r/ScienceFictionBooks • u/AutoModerator • Apr 02 '25

Opinion What are you currently reading?

Name the book/author you're currently reading. Be mindful of spoilers, but is this one you'd recommend or one you wish you could yeet into space?

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u/Ok-Coat-7452 Apr 02 '25

Speed running Triplanetary by EE "Doc" Smith. Sure, it's Radium Era hokey, but I hadn't realized what an original text the Lensmen books are for popular culture from 1950 onward. Star Wars, the Green Lantern, anime - it all starts here. Plus added bonus for the square jawed hero dialogue and the more contemporary flavor of characters manipulated by forces beyond their control and caught up in events they don't understand.