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Science fiction recommendations for a beginner?

copper-wren-71
Science fiction recommendations for a beginner?

Be gentle, I'm new here.

I'll report back in a month.

Most advice I find online contradicts itself.

pale-birch-511 more

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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tidal-sparrow-22

pale-birch-51 wrote:

That's fair.

The official docs are better than they look.

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silver-yarrow-101 more

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amber-alder-96

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gentle-rowan-92

The cheap option was fine for years.

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silver-otter-411 more

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

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gentle-lichen-28

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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wry-heron-27

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

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hollow-sedge-14

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wild-sedge-10

This deserves its own thread.

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slow-heron-25

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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misty-otter-14

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

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silver-hazel-53

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silver-reed-66

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

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still-sedge-864 more

The cheap option was fine for years.

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still-fern-963 more

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

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copper-thistle-44

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I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

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dusky-alder-64

This deserves its own thread.

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silver-heron-77

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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quiet-moth-115 more

The cheap option was fine for years.

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wild-beech-123 more

quiet-moth-11 wrote:

The cheap option was fine for years.

The cheap option was fine for years.

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bright-lichen-1

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.

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dusky-alder-191 more

I went down the same road and ended up somewhere completely different.

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copper-rowan-65

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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silver-pine-48

quiet-moth-11 wrote:

The cheap option was fine for years.

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quiet-beech-95

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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copper-fern-62

Same experience here.

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mossy-clover-85

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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