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Can anyone recommend books similar to Sphere by Michael Crichton or other sci-fi books that take place in modernish times?
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Aug 22, 2016 02:39
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im gay posted:Can anyone recommend books similar to Sphere by Michael Crichton or other sci-fi books that take place in modernish times? The Deep by Nick Cutter Pressure by Brian Keene If you only choose one, go with Cutter.
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Aug 22, 2016 13:48
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Thanks, those look decent. I was maybe hoping for something more diverse related to time travel or other sci-fi elements that take place in modern times that aren't necessarily underwater. Something like if Interstellar was in a book or something.
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Aug 22, 2016 15:02
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im gay posted:Can anyone recommend books similar to Sphere by Michael Crichton or other sci-fi books that take place in modernish times? Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child write in a subgenre often termed 'technothriller' that usually matches up well with the kind of thing that Chrichton was doing in Sphere. I used to love them. Look into their co-authored book The Ice Limit (which has a new sequel I've not read), about an expedition to retrieve an anomalous object found in the arctic Also Child's solo novel Deep Storm, about a drilling rig which uncovers extraterrestrial tech no time travel tho
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Aug 22, 2016 15:24
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Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation is a thoroughly Crichtonesque horror-thriller that I mostly enjoyed. It was the first book in a trilogy, but the story wrapped up nicely and I didn't feel compelled to read the other two. If you want stuff like Crichton, it might be worth checking out.
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Aug 22, 2016 17:45
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im gay posted:Thanks, those look decent. I was maybe hoping for something more diverse related to time travel or other sci-fi elements that take place in modern times that aren't necessarily underwater. More recent things I've enjoyed that gently caress with time are Blueprints of the Afterlife and How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. The latter seems to catch some flack here, though, but maybe that's because it's not "serious" enough or something. If you want more diverse, John Dies at the End is a goofy buddy/sci-fi/horror story that gets into extra-dimensional beings and weird poo poo like that and legit made me laugh out loud a few times. PKD messes with time a lot, too, especially with his short stories, and Vonnegut's Timequake fits the mold for something more philosophical/less sci-fi. Oh, and it's not about time-travel, but you might get some joy out of Solaris, too.
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Aug 22, 2016 18:05
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I'd suggest China Miéville's The City & The City and saying anything else would be spoilers. Well, it's not very scientific but the concept is pretty weird anyway. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Aug 22, 2016 |
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Aug 22, 2016 18:22
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im gay posted:Thanks, those look decent. I was maybe hoping for something more diverse related to time travel or other sci-fi elements that take place in modern times that aren't necessarily underwater.
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Aug 22, 2016 18:24
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im gay posted:Can anyone recommend books similar to Sphere by Michael Crichton or other sci-fi books that take place in modernish times? Fragment and Pandemonium by Warren Fahy.
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Aug 22, 2016 20:51
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Fragment and Pandemonium by Warren Fahy. Fragment is pretty much a Jurassic Park re-write, though.
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Aug 23, 2016 01:44
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funkybottoms posted:Fragment is pretty much a Jurassic Park re-write, though. I enjoyed it more than JP though.
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Aug 23, 2016 03:48
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Recent things I've read online make me want to find as many sci-fi and fantasy books where queer people do cool things and don't suffer and die for being queer as I can. Bonus points if the author is themselves queer.
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Aug 23, 2016 05:23
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Solitair posted:Recent things I've read online make me want to find as many sci-fi and fantasy books where queer people do cool things and don't suffer and die for being queer as I can. Bonus points if the author is themselves queer. Some I read recently: Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson I'd be curious to add more to my to-read list.
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Aug 23, 2016 05:34
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Solitair posted:Recent things I've read online make me want to find as many sci-fi and fantasy books where queer people do cool things and don't suffer and die for being queer as I can. Bonus points if the author is themselves queer. Charles Stross' Halting State - one of the three protagonists is a married lesbian cop who gets drawn into a techno-thriller. It's a bit odd due to the second person pov, but I'm 226 pages into it and having a good time. S Andrew Swann's second Moreau book, Emperors of the Twilight, features a lesbian cyborg who goes through a whole thriller plot with a lot of action but finds some love along the way and the last page is the protagonist and her girlfriend being alive and kissing. I don't recall how reliant it is on the first book for plot, but the first one is about a giant tiger-man detective who gets involved in a bizarro investigation way out of his league with lots of action, so it's fun to read.
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Aug 23, 2016 06:22
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Solitair posted:Recent things I've read online make me want to find as many sci-fi and fantasy books where queer people do cool things and don't suffer and die for being queer as I can. Bonus points if the author is themselves queer. Richard K. Morgan's A Land Fit for Heroes series. Two of the three main characters are gay.
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Aug 23, 2016 14:50
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Solitair posted:Recent things I've read online make me want to find as many sci-fi and fantasy books where queer people do cool things and don't suffer and die for being queer as I can. Bonus points if the author is themselves queer. Tanya Huff is a good source for this. She has written tons of short stories and fiction ranging from Space Marines to urban fantasy to vampire romance mysteries to High Fantasy. Lots of queer characters doing stuff and not treated any differently than non-queer folk.
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Aug 23, 2016 18:40
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Time Cowboy posted:Some I read recently: It's old and a bit obscure, but J. F. Rivkin's "Silverglass" series is basically a genderflipped, bisexual version of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.
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Aug 24, 2016 02:25
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Ornamented Death posted:Richard K. Morgan's A Land Fit for Heroes series. Two of the three main characters are gay. Ringil suffers for being gay, he's just so badass that he's never really in personal danger cause nobody wants to gently caress with him.
