tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post3252002967581795366..comments2024-03-27T23:59:01.850-07:00Comments on Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing): Best Stand Alone Modern Sci-Fi (Book Recs—More Recs and Seconds Needed)Chris Brecheenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-37197638313901214662021-03-24T19:09:50.700-07:002021-03-24T19:09:50.700-07:00C.S. Friedman’s This Alien Shore for me. I’d cons...C.S. Friedman’s This Alien Shore for me. I’d consider it stand alone as the next book didn’t come out for over 20 years. It has everything, colonists guilds, completely developed societies. And what makes it all work is neurodivergence, you can’t fly the ships through space without them.and it addresses the work arounds, costs, and joys of those non neurotypical gifts in a way nothing else does.MapleOwl18https://www.blogger.com/profile/08443592902155861065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-4400587104584216672021-03-24T02:36:24.983-07:002021-03-24T02:36:24.983-07:00Arthur C. Clarke's "The Songs of Distant ...Arthur C. Clarke's "The Songs of Distant Earth" for me. A book that you would *never* expect a man more associated with clinical, sterile writing to come out with, his only foray into the realm of space opera, a love letter to Sri Lanka (more so than The Fountains of Paradise), a book with layers of complexity that reveal themselves when you read between the lines of what characters say or witness. All in a book 240 pages deep.Heasgarnichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295709310112862314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-68289357746909984232021-03-23T20:05:54.597-07:002021-03-23T20:05:54.597-07:00The parable of the sower. By Octavia Butler. The parable of the sower. By Octavia Butler. FanSpastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181259285352434751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-23175957041768435012021-03-23T14:01:08.016-07:002021-03-23T14:01:08.016-07:00Hmm. Post-1980 is hard, since that does exclude a ...Hmm. Post-1980 is hard, since that does exclude a lot... I guess I'd nominate Atwood's "Oryx and Crake", Asimov and Silverberg's "The Positronic Man", and Card's "Ender's Game". (Some of these have sequels, but they work well as stand-alone novels too.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10407819645628788736noreply@blogger.com