I’ve never really read science fiction before, but I’ve been wanting to get into it. I’d love to start with something that’s both thought-provoking and a bit emotional, not too heavy on the technical stuff. What’s a good first sci-fi book that could really pull me into the genre?
Open to any suggestions, classics or modern!
by Alternative-Loquat16
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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini. Easy reading, broad in scope but not too technical.
“Old Man’s War” by John Scalzi
Battlefield earth by L Ron Hubbard
*Hyperion* by Dan Simmons is an incredible four-part sci-fi series. Published in 1989, it is predictive of the rise of tensions between humans and AI, religion, the collapse of a inter-galactic society, time travel, and is all-around very well written.
Simmons’ use of inter-textuality adds to the high quality weaving in literary references and inspirations from *Canterbury Tales*, Joseph Campbell, neo-noir, horror, Ancient Rome, the poet John Keats, and more.
I am convinced that Laszlo Cravensworth from *What We Do in The Shadows* in inspired from The Poet character in *Hyperion*.
Dark matter by blake crouch
Dark matter, project Hail Mary, Murderbot series