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@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Haha, yeah I had fun with that one!

Oh man, I *love* The Red Rising trilogy! Absolutely fantastic, the kind of thing I live to discover. I also really enjoyed Ender's Game. And of course Dune, and the Hyperion Cantos, are both superb!

It’s nice to be reminded of the joys of a good sci-fi book. Cool list!

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Thanks - I hope you found something to check out!

We have a lot of crossover from our lists. Great minds think alike!

I would describe Asimov's prose as being grey. Asimov had early admiration of Clifford Simak. It's too bad he didn't pick up more of Simak's eloquence and poetry.

Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin. What a ride.

Josh finishing the Hyperion Cantos is still one of my goals but now Replay is on my TBR too! Wow it is interesting to think about being 18 again, like dreaming about winning the lottery. I have a feeling Replay will remind me to be grateful for just living in the moment, for right now. 😉

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Replay makes you think about a LOT of things! I hope you enjoy it!

Thank you 🙏 for bringing scifi to the forefront! I love lots of these books 📚- nice selection! Consider neal stephenson or kim stanley robinson…

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I'll definitely be reading some Neal Stephenson next year, although I'll be starting with the non-sci-fi Baroque Cycle. Thanks for checking out the video!

I’ve also enjoyed many of these and need to get to 1Q84, Forever War, Replay, and Pines!

Great list!

@RedFuryBooks

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Great list. So pleased to see some love for Replay: such a brilliant book.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Indeed! Glad you liked the list!

I recommend Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Anyone who likes The Martian will probably also like Project Hail Mary. Both are great books, and I actually slightly prefer Project Hail Mary.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! That's a definitely must-read for me.

Nobody talks about Replay ever! That's a top 3 book for me

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Awesome! It's great!

You’re making me want to reread Ender’s Game! I had a great time when reading the book the first time, and I look forward to finding more depth the second time around. Great list! ✨

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Yes, the themes in Ender's Game just hit me so much harder than the first time!

Such a great list Josh! Hyperion and Dune are my top 2 as well, but flipflopped lol. I really need to try Murakami. I have a feeling 1Q84 would be good for me.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Oh, I hope you love 1Q84, Chas!

I'm glad we both had the same opinion on the Foundation Trilogy! The first book was great, I struggled through the second book even with the major plot points. The first half of Second Foundation was great, but the last half was wanting. Although small hooks kept me going, like finding out the location of the Second Foundation. I've heard great things about the Hyperion Cantos and from you as well. I'm looking forward to diving headlong into this series next!

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I hope you love Hyperion as I do!

Great video! I loved Dune so much 😍

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Thanks and yep!

Loved this one! I always value your opinion, and sci fi is a genre I need to explore more. Would you consider/have you read enough "Space Opera" to make a list of your favorites of those? I think I am most interested in those from what you and others have described. Also, curious on your thoughts on the "Leviathan Wakes" series? I have the first one collecting dust on my shelf..Just can't take the plunge for whatever reason. Keep up the good work!

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I don't think I'm well-read enough in any of the subgenres (except dystopian/post-apocalyptic fare) to really make a favorites list. But I do hope to read the Expanse soon.

I think you would love The Three Body Problem, Children of Time, and The City and the Stars.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I already have The City and the Stars, and figure I'll definitely get to Children of Time soon as I read Tchaikovsky for the first time this year and definitely liked his writing.

Nice list!! I'd never heard of Replay but that sounds like a fascinating concept. And you're making me want to read Pines and The Martian now!! Also, I had no idea Hyperion #2 has steampunk vibes?! COOL!

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I first heard about Replay when I heard George R. R. Martin talking about it in an interview. It's pretty great! Fall of Hyperion's steampunk vibes are more with the amount of jargon he introduces in the book, which makes me think of that subgenre - not necessarily the tech side of it.

@esmayrosalyne

7 ай бұрын

@@RedFuryBooks Ah I see with Hyperion, good to know! Still exciting, definitely not what I was expecting from that series!

