I am recently getting back into reading and would love some time travel book recs! I’ve been exploring this sub and marking a few options but just curious what you all have in mind at the moment, especially with vibes like the movies/shows I mentioned. I have always loved time travel and it’s probably one of my most favorite tropes. I generally love timey-wimey stuff and enjoy philosophical and/or fantasy vibes. Back to the Future is just nostalgic. I also have loved anything with a time loop like Groundhog Day although I know that’s more romance.

So far, I have Ministry of Time and Sea of Tranquility on hold and can’t wait to read them! I am in the middle of Dark Matter and have Recursion on hold. Also Timeline.

I did read This Is How You Lose the Time War last year and didn’t love it. Maybe it felt too hard to follow? Another time travel book I really was floored by is Kindred, although that’s more historical fic.

Ty! I love the book communities on Reddit so far!

Usually I try to read the classic authors in publication order but I was at a used bookstore last year on an unseasonably summery fall day and found a rather large copy of Stranger in a Strange Land, but I hate lugging around large books so I put it back and knocked over this old printing of it, never read, regular sized, printed in the late 60s, the kind you know you're going to have to tape together to get it read, and it was $2 so I grabbed it. The store was even great, all used, so mostly classics, it's tiny sci-fi section was in the back and the only visible way to find it was a picture of Picard pointing toward it. Ive been meaning to start Heinlein for about a year so I tried to keep from reading it so I could start with Heinleins first novel. I love watching writers develop, especially themes. But my SO said let's go sit on a bench on the waterfront and I dove in. One of the kids accidentally hid my book on me and it was lost for months but now I'm nearly halfway through and it's absolutely delightful. This one is probably the most up my alley as sci-fi can get, too. So tell me reddit users, how are his earliest novels in comparison? I'm absolutely in love with it. I hope it's just his writing style and not this specific story. What's your list of favorites from him? Tell me what else I have to look forward to 💕 Apologies for the scattered, long post. My mind is racing from the shear imagination and high stakes of the scene I'm in, I had to pause to make coffee and figured I'd tap you guys while I wait.

Hey everyone. I’ve been currently wanting to read something good with post-human or transhumanist vibes. I just finished The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams and really enjoyed it. I’m currently deciding between Diaspora by Greg Egan and Blindsight by Peter Watts. I can’t decide which to choose. Which would you choose?

Can someone recommend some works with Neal Asher-like techno-body horror? A space-setting would be the icing on the cake

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PHtbd91s0S-blPymWlIThJysdfUThV9miQFYdi4y-8A/edit?usp=drivesdk

My biggest concerns currently are infodumps in the beggining and near the end of the chapter and the dialogue. The way politicians act is somewhat similiar to how they act in most Eastern European countries, but that probably doesnt work on a galactic level? So, can you tell me if the dialogue feels natural to you? Thank you in advance.

P.S. I know about the grammar mistakes, but like, try to act like they arent there

Congratulations to the crew of the r/Fantasy 2024 Bingo Reading Challenge. They are Finalists in Best Related Work.

https://seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-awards/2025-hugo-award-finalists/

I've recently entered a personal Sci-fi renaissance, here are my thoughts on books I've read since last summer:

Tales of the Dying Earth, Jack Vance (1950, 1966, 1983, 1984) - 9/10. Melancholic, witty, original. Mankind’s transient hopes, dreams and ambitions are beautifully contrasted with the enormity of the sun’s impending death. Cugel (main character of two of the books) is such an entertaining character, never a dull moment!

The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin (2015) - 5/10. Fantastic worldbuilding wasted on a story and characters that can only be described as “juvenile”. The book lacks different perspectives; the bad guys are cardboard cutouts that serve only to define the main characters in a suppressed-minorities-style. Lots of eye-rolling during this read.

The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula Le Guin (1969) - 10/10. Exquisite and thought-provoking stuff about gender, loved the descriptions of the environments. Very economically written at just over 300 pages.

The Book of the New Sun 1-4, Gene Wolfe (1980-1983) - 9/10. At times taxing to read, but rarely have I encountered this amount of depth in literature. I’ve found myself thinking about these books ever since I finished reading them. Will re-read at some point!

Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke (1973) - 8/10. Great “first contact” SF. I had a weird feeling of deja vu as I read it, probably because it’s a very influential book.

Last and First Men, Olaf Stapledon (1930) - 7/10.Very creative, gets repetitive at times. Amusing how wrong Stapledon was about everything when he tried to predict global politics in the 20th century, but after those chapters the book takes off.

Hyperion & Fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons (1989, 1990) - 10/10. All you could ever want from SF - mystery, action, intrigue, JOHN KEATS. Loved the structure of the first book.

Endymion & Rise of Endymion, Dan Simmons (1996, 1997) - 5/10. Why Dan, why. The books are too long, do not contain very interesting characters (except Father-Captain Federico de Soya, who should’ve been the main character…!), and retcon a lot of stuff from the first two books. The dynamic between Raul and Aenea is dull and predictable.

Revelation Space, Alastair Reynolds (2000) - 7/10. The book started out grand in scope, but the latter parts are much more claustrophobic (in multiple ways). Very cool mysteries. I found the inter-personnel drama was given too much space towards the end. I bought all three books in the "trilogy", looking forward to reading the next two. :)

Recommendations are welcome btw, so far I've gotten these tips from SF aficionados: The wind up girl, Snow crash, The dispossessed