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sci-fi series recommendation (lemmy.world)
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I've finished the "Old Man's War" series from John Scalzi. It was great!

Can you recommend any other good sci-fi series playing in space for my next read?

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[–] wilt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve read most of the series and I would say this is my experience with half of it.

Some books are bangers others are flops. But overall the entire thing is worth reading for the universe he presents.

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Hmm, it has been a while since I read them. Maybe I should put the next one in the series on hold at the library.

[–] wilt@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

So. To save you some time, none of them need to be read in order (although Consider Phlebas is the best starting point), the books I recommend are:

Use of Weapons, Excession, Look to Windward, Matter, Surface Detail

…. Wait. You know, I just looked at a list of the Culture novels and realized I HAVE read them all except Surface Detail(which I am currently reading and enjoy) and honestly Player of Games is the weakest of the lot followed by Hydrogen Sonata.

You really did stop reading right as it gets really good. Use of Weapons and Excession especially open up the world and really start pushing cool concepts.