Don’t really know how to explain this. I like sci fi and would love to dig deeper into it. Am avid reader and enjoyed Project Hail Mary (though set in space, this book is just amazing), Dune, short stories by Ray Bradbury and TV shows like Raised by the Wolves, Westworld, From (love From!). But e.g. Foundation I really disliked. Wheel of time is massive and I lost interest. Even the guide through galaxy I appreciated but was not really into it. Somehow, all those lots of traveling, lots of worlds, lots of many novel/invented names and terms render reading laborious for me.

Can you help me pin what is that I like and perhaps offer me a suggestion where to start? Thanks!

EDIT: thanks everyone for your excellent suggestions! So happy to be a part of lemmy community. I might make a follow up thread in couple of months so we can discuss some of the works. And lastly, if you been reading this far: have a good weekend.

  • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Oh, great! I’m so glad you liked it. I really appreciate your coming back to let me know. Like you, I’m not sure why it isn’t more widely known - it’s such a fun read.

    I have a friend who was a reviewer for a major science fiction magazine back in the day. When I was going through a bad time and needed some escapism, he’d take me to the bookstore and pick things he thought I’d like; Replay was one of those. I’m so glad to be able to point someone else to it.

    So I’ll make this recommendation a little more hesitantly. There’s another time travel book I really like - one that is is more well known - The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold. It’s really great and really well written, but it’s also… very, very strange. It’s the kind of time travel where, if you go back a little, then there are two of you at that point. The character does some odd things. One to consider.

    Let me know what you think of the others!