this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2023
237 points (100.0% liked)
Science Fiction
13774 readers
26 users here now
Welcome to /c/ScienceFiction
December book club canceled. Short stories instead!
We are a community for discussing all things Science Fiction. We want this to be a place for members to discuss and share everything they love about Science Fiction, whether that be books, movies, TV shows and more. Please feel free to take part and help our community grow.
- Be civil: disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally insult others.
- Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, ableist, or advocating violence will be removed.
- Spam, self promotion, trolling, and bots are not allowed
- Put (Spoilers) in the title of your post if you anticipate spoilers.
- Please use spoiler tags whenever commenting a spoiler in a non-spoiler thread.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Seconding both recommendations for the Dresden Files and Rivers of London.
I know Butcher gets a lot of flack for the Dresden Files and how he writes Harry, which always baffles me - it’s meant to be a (old-school and chauvinistic) hard-boiled detective noir series. I’ve quite enjoyed watching Harry grow up and develop as a more nuanced and complete character through the series.
(And I’ll have to check out that Jamison title - I loved her Broken Earth novels).
Thirding the recommendation and adding The Stranger Times. It's urban fantasy as well, but from the perspective of a Manchester tabloid about weird news where the people working there have to realize that the stuff they are writing about might actually be real.
Reading that right now and while it took a bit of time to get going, it really grows on you while reading it. Mostly because the characters are interesting.