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Book Recommendations

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  • 15-02-2022 6:22pm
    #1
    Useless Lump
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    Can you folks recommend some science fiction and fantasy books (or book series) for a teenager? Space opera, cyberpunk, steam punk, sword & sorcery, etc…

    Looking for any age range - YA or adult - with decent female characters, no sex or romance (or where it a only secondary element in the story).

    ”Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” is one I have in mind.



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    Nody
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    Jack Campbell's "Lost fleet" series

    Nicholas Eames "Bloody Rose" series

    Steven Kent "The Clone Rebellion" series

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    chrislad
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    I just finished the Expanse series. It's fairly light, good female characters, a bit of sex, but not explicit, more relationships and emotional links rather than sex focused. 9 books, and an accompanying TV series if so inclined.



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    Black Sheep
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    The Gollancz SF masterworks series is an excellent place to start.

    It's a really curated collection.

    Some of the books from decades past aren't that heavy on anything explicit.

    Alfred Bester's THE DEMOLISHED MAN is a good one, it's THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO in space, basically.

    For female leads in SF in general I always think of Lois McMaster Bujold's CORDELIA's HONOR. The main protagonist is a female scientist. There is a romantic component to it, in that she has a love interest, but overall it's an adventure story.



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    Mickeroo
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    Children of Time and Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky are two favourites I've read in the past while. There will be a third one out later in the year.

    Plenty of female characters (though not all human!)



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