(Part 2) Best suspense books according to redditors

How about this?

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Sun-Philip-Jose-Farmer/dp/0345339568

Well, it is pretty mainstream, but what about the aliens in C. J. Cherryh's works? They are (usually) far more then mobile appetites driving an action/adventure plot. Well, maybe the Kif... But try the Foreigner series.

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Diaspora is discussed below, but the Orthogonal series has the most developed consideration of an alternate form of sexual reproduction - from mechanism to the social implications of inventing and introducing birth control - I've yet read in SF.

It is also a very difficult read and definitely not everyone's cup of tea. You've been warned: there will be a lot of math and non-Euclidean geometry.

>I imagine in the long term future, local space colonization will be a one-way, generational endeavor. Sort of like the indentured servants of the past or the student loans of the present.

There are actually a pair of books that deal with the plausible reality of space colonies in the immediate future (that is, the next thousand years or so). The presumption made is that entities would travel based on current technologies that we could at least conceive of, thus rockets, nuclear drives, and lasers. Travel between planets is, at the shortest, a months long endeavor that is nearly impossibly expensive to manage to the point that even the richest entities lop of arms and legs to reduce their delta-v cost. Going from the inner system to the outer system takes years even with the fastest propulsion methods (nuclear). Interstellar travel is an event that takes hundreds of years of work from a single star system to manage and is so monumentally expensive that the colony founded is so deep in debt that the only way to survive is to found still more colonies in the world's worst pyramid scheme.

Also, humans are extinct and robots are the ones doing all of this because, it turns out, trying to keep apes in cans alive anywhere but on earth during a very specific period of the planet's history is borderline impossible in the long term.

If you'd like to read about former sex robots learning just how shitty inter-planetary travel is, read Saturn's Children. That one will also work if you ever cared about spaceship on android, or hotel on android sexy times, too. If you'd like to learn about how stupidly expensive interstellar travel would be and the complex monetary systems necessary to keep such a system running, check out Neptune's Brood. That one is principally about accounting and FTL scams and even includes a pretty on the nose reference to Monty Python short.

He likes Philip K. Dick so he could already have anything by Dick that you might buy. So.... go with another good SF writer, but one not hugely popular at the moment.

So, that leaves good and well known SF writer who is something like Dick, but who isn't super popular anymore. Ted Sturgeon is the name that pops right into my head. He wrote lots of SF shorts, some really good novels, and lived mostly in the same time period as Dick. Dick died in 1982. Sturgeon passed away in 1985. Dick was a little bit insane (sometimes a lot). Sturgeon was a little bit insane.... but different (Sturgeon was a nudist and broke a lot).

Sturgeons most famous novel was More than Human. There are also a bunch of good short story collections. The Ultimate Egoist: Volume I is volume one of a collection of ten books.

Another writer to look into might be Harlan Ellison. Ellison is still alive... but he knew Dick (and Sturgeon for that matter). He is a bit of a different kind of writer, more artistic (SF fans term it New Wave) -- more of what an English teacher would like, than Dick. But so good that he is worthwhile. Especially his stories "Repent, Harlequin, said the Ticktock man" and "I have no mouth, and I must scream".

I don't know about audio, but I know in print a "classroom edition" exists. Perhaps it has made its way into audio?



https://www.amazon.com/Martian-Classroom-Novel-Andy-Weir/dp/0804189358



"Featuring classroom-appropriate language"



https://rhimagazine.com/2016/05/18/the-martian-classroom-edition-now-available/



https://www.quora.com/Would-Andy-Weir-support-a-censored-version-of-The-Martian-with-the-swearing-removed-if-this-allowed-it-to-be-assigned-in-public-schools

I have struggled to write my second book because my first was sitting doing nothing. After a couple of poor offers from agents, which wouldn't have made much money anyway, I have chosen to self-publish! My book is available for free until 8am tomorrow (GMT). https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07NNYJM2Y

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It's currently in the top 100 thrillers on the bookstore, so I am happy with its success so far. I had a target of 100 downloads in a year, and it's already hit 22 after a week. Pretty shocked, but happy that my work is getting out there.

