A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction.
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
Annalee Newitz’s fiction — *Automatic Noodle* is a fun start (robots set up a hand-pulled noodle restaurant when society kind-of breaks down); *Autonomous* is great.
Yes on Becky Chambers.
Somewhere between fantasy and science fiction is Charlie Jane Anders’ *All the birds in the sky* (it has both witches and giant robots!). Charlie Jane also has some Young Adult SF novels (a group of outcast teens save the galaxy) *Victories greater than death*, *Dreams bigger than heartbreak*, *Promises stronger than Darkness*.
Ursula K. Leguin does both fantasy (*Wizard of Earthsea*) and SF (*The Dispossessed*, *The Lathe of Heaven*, *The Left Hand of Darkness*).
Oh! *Cat fishing on Catnet* by Naomi Kritzer. Social networking, plus a friendly AI that collects cat pictures. Kind of *Shockwave Rider* or *Neuromancer* for 21st Century teens (more the former than the latter).
Malka Older, though maybe start with their newer books about detectives in the ring of Jupiter, (*The Mimicking of Known Successes*, etc.) before trying *Infomocracy*.
I am very fond of early Samuel Delany (*Babel 17*, *Nova*), and I think *Nova* was recently released in a new edition.
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory
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@boxofdelights For a young female reader—Ursula LeGuin of course. More recently "The Deep Sky" by Yume Kitasei or "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers.
@negative12dollarbill I haven't read The Deep Sky but I'm putting it on my TBR now.
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights Connie Willis, To Say Nothing of the Dog.
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@boxofdelights Mira Grant (Seanan McGuire)'s Newsflesh trilogy?
@moira I'll have to ask if zombies are okay, but yes!
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@boxofdelights l love Stanslaw Lem, but that may be a bit much to get started. But how about his short stories, The Cyberiad. Here's an example (a fave of mine) of one of them. How The World Was Saved: https://english.lem.pl/works/novels/the-cyberiad/146-how-the-world-was-saved
@nomdeb I will keep Lem in my back pocket for if she likes SF and wants to go deeper.
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@negative12dollarbill I haven't read The Deep Sky but I'm putting it on my TBR now.
@boxofdelights
It's a mix of things—apart from anything else it's a murder mystery, but it's got lots of different aspects. -
A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights Nnedi Okorafor’s “Death of the Author” is outstanding, or the “Binti” novels for a younger reader.
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights I enjoyed the Darkover-Series as a teenager. To me a good crossover of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights Neuromancer? And maybe Little Brother. And Peripheral. -
A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights the Ancillary Trilogy by Leckie
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights if she comes from fantasy, I think Dune is a great suggestion.
Also, the Hitchhikers Guide to give her a good laugh.
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@TheresaReason Always a good choice.
I always recommend people start with The Wind's Twelve Quarters. It's a great introduction to Le Guin's voice, and the stories are almost all pretty approachable.
Some of my Le Guin favorites (especially Always Coming Home) can be difficult to get into for people who aren't familiar with her stuff.
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights Oryx and Crake then the rest of the trilogy?
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights I guess how old, and how advanced of a reader are key questions.
And genre specific, are they good at science? Will they get a kick from the actual science part of sci-fi. -
@roguefoam @boxofdelights @troublewithwords
"Children of Time"
Thanks, first in line at my local library
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights can recommend anything by alastair reynolds apart from terminal world. his revelation space series os a good place to start. i also love william gibson though haven't read anything by him for ages. must remedy that soon.
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
@boxofdelights The Vorkosigan series by Lois Bujold McMaster. The long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers. John Scalzi is fine, too. The expanse series. And definitely don't start with Dune, I agree (and neither some of the other old stuff).
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A teenager asked me for recommendations to get into science fiction. I know she reads fantasy, but I guess they are different genres to her.
She said someone told her she should read Dune, and I said nooooo, you should not read Dune. I suggested Murderbot. What else should I recommend?
Arthur C Clarke - Rama series and other books
Isaac Asimov - Foundation series and other books
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Thank you I had a brain fart
