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Space opera is my favorite genre but I've failed to get through the Foundation series probably 20 times now so this may be terrible advice but it's recommended
by swozey 3y ago
Space opera is my favorite genre but I've failed to get through the Foundation series probably 20 times now so this may be terrible advice but it's recommended to not read them in publication order by Asimov himself.
This has a good breakdown: https://www.reddit.com/r/Asimov/wiki/seriesguide/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Asimov/wiki/seriesguide/
edit: Somehow I got Foundation mixed up with Banks' Culture series. I think I have gotten through most of Foundation if not all but I've had a hard time with the Culture series, there I usually start with Player of Games..
- joshstrange 3y agoThe Culture series is good but I've struggled with getting through it all as well. If you like space opera I can highly recommend the Honor Harrington series, the first book being On Basilisk Station [0]. This has held up for me for well over a decade and I've reread the entire series (~14 books IIRC) at least 4-5 times. I've heard it described as "Horatio Hornblower in space" but I never read that series so I can't speak to that. [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Station https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35921.On_Basilisk_Statio...
- a_e_k 3y agoIncidentally, On Basilisk Station is a free e-book at the publisher's website [0]. They also have an online HTML version [1]. So you can try the first book in the series to see how you like it before purchasing any of the others. [0] https://www.baen.com/on-basilisk-station.html https://www.baen.com/on-basilisk-station.html [1] https://www.baen.com/readonline/index/read/sku/0743435710 https://www.baen.com/readonline/index/read/sku/0743435710
- joshstrange 3y agoI'm a big fan of the audiobooks for this series as well, the narrator does a very good job IMHO.