Imagine I could only choose 5 sci fi books for a brand new sci fi reader – what would they be?

  • Spluk42M
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    1 year ago

    I took a bit of a time off from reading so when I started again this is what I gleaned as recommendations from the other printsf:

    Three body problem - Liu Cixin Bobiverse - Dennis Taylor Daemon - Daniel Suarez Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky Pushing Ice - Alastair Reynolds

    Honorable mention: Blindsight - Peter Watts

    If I were to go with a mix of old and new: Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson I, Robot - Issac Asimov Dune - Frank Herbert

    Mix of old and new, short and far future.

    • Jesse@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      If you’re going to include a Michael Crichton book in a sci-fi list, Sphere is a far better choice IMO.

      • Troy@lemmy.caOPM
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        1 year ago

        Sphere is a wonderful choice. I read it as a teenager and it was one of my first non-StarTrek sci fi novels. Picked it up at a truck stop on a road trip and read it in the passenger seat haha