A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction.
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@boxofdelights For a young female reader—Ursula LeGuin of course. More recently "The Deep Sky" by Yume Kitasei or "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers.
@negative12dollarbill I haven't read The Deep Sky but I'm putting it on my TBR now.
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog.
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@boxofdelights Mira Grant (Seanan McGuire)'s Newsflesh trilogy?
@moira I'll have to ask if zombies are okay, but yes!
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@boxofdelights l love Stanslaw Lem, but that may be a bit much to get started. But how about his short stories, The Cyberiad. Here's an example (a fave of mine) of one of them. How The World Was Saved: https://english.lem.pl/works/novels/the-cyberiad/146-how-the-world-was-saved
@nomdeb I will keep Lem in my back pocket for if she likes SF and wants to go deeper.
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@negative12dollarbill I haven't read The Deep Sky but I'm putting it on my TBR now.
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It's a mix of things—apart from anything else it's a murder mystery, but it's got lots of different aspects. -
A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights Nnedi Okorafor’s “Death of the Author” is outstanding, or the “Binti” novels for a younger reader.
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights I enjoyed the Darkover-Series as a teenager. To me a good crossover of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights Here’s another recommendation for Becky Chambers’ “A Long Way To A Small Angry Planet“. Just a delight.
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights Neuromancer? And maybe Little Brother. And Peripheral. -
A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights the Ancillary Trilogy by Leckie
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights if she comes from fantasy, I think Dune is a great suggestion.
Also, the Hitchhikers Guide to give her a good laugh.
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@ansate I'll ask her about what fantasy she likes tomorrow. We meet at the library, so I'll get a stack of books for her to look through!
Ask the librarian! I was trying to come up with some titles for you, and realized all my YA favorites are fantasy.
Andy Weir's books are very readable, but I'd want to reread before recommending them for YA. -
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @boxofdelights
Niven didn't write Stainless Steel Rat, that was Harry Harrison.
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@TheresaReason Always a good choice.
I always recommend people start with The Wind's Twelve Quarters. It's a great introduction to Le Guin's voice, and the stories are almost all pretty approachable.
Some of my Le Guin favorites (especially Always Coming Home) can be difficult to get into for people who aren't familiar with her stuff.
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights Oryx and Crake then the rest of the trilogy?
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights I guess how old, and how advanced of a reader are key questions.
And genre specific, are they good at science? Will they get a kick from the actual science part of sci-fi. -
@roguefoam @boxofdelights @troublewithwords
"Children of Time"
Thanks, first in line at my local library 🙂
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights can recommend anything by alastair reynolds apart from terminal world. his revelation space series os a good place to start. i also love william gibson though haven't read anything by him for ages. must remedy that soon. 🙂
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights The Vorkosigan series by Lois Bujold McMaster. The long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers. John Scalzi is fine, too. The expanse series. And definitely don't start with Dune, I agree (and neither some of the other old stuff).
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
Arthur C Clarke - Rama series and other books
Isaac Asimov - Foundation series and other books
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sono dati personali ma non credo siano dati sensibili
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@nuintari Ditto
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@ricardo Oooo, haven't tried that one. I tried Helix, but did not like it, even with a config that makes it as vim like as it can be. It is just too fundamentally different.
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@nuintari I was already considering https://github.com/kyx0r/nextvi
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@ricardo This is relevant to my interests.
