Beginner Science Fiction Books?
259 sats \ 15 comments \ @siggy47 19 Aug 2023 bitcoin
I feel like the only bitcoiner who is not into science fiction. I'm looking for recommendations. I'm not sure if they even count, but I did read classic Orwell, Huxley, and Bradbury, and A Clockwork Orange, so I'm not looking for that stuff. More the stuff people in their 30s seem to have all read.
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457 sats \ 3 replies \ @monaco 20 Aug 2023
Neal Stephenson:
  1. "Snow Crash"
  2. "Cryptonomicon"
  3. "The Diamond Age"
William Gibson:
  1. "Neuromancer"
  2. "Count Zero"
  3. "Mona Lisa Overdrive"
Philip K. Dick:
  1. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
  2. "Ubik"
  3. "The Man in the High Castle"
Isaac Asimov:
  1. "Foundation" series
  2. "Robot" series
Frank Herbert:
  1. "Dune" series
Alastair Reynolds:
  1. "Revelation Space" series
Vernor Vinge:
  1. "A Fire Upon the Deep"
  2. "A Deepness in the Sky"
Iain M. Banks:
  1. "Culture" series
Robert A. Heinlein:
  1. "Stranger in a Strange Land"
  2. "Starship Troopers"
Arthur C. Clarke:
  1. "2001: A Space Odyssey" series
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18 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 20 Aug 2023
Thanks. At my age I better start reading tonight before dementia sets in.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @BBitcoinUSA 20 Aug 2023
Lol, I always have to bookmark posts like this so I don’t forget to revert back later on
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @monaco 20 Aug 2023
Same here buddy!
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119 sats \ 2 replies \ @_redacted 20 Aug 2023
Sci-fi-y I've mostly spent time with space opera stuff so recommendations are more focused that way...
Asimov is a classic as well. Foundation series and (outside of that series) The End of Eternity.
Hitchhiker's Guide
Old Man's War and Scalzi's later Interdependency series.
Broken Earth for a not-space-opera and more rock focused series.
Not beginner-y, Imperial Radch is really interesting.
Neal Stephenson can be hit or miss for folks. My favorite is Seveneves but Snow Crash is a classic and Cryptonomicon fits well with crypto folks.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 20 Aug 2023
Now I remember reading A Hitchhiker's Guide back in the early 80s. It was very popular with my crowd. I honestly don't remember too much about it, but I seem to recall it was kind of funny in an ironic way? I might be mistaken.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 20 Aug 2023
Thanks. This is what I was looking for.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @JesseJames 20 Aug 2023
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @eggos 20 Aug 2023

Read micho kaku that clown only writes on science fiction

Not great if you're allergic to bullshit though

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @SteveZissou 20 Aug 2023
Anything by Andy Weir.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 20 Aug 2023
Another recommendation for Hitchhikers Guide and Dune - both very good but quite different
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinosphere 20 Aug 2023
An important science fiction short story that everyone should read today is called "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Heinlein, who himself was a libertarian. I'd bet you can find it free to read online and eat it in an hour flat.
It's got a bunch of themes in it like AI and national control over the moon that are relevant today. Great stuff.
For fun read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which has pretty much infinite quotes and memes spewing from it.
Frank Herbert's DUNE was epic as f*ck.
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is a great freaking book and an OK movie. There were tons of sequels though.
Also try Larry Niven's Ringworld.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @shyfire 20 Aug 2023
Children of Time
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @tnuts420 20 Aug 2023
+1 for hitchhiker's guide, dune is also great, and just about anything by phillip k dick.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 20 Aug 2023
I have known this guy for years. We still run into each other once in a while, but I have never read his books. I'm sure he's not big time: https://www.goodreads.com/series/368253-agent-of-exiles
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