I’ve just finished Ubik by Philip K Dick and was completely in love with the whole premise. Then read the rest of his books. It’s made me want to give sci-fi books a chance. Even being the ultimate science nerd growing up, for some reason I stayed clear of sci-fi literature.
What are some great sci fi books to read?
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I really adore the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. It is a longer series and I feel has a wonderful balance of character development, political intrigue, setting, everything.
Bobverse FOREVER
The Ender Series by Orson Scott Card. Ender’s Game is the first book, but Speaker for the Dead was my favorite.
For comedy scifi, Will save the galaxy for food and Will destroy the galaxy for cash by Yahtzee Croshaw.
The expanse series
Anything by Sir Arthur C. Clarke, but begin with Childhood’s End.
The Space Adventures Of Commander Laine. One of the best books that I have read.
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M Miller
334 by Thomas Disch
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Isaac Asimov: the Gods themselves
Greg Bear: Eon, Eternity also the Forge of God/Anvil of the Stars
Arthur C Clarke: the City and the Stars
Frank Herbert: Dune/Dune Messiah
Ann Leckie: Ancillary Justice and 2 sequels
Cixin Liu: the Three Body Problem and 2 sequels
China Mieville: Embassytown
Kim Stanley Robinson: Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars also the Ministry for the Future
Clifford D Simak: City
Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash
Adrian Tchaikovsky: the Children of Time and 2 sequels
Jeff Vandermeer: Annihilation and 2 sequels
The 2001 Space Odyssey series, by Arthur C. Clarke.
The Foundation series, by Isaac Asimov
Ringworld, by Larry Niven
Station in Space, by James Gunn
The last one is a little less known than the others, but a very good book about the psychological aspects of space told via short story, even before space exploration was widespread.
Octavia Butler. Everything she produced is incredible. Her short-stories are beyond reproach and not talked about near enough, Bloodchild is required reading IMO.
The Culture series by Iain M. Banks, House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds & A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Binge.
Check out Neuromancer by William Gibson. It’s an astonishing story and considered “the archetypal cyberpunk work”. All that and it’s a kickass story
Children of Time.
Hail Mary