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re: Recommend some Sci Fi
Posted on 12/26/23 at 12:13 pm to Shotgun Willie
Posted on 12/26/23 at 12:13 pm to Shotgun Willie
I'm more of a classic Sci Fi reader. I love Asimovs Caves of Steel and Empire of the Sun. Very easy reads and some good mystery to go along with it. If you like those you'd probably like his other stuff like the Foundation series. Foundation is Mrs. Iwy's favorite Sci-Fi book ever and that is her favorite genre.
1984 by Orwell is a masterpiece and must read imo.
Just finished a re-read of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. That's what the movie Blade Runner is based off of. Pretty different from the movie actually but still a great read. Also the best book title ever.
I don't do as much modern but Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is 100% worth a read. Also is a top tier audio book if you do audio books. The narrator is incredible and brings it to life.
There's also a 54 page sci-fi and fantasy recommendation thread. that has a lot of good suggestions.
1984 by Orwell is a masterpiece and must read imo.
Just finished a re-read of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. That's what the movie Blade Runner is based off of. Pretty different from the movie actually but still a great read. Also the best book title ever.
I don't do as much modern but Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is 100% worth a read. Also is a top tier audio book if you do audio books. The narrator is incredible and brings it to life.
There's also a 54 page sci-fi and fantasy recommendation thread. that has a lot of good suggestions.
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Posted on 12/26/23 at 5:18 pm to iwyLSUiwy
There are really two kinds of sci-fi:
1) Stuff that is very sci, and
2) Stuff that is very fi.
Andy Weir's The Martian and Project Hail Mary are both very science-y novels that you could imagine being real. Most of Star Trek is this kind of sci-fi (the Q stuff is the biggest exception). I really like the Red Mars trilogy from Kim Stanley Robinson (though some of his later stuff, like Aurora, is trash).
I really like all of the Ender's Game stuff. That first book is brilliant and very readable. The Ender books after that are great, but rather deep and philosophical, while the Shadow series stays easy to read.
The other kind of sci-fi is simple imaginative fiction that doesn't ask you to take the science literally. Hitchhiker's Guide fits into this category, of course, and I would put Ringworld in there as well.
Another example of the latter kind of sci-fi would be C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy, which uses space as a way to talk about humanity and God. As a Christian, I love those books (Perelandra might be my 2nd-favorite novel), but they aren't for everyone.
1) Stuff that is very sci, and
2) Stuff that is very fi.
Andy Weir's The Martian and Project Hail Mary are both very science-y novels that you could imagine being real. Most of Star Trek is this kind of sci-fi (the Q stuff is the biggest exception). I really like the Red Mars trilogy from Kim Stanley Robinson (though some of his later stuff, like Aurora, is trash).
I really like all of the Ender's Game stuff. That first book is brilliant and very readable. The Ender books after that are great, but rather deep and philosophical, while the Shadow series stays easy to read.
The other kind of sci-fi is simple imaginative fiction that doesn't ask you to take the science literally. Hitchhiker's Guide fits into this category, of course, and I would put Ringworld in there as well.
Another example of the latter kind of sci-fi would be C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy, which uses space as a way to talk about humanity and God. As a Christian, I love those books (Perelandra might be my 2nd-favorite novel), but they aren't for everyone.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 10:08 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
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the best book title ever.
100% agree
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