I love Sci fi but I'm very picky - eviltoast

Most of my favourite books/movies/TV shows are Sci fi - I love Mary Shelley, slaughterhouse five, annihilation (both the book and the movie), The Thing, x files, the invasion, and the OA. This feels like a pretty wide variety of writing styles when I line them up but 90% of the sci fi I read/watch I just don’t enjoy at all. It’s a shame because when I love something sci fi I feel like it’s changed my whole life, but when it comes to finding new things I can just enjoy its easier to go through other genres. Is anyone else like this? Does anyone have reccomendations based on what I do like?

    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net
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      1 year ago

      Lmao.

      It’s a lot, that’s for sure. I’m on my first time through, and on book 5.

      My friend got me hooked on them after my 3rd read of the Wheel of Time (speaking of brick walls)

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        1 year ago

        Book 5 is my fave Malazan book! Once you have some time off after finishing the series, a re-read is so satisfying picking up all the clues you missed the first time around. Enjoy!