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Netflix’s 3 Body Problem has a new release date and a promising teaser clip to ease the wait.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Speculative Fiction /Science Fiction covers such a huge range of potential topics!

I'm a huge fan of the older masters Heinlein/Clarke/Niven/Asimov/EE Smith, etc. Many of their stories are smaller in scope than a typical space opera (not counting the absurd scale of Foundation!).

Ian Banks's Culture books have fascinating worlds and usually great characterization. I highly recommend them.

In Military Sci-fi, I'm a big fan of Jack Campbell's Lost Fleets serieses. Honestly most of the characters aren't terribly deep, but it's great fun. My #1 shared world is Battletech (big robots), but because that's been written by so many authors, the quality really varies.