#but it seemed like fun and provided an easy format/excuse for further rambling so I made it :P

[grumpyoldsnake]

I rambled about my fondness for old speculative fiction book covers on the rp blog yesterday and it has given me a Hankering to read some older scifi 👀

But. Gotta finish my current library holds first. In the mean time... there are decisions to be made.

Reblogs and additional recommendations are welcome! (With a bonus if they have fun covers. :P)

1. A Fire Upon the Deep

I know very little about this and have tried to avoid spoilers, but I've heard the worldbuilding & aliens are interesting!

2. Orphan Star

I read this series when I was very young and barely remember anything from it except Bran & Truzenzuzex (whom I love), and Abalamahalamatandra (whose name just. stuck.). So! I reread the Tar-Aiym Krang semi-recently, and have been intending to reread the rest for a while now

3. Up the Walls of the World

Another one I know very little about! Did a search for scifi books featuring telepathy a while back and this was one of the results. In the process of putting this list together I learned that the author was a woman (who used a penname), which has increased my interest a bit.

4. Contact

I've gotten the impression that this one is something of a classic?? And I adore first-contact stories. I've read the first page or two and it did catch my interest.

5. Harbourmaster

Okay so this one isn't actually old. And it isn't a novel. BUT! Its themes and delivery are very much of the flavor I'm craving (with the bonus of being queer), it is explicitly inspired by works by Theodore Sturgeon, and I've fallen behind and keep meaning to catch back up (and very much need a refresher on the story so far).

5. Vorkosigan Saga

Not quite the flavor I'm craving just now (except maybe Falling Free would hit that mark?), but. It's on par with Discworld among my lifetime favorite series, and it seems a shame to leave parts of it unread! Now might be a good excuse.

6. Foundational Classics

I've read some. Frankenstein, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, 1984. But, uh... those are very nearly it, and there's so much more out there! And I've specifically been trying to get a better understanding of literary genres for the past year or two, which includes reading things that have been influential to said genres.

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If you've read this far... have the two specific book covers that I rambled about yesterday, because they're fun. ^_^

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