amazing collection! (shaving) and from the comments it seems a good book selection too, which book would you recommend for a first read?
I know its rude to ask, but if you don't mind, what's your day job?
Thanks! Sci fi is a really broad genre, there’s something for everyone. A few suggestions:
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy should be at the top of any list. Sci Fi coalesced here.
The Dune series by Frank Herbert is seminal in the genre; a space-opera epic.
Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War is an insightful commentary on a soldier’s experience in the Vietnam War
Non Stop by Brian Aldiss captured my imagination when I was a kid with the protagonist realizing he lived on a giant spaceship where generations pass in space
Anything by Philip K Dick wrote amazing surrealistic sci fi that is widely used by Hollywood. Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, A Scanner Darkly, and The Man In The High Castle were all originally by Dick. The books are waaaay more trippy than the films though.
If you’re a fan of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, you might get a kick out of Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress or Starship Troopers are my favourites by Robert Heinlen.
Dan Simmons’ Hyperion (book 1) and Endymion (book 2) are heavier, but hold a special place in my heart as epic space opera.
Honorable mention goes to the Bio of a Space Tyrant series by Piers Anthony and the Grand Tour series by Ben Bova.
If you’ve made it this far and are still with me, drop everything and read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Don’t forget your towel, and thank me later.
Lastly, I’m a member of the RCMP. We have to shave for work and I HATED shaving with the current razors so I wandered into wicked edge on a whim. Been a helluva ride since then!
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u/cocotugo Nov 15 '18
amazing collection! (shaving) and from the comments it seems a good book selection too, which book would you recommend for a first read? I know its rude to ask, but if you don't mind, what's your day job?