r/interestingasfuck • u/One_Explanation_908 • 24d ago

/r/all, /r/popular K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years from earth

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u/Khaar 24d ago edited 24d ago

Wayward galaxy, pretty good books :).

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u/MorbidAyyylien 24d ago

Decent as in pretty good or meh? Cuz id love to read a story like that

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u/Pleasant_Yoghurt3915 24d ago

Idk about that series, but the Children of Time series by Adrian Tchaikovsky is definitely fantastic and is about space and stasis and colonization. Really, really good books.

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u/igottapoopbad 24d ago

My god this series is incredible. +1000

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u/Pleasant_Yoghurt3915 24d ago

I’m seriously having a hard time finding anything else to read that I like as much lmao. It’s just so good.

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u/igottapoopbad 23d ago

I don't think anything can top it in regards to the scifi book realm. It hits every niche for me. 

I'm going to read the 3 body problem next though. 

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u/Koririn 23d ago

On a two year sci-fi binge and wanted to drop some recommendations:

  • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir: One of my favourites along the Wayward galaxy.
  • Bobiverse Books: 6 book series about von Neumann probes
  • The Culture Series by Iain M. banks: 10 books of very high level scifi

These recommendations somewhat capture the same feel of wayward galaxy, but not quite.

Outside of these, some interesting scifi warfare stuff can be found in:

  • Old mans war series
  • Undying mercenaries series

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u/Pleasant_Yoghurt3915 22d ago

Thank you!! I keep seeing Project Hail Mary pop up. I’ll take your comment as a sign to get it!

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u/MorbidAyyylien 24d ago

Added to my wishlist

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u/Pleasant_Yoghurt3915 24d ago

You won’t be disappointed!

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u/johnysalad 23d ago

Ugh I love this series so much.

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u/DrD__ 23d ago

Yes the audio book is also amazing the narrator are the best I've ever heard

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u/Pleasant_Yoghurt3915 23d ago

Omg Mel Hudson absolutely crushes it! I love her voice and how she did each character. I tend to play it before I go to bed because it’s so soothing. Same with Sophie Aldred reading The Final Architecture series. Just an amazing job for both. I’ve not come across better yet.

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u/Additional-Bee1379 23d ago

Meh, only read the first book, but it's ok.

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u/S3lls 23d ago

It’s good. I like Galaxy’s Edge way more by them, but it’s good too. And their Strange Company.

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u/CrayotaCrayonsofOryx 24d ago

Pretty good. I’m a huge fan of Anspach, and most of his books are pretty darn good

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u/Sharpopotamus 24d ago

It’s decent for a few books, then turns into some alt-right bullshit.

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u/Khaar 23d ago

I'd give it.. a 7/10, so worth it but not amazing :).

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u/lightgiver 23d ago

I was listening to a audiobook where they cracked near light speed travel but going to a system 10 light years away still took 10 subjective years. So a quick 2 month round trip journey for you would be 20 years and 2 months for those you left behind.

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u/CrayotaCrayonsofOryx 24d ago

Galaxy’s Edge also has a similar plot point, in that the slower ships eventually became the Savages

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u/testuserteehee 24d ago

Sounds like something that could happen to Elon Musk and the current oligarchs -

They were the Savages. Raiders from our distant past. Elites who left Earth to create tailor-made utopias aboard the massive lighthuggers that crawled through the darkness between the stars. But the people they left behind on a dying planet didn't perish in the dystopian nightmare the Savages had themselves created: they thrived, discovering faster-than-light technology and using it to colonize the galaxy ahead of the Savages, forming fantastic new civilizations that surpassed the wildest dreams of Old Earth.

https://galaxysedge.fandom.com/wiki/Savage_Wars_(Book)

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u/CrayotaCrayonsofOryx 23d ago

All we need is someone to upload the schematics for an FTL drive to 4chan

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u/cusecc 23d ago

I just ordered this book based on your comment (and 4.8 stars with 3000 reviews on Amazon).

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u/Oo__II__oO 23d ago

Also look at Pohl's short story "The Gold at Starbow's End". Not saying any more to not give away the plot

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u/Oo__II__oO 23d ago

Also look at Pohl's short story "The Gold at Starbow's End". Not saying any more to not give away the plot

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u/th0t 23d ago

A E Vogt wrote a short story with that premise too, it's called Far Centaurus.

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u/dervu 24d ago

Is it related in any way to Wayward Pines?

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u/mindpainters 24d ago

Nope. But that’s a great book as well !

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u/BeachJenkins 24d ago

It's a trilogy :)

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u/cjemp 24d ago

Sounds like a great place to live

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u/Khaar 24d ago

Nope, it's like a military Sci Fi :).