What books to read while waiting?

[Pyoro]

The only Scifi books that need some "should've read something else before" I know fall into the parody etc category. Start with whatever you want, despite the genre name reading Scifi isn't rocket science

 

[Garuda]

And note, I didn't say that Dune was fantasy. I said it was more like fantasy to me than SF. I'll go so far as to amend that to state: "Dune contains too many fantasy elements for me to regard it as representative of SF" but no further.

But by the this token you could start to discount many works from being science fiction. For example Star Wars. After all its a story about a hero with a magic sword who sets out on a quest to rescue a captured princess from the evil wizard. And yet isn't Star Wars widely recognised as a work of science fiction?

 

[Velorian]

Yeah it's pretty silly. You might as well say that you only think hard sci-fi is real sci-fi and soft sci-fi is to be considered fantasy. It's not entirely wrong, but usually the definition goes that all the fantasy-like wonky elements makes it soft sci-fi not another genre entirely.

 

[prithupaul]

A good place to start reading sci-fi is:
http://www.baenebooks.com/p-469-with-the-lightnings.aspx

The author based the storyline on the shenanigans that British Royal Navy got up to in and around central and south America way back in the day but transformed it into space navy adventure. Think Master and Commander in space.

Interesting stuff. How is the literary quality of the series?

 

[Meraun]

Honorverse..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorverse

or Horatio Hornwblower

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower

 

[Pugmak]

Interesting stuff. How is the literary quality of the series?

Literary? Not a clue.

I only know I enjoyed the series quite a lot and look forward to more when it gets written.

 

[Mathrafalovich]

Starship Troopers and Foundation are always good choices. In a slightly different vein, Superego.

The Thrawn trilogy and Dune are also solid.

 

[Kaiser Timo]

Horus Heresy book series, very futuristic and grim dark.. complete with that universes own wikipedia, lexicanum and countless images of characters and types of spaceships and ground forces!

 

[EU3NOOB]

When I used to be really big into Scifi I read the Coyote Series by Allen Steele.

 

[State Machine]

For a romp, and a mix of CK2 and Stellaris (really!), try the "High Crusade" by Poul Anderson.

 

[Emre Yigit]

But by the this token you could start to discount many works from being science fiction. For example Star Wars. After all its a story about a hero with a magic sword who sets out on a quest to rescue a captured princess from the evil wizard. And yet isn't Star Wars widely recognised as a work of science fiction?

Yeah it's pretty silly. You might as well say that you only think hard sci-fi is real sci-fi and soft sci-fi is to be considered fantasy. It's not entirely wrong, but usually the definition goes that all the fantasy-like wonky elements makes it soft sci-fi not another genre entirely.

Sorry, didn't see your posts. A she-gremlin must have bewitched my internet connection, which, of course, is a scientific explanation of what happened.

"Science fantasy" fits Star Wars best, not "science fiction". It's a perfectly proper genre, just not in one camp or the ther.

 

[State Machine]

...
"Science fantasy" fits Star Wars best, not "science fiction". It's a perfectly proper genre, just not in one camp or the ther.

I agree and add Star Trek, etc. into the mix. Great entertainment, but "Science Fantasy". Not that it matters...

 

[Sir Pellew]

or Horatio Hornwblower

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower

I guess I read them 10 times completely - started with them as a kid. I love these books (although not scifi ) And if you are into these kinds of literature you might also like Richard Sharpe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_(novel_series)



One question to all scifi nerds. I recently heard (read?) about a scifi book where it is revealed that interstellar travel is fairly easy but discovered very late by humanity. So the humans are technologically advanced against most other aliens they encounter who still fight with muskets and swords. - I completely forgot the titel. Does anybody have a clue what book this is?

 

[Meraun]

I guess I read them 10 times completely - started with them as a kid. I love these books (although not scifi ) And if you are into these kinds of literature you might also like Richard Sharpe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_(novel_series)



One question to all scifi nerds. I recently heard (read?) about a scifi book where it is revealed that interstellar travel is fairly easy but discovered very late by humanity. So the humans are technologically advanced against most other aliens they encounter who still fight with muskets and swords. - I completely forgot the titel. Does anybody have a clue what book this is?

Cheers mate, will take a look at it.

Anyone into Fantasy?

I love Raymond Feist and the Riftwar Cycle its very good Fantasy and not "all Magic" Fantasy but with Civil Wars, Wars between Human Empires etc

 

[Meraun]

I guess I read them 10 times completely - started with them as a kid. I love these books (although not scifi ) And if you are into these kinds of literature you might also like Richard Sharpe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_(novel_series)



One question to all scifi nerds. I recently heard (read?) about a scifi book where it is revealed that interstellar travel is fairly easy but discovered very late by humanity. So the humans are technologically advanced against most other aliens they encounter who still fight with muskets and swords. - I completely forgot the titel. Does anybody have a clue what book this is?

Damn you!

He got an Knight serie as well! How the fuck am i supposed to read all then ? There is no Time! But there has to be! Damn

 

[BeauNiddle]

One question to all scifi nerds. I recently heard (read?) about a scifi book where it is revealed that interstellar travel is fairly easy but discovered very late by humanity. So the humans are technologically advanced against most other aliens they encounter who still fight with muskets and swords. - I completely forgot the titel. Does anybody have a clue what book this is?

Somebody started a thread about that on the forum at the moment - the Road Not Taken

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-raod-not-taken.890874/#post-20204681

 

[Sir Pellew]

Somebody started a thread about that on the forum at the moment - the Road Not Taken

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-raod-not-taken.890874/#post-20204681

Awesome, thanks mate that's it

 

[Wulfburk]

Reading some Horus Heresy series. On book 5 (fulgrim). First 4 books were perfect,

 

[D Inqu]

Classics:
1. Edmond Hamilton
2. Harry Harrison
3. Robert Heinlin
4. Ray Bradbury

I'm not going to quote individual books, as there is not that many books "not" worth reading among these.

My personal favourite is "Deathworld", though. It could make a perfect anomaly in the game.

 

[Redwallzyl]

anyone know any good scifi that's not distopian? i don't like that trope its overused.