Print SF

448 readers

3 users here now

A community for the discussion of science fiction and speculative fiction in print.

Rules:

No hate speech, bigotry, homophobia, sexism, racism, etc.
No spam or advertising
No AI generated content, posts, or comments
No piracy or suggesting or linking to piracy
No discussion or submissions of movie, TV, or game related SF

Related communities to visit:

!futurism@lemmy.ca !spacemusic@lemmy.ca.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Zamboniman@lemmy.ca

troyunrau@lemmy.ca

Spluk42@sh.itjust.works

Looking for conventional ship and crew adventures that aren't tied to a franchise (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by troyunrau@lemmy.ca to c/printsf@lemmy.ca

21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Mass Effect, Star Trek, similar stuff, without the giant franchise money machine. To consume like popcorn.

One of my favourites is Spiral Wars by Joel Sheppard.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Mote in God's Eye. Awesome first contact story!

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Read it! It was pretty good. I'm told it's part of a larger universe which I haven't explored at all. Read anything else in the setting?

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

"The Gripping Hand" was a direct sequel and while not as good, it was still an excellent story. As far as I know there are no more Mote stories but the "Known Space" set of novels, created by Larry Niven and others, are very much in the same vein.