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Plus, I feel liberated enough to be able to work on my second book - this is the biggest success, for me.

I ended up self publishing on amazon! Swan Song

I only finished Slaughterhouse-5 yesterday, so a well timed post as far as I'm concerned.

His account is very much aligned with the events in the novel (he did after all write himself into the book as a minor character in the book).

I'm now reading More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon, the guy who Vonnegut apparently based his character 'Kilgore Trout' on; the writing isn't as bad as Kilgore Trouts though.

Flood by Stephen Baxter and the sequel Ark which takes place after the world is flooded.

In Search of Jude by ML Carrington (Free in Kindle Unlimited)

Psychologist Jude Warner's life was over...

His future with Sara, a married woman, vanished when their tantalizing affair came to an abrupt end.

But a break-up wasn't the only trouble in store for Jude...

As detective Holly Pierce searches for answers to Jude’s unlikely disappearance, Sara must risk losing the life she's made with her husband in order to save the other man she loves.

You'll love this suspenseful romance because everyone loves a page-turning abduction with a happily ever after!

Ok, so I did a little digging. I was able to find kindle editions on amazon for Saturn's Children and the Solar Sea.

Downbelow Station doesn't appear to be in kindle anywhere (suck)

If you are interested in trying out Andrew Crumey (I think he's brilliantly creative), almost all his works are up on kindle on amazon uk (only 1 is on kindle for amazon US - are you in the US?). No idea why (aside from the fact that he's a Scot and hasn't infiltrated the US much aside from diehards like me) or if that will block you from downloading. But here's a link if you want to give it a try.

You should read Year Zero

Especially the parts about Los Alamos

Alright, I updated the cover. Hopefully this one looks better than the last one. https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Fought-Back-ebook/dp/B07QY4KC9D/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?keywords=the+man+who+fought+back&qid=1557347897&s=gateway&sr=8-2

This is also explored in Richard Morgan's Thirteen.

I'm kinda irritated that I have to wait for the third of the Orthogonal series from Greg Egan.

Year Zero by Jeff Long. It's more like plague apocalypse but trust me I find this book much much scarier than any zombie/monster apocalypse books I've read before.

Also the Descent from the same author. This one has real monster and body horror. I still suffered nightmares from it

I'm new to reddit so hope I didn't mess up posting links in comment too much >_<

edit: yep...messed up the link

Reminds me of Richard K. Morgan's book: TH1RT3EN

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I enjoyed Stephen Baxter's series that begins with"Flood". The premise of the disaster is pretty sci-fi/fantasy, but the collapse of society because of it is interesting .. especially since the first book covers something like 40 years of societal collapse (among other plot points). The sequel novels cover hundreds of years more as they go. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0451463285/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_gIp4CbR83T9C7. (note: this is not a "Bible flood" book, if you were worried about that lol)

Depends on what you're interested in.

I hate reading the books school give be because its typically a book that starts off reaaally slow and for each action that's happening, the author spends 10 pages describing how the birds sang and how blue the sky was. That experience led me to never read books because i thought all books were like that.

A book that got me into reading again was "The Martian" by Andy Wier
Its a great book if you're a fellow geek who dreams of spacetravel and Mars. It starts right in the action, involves a lot of comedy while keeping us on the edge of our seats, wondering if Mark Watney is gonna make it home alive. A great read!

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Based on the books you listed, try Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold, and Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh.

I rarely read, The last book I read was a couple weeks ago. Sat there for 4 hours while my GF got her hair done.

Prey by Michael Crichton

I only finished a little more than half, my gf told me the ending. I'd say its a nice read.

http://www.amazon.com/Prey-Michael-Crichton/dp/0066214122

Dark is the sun

I'm late to the thread, but I wanted to recommend Prey by Michael Crichton. It's less involved than a Stephenson novel, but it's an enjoyable read. But if you've read Crichton and aren't a big fan you probably won't enjoy it as it's pretty formulaic with his other writings.

I think reddit automatically removed your post because it contains an, "affiliate link" to amazon. If you try again with no link or this link https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Deadly-Justice-Crossfire-Romantic-ebook/dp/B07L161P2G it should show up.