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Favorite Science Fiction Books (lemmy.world)
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What are some of your favorite science fiction books and why? If you had to pick only a few. As of writing this post my favorites are the following.

  • The Quantum Magician
  • Three Body Problem
  • Children of Time

I tend to like in-depth explanations of the fictional science that exists in-universe as well as a good mystery.

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[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just some of my favourites:

  • The Forever War - Joe Haldeman: Basically the vastly better Starship Troopers. Just don't read to sequel.

  • Old Man's War - John Scalzi: Very much feels like an modern update of The Forever War

  • Cities in Flight - James Blish: I just love the bonker's idea of whole cities declaring their independence from Earth and just buggering off into space

  • Ubik - Philip K. Dick: Hard to pick a favourite Dick, but this one just has all the mindfuckery and weirdness of that particular author in a perfect blend