Richard Morgan and and …?

[Coragem]

I've said before, I've always loved sci-fi more than fantasy, but generally I find it easy to find fantasy I like.

I'm reading Richard Morgan's Black Man now. Thanks to those who suggested I give Morgan another try, after hating Broken Angels.

I can't praise Black Man enough. It's re-kindled my passion for sci-fi. In lots of ways it's my ideal novel – the noir, gritty setting that impacts upon the characters without entirely removing the glimmer of something noble inside them; the religion and politics; the action-oriented elements.

Anyway, at the top of my to-read pile I now have Woken Furies, together with Ian McDonald's The Dervish House** and Ken Macleod's The Night Sessions and Kameron Hurley's God's War.
(**I previously tried Brasyl but gave up because at the time I found the slang Portuguese too much.)

Plenty to keep me busy, but any suggestions re. what else I could try? I do like the way Morgan throws in plenty of manly action heroics, so anything with a bit of that is always welcome. I'm not sure I'll be so keen on Ian McDonald just because I don't get the impression that he's action-oriented.

Coragem.

 

[Vince W]

You might try the Agent Cormac/Polity books by Neal Asher. These can be rather exciting and might be what you are looking for.

 

[Fishbowl Helmet]

You might try Leviathan Wakes, it blends noir and space opera really well. Not as gritty as Morgan, but it's definitely there.

 

[Rodders]

I'd second Neal Asher (The Spatterjay trilogy or the Technition were both great reads.) I'd also like to throw in Dan Abnett's Gaunts Ghost series or Titanicus. I know that they're Warhammer 40k books, but don't under estimate Dan's writing ability. They're real page turners in my opinion.

 

[williamjm]

Anyway, at the top of my to-read pile I now have Woken Furies, together with Ian McDonald's The Dervish House** and Ken Macleod's The Night Sessions and Kameron Hurley's God's War.
(**I previously tried Brasyl but gave up because at the time I found the slang Portuguese too much.)

Plenty to keep me busy, but any suggestions re. what else I could try? I do like the way Morgan throws in plenty of manly action heroics, so anything with a bit of that is always welcome. I'm not sure I'll be so keen on Ian McDonald just because I don't get the impression that he's action-oriented.

I wouldn't say that either McDonald or Macleod are action oriented, I like both authors but they don't have as many action scenes as Morgan does.

Iain M Banks' books vary in terms of how much action they have, but there is plenty of action in Use of Weapons or Consider Phlebas or Against a Dark Background.