Tell Me Something Tuesday was hosted by Rainy Day Ramblings, but she has (temporarily?) stopped blogging. So a group of us that had been doing posts (Linda from Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell, Karen from For What It’s Worth, Roberta from Offbeat YA, Jen from That’s What I’m Talking About and me) decided to get together, come up with some more topics and keep the meme going.Michelle made us a logo and we’re off and running. For more details, check out this post where I reintroduced the meme.
I can be sporadic, but when I do join in I will always share next week’s topic at the end of the post. So, today is about…
Sci-Fi Stories: do you read them? Futuristic? Machine? Space Opera? Sci-Fi Romances?
I do read them, but I do not gravitate towards them and I typically only enjoy the ones that are very loosely Sci-Fi. Sci-Fi is such a large genre but in general, I’m just not a Sci-Fi fan. You ready to gasp? I do not like Star Wars, Star Trek, Super Hero movies (Avengers, Batman, etc – I will and have watched them and it’s not miserable, but I’m also not enthused), X-Men, Dr. Who, and well you get the gist. Most categories of Sci-Fi just aren’t my thing. But like with the superhero movies, I will read them and usually end up enjoying them ok. It’s rare that I love them, but it does happen. The notable exception is Futuristic & Dystopian. I really do tend to like Futuristic settings and Dystopian a lot – I’ve taken a bit of a break from Dystopian in recent years but some of my favorite book series have been Dystopian.
Some Sci-Fi that I’ve read in recent years and really enjoyed:
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir – This is probably the only book on the list that is traditionally Sci-Fi. I gave it 4 stars.
- The Renegades Trilogy by Marissa Meyer – I love everything she writes, it almost doesn’t count as Sci-Fi
- In Death Series by J.D. Robb – this is futuristic and VERY LIGHTLY Sci-Fi
- Wanted and Wired by Vivien Jackson – this is Sci-Fi meets Paranormal, a combo that is more likely to work for me. I want to reread it (it’s been a while) and then read the next book.
- These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner – I guess this is actually also traditionally Sci-Fi. And it was a 5 star read.
I’ve obviously read more, but most of what I’ve read that I’ve labeled Sci-Fi barely counts.
My first love was sci-fi. My dad is a fan and we’d go to movies together. That eventually grew into reading PNR and UF, so I’m all good with that.
Love it, but I don’t read it as much as other genres unless I binge a series or author.
I can read some like cyborgs and such. It’s not the usual genre I read though.
I’m not a huge sci-fi reader but I’ve liked a few, including These broken Stars and the Murderbot series.
Karen @For What It’s Worth
I love scifi and pretty much all the versions you mentioned.
Personally I really love space operas! 😍