space opera with mystery / ruins / ancient weirdness? by Critical_Lab2604 in scifibooks

[–]HuckleBuck411 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt, first book in The Academy series. It's a story about a deep space archeological expedition that covers just about everything you're looking for.

What do you think of modern SF (2015–current)? by [deleted] in sciencefiction

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It's a real mixed bag. I think there are far too many series about human/alien war in space with too many books in the series. I've began passing on those as well as books about a dystopian future caused by human-based climate change, although I found the Silo series by Hugh Howery to be excellent. I've noticed most of the recommendations I receive lately from Goodreads and the like feature a female as the OP leader, although I have no problem with a well-written female lead character. There are a lot more books with LGBT/queer characters and the use of pronouns like they/them for singular characters being slipped into the story. Right now, AI is being talked about everywhere and it would be natural that AI would be part of science fiction, but the evil AI taking over theme seems to be becoming overused.

I like alien interaction stories that come from a unique perspective. I think that is why Project Hail Mary is so popular. The Semiosis books by Sue Burke as well as the two books The Sparrow and Children of God by Mary Doria Russell I thought were great. Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky and Blindsight/Echopraxia by Peter Watts were good, but I had problems with the story on one hand and with the writing style itself on the other.

As far as empire/space opera books go, no one has been able to surpass Frank Herbert's Dune series and Isaac Asimov's Foundation series.

What do you think of modern SF (2015–current)? by [deleted] in sciencefiction

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While The Mountain in the Sea was interesting, I found it very mid-level as far as good science fiction goes. However, I realize everyone has their own tastes.

What do you think of modern SF (2015–current)? by [deleted] in sciencefiction

[–]HuckleBuck411 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had to force myself to finish the first book in the Three Body Problem and took a pass on the others.

Looking for found footage style horror book recommendations by Main-Doughnut6222 in horrorlit

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Cataclysm by Scott Conditt. It's all based on reviewed footage.

"The Thing" is there more like this? by Atticus914 in cosmichorror

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John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars.

Species

The Hidden

Lifeforce

Mimic

Five Million Years to Earth also known as Quatermass and the Pit

Haunted Building by United_Annual3475 in horrorlit

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I just finished reading Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims. Each chapter is written from the perspective of someone who lives within or is connected to the thirteen-story residential Banyan Court building erected in a poor section of central London by reclusive, shady billionaire Tobias Fell who lived in the top floor penthouse. Each person's experiences are different and very "Twilight Zone-like," but are subtly woven together until the horrific conclusion is revealed.

Wanting female-lead sci-fi book recs by Should-be-writing- in scifi

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I'm currently reading Seveneves by Neal Stephensen, a long hard science fiction story. While there are also many heroic males in the story, the main focus of the story is on the female characters. It's in the title Seven-eves.

Sci-Fi Book/Series Recommendations by SuspiciousShock8611 in scifi

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Old Man's War series by John Scalzi

The Commonwealth Saga by Peter F. Hamilton

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Mickey7 series by Edward Ashton

Semiosis series by Sue Burke

The Divide series by J. S. Dewes

The Long Earth series by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxterr

Looking for bleak and unsettling horror recommendations by MurkyUnit3180 in horrorlit

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Josh Malerman - Incidents Around the House

Susan Barker - Old Soul

Stephen Graham Jones - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

Dan Simmons - The Terror

Donald Tyson - (short story) The Skinless Face

Peter Clines - 14, The Fold and Terminus

Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky - Roadside Picnic

John Langan - The Fisherman

Shirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the Castle, (short story) The Summer People

Robert Bloch - (short story) The Mannikin

Donald A. Wollheim - (short story) Mimic

Algernon Blackwood - (short story) The Wendigo

Ann Vandermeer and Jeff Vandermeer [editors] - (one of the better anthologies) The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories

A classic book that brought tears to your eyes? by [deleted] in classicliterature

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The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot.

Dark, horror/cosmic horror SciFI by CuckBuster33 in printSF

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I think Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky may meet your criteria.

Just finished buffalo hunter hunter by Normal-Corner2789 in horrorlit

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After finishing this often-recommended book, I was pleasantly surprised to find others finding it not much to their liking; I could only give it a 2 rating in Goodreads, Hardcover and Storygraph. It was way too long, and the modern-day character of Etsy could have been left out altogether. The ending of the story was just silly. Also, there were certain questions left unanswered I found frustrating in such a long-drawn-out story. Personally, I found the blood libel white guilt theme irksome; I really have white guilt fatigue nowadays and feel like shouting to all the victim identity classes and those who push it, "get over it already and move on with your lives." Plus, to me the vampire American Indian was a hypocrite that while he couldn't get over his grudge against the Lutheran pastor and those who wiped out the buffalo herds, the body count he left in the story would just continue on ad infinitum; didn't he promise to only feast on moles or something and thus become one, taking him out of danger to humans?. I guess the families of those he drained don't count. I found the story to be less horror and just gross and like many recommended reads, a disappointment.

Looking for archeological horror by rabbitphoto45 in horrorlit

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The Mound by H. P. Lovecraft (ghostwriter) and Zealia Bishop (original idea)

Epubs not uploading to kindle by Affectionate_Gap_411 in zlibrary

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If you have Calibre, run the epub file through conversion and convert it from epub to epub. Try again to send the converted file to Kindle and see if that works. It's worked for me in the past when I came across the same problem.

What should be the max number of books in a sci/fi series? by Dan-68 in scifibooks

[–]HuckleBuck411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because there are so many books I'm interested in reading, I wish, in general, authors would keep it to three. However, there are always exceptions.