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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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Imagine I could only choose 5 sci fi books for a brand new sci fi reader – what would they be?
Paste a passage from your favourite speculative fiction, replacing all the proper nouns with “Lemmy”. Then I’ll try to guess where it came from without using google :)
Mass Effect, Star Trek, similar stuff, without the giant franchise money machine. To consume like popcorn....
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Any interest? Vote on a book, hold a discussion thread 4 weeks later. Maybe make the vote it’s own post with comments being the books and taking the highest upvoted suggestion. Or most total votes up or down for better discussion later.
It was a post-apocalyptic story. The protagonist was a young teenage girl who comes out of some kind of a bomb shelter and has to deal with a world where almost everybody seems to have died. She was written as very bright and into martial arts I think. I seem to recall it was written in an odd style. Any ideas?
This unofficial series follows human progression into the solar system. Starting from putting a base on the moon and going all the way to discovering ancient alien ruins outside our solar system....
So I'm not super familiar with science fiction outside of the occasional story in anthologies, but something I'm aware occasionally pops up tends to involve futuristic interpretation of gender and sexuality, along with odd and out there biology. I think it'd be very fun to read a book that discusses these topics, however I don't...
By popular demand I’m putting together a monthly book club. My plan is to vote for a book to discuss around the middle weekend of the month and to discuss it on the last weekend of the following month. Should give ~6 weeks to find a copy from a library to checkout or purchase it if you like and a little more time to read it in...
I just finished reading House of Suns. Wonderful book. So many great ideas and such alien concepts. I really enjoyed it....
Thought it’d be fun to share what everyone has been reading. I’ll try to include titles and authors to make finding more information on them easier as well as a brief synopsis and my thoughts....
If so, do you have an opinion? Somewhat of a polarizing work.
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Hey everybody! It’s the middle of August so that means it’s time to vote on what to read for September. The most upvoted comment will be the book for September’s discussion. The runner-up will be automatically reposted for the next month’s vote. In case of a tie I’ll move each one involved. If the runner up was your...
So I’ve been in the Malazan marathon for a while. Currently early in book nine, but expect to be done book ten within a month. It’s fantastic (pun intended)! Going to need something to cleanse the palate after such a rich series – the speculative fiction equivalent of the pickled ginger served with sushi. Any suggestions?
A community to discuss print science fiction and speculative fiction in all its forms....
For me, best of 2023 was Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow. A retirement-age forensic accountant traveling around in an ex-rock star bus from Walmart parking lot to next gourmet dining location does a job for a billionaire and suddenly ends up in a surprising amount of hot water over it. Hijinks ensue....
First discussion thread for the book club. This is for August’s book Player of Games by Iain Banks....
What sci-fi books are missing something that seems obvious to us today (and is somewhat central to the story / setting)?...
Politics, combat, exploration, found family. Recs?
Peter Watts’ Blindsight should be no stranger to anyone on PrintSF. On our Reddit incarnation, it was recommended in just about every thread asking for recommendations. It was sometimes even a suitable recommendation....
Hey everybody! Sorry I missed last weekend was busy with work. Again this is voting for the book to discuss at the end of October. I’ll post the runner up from last month and otherwise post your selection. Don’t forget that we will be discussing Winter World by A.G. Riddle at the end of the month / next weekend!...