Feather
05.08.26 | Open to thoughts/recs. Pretty new to the overall space |
artiswar
05.08.26 | Tuf Voyaging |
artificialbox
05.08.26 | fuck yeah dude I love reading sci-fi. check out Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe if you want to know what Sun Eater was inspired by |
Hyperion1001
05.08.26 | i just finished the hyperion cantos and it was quite good. a sprawling scifi canterbury tales. def check it out. |
Feather
05.08.26 | @art George RR Martin does sci-fi???
@artificial may have to check out post Sun Eater, have you read both series?
@Hyperion SHOCKING suggestion from you lol. I actually own the first one, I will give it a try at some point.
Also in before it is brought up: I have attempted Dune twice and its just never grabbed me at all. I will admit I never got too far though. |
Christbait
05.08.26 | I'll always promote the Southern Reach trilogy whenever I get the chance. Best way I can describe it is hallucinogenic sci-fi. The film Annihilation is a very loose adaptation of the first novel, but I would really encourage you to give the books a shot. They are also relatively short and paced incredibly well.
I should also clarify: there is a 4th novel in the series but it only recently released in 2024. I have no idea what it is about, but the first three novels are still a fairly self-contained trilogy in their own right. |
artificialbox
05.08.26 | I haven’t read Sun Eater yet but I hope to try it one day, I’m trying to avoid getting invested in series right now cause I have a million standalone novels I want to get to |
Feather
05.08.26 | @artificialbox A friend of mine rec'd me the first sun eater book not informing me it was such a massive sprawling series and now I am stuck. He has a habit of just listening to the first book of a series and never going further. Then I am left having to listen to them all since I for whatever am just built that way.
@Christbait I am intrigued and will put it on the radar |
Hyperion1001
05.08.26 | "SHOCKING suggestion from you lol."
since ive had this screen name (literally like almost 20 years) people have been recommending i read those books and i finally got around to it lmao |
Deathconscious
05.08.26 | Remembrance of Earth's Past deserves to be a classic.
Check Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard and the sequel, Moons of Barsk. These books are hidden gems that deserve way more recognition.
Also, if we're including TV: Dark. It's on Netflix. I think it's best to go in blind. |
artificialbox
05.08.26 | @Feather same dude that’s why I haven’t read it yet haha, cause I know once I start I’ll have to push aside all my other priorities for like a year 😂 |
artificialbox
05.08.26 | btw I recommend looking up Bookpilled on youtube. His channel is fantastic and he has put me onto so many underrated and vintage sci fi books |
arthropod
05.08.26 | Ohh brother, you might want to check out Stanisław Lem. He was a master at penning out philosofically underpinned sci-fi stories and produced some more humorous content too.
also fun fact, from what I read Philip K. Dick messaged FBI about Lem being a communist ruse
starting to read into his works with that in mind is pretty fun |
Deathconscious
05.08.26 | I'm reading A Scanner Darkly, interesting you say that considering what Barris does later on in the story. |
artificialbox
05.08.26 | can confirm Solaris is incredible and The Futurological Congress was great too. Need to read more from him. |
renegadestrings
05.08.26 | I need to go back to the Remembrance series. Stopped halfway through The Dark Forest to read…
The Expanse series. Which is my recommendation. Starting with Leviathan Wakes. |
arthropod
05.08.26 | @artificial The Invincible, Fiasco and Eden are also great and intensely dark on top of that. I need to read Tales of Pirx the Pilot because Fiasco is the finale of that continuity. I'm actually behind on Congress too, gotta catch up ASAP.
Also A Chain of Chance for a change of pace. It has sci-fi elements but primarily a crime novel built upon chaos theory. One of his lesser-known works but definitely gripping. |
Pooter9000
05.08.26 | The Expanse. Both the books and the show. |
