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Best Starter Science Fiction Books

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Whether you like ripping page turners, incredible characters, books that make you laugh out loud, exploring unforgettable new worlds, or literary books that will make you see the world in a new way, there's a great intro to scifi out there for everyone!

If you want to jump around, here are the timestamps for all the books we talked about:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:38 Incredible Characters - Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 3:07 A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
  • 4:04 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  • 4:52 Unforgettable Worlds - The Expanse by James S.A. Corey
  • 6:58 Hyperion by Dan Simmons
  • 8:24 House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
  • 9:20 Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • 10:56 The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
  • 12:22 Funny SF - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  • 13:36 Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
  • 14:50 Old Man's War by John Scalzi
  • 16:01 Page turners - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
  • 17:43 Dark Matter or Recursion by Blake Crouch
  • 18:52 All Systems Red by Martha Wells
  • 20:01 Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
  • 21:35 Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  • 22:34 Literary SciFi - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
  • 24:55 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • 26:26 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • 27:49 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  • 28:40 Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
  continue reading

87 episodes

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Manage episode 521180300 series 3289882
Content provided by Brent Gaisford & Cody Troyer, Brent Gaisford, and Cody Troyer. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Brent Gaisford & Cody Troyer, Brent Gaisford, and Cody Troyer or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Whether you like ripping page turners, incredible characters, books that make you laugh out loud, exploring unforgettable new worlds, or literary books that will make you see the world in a new way, there's a great intro to scifi out there for everyone!

If you want to jump around, here are the timestamps for all the books we talked about:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:38 Incredible Characters - Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 3:07 A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
  • 4:04 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  • 4:52 Unforgettable Worlds - The Expanse by James S.A. Corey
  • 6:58 Hyperion by Dan Simmons
  • 8:24 House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
  • 9:20 Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • 10:56 The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
  • 12:22 Funny SF - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  • 13:36 Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
  • 14:50 Old Man's War by John Scalzi
  • 16:01 Page turners - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
  • 17:43 Dark Matter or Recursion by Blake Crouch
  • 18:52 All Systems Red by Martha Wells
  • 20:01 Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
  • 21:35 Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  • 22:34 Literary SciFi - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
  • 24:55 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • 26:26 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • 27:49 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  • 28:40 Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
  continue reading

87 episodes

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