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Books like Ready Player One and The Martian
Posted on 8/11/17 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 8/11/17 at 7:31 pm
Not a big reader, but I'm halfway through Ready Player One and can't put it down. The last book I liked this much was The Martian. Any other good books in this genre y'all recommend?
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Posted on 8/11/17 at 9:23 pm to Wooly
The Windup Girl
Great book. He does an incredible job with the setting (dystopian Bangkok)
Great book. He does an incredible job with the setting (dystopian Bangkok)
This post was edited on 8/11/17 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 8/11/17 at 10:11 pm to Wooly
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Any other good books in this genre y'all recommend?
What genre is that? Smartass Narrator?
Posted on 8/11/17 at 11:07 pm to Wooly
RPO was a great book.
Try Snow Crash.
Try Snow Crash.
Posted on 8/11/17 at 11:34 pm to Douglas Quaid
Snow Crash is good I just think Neal Stephenson is too full of himself.
Posted on 8/11/17 at 11:37 pm to DavidTheGnome
Also Leviathan Wakes.
Fantastic sci-fi book and it's a series so if you like it there's 5 or 6 more. I've read the series and enjoyed it.
Fantastic sci-fi book and it's a series so if you like it there's 5 or 6 more. I've read the series and enjoyed it.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 2:00 am to DavidTheGnome
The expanse series is fantastic but I don't think it's anything like RPO at all really.
I'd suggest Snow Crash as mentioned for the sci fi and comedy mix.
Another decent choice might be the Insignia trilogy by SJ Kincaid.
Perhaps the Vorkosigan Saga as well.
I'd suggest Snow Crash as mentioned for the sci fi and comedy mix.
Another decent choice might be the Insignia trilogy by SJ Kincaid.
Perhaps the Vorkosigan Saga as well.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:59 am to auyushu
Ah. I've never read RPO, just The Martian. I was just thinking good sci-fi page turner.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 7:25 am to Wooly
Just started Ernest Clines second novel, Armada.
So far pretty good.
So far pretty good.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 8:23 am to Wooly
It's considered "young adult" but I think that Cory Doctorow's Little Brother and its sequel Homeland are both fantastic. His book For the Win is also really good. All near-future dystopian cyber punk with a heavy dose of nostalgic nerd culture (Homeland has a scene where the protagonist is at Burning Man playing D&D in a tent with John Perry Barlow).
This post was edited on 8/12/17 at 8:25 am
Posted on 8/13/17 at 7:48 pm to Wooly
quote:You should read more. You're off to a good start. Try some classic literature...Dickens, Melville, Tolstoy, etc and early 20th century American, Fitzgerald, Hemmingway, etc. You'll be presently surprised at what you learn.
Not a big reader...
Posted on 8/13/17 at 9:41 pm to beachdude
quote:If he's asking for books like RPO and The Martian, I would suggest that he avoids pretty much all of those authors.
You should read more. You're off to a good start. Try some classic literature...Dickens, Melville, Tolstoy, etc and early 20th century American, Fitzgerald, Hemmingway, etc. You'll be presently surprised at what you learn.
Posted on 8/13/17 at 10:13 pm to Wooly
I recently finished Saturn Run. Sci-fi based, set in the not too distant future (2065), 95% backed up by at least theoretical science.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 11:34 am to Wooly
Soon I Will Be Invincible - Austin Grossman
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:12 pm to auyushu
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Another decent choice might be the Insignia trilogy by SJ Kincaid.
This, I enjoyed this as much as RPO. He gets a little long winded on a few parts, but the series was very funny at parts. I thoroughly enjoyed the first time they talk to each other through thoughts only. "Don't think about Heather's boobs."
Going to try Off to be a Wizard/Magic 2.0 series next myself. It's suppose to be pretty decent. Will eventually read Snow Crash too.
This post was edited on 8/14/17 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 8/14/17 at 12:40 pm to Wooly
If you like RPO check out his other novel Armada.
Just finished this weekend. I liked it more than I did RPO.
Just finished this weekend. I liked it more than I did RPO.
Posted on 8/14/17 at 7:44 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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Soon I Will Be Invincible - Austin Grossman
Good and amusing book. Even though it's a super villain/superhero story, the humor is very similar to stuff like RPO and SNow Crash.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 5:57 am to The Johnny Lawrence
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Enders Game
and no other books in that series
Posted on 8/17/17 at 2:41 pm to Wooly
Closest thing I can think of is the Magic 2.0 series. They are alot of fun.
This post was edited on 8/17/17 at 2:43 pm
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