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Hit me with your sci fi books starter pack (lemmy.ca)

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Imagine I could only choose 5 sci fi books for a brand new sci fi reader -- what would they be?

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pandora's Star really is just part one of a two part book. That said, there's a chapter in there where MLM is introduced that, if read alone without any context, might be the single best chapter ever written in sci fi. If that doesn't hook a reader, I don't know what will.

[–] Drudge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Agreed, that intro to MLM is pretty epic. I also found the prologue to the first book super memorable...basically an intro to the gateways. The whole series is around 7 books, but I had a tough time with the few Judas books. A friend and I were reading them at the same time, and he just skipped all Judas chapters, hehe.