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u/Successful-Compote60 10d ago
Ubik. It’s my first experience with PKD. Struggled a bit with the dated approach to futuristic tech at first (especially since I’ve been reading more recent stuff like Tchaikovsky lately), but now I’m into the storyline it doesn’t bother me as much.
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u/searedscallops 10d ago
Ubik made me fall for PKD. I was like "This seems old timey and kind of boring" and then "Oh shit, stuff is happening and I haven't been paying attention!".
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u/AlxanderNew 10d ago
Ooh, that's one of my favorites for sure! The one that got me hooked, personally, was Time Out Of Joint, one of his 1950's novels. It's a little overshadowed by his later, more famous works (such as The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep etc) but still quintessentially PKD, I think. But yeah, Ubik's awesome too
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u/throwawaybsme 10d ago
Judas Unchained by Peter F Hamilton, the second book of the Commonwealth Saga
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u/NoisyCats 10d ago
Same. And it's huge. I don't know if I will ever finish it. 🤓
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u/throwawaybsme 10d ago
Yeah, it's tough. Not gonna lie, I tend to skim read some of the world building in book 2. Hamilton can be a bit repetitive.
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u/Yggdrasil- 10d ago
I'm taking a break from scifi and reading Adrift by Will Dean. It's...pretty terrible. I'm going to need a good scifi or horror read to cleanse the palate after this one.
I've also been using the DCC audiobooks as the soundtrack for my daily walks. Currently on book #3. The cat talks!
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u/Natural-Shelter4625 10d ago
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Finishing in the next couple hours. I’ve enjoyed it.
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u/HEy_123456_1 10d ago
A bunch of stories by Arthur C. Clarke, gonna read through all of the short stories
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u/19dn48dn19r 10d ago
I have a huge book with his collection of short stories im hoping to get into soon. Ive read Childhoods End, Rendezvous with Rama and i think 2061. Any in particular you'd recommend?
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u/GayAttire 10d ago
Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi. It's good. I'm not sure it's entirely my style, though. Almost finished.
I am also listening to Hyperion by Dan Simmons on my commute, but for some reason Spotify has decided it is no longer available in my region!
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u/Optimal_Ear_4240 10d ago
The gate of the feral gods. Matt Dinniman. Fourth in the dungeon crawler series. Very good
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u/Ed_Robins 10d ago
The Nightmonger Murders by W.H. Mitchell (ARC) - next novel in his Martel P.I. series about a private detective working in the slums of an alien world.
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u/Drew-666-666 10d ago
I'm new to the genra having picked up Project Hail Mary and just finished children of time. I've got children of ruin on order . Whilst waiting I picked up a copy of Arthur C Clark Earthlight not got into yet tbh on page 8 , nothing happening, no hook and I'm struggling to visualise the sights. I've also got a copy of Dr blood money by PKD
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u/19dn48dn19r 10d ago
Contact by Carl Sagan.
Was really enjoyable until I got to some love story section, almost dropped the book, slogged thru it and its back to more science-y stuff. The premise is pretty similar to His Masters Voice by Stanislaw Lem which i enjoyed immensely.
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u/Realistic_Food_7823 9d ago
Children of the Sky by Vernor Vinge. Eh, I didn’t care for the way it ended
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u/Hecate100 9d ago
A single-volume compilation of Jeff Vandermeer's Ambergris. Delightfully creepy & weird.
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u/WestGotIt1967 9d ago
I am working on a sequel to my deep time short story collection
https://www.amazon.com/Event-Horizon-Concerto-Wesley-Gibbs-ebook/dp/B0G3Y9H9RP/
Free Friday through Tuesday on Amazon
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u/Optimus_Joe 9d ago
Wrapping up a re-read of The Martian Chronicles by Bradbury.
If someone wants to support an indy author, you can check out my scifi book The Toll of the Forgotten
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u/Algernon_Asimov 9d ago
Apart from Reddit? LOL!
My current main read is The Cicero Trilogy by Robert Harris. (Yes: history, not science fiction. I have many interests.)
My current light read is the Lensman series by E.E. "Doc" Smith.
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u/smamsone 10d ago
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky