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This magazine is aimed at fans and creators of sci-fi and related media of all kinds. It includes all content related to the sci-fi genre and only content related to the sci-fi genre. The goal is to build a community for everyone who enjoys science fiction and related topics. This includes the obvious books, movies, and TV shows, but also original writing, the discussion of writing SF, futuristic art and designs, and the science and technologies that inspire the sci-fi genre. **Team Top 20**

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Share you favourite Sci-Fi books and what you loved about them (kbin.social)

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I've been getting through more and more sci-fi books and would love recommendations on the books you've all enjoyed.

For myself I thought the Xeelee series was brilliant. Taking us from the dawn of time through to the end of the universe and around again. Fighting aliens from other dimensions and the creators of the universe themselves.

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[–] yske@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a little disappointed by how thin the Monk & Robot books are, even while I still enjoy reading them.

They almost feel like a couple chapters of a book each instead of a series of novellas.

I mean, if past experience is anything to go by, I'm going to keep buying them, but still. It's a good story that I wish already had some more to it, given the time and cost so far.

But I'll always recommend all of Chambers' full novels unreservedly, great reads all.

[–] windchime@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I tend to prefer shorter books these days (slow reader with a ridiculously long TBR...), but I know what you mean.

I unfortunately bounced off the first Becky Chambers book I tried (A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet) - still not sure why, it just wasn't working for me. After reading and adoring both Monk & Robot books, though, I really need to give it another try...

[–] yske@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Also I'd give her other stuff a try! All of her Galactic Commons books are fairly different, and while they do inform each other, I don't think any of them are required reading to understand the others.

[–] yske@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I get you! Even if I'm reading long books, I really prefer ones broken up with nice short chapters. Unfortunately this isn't a readily-advertised aspect of book structure, so there's not a good way to know about it aside from already knowing the author or just diving in and hoping for the best.