Need some more book recommendations

[Anonymous No.23153803]

Here's my current list for the year. I've been slacking

- D̶o̶ A̶n̶d̶r̶o̶i̶d̶s̶ D̶r̶e̶a̶m̶ O̶f̶ E̶l̶e̶c̶t̶r̶i̶c̶ S̶h̶e̶e̶p̶
- A̶ S̶c̶a̶n̶n̶e̶r̶ D̶a̶r̶k̶l̶y̶
- Negative Space
- Lolita
- Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea
- Ubik
- Dune
- The Book of the New Sun (finish series, I read the first book already)
- The Elementary Particles

[Anonymous No.23154059]

I read gardens of the moon. It was okayish.

[Anonymous No.23154121]

>>23153803
The Hawkline Monster

[Anonymous No.23154174]

snow crash

[Anonymous No.23154210]

>>23153803
Finish BotNS. Throw Dune in the trash (or give it to your 13 year old nephew).

[Anonymous No.23154256]

>>23153803
Okay anon, read Dandelion Wine, The Jungle Book and War & Peace. Don't be afraid of W & P, it's actually an easy read and very engaging.

[Anonymous No.23154288]

>>23154210
lol okay. BOTNS is very very good, someone irl told me I have to read Dune but it would probably the last book I got to on that list.
>>23154174
this looks lame
>>23154256
aahh I probably should read classic literature but anything pre-ww2 comes off as super boring to me. noted these down anyway, I want to eventually get into writing but should read at least 100 books before trying anything serious and classics are obviously good homework

[Anonymous No.23154358]

>>23154288
Dune is fine, people are on hating spree because of the new movie.
You might dig Hyperion as well.

[Anonymous No.23154363]

Piranesi is a good contemporary nightcap to SFF after you finish BotNS. I can't rec any other fantasy unless you like it written by women and doing things gin and tequila do to men and women differently. Robin Hobb and Diana Wynne Jones's Castle trilogy. In that order. You're going to need something light after Hobb if you read Farseer.

Then you can just focus on literature and go back to Tolkien and he sagas from time to time.

[Anonymous No.23154382]

>>23153803
Where'd you hear about Negative Space? I just today came across it while looking for "hauntology" literature.

[Anonymous No.23154535]

>>23154382
mentioned offhandedly in a tv thread, it piqued my interest. I'm just realizing it's very much contemporary which could be cool if it's actually good

[Anonymous No.23154729]

Gormenghast trilogy

[Anonymous No.23155404]

>>23154210
Good advice.

[Anonymous No.23155713]

>>23153803
Did you like the book of the new sun?

[Anonymous No.23155760]

>>23154059
The series gets better

[Anonymous No.23155873]

>>23155760
Ok thanks, I'll continue with the series.

[Anonymous No.23156040]

>>23155713
have only read the shadow thus far, it's incredible

[Anonymous No.23156441]

>>23156040
nice.

[Anonymous No.23156565]

Is the Book of the New Sun good? I usually don't read sci-fi but the concept sounds interesting

[Anonymous No.23156742]

>>23154358
This, I just don't get all the hate the book have since the movies. You guys would hate anything as long as it's remotely popular just because of your pathetic secret club mentality. Grow up.
>>23156565
It's amazing, one of the best genre novels ever. Stay away from anything that might give you clues about what's going on in that world, the world building is like a puzzle

[Anonymous No.23157271]

>>23153803
Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick

It's a kids book, but that really doesn't matter. Nice quick sci fi read with a really cool premise.

[Anonymous No.23157346]

>>23154210
the worst part about the dunc movie was how it's enabled the kneejerk contrarians as if enjoying something popular were a grave sin.

[Anonymous No.23159035]

>>23153803
Try Laurus. I recently read The Elementary Particles, and it's very cynical and heavy, and despite its dry wit it does often take the tragedies it deals with seriously. Laurus, a hagiographic novel about the life of a medieval Orthodox man, is also contemporary and deeply enjoyable, but its exquisite beauty and fervent religious preoccupation may serve as a bit of a balm after the blows of The Elementary Particles. A Protestant myself, I don't agree with the text's ideas of salvation, but I adore it as a parable rich with love and passion.

[Anonymous No.23159531]

>>23157271
looks cool actually. I think kids books are nice reads because they're so light and can usually be read in an afternoon
>>23159035
noted, ty! I'm not religious myself but I think stories incorporating those themes are usually really beautiful, that's why I'm such a fan of Philip K. Dick's work. I'm aware of how bleak The Elementary Particles is supposed to be but from what I've heard I think it will speak to me.