Novel Recommendations

[Natasha Tori Maru]

@enchanted Heh heh it is amusing, @Basman is giving it a red hot crack 

Doubling down into infinity - the spiral!

[Leo Gura]

Hyperion is an interesting sci-fi novel. Better than Dune I would say.

[Natasha Tori Maru]

1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

Hyperion is an interesting sci-fi novel. Better than Dune I would say.

Dune was a bit of a slog at times, very slow to start.

I'll check Hyeperion out - have you read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Philip K Dick, Blade Runner was based on it)?

Trying to gauge your taste to find overlap

[Leo Gura]

27 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

have you read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

That's a short story. Have not read. I do not like the Bladerunner story at all. It's all about visual vibes.

Alestair Reynolds writes very good sci fi short stories.

I like the Valerian sci fi graphic books a lot. They are charming. 5th Element was based off them. I own the entire series.

Edited yesterday at 05:40 AM by Leo Gura

[Natasha Tori Maru]

16 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

 I do not like the Bladerunner story at all. It's all about visual vibes.

Throwing me curveballs trying to gauge your taste >.<

The Valerian movie by Luc Besson was shit - but I'll check the graphic novels out also.

Love The Fifth Element - my favourite movie. 

Edited yesterday at 05:53 AM by Natasha Tori Maru

[Magnanimous]

Leo, any recommendations for Science Fantasy? (Science Fiction + Fantasy)

I've become somewhat dissatisfied with Science Fiction and Fantasy as either choice is a binary between the best of both worlds. Really want a combo but can only think of Warhammer 40k

[Ramanujan]

@Magnanimous bro how is your kriya yoga practice going

Do you still practice jc stephens

[Leo Gura]

2 hours ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

The Valerian movie by Luc Besson was shit - but I'll check the graphic novels out also.

Yes, it was bad.

Not the true Valerian.

[Leo Gura]

2 hours ago, Magnanimous said:

Leo, any recommendations for Science Fantasy? (Science Fiction + Fantasy)

I have not read much fiction.

[Jacko]

Shantaram

The Name of The Wind

The audiobook versions are really good

[dharm4]

8 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

That's a short story. Have not read. I do not like the Bladerunner story at all. It's all about visual vibes.

Alestair Reynolds writes very good sci fi short stories.

I like the Valerian sci fi graphic books a lot. They are charming. 5th Element was based off them. I own the entire series.

I love SciFi Novels, I'm about to finish reading Alastair Reynolds' "Pushing Ice". It's great. I'll read "House of Suns" next. 

Edited 17 hours ago by dharm4

[Husseinisdoingfine]

Read American Psycho. The movie and the book are both perfect. 

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/american-psycho-bret-easton-ellis/1100619412?ean=9780679735779

Edited 11 hours ago by Husseinisdoingfine

[Jordan of the Shire]

15 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Hyperion is an interesting sci-fi novel. Better than Dune I would say.

Hyperion was really good

[Joseph Maynor]

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin 

[Davino]

I'm so uneducated on novels, my reading is very developmental biased so the few novels I've read were on that angle. Hesse and Tolstoy are good in that line. 

I enjoyed very very much: Narcissus and Goldmund. It was a recommendation by my uncle who is a psychologist and I think it's very relevant to our work. Very profound implicit novel, you can draw many conclusions between the lines.

Edited 10 hours ago by Davino

[Natasha Tori Maru]

On 05/05/2026 at 1:46 AM, Jordan of the Shire said:

I love how you're able to express emotion in your writing. I see it in your posts. I can feel what you're saying.

Thank you for the feedback - I appreciate it

I think, maybe... perhaps? It is a result of extensive reading. And working in professional fields. Novels, fiction. Self help. Classic literature, scientific papers and studies.

I try to strike a balance between clarity, earnestness and expression. I do get told I can be unprofessional. But fuck that. I see no reason to delete my personality because I have to work with consultants, clients, architects and contractors. I refuse to capitulate to formal English in professional spheres 😈

@Jacko 2nding Shantaram!

@Husseinisdoingfine 2nding American Psycho!

@Magnanimous Have you read Dune? It might be up your alley. The first part of the book prior to arrival on Arrakis is difficult, and Frank Herbert really throws you in the deep end with the world (very little exposition). But I enjoyed it.

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Natasha Tori Maru

[CARDOZZO]

Greg Egan, Albert Camus, Kafka, Paulo Coelho, Alastair Reynolds, Sam Hughes (qntm).

[Erol]

@Basman

Dude, Not everything is about learning. You can learn from novels, maybe better, maybe worse, I won’t get into that, but you completely miss the point.

By reading novels you get immersed into different mindsets, views on the world, and you get to be fully in with your emotions sometimes. And now the most important part:

It’s fun

 

[Erol]

Thanks everybody for your recommendations. I already ordered some of your books and my Goodreads list is packed now! 😊

[Natasha Tori Maru]

@Erol Pleasure 😁

The meaty discussion that ensued was mighty entertaining - and lead to some new novels for myself to feast on.

Enjoy!