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• WWritten Speculative Fiction in all its forms. [Reddit]2026-10-13✓ Read

  My review about Children of Time book

  Rating: 4.25/5 Finished Children of Time last night, and it was a really good read, although not quite what I was expecting. What I loved most was the storytelling. Watching the spiders evolve physically, intellectually, and socially over generations was fascinating. Seeing how their society developed little by little, with each generation building upon the achievements of the previous one, was probably the most unique aspect of the book for me. I haven't come across anything quite like it in sci-fi before.

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• WWritten Speculative Fiction in all its forms. [Reddit]2026-10-11✓ Read

  Looking for interstellar politics/war books without any Aliens

  Hello, looking for novels that deal with interstellar politics and war between various human states, some stuff that I like include Battletech, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Gundam, and Hammer's Slammers. Some works that I haven't read yet but am interested in include A memory called Empire, Red Rising, and Space Carrier Avalon. submitted by /u/Bigglink_Requiem [link] [comments]

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• WWritten Speculative Fiction in all its forms. [Reddit]2026-10-11✓ Read

  One day reads?

  Just finished Automatic Noodle by Analee Newitz in a single reading session and it was great! Cute and cozy while still offering interesting speculation and a pretty well developed world for a 165 pager. Also nice little endorphin boost from starting and finishing a book in a single day. Got a pretty lengthy book coming in the mail in a few weeks, looking for reccs for some more quick reads before it arrives.

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• WWritten Speculative Fiction in all its forms. [Reddit]2026-10-10✓ Read

  Rereading my past favourites is a very disappointing experience

  I've been reading scifi/fantasy for almost 40 years. Lately, I've been rereading some of my early favourites. The experience is almost invariably disappointing. This made me doubt my recommendations to people over the years. Is this feeling common? Should I even bother rereading stuff or just keep the fond (partial) memories of the first reading? How do other people handle rereading?

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• WWritten Speculative Fiction in all its forms. [Reddit]2026-10-10✓ Read

  What are the differences between Bradbury's Dark Carnival and The October Country books?

  From what I've read, dark carnival was published first and has 27 stories in it, while October Country was published few years later and contains 15 of those stories and plus 4 others. Now that part is clear, but I've also read that those 15 stories in October Country are actually revised/rewritten, so they are not the original versions. Has anyone actually read them both and can explain to what extent where they rewritten? And which version do you prefer? submitted by /u/tcorgat [link] [comments]

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• WWritten Speculative Fiction in all its forms. [Reddit]2026-10-09✓ Read

  Obscure Sci Fi

  So I’ve started going to used book stores and I’ve found several novels that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed that were too obscure and underrated that my usual recommendation algorithms never mentioned them Most notably Starplex by Robert J Sawyer What novels and series have you all found over the years that are lesser known but yet made a big impact on you? submitted by /u/Grafaiaiboy [link] [comments]

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