(Part 2) Best alien invasion science fiction books according to redditors
We found 122 Reddit comments discussing the best alien invasion science fiction books. We ranked the 42 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
You might enjoy some of Ken MacLeod's work. He's got a trilogy called "Engines of Light" that embodies a similar kind of scope, detail, and memorable characters.
The story starts out in the Not So Distant Future and millennia later on another planet; involves hyperintelligent squid and networked intelligences that might as well be gods; and a dry humor that reminds me of the Minds in the Culture series.
Rollback, by Rob Sawyer. Also Mindscan by him.
The first book is free as well.
The Energy Scavengers
Possibly Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson.
It’s Halloween season! Whether you plan on dressing up as a sexy (insert random job title here), gorging yourself on candy and sweets until you slip into a diabetic coma, suffering a terror stroke on a haunted hayride, or curling up on the couch to watch your favorite holiday movie (Hocus Pocus, obviously), you should add one more item to your spooky to-do list: Read my newest book!
The Night Ripper is now available for purchase as both a Paperback ($8.99) and Kindle eBook ($2.99, or free w/paperback purchase)!
This novel is the first book in my new Watchers in the Dark science fiction series, and has everything your little Halloween Hearts might desire. A haunted spaceship. Hungry vampires. Bloodthirsty pirates. A pretty princess. Friendly aliens. Unimaginable cosmic horrors. Hot Chocolate. Penis jokes. All the holiday essentials!
If that piques your interest and you give it a read, it would mean the world to me if you left a review on Amazon or Goodreads to let others know what you think!
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Book back cover blurb follows:
In a seedy bar, on a rundown space station, a young woman hides her identity.
In the lonely depths of space, aboard his damaged flagship, a pirate king dreams of the past.
In an executive boardroom worlds away, a corporate oligarch decides the fate of millions.
And in the darkness between the stars, something evil is stirring.
An enormous starship has traveled the galaxy for thousands of years, her origins unknown and her goals unknowable. Considered a prize to some, a horror to others, and a mystery to all, she is beholden to no one except her long time captain. The civilizations that have encountered her know little beyond the fact that she is enigmatic, ancient, and powerful.
She is The Night Ripper, and this is only part of her story.
Other books we discussed were books that Redditors had recently read or were planning to read:
The Snow Child
Purple Hibiscus
For We Are Many and All These Worlds Volumes 2 and 3 of the Bobiverse (and it wasn't me who mentioned it, smartass).
October
Silver Sparrow
Hidden Figures
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
And Danger-Moose mentioned The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, and he had completed The Gone-Away World, which a lot of us were not able to do.
Jbcoll04 suggested Homegoing: A Novel by Yaa Gyasi a couple of posts ago, and I don't want to lose track of that, because both me and darr76 want to read that at some point.
So, be thinking about our next choice. I'm definitely going to read October, Homegoing, and I'll try Volume 2 of the Bobboverse.
Second this choice. A book full of horrors and spooks. The author goes into great detail of gory attacks from the devil and demonic possession. Almost a cross between RL Stine and Steven King, if they were both hammered drunk and fell down some stairs prior to writing it.
https://www.amazon.com/Ground-Devil-Richard-Rezendes/dp/1644246449
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My son is 12 and he's been shown flat earth clips. I showed him my copies of The Smoking God and The Missing Diary of Admiral Byrd and he threw out his Flat Earth booklets. Discs are for playing with Frisbees, the Earth is hollow.
I think there are many hot Sci-Fi options for you to delve into, not least The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey. Pick up Leviathan Wakes, that should get you started.
Also, there are the Ketty Jay books by Chris Wooding. A bit steampunk, a bit Firefly. Highly enjoyable.
Looking through the lists in prior comments there are some great books there too. You can't go wrong with Peter F Hamilton or Andy Weir.
And if you're feeling adventurous - you could try my book, Tusk!
Enjoy!
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You might try the Imperial Mexica books by Thomas Harlan.
http://www.amazon.com/Wasteland-Flint-Thomas-Harlan/dp/0765341131/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=14MTWET48WWAYZY21D2Z
Aztec civilization conquered Earth, subjugated all the other civilizations but gave Japan a special place as "first among the lesser people", and went on to space. Very much aristocratic.
69 Pennies?
This is my favorite! Looks great!
Buy this novel on Amazon, Link:
https://www.amazon.com/Jake-Colbert-Testimony-Matt-Stephens/dp/1511651164
Bailey Joseph?
Thank you. You can find The Alien Skill Series on Amazon. The first book is called « Ben Archer and the Cosmic Fall ». The Alien Skill Series
Finally found it! It was Haflway Human! I can't wait to read it again!
Yikes! I hate it when Amazon doesn't cooperate! Here's a link. It's out of print, but I see they have used copies for sale.
The audio book version of my novel has done so well that Audible decided to make physical copies, CDs, to be sold in stores.