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Introduce Yourself / Re: Another new guy here... Just finished reading the books
« on: June 27, 2016, 04:04:20 am »Welcome to the forum.
I find myself reading more scifi than fantasy, though that changed in the last few years for no particular reason.. I can't say I prefer with genre.
Simmon's Hyperion Cantos is hands down my favorite scifi,, closely followed by Dune.
Yes, there hasn't been much great new Sci-Fi lately, maybe that's why.
But big props for you for mentioning Simmon's Hyperion Cantos. Space Opera is my favorite sub-genre, and Simmon's epic is by far my favorite books. I have of course also read Dune, and the other classics.
If you are looking for other new Sci-Fi to read, my favorite recent Space Opera series are:
- Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch trilogy ("Ancillary Justice", "Ancillary Sword", "Ancillary Mercy") - a very interesting take on a future society with no gender roles (although biological genders exists for procreation)
- James's A Corey's The Expanse series (5+ books starting with "Leviathan Wakes") - a great near future space opera in a colonized solar system (also adapted by SyFY, season 2 starting next year)