The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 240): The Most Accessible SciFi Novel For A New Genre Reader
In episode 240 of the SF Signal Podcast Patrick Hester, Sarah Chorn, Paul Weimer, Kristin Centorcelli, and Jeff Patterson, discuss the most accessible Science Fiction Novels they know for someone just coming into genre fiction.
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If anything, Jeff, Sarah, Kristin, Patrick and I held back on the many books we could have named. So, o listeners, what did we miss in the episode?
I’ve always thought of Paul Weimer as the fifth Beatle of the Three Horsemen.
I thought I was the Sixth Ranger of SFF Audio 🙂
LOL!
+1 for both of you
He is our first Guest Hoarseman.
Oh, and re: the people from the future in Connie Willis’s Doomsday. Something just makes me want to slap them in the face.
Yeah, I ran into that same problem with that book. I LOVED IT… but I got very frustrated with the people in the future.
What was the name of the book talked about with the children who don’t need to sleep? Sorry, missed that title? Thanks in advance.
Beggars in Spain, Nancy Kress
A favorite book! I don’t recall them being children, though.
They start off as children, and then grow into adults pretty quickly as I recall.
On the same note as Paul’s Moon recommendation, there’s always Keyes’ Flowers for Algernon. Or even Orwell’s 1984 (I’d argue Zamyatin’s We is the better book)
I lurked on this one when it was recorded…but I don’t recall the title. Do you have the time stamp where it was mentioned in this episode?
Speed of Dark is the Moon title I was talking about.
Also, John Scalzi says he writes so his grandmother can understand it, so him.
OK I think there is a very obvious choice that was overlooked. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Thats what I used to Get my Non-reading brother hooked and started reading