/lit/ - Literature

>>13152226
I think dune falls in that 10%. I'm saying that I have yet to read science fiction that was more along the lines of literature dealing with the reality of the human condition. But the point there is that scifi is generally beyond tropes like that in exchange for dreaming of the future of society as a whole instead of the individual's actions. I remember reading a shitload of pulp novels and war hammer books when I was younger and they were like watching a really shitty straight to tv movie. There was nothing memorable from them for the most part. They were fun, sure. But they didn't leave much an impact on me. I enjoyed the Foundation trilogy, the hitchhikers guide series even if it is a reddit meme, Ubik and generally any of PKD's stuff, slaughterhouse five. I still can't get the hang of the prose style from neuromancer. Sure, there may be a diamond in the rough somewhere that isn't from a list of "best scifi ever" but theres generally a reason they are hyped up.

>>12600106
This one?

>>11463085
>>11463082

I do not understand this chart, what is New Millennium? Everytime I look it up I just get this time. What means it?

>>11037776
The bottom row of this chart, although it was made a few years ago.

>>10623283
>Every Hugo nom
That's an awful lot of reading, and while it's generally above average...eh. It also covers a lot of time. The old winners are usually pretty solid, but a lot of the old noms are the equivalent of
>"what is this garbage?" from authors hip to the hugo scene.

except from about the 1970s or whatever. I'd stick with the winners if you're dead set on this, or use this chart (skip the pulp era if you don't want to read really old books).

This is from /sffg/, meant as a guide to a new SF reader. There are a few things I'd change since I made it but I haven't gotten around to it yet.