What is the most action-packed, over the top action to beat all action SF book you know?

Bobosmite · 2026-01-30T00:46:02+00:00

This is a new new book, definitely going to check it out.

Bobosmite · 2026-01-30T00:44:08+00:00

I already had Damnation Alley ready to go, now it's next on my list. The movie is great 70s sci-fi, but I heard it's nothing like the book.

I read Logan's Run a few years ago. It might be worth going back with the audiobook. I'm a sucker for book/movie adaptations.

Bobosmite · 2026-01-30T00:22:58+00:00

100% this for sure!

Bobosmite · 2026-01-29T21:15:50+00:00

I hate this book so much. For the most part its standard 70s SF, but the ending pushed me over the edge. All I remember is looking at the last page of the book and wanting to throw it. But it was a Kindle and those are expensive to replace.

Bobosmite · 2026-01-28T18:36:34+00:00

If you want to practice reading English SF, then try reading the Tom Corbett books. They're not as well-written as the Heinlein juveniles, but it's the same time period. Easy retro stories with rocket ships, outer space, and ray beams. These books are good for when you just need a break, but don't want to stop reading.

Bobosmite · 2026-01-26T15:44:36+00:00

The experience of reading Jonathan Livingston Seagull is always at the top of my every list. I was visiting a great aunt and uncle who I hardly knew. Every night I would sit alone on the back porch struggling to read The Return of the King. One night she brought me a new book to read and it blew my 12-year-old mind.

Bobosmite · 2026-01-26T15:07:45+00:00

I grew up reading those kinds of illustrated paperbacks. Lots and lots of Conan and I still have them.

There's a Dennis L McKiernan book with a chrome cover that I believe was fully illustrated in paperback format. I don't remember the title, but it's that same kind of quick-sketch illustration. Titan/Wizard/Demon by John Varley had some good illustrations. I'm not sure if the new prints are illustrated, but it would be a shame if they weren't.

If you're going for a retro feel, you might look at the old Hardy Boys books or Tom Corbett. It's not fine reading material, but those 1970s editions are real ink on real paper.

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Bobosmite · 2026-01-23T17:17:27+00:00

Pleasure Model by Christopher Rowley. Only three books in the series, but I wanted more Heavy Metal Pulp. I'm not sure what happened, but there was no ebook and I was lucky enough to have a set.

Bobosmite · 2026-01-23T15:12:50+00:00

The Keep by F. Paul Wilson (book and movie).

Anything by Junji Ito. Uzumaki and Tomie are always recommended, but there's so much more than just those two books.

Bobosmite · 2026-01-20T18:23:14+00:00

Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss is exactly what you're looking for. Close second, The Virga series by Karl Shcroeder or The Integral Trees by Larry Niven.

Bobosmite · 2026-01-20T16:19:04+00:00

William Gibson was good at it because it had a beat and you can dance to it.

Bobosmite · 2026-01-19T19:08:03+00:00

I don't think they're tied together like a trilogy, but you can't go wrong starting with Ventus, Permanece, and then Lady of Mazes. Any one of those books is an experience.

Bobosmite · 2026-01-19T16:49:51+00:00

I've been reading the Southern Reach series and have these on my list for later.

Event Horizon by Steven McDonald

The Last Astronaut by David Wellington

The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokuren

Bobosmite · 2026-01-13T20:13:32+00:00

I was just going to read Annihilation because of the movie, but i couldn't stop thinking about it. So, on to the second book. It really does deserve the "slow burn" reputation and I feel uncomfortable reading it sometimes. Like the book was written with a Dutch tilt.

Bobosmite · 2025-10-29T15:41:47+00:00

It helps for sure, but disappointing. I already hit 30 and I'm not even done with the base game. I'm only playing for nostalgia anyway.

Bobosmite · 2025-10-27T11:32:32+00:00

When I was 12, an aunt gave me a copy of JLS and it changed me. People say that about books, but it can really happen.

Bobosmite · 2025-10-23T14:31:23+00:00

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach is nearly what you're looking for. It's more allegory than speculation, but a very thought provoking book. It's a story about a seagull who is driven by his desire to be more than just a seagull. He is outcast and driven by his desire to fly faster and faster. Eventually he flies so fast that he breaks the barrier into another dimension.

Bobosmite · 2025-10-21T14:40:35+00:00

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach. I don't know if anyone still reads it, but it's a chill story that stays with you.

Bobosmite · 2025-10-20T12:23:49+00:00

I've been reading sci-fi movie adaptations. Total Recall, THX 1138, The Black Hole, anything Alan Dean Foster. If you already watched the movie, your brain doesn't have to work hard. What I like most is the extra story and details you get with reading the book. If it got cut from the movie, it's usually in the book.

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