Weird genre obsession

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by Roos

Oh there is another genre i love to read, but they are rare like gem-stones in a garbage dump, Detective SF, you know like how the Asimov Robot series started out with.
Anyone has some good recommendations?

Have you read Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Retrieval Artist series? At least the first 5 or 6 are SF mysteries. It slides into a overarching-conspiracy series starting with Anniversary Day through the latest, Masterminds (with hints dropped in the earlier books, if you're paying attention).

Totally my opinion, but if I'd started with Anniversary Day I probably wouldn't have read any more. I don't tend to like series with huge cliff-hangers that don't resolve for books-and-books that probably could have been condensed to half the number of books.

Having said that, I'm invested in the universe now (I like the characters and find the world she built interesting), so I waited until all the books in the Anniversary Day Saga set were published, then read them one-after-the-other. And since I subscribe to Rusch's newsletter and I know she intends more books in the Retrieval Artist universe, I fully intend to keep reading them.

She has another SF series that has an interesting premise, but she writes it in first-person, present-tense, and I just can't stomach that style. I tried reading the first book and I just couldn't get past the present-tense stuff. When I become too aware of the words I'm reading instead of getting immersed in the world I'm reading, it stops being fun for me.

[Ricky D'Angelo]

Originally Posted by Roos

I can not help but notice that since i start reading Ebooks, i seem to have fallen into long spells of reading one single genre, used to be Detectives, followed by Fantasy, and now to almost total exclusion of anything else Military SF.

Anyone else with this erm, ehh, infliction?

Also the number of books read each year seems to go up and up, might be i am a tad addicted

What would be weird would be if someone feels the need to dress in costume to match the genre. Picture someone reading Western books wearing a cowboy hat and boots or someone reading Romance novels in the nude.

[Roos]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

Have you read Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Retrieval Artist series? At least the first 5 or 6 are SF mysteries. It slides into a overarching-conspiracy series starting with Anniversary Day through the latest, Masterminds (with hints dropped in the earlier books, if you're paying attention).

I have bought the first part on your recommendation, as soon as i have worked my way trough my pile of 'Next parts of series you missed so far' i will let you know how i like it

[Secretly loves that the series is already expanded to 11]

[Roos]

Originally Posted by Ricky D'Angelo

What would be weird would be if someone feels the need to dress in costume to match the genre. Picture someone reading Western books wearing a cowboy hat and boots or someone reading Romance novels in the nude.

Ok, that comes from left-field Now, get me right, not that i would mind dressing in a HopLite Mecha but it might be a bit much just doing the shopping

[Roos]

Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

I find I binge serially. I was on romance for awhile, then nonfiction (political), now I am binging on murder mysteries. I guess it depends on what caught my eye last time I loaded my kindle.

Behind Closed Doors started the recent obsession, followed by The Woman in Cabin 10 and The Girl Before.

I am starting to get the idea there are a lot of us 'serial Bingers'

[crich70]

Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

I find I binge serially. I was on romance for awhile, then nonfiction (political), now I am binging on murder mysteries. I guess it depends on what caught my eye last time I loaded my kindle.

Behind Closed Doors started the recent obsession, followed by The Woman in Cabin 10 and The Girl Before.

Are they by the same author Sydney's Mom or different ones in the genre?

[nellie27]

Hello, everyone! First time poster here.

I really like the military SF by David Drake. There are a couple of series by just him (other sub-genres also), and some collaborated works.

I download epubs from the Baen Books free library, Drake's as well as several other authors' works.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by nellie27

Hello, everyone! First time poster here.

I really like the military SF by David Drake. There are a couple of series by just him (other sub-genres also), and some collaborated works.

I download epubs from the Baen Books free library, Drake's as well as several other authors' works.

There are a good assortment of books there I agree.

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by nellie27

Hello, everyone! First time poster here.

I really like the military SF by David Drake. There are a couple of series by just him (other sub-genres also), and some collaborated works.

I download epubs from the Baen Books free library, Drake's as well as several other authors' works.

If you liked WITH THE LIGHTNINGS try ON BASILISK STATION if you haven't already.

The FREE LIBRARY offers access to several great (and long) series.

[Ricky D'Angelo]

Originally Posted by Roos

Ok, that comes from left-field Now, get me right, not that i would mind dressing in a HopLite Mecha but it might be a bit much just doing the shopping

I'm actually a fan of the science fiction genre however lately (thanks to this thread) I just found out that the genre I prefer reading is called transrealism. Thankfully, the appropriate attire to read the transrealism genre is whatever you are normally wearing.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Roos

...not that i would mind dressing in a HopLite Mecha but it might be a bit much just doing the shopping...

Okay, what book or series is the HopLite from? I checked and found references to BattleTech and the hovertank from Robotech. Now I needs to know!

[Roos]

Originally Posted by nellie27

Hello, everyone! First time poster here.

I really like the military SF by David Drake. There are a couple of series by just him (other sub-genres also), and some collaborated works.

I download epubs from the Baen Books free library, Drake's as well as several other authors' works.

Yeah, i read his Hammer Slammers, and Leary books, if you like those, check out this series:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/49818-kris-longknife

[Roos]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Okay, what book or series is the HopLite from? I checked and found references to BattleTech and the hovertank from Robotech. Now I needs to know!

Try https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32623885-hoplite
It is part of a sub-series of a greater story about the human universe being threatened by.. Oi, almost gave something away, no spoilers ;-)
But he writes a lot of stuff with Mecha's in all kind of shapes and forms.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Roos

Try https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32623885-hoplite
It is part of a sub-series of a greater story about the human universe being threatened by.. Oi, almost gave something away, no spoilers ;-)
But he writes a lot of stuff with Mecha's in all kind of shapes and forms.

Hmm, I don't usually care for series, but I do have a soft spot for giant robots blowing crap up. Can I read the trilogy independent of the over-arching series?

[Freeshadow]

Originally Posted by crich70

There are a good assortment of books there I agree.

or at least WAS in the good old times

Originally Posted by Ricky D'Angelo

What would be weird would be if someone feels the need to dress in costume to match the genre.

Bookworm LARP?

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Okay, what book or series is the HopLite from? I checked and found references to BattleTech and the hovertank from Robotech. Now I needs to know!

Ancient Greece. Primary weapon: Spear