What is your favorite type of sci-fi? For me since Ive always been interested in life in the universe/space exploration, anything regarding that. I love golden age sci-fi and reading what they thought we would do in space back in the 40s and 50s
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Was that written before or after Piers Anthony wrote a lot of books prominently featuring precocious, nubile tweens?
I think you are talking about the Incantations of Immortality, which I have read, or Blue Adept, which I have not read.
Incarnations of Immortality starts well, but every book is worse than the last.
These were in the 90s. One book was about a guy in a futuristic world finding a portal into a fantasy world and going back and forth. Cant remember the name. Another one was about a person playing a VR game and it had some levels that were fantasy
The first one is the Blue Adept series. I don't know about the second one.
Piers Anthony was not a great author. Eventually he discovered that he got paid by the word and churned out huge tomes of low-effort crap.
His most successful series is a fantasy setting called Xanith or something close. It is about adventures in a magical kingdom where most of the magic is based on puns. Piers writes long, 'educational forwards' that don't age well.
I can recommend other, better series. Try out Dungeon Crawler Carl.
Thanks! I have a few Xanth books but haven’t read them
The very early ones don't suck as much. Eventually Piers Anthony wrote one or so a year and just stuck to a formula.
The aforementioned precocious, nubile tweens show up a lot. They are (relatively) innocent, but there are a couple plot points that revolve around relationships or kissing or something with girls of about ten or so. It isn't filthy, but ... yeah. It hits differently today.
I have been thinking about what to recommend for you.
Try Black Ocean: Galaxy Outlaws by J.S. Morin.
It is space opera in the best way. Interstellar travel is made possible by wizards or enchanted star drives.
Imagine if you needed to have a Jedi onboard to jump to light speed, or a FTL drive made and maintained by Jedi.
The magic is great, the tech makes sense and the whole thing takes place on a ship full of interesting characters as they try to make their way. The author was clearly inspired by StarWars and Firefly. They do a great job of pulling it together.
There is an audiobook omnibus if you prefer that or you can pick up the kindle versions for reasonable prices.
Tell me if this hits the spot, because I thought about it pretty hard!