I’ve been trying to go to the library and read more but I’m out of ideas for what to read next. Help plz.
I recently read my way through all Becky Chamber’s works and then The Murderbot Diaries. They were quite enjoyable and I very much recommend them.
The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks
I was gonna recommend the Culture!
uhhh, the Expanse series is cool too. not as based commie but it’s fun if kinda depressing scifi
Excession is my favourite but it’s not a good one to start with in my opinion.
Consider phlebas is a pretty straightforward one. It’s got a normal timeline and does a good job of introducing the culture and their history.
Don’t sleep on his non culture SciFi story the algebraist either, it’s excellent.
Player of Games is good! I started with Consider Phlebas which I quite enjoyed but Use of Weapons stuck out to me when I was first reading them!
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I may have had to read it twice to keep the intersecting plots straight but that’s my own ADHD more than anything
It’s been a long time since I was it, but A Confederacy of Dunces was a fun read
Excellent recommendation. Ignatius is a true poster invented by the author before posting was invented.
Another similar book from 100 years earlier is A Rebours by JK Huysmans. It’s about a fail child aristocratic son who retreats from the real world into the realm of aesthetics. It’s absolutely jammed with esoteric references to the art and artists of the time, but if you can look past the references you won’t get, I guarantee that any hexbear poster will recognize the ancestors of the modern spoiled lib.
You can’t go wrong with Discworld if you’re into fantasy/satire.
Oh also Unjust Depths
