I’m going to do what I always do and suggest John Morressy. His Kedrigern stuff is fantasy, as is his Iron Angel series, but he wrote some science fiction back in the 70s which is currently OOP but you can find it through Amazon. The universe is set up so that you can jump in with almost any book and not have too much of a problem getting the basics. There’s also a lot of crossing between several books.
Try The Harvest, and A Bridge of Years.
This is just a single book, not a series, but one I tried a little while back and really enjoyed:
Aaaah! You make me cry, telling me Morgan has nerfed Kovacs in the first few lines of the post without even warning of spoilers. Unhappiness ensues :eek: 
That said, if you like Reynolds and Morgan (both of whom I will have little sci-fi babies with one day, yes I will), you might enjoy Kevin J. Anderson’s Saga of the Seven Suns. I’m getting towards the end of book one, and I’m really enjoying the story.
One warning is that the writing seems a little scizophrenic at times, because each chapter is written in a different character’s POV and so far there’s been about a dozen different little storylines that are all tying in under the meta-story arc. But it’s very good, very space-opera, and I’m enjoying it.
Philip K Dick books are quite well written, an enjoyable read for the most part. Try “A Scanner Darkly”, a film version is out in 2006.
Here is one I have read several times. Just finished it again Encounter With Tiber This book is just awsome. Can’t express enough how much I like this book.
I didn’t see any Spider Robinson mentioned. Love the Callahan series. Callahan’s Key was my favorite, but I would suggest trying to read them in order.
Someone else mentioned George RR Martin. His Wild Card series is OK for light reading. Basically they are a bunch of short stories that tie together.
Speaking of the Hyperion series I think I accidently told Dan Simmons his book sucked. My dad had found the book at work, and brought it home. We were at dinner, and I was talking about the book. The guy at the next table turned around when I mentioned Hyperion, and was very interested in what I thought of the book. I told him I had problems getting into the book, and that it just didn’t flow very well. He seemed to be upset about it. He turned back around, and didn’t talk to us again. When I got home I noticed the photo on the back of the book looked kind of like the guy at the resturaunt. I have read it a few times, and I like it alot more than my first reading.
I can’t make a post about sci-fi without mentioning Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Always good for another read, and another, and another, and another… In the last 24 hours I watched the movie 3 times. Once with normal sound track, then once with each of the 2 commentaries.
-Otanx
I want to second Philip K. Dick, the man who writes great novels that end up as memorable (if not great) movies. Check out Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (filmed as Blade Runner, which generally did a good, if simplistic, job) and the short We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (filmed as Total Recall, which wasn’t nearly as good—or as strange—as the book).
In the field of newer SF, check out Terry Bisson. I personally enjoy the collection of shorts titled In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories. It contains some genuinely interesting idea-driven stories that generally remain hard or semi-hard in terms of known physics, not to mention how often it’s just plain funny.
In terms of collections, I like to recommend The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF and Dangerous Visions, both of which I consider essential.
Yes, my reading is heavily skewed towards short SF and short fiction in general. A lot of the big monolithic books I own are technical or otherwise nonfiction, although I do enjoy reading the occasional novel.
Actually what I know about this came from an interview I read. He just said he felt it was going to be the last book for the character. I didn’t say anything about the new story. I don’t even want to say if he’s ok or not at the end of it, but if you can’t stand not knowing, here’s the real spoiler:
He sails off into the sunset. Yes, literally.
And great thread! I will be printing it out.
I opened this thread, saw your OP and thought, “I’ve got some great ideas for someone who like Morgan”. Scrolling through the replies I’ve ticked off every author I was going to suggest!
shakes fist damn you dopers! 
I’m also a fan of Richard Morgan’s work, especially the Kovacs books. There is a good interview with him here. I don’t think a return to Kovacs is totally ruled out, but not anytime in the immediate future at least. The new book that is mentioned by Morgan in the interview is already up on Amazon even with a release date for next year!
There are still talks about making Altered Carbon into a movie but, as with most books I’ve enjoyed, I cringe when I think about this. I have a feeling they would make a horrible mess of the book.
Personally I’d like to see some new Culture books from Iain M Banks, but I don’t think there are any of those in the pipeline either.
I’m waiting to buy Judas Unchained since friends and relatives normally tell me to stop buying books leading up to Christmas since it’s one of the things they know they can get me. I liked Pandora’s Star, but it was a bit too much like the Nights Dawn triology. I’m hoping that JU will keep the story from becoming another ND. The Greg Mandel books written by Hamilton are well worth a look as well, not as gritty as the Kovacs books but worth a read if you haven’t tried them.
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Have a look at the interview I linked to, there are possibilities for Kovacs
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That looks like the same interview I saw. I’m glad he doesn’t state unequivocally that he won’t write any more Kovacs books, but in any case it sounds like it’ll be a long time before we see him again - if ever. First time I’ve ever seriously felt like writing a fan letter - something along the lines of “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooo!!!”
I’ve since talked myself out of it… mainly because Morgan seems to be elusive and I can’t find his address. If I ever see him at a book signing, maybe the threat of being smacked around with my 10 lb copy of Judas Unchained will make him change his mind.
Hubby wrote a letter to Morgan a few months ago. He’s a really nice chap, and wrote back within a few weeks. I think he got his email address from his homepage…
Sorry about earlier with the spoiliery-thing (and thanks for the spoiler) the way I’d read the start of the thread read like you’d gotten to the end of Woken Furies, and he’d kinda put in that that was the end of Kovacs. I’m glad it’s not G
No problem. 
He has a home page? I’ve had no luck finding it. Would you mind sharing?
er… nevermind I just found it. :smack: