Welcome to bookchat where you can talk about anything...books, plays, essays, and books on tape. You don’t have to be reading a book to come in, sit down, and chat with us.
If you are not interested in space stories, feel free to talk about any kind of book that you enjoy or are presently reading. I only have a theme to get discussion going.
I talk a great deal about fantasy books and series, but Science Fiction is fun to read, too, especially the ones I call Space Opera. I began The Expanse series by two authors who call themselves James S. A. Corey with Leviathan Wakes. It was a thriller and I liked the characters so I ordered a brand new one called Cibola Burn. Before I started it, I realized there were two more stories before that one so I ordered them. I just finished Caliban’s War and I have started Abaddon’s Gate.
I had recently read Cherryh’s books, Downbelow Station, Heavy Time, Hellburner and Finity’s End which put me in the same kind of space where there are independent spacers and alliances and players on Earth and Mars.
I also like stories with aliens.
The stories are fun, but they also make me think about other ways of living and thinking.
What do you like best about space stories? The worlds that are built? The characters who dare the deep space? The aliens? The space ships themselves? Chases through space? The mystery of who did it and why?
My favorite Space Stories and Aliens Series:
Barry Longyear
Enemy Papers series:
Enemy Mine
Tomorrow Testament
Last Enemy
Andy Weir
The Martian
C. J. Cherryh
Pride of Chanur
Chanur’s Venture
Kif Strike Back
Homecoming
Chanur’s Legacy
The Company Wars:
Downbelow Station (1981)
Merchanter's Luck (1982)
Rimrunners (1989)
Heavy Time (1991)
Hellburner (1992)
Devil to the Belt (2000) – single-volume edition of the above two books
Tripoint (1994)
Finity's End
The Foreigner Series:
Foreigner
Invader
Inheritor
Precursor
Defender
Explorer
Destroyer
Pretender
Deliverer
Conspirator
Deceiver
Betrayer
Intruder
Protector
Peacemaker
Elizabeth Moon
Heris Serrano
Hunting Party
Sporting Chance
Winning Colors
Once a Hero
Rules of Engagement
Change of Command
Against the Odds
Vatta’s War
Trading in Danger
Marque and Reprisal
Engaging the Enemy
Command Decision
Victory Conditions
James White
Tales of Sector General series:
Galactic Gourmet
Final Diagnosis
Mind Changer
Genocidal Healer
Silent Stars Go By
Double Contact
Hospital Station
Star Surgeon
Major Operation
Ambulance Ship
Sector General
Star Healer
Code Blue
General Practice
Alien Emergencies
David Brin
Sundiver
Startide Rising
Uplift War
Brightness Reef
Infinity’s Shore
Heaven’s Reach
Spider Robinson
Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon
Arthur C. Clarke
Rendezvous with Rama
Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
James S. A.Corey (James S.A. Corey is the pen name used by collaborators Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)
The Expanse series:
Leviathan Wakes
Caliban’s War
Abaddon’s Gate
Cibola Burn
Neal Stephenson
Anathem
David Feintuch
1. Midshipman's Hope (1994)
2. Challenger's Hope (1995)
3. Prisoner's Hope (1995)
4. Fisherman's Hope (1996)
5. Voices of Hope (1996)
6. Patriarch's Hope (1999)
7. Children of Hope (2001)
Alan Dean Foster
Founding of the Commonwealth:
Phylogenesis
Dirge
Diuturnity’s Dawn
Isaac Asimov
Foundation Trilogy:
Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
Peter F. Hamilton
Great North Road
Sharon Miller and Steve Lee
Liaden series:
Balance of Trade
Partners in Necessity tri
Conflict of Honors
Agent of Change
Carpe Diem
Plan B
Local Custom
Scout’s Progress
Mouse and Dragon sequel to SP
I Dare
Fledgling
Saltation
Ghost Ship
Necessity’s Child
Mary Doria Russell
The Sparrow
The Children of God
This leaves my readers with lots of names to add in the comments which is always good.
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Poll: I know I missed your favorite so please add yours in the comments. With this long, long list...it was not possible to name so many that are beloved.
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