Thread: Beginner's Sci Fi recommendations please.
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Old 08-16-2009, 04:18 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by weateallthepies View Post
One of the problems I've found when recommending science fiction and specifically new science fiction is the expected knowledge of the genre and tropes that can often come with it.
Newer books which do not require genre knowledge is Doomsday Book by Conny Willis and Hyperion by Dan Simmons.
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