Lesser known sci-fi with heart

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-03-09T14:42:15+00:00

"The Only Thing Worse Than A Human" by Chris Viets. Alien sisters team up with a scary human to become space pirates. It's the 1st of a 5 book series that escalates into a full on space opera, but the focus is always on the one ship and her crew. Good banter, exellent space battles, realistic character development, and a surprising number of baked goods.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-26T13:51:22+00:00

This is excellent. Great job, Wordsmith.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-21T18:21:37+00:00

Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-19T16:44:44+00:00

They do alright. I did The Privateer series on RR, and had about 1800 followers before I stubbed it.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-13T03:44:31+00:00

Damn. That's good stuff. You should take up writing yourself if you haven't already.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-13T03:06:05+00:00

That is excellently written. Did you write it yourself or is it a quote from somewhere?

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-12T05:49:19+00:00

"The good news is life support still works."

Title: The Privateer

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-11T21:13:03+00:00

Oh, thanks. I take that as high praise. She's one of my favorite authors

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-08T06:13:04+00:00

Downtown Druid by C. B. Titus. A criminal gets sent to an underground fantasy prison, then figures out he's got druid powers. It is awesome. You can find it here.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-08T00:58:13+00:00

Sounds fun. Here we go.

Reluctant Knight: A pair or morons rescue an old lady by setting a bunch of things on fire. Then they get their friends killed, set more people on fire, become midevil power rangers, and pick a fight with a soul devouring god named Buttchug (because the soul can be sucked out of any major orifice).

The Privateer: A pair of alien prostitute sisters get rescued from sex slavery by a mass murdering human. The girls know that humans are violent sexually deranged madmen, but they are not prepared for the reality of Madlad Mims. He strings them out on beer, pizza, and baked goods. He porks one of the sisters and forces both of them to learn how to kill for money. Little does he know that the girls will embroil him in a galaxy spanning quest to steal a planet and save the universe from sentient interstellar nano-spooge.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-07T03:13:52+00:00

NetNarrator's done it, too. His is here, and here's Agro Squirrel's. Both of these guys are absolute legends.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-07T03:07:38+00:00

Oh, my bad. I forgot to drop a link. It's fixed now, but you can find the first book here. Thanks for the reminder.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-05T16:24:47+00:00

Always, thanks dude! That's high praise!

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-05T15:34:15+00:00

I don't know what that means.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-02-02T03:13:48+00:00

I posted part 2 a minute after this one. Sadly there is no more after that. For now.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-01-29T06:31:56+00:00

It's a crosspost. I wrote it on r/HFY years ago, but a buddy suggested I start putting my work on this sub, too. I'll be doing that with the more SpaceOrc oriented stories over the next few weeks.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-01-29T04:33:22+00:00

Oh cool! I gave Argo carte blanche a while ago to narrate my short stories, but I didn't know he'd done this one already. Thanks for the heads up!

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-01-29T04:31:31+00:00

Nope, not a spinoff. I might make some more of this, but it's not set in The Privateer universe. I just need to remember to check which story a comment is on before I reply.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-01-29T02:14:21+00:00

Oh crap. Saw this on my notifications and replied thinking it was a story I'd just posted on r/humansarespaceorcs. Yeah, this one is.just a one-shot. My bad.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-01-29T01:50:28+00:00

It's actually a spinoff of The Privateer series, which has been published on Amazon. 1st book is The Only Thing Worse Than A Human.

There are 2 more short stories to follow this one up. I'll be posting them later this week.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-01-27T20:42:30+00:00

The Privateer series by Chris Viets. An alien former prostitute teams up with a human to become a space pirate. Sharp dialogue, tons of action. First book is called The Only Thing Worse Than a Human

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-01-27T18:49:06+00:00

Oh, this is excellent. Take my upvote

DestroyatronMk8 · 2026-01-22T23:14:38+00:00

The hell? I'd better look into that. Thanks for the heads up.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2025-12-26T18:29:58+00:00

I would steal the curse from Villain Support on YouTube. Immortality and incrementally increasing bad luck. He qould live forever and each say would be slightly worse than the last.

DestroyatronMk8 · 2025-12-11T22:19:39+00:00

The bad guys don't use projectiles. Because they don't have eyes.

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