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submitted 1 year ago by RBWells@lemmy.world to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

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I love Neal Asher's books, found him a long time ago in one of those "year's best" collections of short stories from the library (though the ones with fantasy and horror were always the best, I think I read every single collection for every year and found so many good writers that way.)

They are full of action, good characters and worlds and ideas, sweeping and huge settings. Feels almost more like watching a movie to read them.

Who among us likes these action packed stories?

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[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I really love the Culture series.

[–] IonAddis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I need to get off my butt and read them. I always keep getting distracted by something else though.

[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

My favorites are distributed around, and I tend to read in publish order so I have to power through some of the slower ones. They're insanely good, though.

[–] neutronicturtle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To me many of the culture books start really slow/on the boring side but then they pick up and get really good. I really like how they often describe the culture not directly but through interaction with others.

[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The payoff at the end of some are so fucking epic. They're probaly my favorite book series.

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