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Science Fiction
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But...
They're all worth reading!
I'm sure some of them will show up in future votes. Maybe some day we will get to everything. 🙂
Well my arachnophobia rules out children of time for me…
Children of time is amazing imo. Love the concept and the characters.
The trilogy is amazing. The last book in the series Children of Memory is maybe my favorite. Some real heady hard sci fi.
Project hail Mary is probably the best book on that list
Currently reading. It is quite good indeed, but I haven't read the other ones so I don't feel I should vote.
E: Oh, I got the intent of the vote wrong.
Right, you would probably want to pick the one you are most interested in reading, but it doesn't really matter if you pick your favorite that you have read and want others to read.
Project Hail Mary is probably the best book I've ever read, lol.
"Consider Phlebas" is the ultimate 80's Space Adventure. I say I'm a fantasy guy, but that's my favorite book currently.
Great story, you've reminded me how much I enjoyed it. Thanks!
Have you read the rest of the Culture series? I’ve got them all on my Kobo but haven’t started.
Only "The Use of Weapons" which is hard to follow because of the unconventional structure.
Weir's characters are always so 'alive' somehow!
It was a revelation when I found out he wrote "the egg". That was my favorite internet story. He's my favorite living author (RIP Adams and Pratchett)
Same! Haven't stayed up late reading like that in ages, if ever.
Ooh, Children of Time, please!
That's my first suggestion for anyone who wants to try sci-fi. What a legendary book!
Been a Tchaikovsky fan ever since.
The final architecture series is a hoot too.
Oh yeah. Reading book 3 right now. Love these characters. I'll miss them when I finish.
22/11/63 - Stephen King
Is this the sequel to 11/22/63? /s
Sensible Date Format Edition
Both are a prequel to 1963-11-22.
oh shit it’s a trilogy??
Not enough sci fi fans seem to read neuromancer, it's what got me into it and I recommend to anyone who likes fast paced cyberpunk. Such a vivid book to me.
It's good but I can understand why many people don't read it, the way it uses language can make it difficult to decipher what is going on and it doesn't really hold your hand.
I’ve had one go at Neuromancer and the language definitely made it a more difficult read for me. I want to read it again (I voted for it in the poll), and I think on my second go it’ll be more enjoyable.
I vote necromancer.
I'll have to read children of time next tho as I haven't read it yet. Currently reading through anathem.
I’ve read five on the list (Martine, Tchaikovsky, Corey, Howey, and Weir) and I’d put them all on the same (excellent) tier. But if I had to rank them, that’s the order I’d put them in.
I've read 4, and I would probably order them: Weir, Howey, Tchaikovsky, King.
It's a very close call though. If asked to rank them again next week I'd probably have a different answer.
Just subscribed! I have read more fantasy than science fiction, but I'll vote for children of time based on some of these comments! I'll join the collective read next month, that sounds like a healthy change for me (:
Thanks for joining us. Perhaps you will some day become a science fiction enthusiast. 🙂
Voting for Leviathan Wakes as it’s the only one I’ve read so far. That being said, the majority of these titles are on my list of books to read, and the ones that aren’t, I’m looking into now!
Weir! Though I am currently reading Martine myself.
Children of Tiiiiiiime
I'm shocked that I've never read any of these although a bunch are on my list. Voted for Neuromancer because cyberpunk is my main focus for my own work.
Only one I read on this list is Project Hail Mary and it was really good…and everyone I know who has read it (including people who don’t regularly read science fiction) loved it, too.
Neuromancer is basically the manifesto of the cyberpunk genre. A great novel with an astonishing prophetic look at the technologies of the future.
Voting for Wool as it makes sense to read the book before checking out how AppleTV have (maybe) destroyed it
Apple's series is very enjoyable. I loved the books, and it does a good job of translating them to screen. Howey is an executive producer on the show.
Sounds good, still not forgiven them for foundation, although if you forget the books it is quite an enjoyable story in its own right
I vote for Leviathan Wakes because it's the only one I haven't read but have heard of the author.
Only read a handful of these but now I have a few more to add to my list!
Sounds super fun!
Thx you for the poll, I just read Simmons's in this list, I will have a look at the rest of it :)