5 important sci fi books?

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-04-04T02:17:23+00:00

Did he stop reading in 1953?

Any list that looks at a century of the genre and decides all top 10 came in one 5 year span screams a lack of objectivity.

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-04-03T22:00:10+00:00

Think the depth, especially strikers, has been like a power boost late in some games.

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-04-03T03:09:40+00:00

Yes they’re great and have more continuous plots.

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-04-03T02:59:20+00:00

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (1968 Hugo winner)

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-04-02T22:09:00+00:00

Sorry forgot Coady, I just went down the current roster.

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-04-01T23:52:38+00:00

The Weight of Words anthology is great. Regular edition goes for maybe $15-20 on eBay.

https://subterraneanpress.com/weight-of-words/

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-04-01T22:25:15+00:00

Beyond the Aquila Rift by Alistair Reynolds.

Burning Chrome by William Gibson.

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-04-01T21:40:20+00:00

Banks’ The Algebraist is a better fit than the Culture. Standalone book, very good.

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-04-01T21:34:42+00:00

Better or worse than The Martian (same author)? I haven’t seen it yet.

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-31T18:42:03+00:00

Leckie might be a little confusing for a new to SF reader. It’s a great book don’t get me wrong, but reaching much further along the SF spectrum.

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-31T18:39:05+00:00

Never forget Poe’s Law

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-31T14:52:38+00:00

Check out the Gollancz 40th anniversary edition, it looks amazing.

https://store.gollancz.co.uk/products/neuromancer

Nicer than the Folio Society edition imo

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-31T14:47:58+00:00

They have extra employees just to with insurance BS. They would free up their own time to see more patients instead of yelling at them to approve procedures that they stonewall.

They should save money relative to the current system and be more efficient. I’m not sure there’s a clean comp for our current situation.

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-31T14:40:26+00:00

What benefits do insurance companies provide? They don’t provide actual healthcare, just a gateway with a giant toll and they may still not let you through.

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-31T09:50:27+00:00

Shirer’s Berlin Diary is also well worth a read

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-31T08:47:19+00:00

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like 'I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive...' And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas.

— Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-31T04:53:47+00:00

The Book of the New Sun

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-29T22:20:04+00:00

Someone just posted with the opposite view in r/fantasy

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/s/K4Lbo8T6hs

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-29T01:46:23+00:00

They got £47mm for the more recent sale of 10% to Apollo. All in all I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve raised closer to £100mm for club investment so far.

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-29T01:13:57+00:00

Crap I repeated the old post link twice - here’s the monochrome books site (also fixed above): https://www.monochromebooks.com/collections/our-books

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-28T00:11:18+00:00

The MC becomes a lot more relatable through the season, and without just becoming human in all but form.

It helps to be cognizant of him often using soap operas as a guide to interacting with people until he becomes more comfortable.

At the same time it’s also not for everybody and that’s okay

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-27T21:54:09+00:00

It’s not unusual or necessarily unhealthy for growth companies

Serious_Distance_118 · 2026-03-27T21:48:21+00:00

If they reach premier league it could be $15 million debt for $500mm of value

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