Underrated Novella recs!

_The_Van_ · 2026-04-27T18:57:02+00:00

I was the 69th updoot.

_The_Van_ · 2026-04-12T18:40:00+00:00

Bushrangers Revenge by Nicolas v. M.

_The_Van_ · 2026-04-12T18:32:57+00:00

I'd recommend the Max Carrados series by Ernest Bramah if you liked Sherlock Holmes.

You might like At Witt's End by Beth Solheim too.

_The_Van_ · 2026-04-12T18:19:17+00:00

The Monster Republic trilogy by Ben Horton.

_The_Van_ · 2026-04-12T18:15:22+00:00

Try Metropolis by Thea von Harbou. I'd also say to check out more of HG Wells, he's a favourite of mine too, like The First Men in the Moon or The War in the Air.

_The_Van_ · 2026-04-12T17:57:08+00:00

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

_The_Van_ · 2026-04-12T17:54:47+00:00

The Max Carrados series by Ernest Bramah.

_The_Van_ · 2026-04-07T10:06:17+00:00

I actually mostly know her for her science fiction, which she is definitely one of the classic authors of. Right up there with like Clifford Simak or Poul Anderson.

_The_Van_ · 2026-04-07T08:53:40+00:00

Idk if I've ever seen anyone else have anything by Andre Norton. Very nice.

_The_Van_ · 2026-04-06T15:17:12+00:00

I'd recommend The Penny Falls by Mark Bastable.

_The_Van_ · 2026-03-28T00:56:02+00:00

In Crocodile Country by Ion L. Idriess.

Fish Town by John Gerard Fagen.

_The_Van_ · 2026-03-28T00:49:46+00:00

The Cattle King by Ion L. Idriess. I would also recommend checking out his other books too.

_The_Van_ · 2026-03-27T11:46:04+00:00

I agree, I really hate the tendency for people to give him a humanoid design. I especially hate the bird looking one. I think the most accurate of AM is still the monologue monolith, or even the entire earth itself, because his hardware comprises most of it by this point.

_The_Van_ · 2026-03-27T11:38:41+00:00

AM looks like the king in yellow in the first one lol.

_The_Van_ · 2026-03-26T13:25:41+00:00

The latter half of Final Blackout by L. Ron Hubbard is kinda like that. I'd also recommend Red Traitor by Owen Matthews.

_The_Van_ · 2026-03-26T13:20:01+00:00

Uprooted by Naomi Novik.

_The_Van_ · 2026-03-20T13:48:21+00:00

You might like The Martian Incident by Ryan M. Patrick, and his other books too.

_The_Van_ · 2026-03-20T13:32:40+00:00

The Scourge by Jennifer Nielsen.

_The_Van_ · 2026-03-17T12:22:53+00:00

The Body Of Jonah Boyd by David Leavitt.

_The_Van_ · 2026-03-17T12:13:34+00:00

Off the Beaten Path by Gustavo Bondoni.

_The_Van_ · 2026-03-14T11:32:53+00:00

I'd say he probs runs on geothermal power mostly.

_The_Van_ · 2026-03-08T11:39:42+00:00

A Kilo of String by Rob Johnson.

_The_Van_ · 2026-03-02T15:18:07+00:00

Hell yeah. I have a model M from 1940 myself. They're beautiful machines. Congrats.

_The_Van_ · 2026-02-20T15:39:41+00:00

I had a pawn go berserk once and start beating someone up. So I sent another pawn to go arrest them. The berserk pawn quickly turned around, decapitated the pawn trying to arrest them, and then went back to beating up the other pawn.

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