context.