Very cool! Great list! You should try alastair Reynolds. I know you said you weren't big on the hard sf which he does have but what really shines in his work is the eerie gothic feel and the big concepts. Revelation space blew my mind when I first read it. Most ppl will say house of suns is his finest but I have yet to read it

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I have House of Suns down as my entry point for Alastair Reynolds - I've been told it's a good entry point.

Nice watches by the way!

@RedFuryBooks

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, sir!

Blake Crouch Pines trilogy: Added to Kindle. 1Q84: Best book I've ever read (I don't consider it to be SciFi). Did you mention "The Passage"? I picked that up at the library today. Great content.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I didn't mention the Passage here, but it was in my dystopian/post-apocalyptic video. It's great!

Just finished the Cantos Josh and couldnt agree more. Hyperion beginning to end was just fantastic.

@RedFuryBooks

6 ай бұрын

Yes!

I don't know if the "Night's Dawn" trilogy is for everyone. In my opinion is the best space opera in existence. It's very long (over 3000 pages), it's mind blowing, it's supernatural, is epic. It's the 2600s, humanity is divided between edenists (atheist with the affinity gene) and adanists (classical religious folks with nano tek). There are aliens, there are colonies in planets, there are beings of pure energy. Reality is mind blowing quantum realms and matrices. There are living habitats and living ships, but the Confederation is always on the watch for antimatter is ilegal. All this may seem like spoilers, but man is just the tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of characters! The novels were divided in 3 big books 1. The reality disfunction, 2. The neutronium alchemist,and 3. The naked God. Paperbacks we're subdivided in two parts each. There is a small guide and a collection of short stories called "Second chance for Eden". I recommend people to read until like chapter 21 (about 600 pages) for getting an idea of what's the first book about.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

That sounds WAY intimidating. But I'm writing them down nonetheless! :)

Sun Eater needs to be moved up your TBR!

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

A 2024 priority for sure. Just bought the first two books!

Thank you for the overview. I am quite new to Sci-fi myself. So will definitely take some of these to my TBR. I personally read lord of light recently, which I found an awesome book with themes of religion. I believe Johanna and Philip Chase will do a discussion about it soon. I will fight you on your Red Rising point of view (amicably of course). I agree that the ending of the third book is a great one- but the sequel books are another beast and story entirely. It is about the grittiness and hardships of a society if people are trying to rebuild it more equally when big inequalities still exist and both political and military resistance still exist to the new way of governance. Of course mixed with loads of action, conflict, intrigue, plot twists and emotional moments. Also great character building. I think after Iron Gold, when Brown gets the multi-perspective writing really down, also makes a great jump in character development writing. Would really recommend!

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I suspect I'll go back to Red Rising if the last book is well-received. I think because I read the trilogy back to back to back and then went right into Iron Gold, I was burned out on it.

I'd suggest continuing with red rising because damn Lightbringer was a gut wrenching book.

In my opinion red rising was definitely not done after morningstar. The second 3 books, specific Dark Age and Lightbringer are probably the best in the entire series

Hyperion Cantos is *just* behind Iain M. Banks' The Culture for my favourite SF series. Dune and Book of the New Sun aren't far behind them. Red Rising soured for me haha

@MattonBooks

7 ай бұрын

I’m with you Rogue, though maybe not in exactly the same order. 😉

@thatsci-firogue

7 ай бұрын

@@KalmAM My personal recommendation would be Player of Games as its the shortest of the novels, still early on in Banks' career to see him improve and more of an indicator of what the series is actually like than Consider Phlebas.

@thatsci-firogue

7 ай бұрын

@@MattonBooks At least were on the same page, brother 🤣

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I've heard of the Culture series but only peripherally. I'll have to do some research.

My Favorites, in no particular order: Red Mars The Martian Snow Crash A Scanner Darkly Starship Troopers Jurassic Park Dune Three Body Problem Series A Darkling Sea There is No Antimemetics Division

@RedFuryBooks

6 ай бұрын

The only one on your list I've read (besides the ones on my list) is Starship Troopers, which I did enjoy. I do want to read some Phillip K. Dick next year, and will be starting Neal Stephenson as well, although with his historical fiction series The Baroque Cycle.

You should definitely check out The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu… read it a year ago and I still think about it every other day

@RedFuryBooks

6 ай бұрын

Awesome!

For some recent (in the last 10 years) Space Opera SF, I'd suggest Neal Asher. He has several trilogies and shorts in his Polity Universe, but for a stand alone book in the series I'd suggest 'Jack Four', with all his AI tech and Enemy Aliens the Prador, I feel it would grab you. Then if you decide to get in to the books, start with the Skinner trilogy The Red Rising books are good, the author has a very cinematic visual style. I could see that being done as a movie trilogy, but some of his sub-plots would need to be expanded

@RedFuryBooks

6 ай бұрын

I'm writing this down - thank you!

I recently read Foundation, for the first time, surprisingly, for a sci-fi nerd like me. The TV show is amazing and that motivated me to pick it up. It's so good on some many levels. I'd also have to put Sun Eater on my top 10 list although it's not finished yet. Peter Hamilton also has some great books but I know he's not for everyone.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Sun Eater is on the horizon for me! Maybe late next year.

If Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy ain't on the list... I riot

@RedFuryBooks

6 ай бұрын

This is a great endorsement

Great list of SF books. The only one I have not read here is 1Q84. Can’t argue with Hyperion at number one. I’ve only read the first book and it’s one of my all-time favorites. I wonder if you’ve read titles like: House of Suns, Solaris, Fire Upon the Deep, Children of Time, Ubik; all amazing in my opinion. Great video!

@RedFuryBooks

6 ай бұрын

I've read Solaris, but House of Suns and Ubik are high on the TBR for next year. Glad you enjoyed the video!

@bartsbookspace

6 ай бұрын

@@RedFuryBooks I think you will enjoy both! 🙌

Great list! I also didn’t like the fact that Brown continued the RR series. I’ll probably get back to it eventually but I’m not in much of a hurry. I’m also glad to hear the second Forever War book was good. Ender is definitely my favorite from your lineup!

@TheObsessiveBookseller

7 ай бұрын

Also, my favorite SF I’d recommend is Planetside by Michael Mammay. :)

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Glad I wasn't along with Iron Gold! I do think I'll come back eventually.

@kyrosv1289

6 ай бұрын

I have just checked Michael Mammay and his Planetside Series, it looks pretty good! Thank you for leaving the recommendation!!

@TheObsessiveBookseller

6 ай бұрын

@@kyrosv1289 Nice! I hope you like it as much as I did! It has a very Old Man's War vibe at first.

Try Gene Wolfe Book of the New Sun, Jack Vance Dying Earth and Philip K. Dick sci-fi. Your list should change once you do.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

A few people have mentioned Philip K. Dick, so I need to prioritize him.

Nice list! I’ve read 8 of these. I haven’t read Wayward Pines, but I really enjoyed Dark Matter and Recursion so I’m looking forward to it. I also haven’t read 1Q84, but I just recently bought Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. Have you read Sun Eater yet? It usually lines up with fans of Dune and Hyperion.

@thatsci-firogue

7 ай бұрын

I thought Empire of Silence was just okay 😬

@WordsinTime

7 ай бұрын

@@thatsci-firogue I personally really enjoyed it, but most people find the sequels to be a step up. Demon in White is my favourite but I have liked them all.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I just bought the first two Sun Eater books! I don't know when I'll start as I don't like to start ongoing series until they're done, but I might try to spread it out to finish when he releases the last book. I'm looking forward to your thoughts on Murakami!

@WordsinTime

7 ай бұрын

@@RedFuryBooks Welcome to the Empire! Book 6 comes out in April and Ruocchio is writing the final book, Book 7 now. I’m looking forward to Murakami!

Great list! Some I’ve loved, some I still need to get to. Like others, I would recommend LeGuin’s Left Hand of Darkness. C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner and Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan series are amazing but not to all’s tastes… The Expanse is very good. I also like Leckie’s Ancillary Justice and Arkady Martine’s Teixcalaan duology. Have a look at the Linesman trilogy by S.K. Dunstall, one of my favourites. Also, Jeff Wayne’s musical adaptation of War of the Worlds (vinyl is a thing of beauty). 😊

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Ancillary Justice has been on my radar for years and I just haven't gotten to it year. The Expanse is on the "short list" of sci-fi priorities, too. Thanks for the other recommendations - I'll have to look into these!

Also, your comment on the Foundations books, I totally agree. With Asimov, it was the idea, the whole scope of his imagination, but I would also include the follow up trilogy done by Greg Benford, David Brin and David Bear which did a great job of of patching up some of Asimovs plot holes, such as why there are NO Aliens in the galaxy. These books also include way more action and characters who are active in the story, each of these authors give the reader a sense of urgency and action

@RedFuryBooks

6 ай бұрын

That's good to know about that sequel trilogy. I had always wondered but don't see it talked about much at all.

@steveeverett1736

6 ай бұрын

I suspect that most Asimov fans were upset with some of the directions the writers went with the Pans and a more adult approach, but some of Ikes gaps were nicely explained@@RedFuryBooks

Some books that I didn't know here, thanks! I suggest "Spin" (followed by "Axis" and "Vortex"), "The Chronoliths" and "Blind Lake" by Robert Charles Wilson.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I've never heard of any of those, so I'm writing them down to check them out - thanks!

If you haven't read them, try Childhood's End and 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North, Ubik by Philip K. Dick, Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky, House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, and A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I'm getting a lot of recommendations for PK Dick, so it seems I need to go there first! But most of these others I've either read or are on the TBR!

My list would include the Expanse, Children of Time, the Bobiverse and the Three Body Problem. I also really like Shards of Earth by Tchaikovsky but i want to read the next one before I add it to the list.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

The Expanse is right up there with Sun Eater as to what sci-fi series I most want to read next.

@akellerhouse83

7 ай бұрын

@@RedFuryBooks I'm reading Suneater next year for sure!

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I just ordered the first two books so I'll be starting sometime next year too!

Just nice to see some newer books. So many of these lists are the same old "classics" over and over and while they deserve respect and appreciation as foundational influences... many are extremely overrated really.. and there is a ton of great modern scifi out there. I would highly encourage newer Blake Crouch, while I also love Wayward Pines, Recursion and Dark Matter are SOOO good. Also the newer Andy Wier Hail Mary.. I cried more than once in reading this book.. it's so hopeful and heartwarming which is rare in scifi, and the writing is like putting on a comfy sweater. Also if you haven't read it Jemisin's The Fifth Season and the rest of it's trilogy.. one of the best book series I've ever read and so very unique. I don't like anything else she has written but I've revisited this trilogy four times. Two others no one ever talks about anymore but were outstanding, probably more in the apocalyptic genre.. The Book of M by Peng Shepherd, and The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison.. the latter is part of a series and the rest of the books got.. weird.. but the first does tell a contained story and is by far the best. One of best ways to look for new "hidden gem" reads is to check out the annual awards such as the Phillip K Dick award (midwife won that in 2014), the Hugo, Nebula, etc. There is a website that collects all the results... www dot sfadb dot com (YT deletes my comment if I try to post actual links) that is handy to bookmark for easy reference.

@RedFuryBooks

Ай бұрын

Glad you liked the list! I have read Dark Matter but haven't gotten to Recursion yet. I do appreciate how more modern sci-fi embraces not just great ideas but also strong characters. Thanks for the sfadb site - heading there now!

Nice list. I think we have different taste in sci- fi since we only share two books - foundation series (which I reread almost every year) and Enders Game (and it’s the only book in the series I’ve read, I think the author is such an ass hat that I refuse to give him any money, but I did borrow my son’s copy which he had to read for school and loved it). Even though we have different taste, I wonder if you have read old man’s war by John Scalzi.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I tried Old Man's War on audio, and it didn't work for me. But I'll give it another shot reading it traditionally, as I've heard so many good things.

Ken Grimwood had several other interesting books, which are less known and rather hard to find. I read them through interlibrary loan after reading Replay.

