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Imagine I could only choose 5 sci fi books for a brand new sci fi reader -- what would they be?

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Imagine I could only choose 5 sci fi books for a brand new sci fi reader – what would they be?

Dune by Frank Herbert
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

That should be a nice cross section, though I completely ignored cyberpunk, near future apocalyptic (unless you include Hitchhiker's Guide!), alternate history, and a few others!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Haven't read Doomsday Book but did read To Say Nothing About the Dog. Interesting and well writ.

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