What Are Lemmy's Favorite Books that Mix Fantasy & Science Fiction? - eviltoast
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    1 year ago

    Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. Mix of cyberpunk post-apocalyptic parallel universes with science so deep it’s magic.

    (Trying not to give away too many spoilers!)

    As a bonus, there’s an extended reading list which ties the Dark Tower into books and short stories from King’s universe.

  • Throw_away_migrator@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Mark Lawrence has several trilogies that fit into this genre. They’re fantasy books but the setting/universe is based on science fiction.

    Series that I’ve read and recommend:

    Broken Empire

    Holy Sister

    Red Queens War

    I found them all an enjoyable mix of dark/grim fantasy with a good mix of humor. These series all tend to follow an anti-hero or in Broken Empire’s case you could argue it’s a villain protagonist given just how unsavory a character Jorg is. Even still I found myself liking and rooting for that bastard.

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    1 year ago

    Someone else suggested N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth series, which is also an unusual take on the post-apocalyptic and survivalism stuff that a lot of people are into these days.

  • learnbyexample@programming.dev
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    • The Captain by Will Wight
    • The Shadows of Dust by Alec Hutson
    • Portal to Nova Roma by J.R. Mathews
    • Starship’s Mage by Glynn Stewart
    • the@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Just finished The Captain. It’s so good. I love both Will Wight and Alec Hutson and it seems we have similar taste (good taste 😀)

      Any other book recommendations?

  • calculuschild@vlemmy.net
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    1 year ago

    Wait, Gormenghast has Science fiction? When does that show up? I only read the first book so far and don’t remember a lot.

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    • The City We Became and The Broken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin.
    • Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
    • Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor