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This is one of my favorite sci-fi books of all time (as you can tell by my username!). It has such deep and original world-building, three-dimensional character
by tines 3y ago
This is one of my favorite sci-fi books of all time (as you can tell by my username!). It has such deep and original world-building, three-dimensional characterization, an interesting plot, and its conception of the future is firmly rooted in the days of the early internet, so it's a pleasure for me as a fan of retrofuturism.
If anyone likes this book and hasn't read John C. Wright's The Golden Age series, I can't recommend it enough.
- conkeisterdoor 3y agoThe whole trilogy was great, and I was sad when I finished The Children of the Sky because there weren't any more books set in that universe left to read. Another space opera I felt the same way about is Peter Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga. There's also a trilogy and some other novels set in the same universe. 99% of the fiction I read is space opera, and the Commonwealth universe is definitely my favorite. So action-packed and enthralling, couldn't put the books down. As a matter of fact — it's been a few years since I've read them, and I'm almost done with Lords of Uncreation, so I think I may read it again :)
- etrautmann 3y agoChildren of Time has some complementary themes, ideas, vibes if you enjoyed those.
- buildbot 3y agoThe Commonwealth Saga has so much world building and depth to it - with a really wide selection of characters and ideas. Some of which make people uncomfortable, but IMO that is the point of all speculative fiction - "what if?"
- BillSaysThis 3y agoInteresting -- I read the Commonwealth books and really enjoyed them but still prefer his earlier Night's Dawn series.
- tetris11 3y ago> John C Weight That's a name I haven't heard in a while. I remember that his Awake in the Night was a fantastic reimagining of William Hope Hodgson's (terrible) The Night Land 1: https://archive.org/details/john-c-wright-awake-in-the-night https://archive.org/details/john-c-wright-awake-in-the-night
- tines 3y agoI just read this in two sittings and it's amazing. Wright is a gem, I'm looking forward to reading more of his stuff.
- tetris11 3y agoHe has this deeply romantic and fatalistic style of writing that appeals to me
- epivosism 3y agoHuge fan of him! Loved the Golden Oecumene a bunch. This story is chilling and hints at a deep viciousness of character, which unfortunately does come out quite a bit of you follow him further. http://www.sfsfss.com/stories2/guest-law.pdf http://www.sfsfss.com/stories2/guest-law.pdf Still, the first 20 pages of the Golden Oecumene are so amazingly stylized and interesting, and the whole thing is great.
- epivosism 3y agoWow, thanks for the story. So many formats, but not a single one of just raw html with paragraph breaks I can read in a browser.