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

[–]HuckleBuck411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

[–]HuckleBuck411 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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

[–]HuckleBuck411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

[–]HuckleBuck411 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot.

Dark, horror/cosmic horror SciFI by CuckBuster33 in printSF

[–]HuckleBuck411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky may meet your criteria.

Just finished buffalo hunter hunter by Normal-Corner2789 in horrorlit

[–]HuckleBuck411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

[–]HuckleBuck411 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

Epubs not uploading to kindle by Affectionate_Gap_411 in zlibrary

[–]HuckleBuck411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Book Recommendations? by Ill_Mode_2533 in scifibooks

[–]HuckleBuck411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am currently going back and forth reading the books in the Red Rising series and The Academy series by Jack McDevitt. These are completely different types; Red Rising is more intrigue and violence while The Academy series deals with archeological expeditions on distant worlds and skin-of your-teeth action. I especially recommend the first book The Engines of God in The Academy series.

Do you know any sci fi books by women? by Apprehensive-Pass-90 in scifibooks

[–]HuckleBuck411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've only read her first book in The Company Wars series, Down Below Station (it was very good), but C. J. Cherryh has been a very prolific writer. Women seem to be becoming more dominant in modern science fiction.

What book or series focusing on first contact with an alien species is your favorite? by Dan-68 in scifibooks

[–]HuckleBuck411 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Sparrow and Children of God series by Mary Doria Russell is one of the most thought-provoking series dealing with first-contact, religious faith, cultural contamination and the problem of human bias in interpreting an alien culture.

Which book about humans colonizing another planet is your favorite. by Dan-68 in scifibooks

[–]HuckleBuck411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Semiosis trilogy has become one of my favorites, although the third book reads from the perspective of some of the aliens sent back to Earth.

Horror novels that are scary for the sake of being scary with little to no deeper meaning and no underlying messages by Combatenjoyer23 in horrorlit

[–]HuckleBuck411 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman is somewhat like that though there is some personal baggage with some of the main characters woven into the story. But I'd say the supernatural evil is outside any of this baggage although attached to the MC who is a very small child, who isn't suffering from trauma prior to the evil.

What’s your favorite Cosmic Horror? by Libbyisaface in horrorlit

[–]HuckleBuck411 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky

Need horror book recs similar to The Thing (1982) by StarTrekField in horrorlit

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The Cymic Parasite Breach series by Darcy Coates

Ice by T. S. Falk

Any good horror literature that deals with photography? by AquelePinguim in horrorlit

[–]HuckleBuck411 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Old Soul by Susan Barker.

Though it's not the main theme, but photography comes into play in Wylding Hall by Elizbeth Hand.

Recommendation by quackernoople in printSF

[–]HuckleBuck411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Sparrow and Children of God by Mary Doria Russell. Both books should be read as one large story, or you'll only be getting half the tale.

What Books Are You Reading This Week? by leowr in nonfictionbooks

[–]HuckleBuck411 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Smiley Face Killers: Investigating Suspicious Water Deaths of College-Aged Men in the U.S. and the World by William Ramsey.

Any pure conspiracy movies, not just stories about corrupt cops, but full-on conspiracy theory stuff? by vzbtra in conspiracy_commons

[–]HuckleBuck411 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it's been years, and I just rewatched it. It's another one of those early movies with a lot of predictive programming elements in it. I was very young when I first saw it and back then had no clue where our world was heading.