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I keep hearing recommendations for the Culture books so I tried reading it recently and it just didn't work for me -- I gave up on it halfway through, which is
by bewaretheirs 5y ago
I keep hearing recommendations for the Culture books so I tried reading it recently and it just didn't work for me -- I gave up on it halfway through, which is rare for me.
- pault 5y agoWhich one? They each have a unique feel and setting.
- bewaretheirs 5y agoPlayer of Games (thought that was obvious from context).
- Jordanpomeroy 5y agoThey are a slow burn, but the ends always justify the means with those novels. If you really did make it 1/2 way, I’d encourage you to go back and finish reserve judgment.
- bewaretheirs 5y agoNot going to pick it up again. My reaction is perhaps summarized by the old quip: "This is not a novel to be lightly tossed aside. It should be thrown with great force.". It wasn't any one thing but I eventually hit a point where continuing just wasn't worth it for me. There's too much else on my to-read shelf which is less likely to seriously annoy me.
- mrslave 5y agoMe too with Consider Phlebas. Then I hit the Alastair Reynolds novels pretty hard and now I'm stuck for new material. Dune is en vogue so perhaps that's the right read next? I really enjoyed Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky but couldn't quite get into A Fire Upon the Deep but it still sits on my shelf taunting me.
- CRConrad 5y ago> read next? Stephen R. Donaldson: He's more known for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, but you might prefer The Gap Cycle; it's more typical SF. Also, the Night's Dawn trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton. Perhaps Dan Simmons? And of course anything by Charlie Stross.