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Aug 24, 2016 08:45
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Khizan posted:Ringil suffers for being gay, he's just so badass that he's never really in personal danger cause nobody wants to gently caress with him. The way I parsed the original question was along the lines of, "I want sci-fi or fantasy stories with gay characters that do not suffer a fate similar to Matthew Shepard." Ringil catches poo poo for being gay, but he also catches poo poo for being an insufferable rear end in a top hat to nearly everyone and because he's a homicidal maniac. Further, he isn't killed for being gay, and he absolutely does a bunch of cool poo poo.
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Aug 24, 2016 21:42
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Khizan posted:Ringil suffers for being gay, he's just so badass that he's never really in personal danger cause nobody wants to gently caress with him. I loved this trilogy, but I'd never recommend a book where there's repeated flashbacks to a gay man being executed by carefully impaling him on a spike so he takes days to die screaming to someone who wants a story where gay people aren't persecuted. The only darker story I've read in my entire life is maybe The Second Apocalypse, and I'm not sure about that. These are some straight-up black stories.
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Aug 25, 2016 02:30
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wellwhoopdedooo posted:I loved this trilogy, but I'd never recommend a book where there's repeated flashbacks to a gay man being executed by carefully impaling him on a spike so he takes days to die screaming to someone who wants a story where gay people aren't persecuted. I forgot about that part. Good call.
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Aug 25, 2016 03:02
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I read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson and am now on True Hallucinations by Terrence McKenna. What are some other crazy drug books? I'm less interested in the science/philosophy aspect and more in the "dudes take a ton of drugs and have crazy adventures".
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Aug 25, 2016 20:50
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A Scanner Darkly is dark and brilliant, as well as an utter mindfuck (well, all of Dick is, but you get it). Trainspotting is fun and hilarious.
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Aug 25, 2016 20:56
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Naked Lunch, if you can stomach it.
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Aug 25, 2016 21:37
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mcustic posted:A Scanner Darkly is dark and brilliant, as well as an utter mindfuck (well, all of Dick is, but you get it). I loved the movie of A Scanner Darkly but I never knew it was a book, I'll check that out thanks. I like the movie Trainspotting but the phonetic accent speech in the book is a little off-putting. Sakurazuka posted:Naked Lunch, if you can stomach it. I'll check this out, thanks! I should add I'm more interested in real life or based in real life books, but am definitely open to novels too. Kvlt! fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Aug 25, 2016 |
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Aug 25, 2016 22:21
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Kvlt! posted:I read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson and am now on True Hallucinations by Terrence McKenna. What are some other crazy drug books? I'm less interested in the science/philosophy aspect and more in the "dudes take a ton of drugs and have crazy adventures". Inherent Vice (and other Pynchon) Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me
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Aug 25, 2016 22:21
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Franchescanado posted:Inherent Vice (and other Pynchon) Pynchon is such a good recommendation. The filthiest toilet in Scotland bit from Trainspotting is pretty much a quote from Gravity's Rainbow. But it's a lot of work, reading that one. Piketty's book is now the most frequently abandoned title on Kindle, but I presume Gravity's Rainbow is in the top ten.
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Aug 26, 2016 00:18
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Electric Kool Aid Acid Test is great. It ties in nicely with Hell's Angels if you want to read more HST (though Hell's Angels is a bit less druggy).
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Aug 26, 2016 00:30
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If you read Naked Lunch sober you're grievously loving up
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Aug 26, 2016 04:26
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NL stands up sober.
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Aug 26, 2016 11:38
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Naked Lunch gets all the attention, but Junkie deserves more of the spotlight. It's also a good Druggy-Hijinks book, though of course it goes down much darker territories as the addiction grows.
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Aug 26, 2016 17:25
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I feel like Naked Lunch is one of those books everyone says thry have read, but nobody actually has.
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Aug 26, 2016 17:37
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TommyGun85 posted:I feel like Naked Lunch is one of those books everyone says thry have read, but nobody actually has. The Strand had a display out a few months back labeled 'books you pretended to read in college.' I don't recall whether Naked Lunch was on there, but Ulysses and Infinite Jest both were
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Aug 26, 2016 18:36
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I've read it multiple times AND watched the film more than once.
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Aug 26, 2016 18:39
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He's got a very readable style if you can stomach the contents. It's a collection of false-starts to pulp novels. And short too!
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Aug 26, 2016 22:11
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Franchescanado posted:Naked Lunch gets all the attention, but Junkie deserves more of the spotlight. It's also a good Druggy-Hijinks book, though of course it goes down much darker territories as the addiction grows. Seconding the hell out of this. Junkie has a fluid narrative, is enjoyable, and slightly informative. Naked Lunch is... less so. Plus, you can read Junkie in an afternoon rather easily.
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Aug 27, 2016 19:55
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Hey Ive really been into religion specifically old ancient stuff dealing w evil andor crazy poo poo. What should i read? Ive got some HPL and like it but i was hoping for some more, but not necessarily HPL.
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Aug 28, 2016 02:52
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ButtWolf posted:Hey Ive really been into religion specifically old ancient stuff dealing w evil andor crazy poo poo. What should i read? Ive got some HPL and like it but i was hoping for some more, but not necessarily HPL. If you're looking for fiction, then come on over to the cosmic horror fiction thread, there's a lot in there that would fit the bill if the comparison you're making is to Lovecraft.
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Aug 28, 2016 02:57
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I am almost done reading Confederacy of Dunces and i love it. Does anyone have any recommendations for books that are similarly hilarious?
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Aug 28, 2016 02:59
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DildenAnders posted:I am almost done reading Confederacy of Dunces and i love it. Does anyone have any recommendations for books that are similarly hilarious? While there's nothing quite like CoD, you might want to check out Tom Robbins. Say, Jitterbug Perfume, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, or Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates.
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