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Which is your favorite Science Fiction series?

590 sats \ 27 comments \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 9 Jan BooksAndArticles

Which series of Science Fiction books do like the best?

We are looking at a series of at least two or three books. There are many series out there and I could only list a few. If you have others, not listed please put them in comments. I will publish the results after the poll closes.

The Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert 42.9%

The Vorkosigan Saga by Bujold 0.0%

The Foundation & Robot Series by Asimov 19.0%

Zones of Thought series by Vernor Vinge9.5%

Altered Carbon by Morgan4.8%

The Heechee Saga by Frederik Pohl0.0%

Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson9.5%

Ringworld Series by Larry Niven0.0%

The Uplift Saga by David Brin0.0%

The Three-Body Problem Series Cixin Liu 14.3%

21 votes \ poll ended

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0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 7h

Which is your favorite Science Fiction series?

Which series of Science Fiction books do like the best?

We are looking at a series of at least two or three books. There are many series out there and I could only list a few. If you have others, not listed please put them in comments.

I will publish the results after the poll closes. THE DUNE CHRONICLES BY FRANK HERBERT. 42.9% THE VORKOSIGAN SAGA BY BUJOLD. 0.0% THE FOUNDATION & ROBOT SERIES BY ASIMOV. 19.0% ZONES OF THOUGHT SERIES BY VERNOR VINGE. 9.5% ALTERED CARBON BY MORGAN. 4.8% THE HEECHEE SAGA BY FREDERIK POHL. 0.0% SPRAWL TRILOGY BY WILLIAM GIBSON. 9.5% RINGWORLD SERIES BY LARRY NIVEN. 0.0% THE UPLIFT SAGA BY DAVID BRIN. 0.0% THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM SERIES CIXIN LIU. 14.3% 21 votes \ poll ended

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 9 Jan

daaamn now I have to read/see them all to be able to choose one :) making a list because I see some interesting names here. I read/saw: Dune, 3 body problem, the foundation, altered carbon

I will remain from these with the foundation.

43 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9 Jan

Yes, I have only read 7 from the list. There are three highly recommended to read that I haven’t even seen, yet. I just don’t know if there is enough time to get to read them.

31 sats \ 3 replies \ @Blank 9 Jan

I've been enjoying the The Expanse series by James SA Corey. This is my first Science Fiction series outside of film/television though.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9 Jan

I hope you get to some of the other series. Some of them are very, very good reads.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Blank 9 Jan

Thank you, I have been eyeing up the three body problem as it's the only one on your list that my local bookseller holds.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9 Jan

Already the leader from the list is the Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert. The way to read them is first read the ones Frank Herbert wrote and then try the others in the timeline for this post: #730664

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @drlh 19h

I haven't read any book from the list, so I'll risk to choose a game instead: Sanabi.

But better would random pick for the next read: Altered Carbon come to me!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 12h

Altered Carbon is an interesting read, too. The whole list is full of good reads.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @charonnakamoto 10 Jan

Bro, The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 10 Jan

You will get your chance to choose The Expanse in a later poll. Keep your eyes open for the chance.

15 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 9 Jan

I've only read Dune and Foundation, out of those listed. Both are excellent, but I chose Dune. I found it to be the more captivating experience.

With the rise of Trump, I was glad to have read the second book in the foundation series. At least my recollection is that The Mule was in the second book.

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9 Jan

Yeah, he is in the second, Foundation and Empire. He is looking for the Second Foundation and their mentalic group.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @nout 9 Jan

Yeah, this is tricky because to decide I'd have to read all of them. I only read The three body problem and that one was great - what happens when extinctionalist communism meets even worse extinctionalist communism :)

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9 Jan

Oh, that one sounds very interesting. I have had it on my reading list for after reading the last 23 Dune Chronicle books that I haven’t read.

5 sats \ 1 reply \ @fishious 9 Jan

I'm actually currently in the middle of the third book Death's End, but I enjoyed reading the second book The Dark Forest much more than the first book. I actually thought the first book was meh, but it sets the stage for the big ideas Cixin Liu explores in the following books.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9 Jan

This sounds a lot like what happens with Asimov’s Robots stories! This kind of development makes for better books later in the series and is very welcome if you can make it through the book that sets everything up.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Jon_Hodl 9 Jan

Dune is the only one on this list I have even heard of

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9 Jan

Perhaps this list would be a good start for more Science Fiction reading for the future. They are all highly recommended by most who read them. The, possibly, only things that could have larger readerships would be Lord of the Rings and The Bible.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 9 Jan

I'm ashamed that of all of these I've only read Three-Body. I have Dune in the line up and Zones of Thought. I tend to find picking favorites among uniquely good things difficult anyway.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9 Jan

No need to be ashamed. I have not read them all, either. You only have time for that which you can do. All the reading time is subsumed by what you have to do in the real world.

5 sats \ 5 replies \ @Shugard 9 Jan

Dune is by far the best!

15 sats \ 1 reply \ @nym 9 Jan

My favorite also!

4 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9 Jan

It is the elephant in the room, isn’t it?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9 Jan

I like it, too. I tend to feel there is no way to say best because they are all very good at examining different subject matter in slightly different points of view. To say they are all good would work with me.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Shugard 9 Jan

I mean, Altered Carbon the first season was also incredibly good and finally something different!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 9 Jan

Yes, I binge watched the first season but lost it in the second. I always wonder why the second season or movie is usually a bit of a disappointment. They just don’t seem to meet the standards of the first of the series.