@RedFuryBooks

6 күн бұрын

This is great to know - thanks!

Ender's is just a cut above. Hyperion is on my "after i finish Malazan abnd Cradle" list 😬 I love Dune but it's fantasy set over medieval history for me. From Herbert I actually prefer The Jesus Incident. Haven't read The Martian but Project Hail Mary is in my top 10 along with Lathe of Heaven, Nophek Gloss, and Helldivers. Frankenstein is also in my top 10 🙌🏼 Have you read any N.C. Reed? More post apocalyptic but fun.

@RedFuryBooks

6 ай бұрын

I haven't read any N.C. Reed! I'll have to look that author up. I've been told that if you like the Martian, you'll like Project Hail Mary and vice versa, so you may like it.

Sci-fi stories often fall into one of several buckets with some overlap. First you have “space fantasy”, which is where space is largely just a set piece and often contains other fantastic and “hand wavey” explanations for tech so it often feels like magic. You could take the core story and turn it into a Fantasy novel without much effort. So think Star Wars. I don’t read a lot in this category because when I’m in the mood for fantasy I often want a break from the space setting. Then you have hard/Hardish sci-fi that blend real scientific concepts into their stories. Some books I enjoy here are: - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - The Three Body Problem trilogy by Cixin Liu - The Expanse series Then you have the more philosophical sci-fi. This is where authors take modern questions (sometimes controversial) and flings them into the far future to examine them in a different context. This is the sort of thing Star Trek is famous for and probably my favorite thing about the sci-fi genre. Ursula K. Le Guin excels in this category with her Hainish cycle series (books can be read in any order). I really enjoyed the Dispossessed and The Left Hand of Darkness.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

The Expanse is definitely on the "hopefully soon" list, and I definitely want to read Project Hail Mary too. I also want to check out LeGuin - I've read her fantasy but not her sci-fi, and have had several people recommend The Dispossessed to me, saying they think I'd like it.

Damn you, mate. You’re making me want so bad to re-read the Cantos again *immediately*. 😆

@thatsci-firogue

7 ай бұрын

I was considering doing one next year anyway but this solidified it

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I feel ya! I just read it and kind of want to jump back in.

From the way you describe Murakami, i always think of Phillip K Dick. I think you would love Ubik because of the technology/magical realism in there. Fascinating book but also just a fun story. My favorite is A Scanner Darkly. It drips with themes of drug abuse and the double edged sword that is undercover police work. The epilogue to this novel really brings a weight to the novel as well. Incredible stuff!

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I'll definitely have to pick up some Phillip K. Dick! I've heard quite a bit about him, but if he's similar to Murakami I will likely enjoy it.

@Dylan13Collins

7 ай бұрын

@RedFuryBooks I haven't read any Murakami yet (it's slated for next year), but the way you describe all of his work being a little weird and how he leads into his own style of storytelling only makes me thing of PKD. A little like how King gets weird. Although PKD does it with the world, themes, and ideas where King uses events and characters to create the weird feelings.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

It's often quite surreal - Murakami throws together so many things that shouldn't work but somehow do.

@Dylan13Collins

7 ай бұрын

@@RedFuryBooks that sounds a lot like PKD and King lol.

Cixin Liu - Remembrance of Earths Past Trilogy - The Three Body Problem .....I would call this a modern, hard sci-fi. My favorite series Dean Koontz - Lightning.... time travel book that I love. Similar writing styles as Steven King and has many solo books that were best sellers in the 90's Peter Straub and Stephen King - The Talisman....... horror sci-fi at its best. Been waiting for a movie but none have gone there fully yet(just fan fiction on youtube)

@RedFuryBooks

6 ай бұрын

Interesting - I haven't read Koontz since the 90's. I'm rereading The Talisman this year and look forward to it. I remember liking it but the fandom seems pretty split.

@droppedlung

6 ай бұрын

@@RedFuryBooks you should really read Three Body Problem...that's such a good book, and the following 2 books are even more interesting

You should really check out The Sun Eater series by Christopher Ruocchio!

