Genre Readers looking to expand discussion

Do you enjoy science fiction? Tell us about your favorites? Here is the place to discuss the genre.

I've read Embassytown lately. Anyone willing to discuss? Plenty of very decent sci-fi here

Lamilla wrote: "I've read Embassytown lately. Anyone willing to discuss? Plenty of very decent sci-fi here"

I read Embassytown a few months ago. I'd love to (might need to brush up on it a little)

The City and the City by China Mieville is probably my favorite. Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Ready Player One, really old Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, anything post-apocalyptic.

I've liked a lot of the sci- fi that I have read but I haven't actually read a lot of it, which is kinda odd.

I would love to know what other sci-fi readers like.

The only sci-fi book on my shelfs that I've read at the moment is Battlefield Earth: A Saga Of The Year 3000.

Matthew wrote: "I read Embassytown a few months ago. I'd love to (might need to brush up on it a little)"
What do you think about the way the new world was introduced? I'm a non-native speaker, it was so fun to guess which words I haven't learned yet and which don't exist and were made up for the book! It might frighten off some readers, though...

Matthew wrote: "The City and the City by China Mieville is probably my favorite"
I read somewhere that the intention was to write a noir/detective story, so it's the mix of genres

Lamilla wrote: "Matthew wrote: "I read Embassytown a few months ago. I'd love to (might need to brush up on it a little)"
What do you think about the way the new world was introduced? I'm a non-native speaker, it ..."

It was really a brilliant piece of writing. I loved the idea of someone being a living simile. His idea of interstellar travel was fascinating, too. But, I wouldn't introduce someone to sci-fi with a China Mieville novel.

Lamilla wrote: "Matthew wrote: "The City and the City by China Mieville is probably my favorite"
I read somewhere that the intention was to write a noir/detective story, so it's the mix of genres"

Interestingly enough, this is one of my favorite books in any genre, but I almost never read detective novels (unless you count The Dresden Files). I loved the slightly dystopian, 1984ish flavor of the book.

I was walking through the sci-fi section of the library and when I looked through some of the books it seemed like there were "old school" type sci-fi (books of the star trek era) and then the newer ones were a bit different with being more of a mix of alternate realities, or cross genres incorporating sci-fi aspects.

Having not read any of the newer books I was wondering if that was actually the case or not?