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I have been wondering, aside from the great work produced on here, does anybody know of any sci fi literature available in the shops which is anything like "the dark wheel"?

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Apart from Status Quo, the main source of Elite and related fiction is on the Wiki here.
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And let us not forget Roberto's fantastic Justice for Mrs Combs Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.

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Post by maudrin »

I think the Alan Dean Foster 'Humanx' novels (Nor Crystal Tears, etc) have a lot in common with Dark Wheel. I'm not aware of any better space opera than Iain Banks' Consider Phlebas - if you haven't read it then I envy the treat in store for you. Personally, although it's not likely to be to everyone's taste, I like to picture my Oolite universe as something akin to Jack Vance's 'Gaean Reach', particularly as in The Star King and more recently Ports of Call (which has space-trading and ship-purchasing as I recall).
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I've heard some of the books by C J Cherryh are quite Elite-like, but I've not been able to find any of those ones locally so can't say what they're like.

See this Wikipedia entry.
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bump. i was gonna Flame Consider Phelbas beacuse i just happen to have picked it up a long while ago, and promptly set it down faster than a muffin straight out of the oven..the book didnt really make sense, and referd to obscure things that werent even fully developed. but yes it is not for everyone's tastes
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Those Cherryh covers are hilarious :) And I'd give *her* a rendezvous at Downbelow Station... :)
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I find the Foundation series quite Elite-a-like - there's even a series of chapters/stories based on Traders flying from one part of the galaxy to another to, um, trade.

An excellent read and one which is very Elitish IMO.
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I second that. it has a retro-Elite feel.
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Post by Cos »

Thanks everybody, I'll have a look around and see if I can find them.

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The "Foundation Series" are by Isaac Asimov. The books are: "Foundation", "Foundation and Empire", "Second Foundation", and "Foundation's Edge". The last book was written some 30 years after the first.
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There's also a second Foundation trilogy written by various authors which is a pretty decent read (all better character writers than Asimov was).
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I recently read Elizabeth Moon's "Engaging The Enemy" and I could not stop wondering whether this lady had been actually playing Elite/Oolite while writing the book. I mean, it's got everything: Space traders, orbit stations where trade takes place, hyperspace, pirates, lots of battles, you name it. Not bad, I just would not call it a masterpiece either. It would be interesting to check out other works of hers, though.
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Post by Gareth3377 »

Also the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series as well - despite being sci-fi humour there's lots of nice little touches - and let's be far the original Elite did borrow a bit from HHGTG.

Additionally - the orignal Red Dwarf novel 'Infinity Welcomes Careful Driver' has an ace sci-fi theme to it (ok it's not exactly Elitish, but if you read it you'll know what I mean).

Perhaps someone should do 'Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers' for your ad here?
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another_commander wrote:
I recently read Elizabeth Moon's "Engaging The Enemy" and I could not stop wondering whether this lady had been actually playing Elite/Oolite while writing the book. I mean, it's got everything: Space traders, orbit stations where trade takes place, hyperspace, pirates, lots of battles, you name it. Not bad, I just would not call it a masterpiece either. It would be interesting to check out other works of hers, though.
I spotted these recently and thought exactly the same thing! It's good (well better than my stuff) but not stella (if you'll excuse the pun).

Definitely worth a read if you're an Elite fan though.

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