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Another good one is Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky Also, I feel like if I am recommending something I have to recommend Dungeon Crawler Carl, which is my
by imzadi 2y ago
Another good one is Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Also, I feel like if I am recommending something I have to recommend Dungeon Crawler Carl, which is my current obsession. I've read all the books multiple times in multiple formats, but it's not much like Murderbot.
- bnj 2y agoGlad to see DCC mentioned, one of my favorite things to do is describe the initial concept to someone and then see them experience the first few chapters and get hooked
- em-bee 2y agoi am reading service model right now with our scifi book club. this book needs a trigger warning for programmers. reading it feels like work because i am constantly analyzing what coding faults lead to the choices the robots are making.
- georgeecollins 2y agoChildren of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky is also very good imo.
- moomin 2y agoHonestly that’s the book I recommend to anyone who thinks Heinlein, Asimov and Niven are all there is to good sci-fi.
- loeg 2y agoYMMV. I found it pretty tedious, especially the 2nd in the series (Children of Ruin). I liked Tchaikovsky's Final Architecture series (Shards of Earth, etc) better.
- disgruntledphd2 2y agoI think Final Architecture was a better story, but the background and philosophy in the Children series is very very good indeed.
- lproven 2y ago> I found it pretty tedious 100% this. I am not at all arachnophobic -- I like spiders, I find them cute and fascinating. They were the only interesting characters in the book. The humans were all vile and the human scenes dull dull dull. I really stuggled to finish the book and do not plan to return to the sequels.
- jamesog 2y agoChildren of Time needs to come with a huge content warning for those with arachnophobia. I got through it, but I didn't enjoy it, for that reason.
- hinkley 2y agoSee also Ann Leckie’s Ancillary books (5)