@RedFuryBooks

5 ай бұрын

Oh, I will! Definitely on the docket for sometime later this year.

@zacherylong2411

5 ай бұрын

@@RedFuryBooks Same with me and Hyperion! Can’t wait to get into that one

I read the first two books of Foundation series. I like them. However, I DNF the Martian because i was bored by the details of planting potatoes. This year i bought Neuromancer and Darwin's Radio. I wait to see if i will have a hard time.

@RedFuryBooks

4 ай бұрын

Haha yeah, there is a bit of potato farming in there! Neuromancer didn't work for me, but I appreciate reading it because it made me realize I really don't like steampunk!

The Hyperion Cantos is absolutely a masterpiece and absolutely essential

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Agree 100%!

1q84 is really good i read it last year I did like dune i can't say the same about the first book in the red rising series after reading it i dnf the series

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, a lot of people dropped out of Red Rising early and I can understand. He gets a lot better in that second book I thought.

I recommend Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard (This book does NOT teach scientology don't listen to anyone who says otherwise) and I would recommend Armor by John Steakley. It is a very interesting character study.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I read Battlefield Earth when I was 14 but don't remember much of it! I definitely want to give it a shot as it's still on my shelf (along with his 10-volume Mission Earth series).

@travislee6967

7 ай бұрын

@RedFuryBooks i reread it a couple of years ago it still holds up.

Enders game is a top five all time but I can’t separate the art from the artist when it comes to Card so I will never read him again.

@RedFuryBooks

4 ай бұрын

I can respect that.

Daemon & Freedom by Daniel Suarez Serious near future techno-economic warfare. Vorkosigan Saga Better than Hyperion Merchant Princes series Seems to be fantasy at the start but turns into PoliEcon science fiction.

@RedFuryBooks

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the recommendations!

I'm suprised so many people like The Forever War. This year I came to the conclusion I have read too little SF and so started reading all the books in the SF Masterworks series. And The Forever War is the first book of that series. To say I was disappointed would be putting it mildly, especially since it won the Nebula, the Hugo, and the Locus awards. Plus so many people recommend it. TFW just feels unfinished, it needs more work fleshing out the story and the characters.

@RedFuryBooks

6 ай бұрын

Sorry it didn't work for you!

check out john scalzi old mans war series and others..

@RedFuryBooks

6 ай бұрын

I definitely want to read some Scalzi.

Oh yea, Hyperion Cantos is phenomenal! I haven't read much sci-fi, myself, but the Hyperion books opened my eyes to the genre and has gotten me eager to read more. A few titles that I hope to get to in the coming months, Dune and Foundation sooner than later -- I own a nice looking B&N edition of Foundation. Continue Sun Eater with Book 3 Demon in White. And lastly, I've had Christopher Paolini's To Sleep in a Sea of Stars on my shelf the past three or four years and I really wanna get to it.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

I think we have the same edition of Foundation! Although I originally read it on Kindle but bought it after I fell in love with the series. I just bought the first two Sun Eater books, so that'll likely happen next year!

Dune messiah, for me, was a disappointment. The only book that I liked after the first was the fifth "Heretics of Dune". One important thing to know about Dune is that the last book ends in a cliffhanger and the author passed away. So you never see the end. The Briant Herbert ones where just products of other authors imagination.

@RedFuryBooks

7 ай бұрын

Interesting that you enjoyed Heretics but none of the other sequels. (I have a "Dune Books Ranked" video on my channel and had Heretics 6th!). I decided not to continue after Chapterhouse: Dune, as it seems it really wasn't Frank's vision. It's a shame he never finished the last book.

Great list, but I honestly think any recommendation of Endymion should have a Trigger Warning for grooming and Paedophilia. The red flags are there in earlier books - but Endymion makes it overt. I was too grossed out to finish it - I have no desire to read Lolita in Space and I honestly wish someone had mentioned how messed up this story is amongst all the gushing praise for the book. We live in a time of overreaction but this is more a case of Jesus....no wonder there's so much child abuse in the world - people will overlook almost anything for almost nothing. Damn. I really would not want to see the author's hard drive.