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Sci fi book recommendations?
10 years ago
This may be surprising, but I don't read dragon novels. I don't read them because I get much too involved. Either dragons aren't portrayed anywhere near accurately, and/or they're portrayed as a dying race with the last of them dying off, and/or they're pretty much always fated to die in any story written by humans.
I don't enjoy them for the same reason cat lovers don't enjoy stories about kittens being fed into meat grinders.
So I've given up on novels about dragons that were written by humans.
I do, however, greatly enjoy science fiction novels.
I've had some difficulty finding the sorts of novels I'm really looking for within that genre, however. There seem to be quite a lot of sci fi novels which revolve entirely around interstellar war. While I do enjoy these novels, what I'm really looking for is something more Star Trek like with space exploration, first contact with aliens, and wondrous and dangerous things. Albeit not Star Trek.
I've also looked for something like a novel about a mercenary ship crew in a universe full of aliens. Something along the lines of the Outlaw Star anime series albeit novels would be right up my alley. A ship for hire, taking on all manner of tasks from exploration to delivery to combat... and always struggling to make ends meet. I love that sort of thing.
But I don't seem to be able to find anything like either of those. Instead it's all novels about star nations fighting wars with each other, and there seems to be nothing else in sci fi land at all.
I have read and enjoyed military sci fi novels. So far I've read a lot of stuff by David Drake and David Weber. I've read David Drake's RCN series (ie. Lieutenant Leary series) and David Weber's Honor Harrington series... both of which I've enjoyed greatly.
I wouldn't mind reading more books along these lines. So yeah, I'd like recommendations for military sci fi novels, too. Kind of thinking about reading the Hammer's Slammers series... though wondering if it might be overly dark and nasty. I'm not really a fan of tragedy. I'm usually reading to relax and get my mind off of all the stresses of my real life. I don't want to read books that also make me feel bad.
I guess the other thing is that I don't seem to be interested in reading 'the greats'. The old classics written by super famous sci fi authors that everyone has heard of. Nor am I interested in novels based on TV shows or movies or vice versa. I'm not sure if I'm being a hipster or something here, but I just don't seem to get excited about books the mainstream enjoys so much. They usually feel like book report assignments to me.
So anyway... that's kind of a rambling explanation of what I'm looking for. Book recommendations and also resources I can use to find good books I would like. I can find lots of stuff to help me find the books which are the most popular with the unwashed masses, but I'm not trying to find the most sold. I'm trying to find books that would appeal to _me_ and my tastes. Like if I can find someone else with similar tastes to me that has book lists of what they've found. Kinda like using favorites lists here on FA to find more of what you like because a kindred spirit has already found it before you.
Any help appreciated. Thanks!
I don't enjoy them for the same reason cat lovers don't enjoy stories about kittens being fed into meat grinders.
So I've given up on novels about dragons that were written by humans.
I do, however, greatly enjoy science fiction novels.
I've had some difficulty finding the sorts of novels I'm really looking for within that genre, however. There seem to be quite a lot of sci fi novels which revolve entirely around interstellar war. While I do enjoy these novels, what I'm really looking for is something more Star Trek like with space exploration, first contact with aliens, and wondrous and dangerous things. Albeit not Star Trek.
I've also looked for something like a novel about a mercenary ship crew in a universe full of aliens. Something along the lines of the Outlaw Star anime series albeit novels would be right up my alley. A ship for hire, taking on all manner of tasks from exploration to delivery to combat... and always struggling to make ends meet. I love that sort of thing.
But I don't seem to be able to find anything like either of those. Instead it's all novels about star nations fighting wars with each other, and there seems to be nothing else in sci fi land at all.
I have read and enjoyed military sci fi novels. So far I've read a lot of stuff by David Drake and David Weber. I've read David Drake's RCN series (ie. Lieutenant Leary series) and David Weber's Honor Harrington series... both of which I've enjoyed greatly.
I wouldn't mind reading more books along these lines. So yeah, I'd like recommendations for military sci fi novels, too. Kind of thinking about reading the Hammer's Slammers series... though wondering if it might be overly dark and nasty. I'm not really a fan of tragedy. I'm usually reading to relax and get my mind off of all the stresses of my real life. I don't want to read books that also make me feel bad.
I guess the other thing is that I don't seem to be interested in reading 'the greats'. The old classics written by super famous sci fi authors that everyone has heard of. Nor am I interested in novels based on TV shows or movies or vice versa. I'm not sure if I'm being a hipster or something here, but I just don't seem to get excited about books the mainstream enjoys so much. They usually feel like book report assignments to me.
So anyway... that's kind of a rambling explanation of what I'm looking for. Book recommendations and also resources I can use to find good books I would like. I can find lots of stuff to help me find the books which are the most popular with the unwashed masses, but I'm not trying to find the most sold. I'm trying to find books that would appeal to _me_ and my tastes. Like if I can find someone else with similar tastes to me that has book lists of what they've found. Kinda like using favorites lists here on FA to find more of what you like because a kindred spirit has already found it before you.
Any help appreciated. Thanks!
Farstaria