Sci Fi Book Recommendations 2020 || First Contact with Aliens Books to Read
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2024
- I'm coming with more Sci Fi book recommendations! This time with one of my favorite premises... first contact with aliens! Here are the best books to read in this category, a bunch of reviews and the ones on my future TBR!
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What book do you want to try and read? What other ones should I add to my TBR? :D
The Last Astronaut by David Wellington is a pretty good first contact book
Haven't gotten to the Contact with aliens part since that's in book 3 of the trilogy I think, but would love to hear your thoughts on the Thessaly Trilogy by Jo Walton.
I have bought an absolutely remarkable thing because you recommended it in another video and I really really want to read it!
Andromeda's strain sounds really interesting.
Dying to read Children of ruin but am deathly afraid of spiders. Will I make it through if I imagine them as giant sloths?
Have you read The War of the Worlds? And also check out The Starfishers trilogy by Glenn Cook, I loved the descriptions in those books and they are pretty short so they are easy to finish.
"right now I'm really interested in first contact with alien books"
- Emily literally always
Well... for the last two years :P
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You can tell that I watch your videos way too much because I've read most of these books! Almost everything I've picked up based on your recommendations has been 5 stars, so you're my #1 source for good reads. :D
The Sparrow was amazing, one of your best recommendations
Oh my goodness, I'm so glad I found your channel completely by accident. Not just do I love your videos but I'm also a huge sci-fi fan and lots of the books you mentioned here are part of my favorites shelf! The other ones, I'm definitely going to try and read. "The Sparrow" really caught my attention. Thanks so much for this!
I read Children of Time because of how much you rave about it and loved it! Had to read Children of Ruin right away. They are definately favorites now.
I've just finished the Three Body Problem book and i absolutely loved the story and the hard science was just right for me.
An excellent book, and the translation was really well done.
Cheers for making this video 👍
Thank you for the recommendations for Children of Time and The Sparrow. Sci-fi is not my preferred genre so I was not that into Children of Time but I have understood and appreciated it. The Sparrow on the other hand I wouldn't have chosen to read until I saw your recommendation. I loved it. I'll also give Spin a try since it looks like I'll like it too. And Ted Chiang's stories were all very interesting. I'm even thinking of buying his second book. So once again thank you for the recommendations and for explaining the books in a way that I can understand if they are for me or not.
Love this! Please do more of these scifi videos. I've read most of these so we certainly have similar tastes.
I just finished Children of Time because of your recommendation. It was so good! The ending was awesome - did not see that coming.. I agree that it can stand alone, but I'm planning to pick up the sequel next month. (Also recommend the audiobook)
14 seconds in and I can already tell that I'm going to love this video!
Emily pleaseee come back to this sci-fi lover happy book reader era!! 🎉🎉🎉
the fact that i don’t really like sci-fi and i have no interest in first contact with aliens whatsoever but I’m still watching this because I’d do anything but pick up the book I’m supposed to be reading ✨
Wow. That's some serious dislike for that book right there. Sounds like it was DNF material. Hope you didn't suffer through it for too long.
So, what class were you studying for? That's how I felt in some of the readings for a British Literature course.
I’m reading Children of Time now because of your recommendation. I’m 90% finished and really enjoying it.
Ahhhhhhh I am literally going to make a huge book order with a lot of these books on here! 😍 I have been obsessed with sci-fi recently and it's so hard to find recommendations because I feel like so many people don't like sci-fi 😂 So I was VERY EXCITED to find this video! 😁
i've started reading scifi bec of u and thank u sooo much! it's now one of my fav genres and im so excited to read some of the books u mentioned in this video
Sphere is so good !!! I remembering loving it. Can't wait to here your thoughts.
Yayyyyyyy!!!!! I’m so excited for this video!! I’ve been really wanting to get more into sci-fi (mostly because of your channel😂) and this is perfect!! I know I want to read Sleeping Giants, I’ve heard it’s great!
I started to call Portia every single spider I find 👍🏻
Really great review of books. Wow, I don't know how you can read so many books. You sure must read faster than me. But, then, I get distracted pretty easy, I guess, when I'm reading.
I actually recommend the three-body problem as a first-time sci-fi book. Especially if you are a science nut. It was the first sci-fi book I had read as an adult and it is what got me into sci-fi books and Alien Invasion novels. I loved it. I was skeptical at first because I heard it was written by a Chinese author and had to be translated. But I'm so glad I read it. The whole series just blew my mind.
Literally came to this video because of this book
Ahhh I have Children of Time on my shelf and now I’m SOOO excited to read it!
Arrival is one of my fave movies as well. I didn't know it was a story first. I'll definitely have to check it out!
I watched Contact as a child and adored it ❤
Yes, thanks I was waiting for more sci-fi recommendations 💙
Thanks for these book recommendations, they sound like interesting ones. For me, my favorite books about extraterrestrial contact are "The Allies of Humanity" and "Life in the Universe" by Marshall Vian Summers.
I've read the Allies too and recommend! Finally something that makes perfect sense...
Thank you, Eric.
Ty!
Unique insight in those books. Not scifi, but real stuff.
Great recommendations. Thank you. "Life in the Universe" absolutely blew me away. Talk about getting ones eyes open about the reality of the nature of the cosmos.
Just bought The Humans! Got my kindle ready to buy even more books from this video ☺
So happy to have this video from you! Whenever I think of first contact with alien books, I think of you 😆
Definitely picking up Children of Time and Andromeda strain. Having read more books of both authors and loving their writing
I read the humans because of your recomendation and it is one of my favorites of all time!
Amazing, amazing video, thank you for making this! I've been in the mood for sci fi lately and I haven't had that much experience with it yet, so any recommendation is more than helpful! Will be adding pretty much all of these onto my tbr (except maybe Hank Green to be honest).
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The Sparrow is an INCREDIBLE book! But you HAVE TO read the sequel, Children of God. It takes the story line down a path you would never ever see coming, and it really ties things together. It answers a lot of questions. Hands down, the 2 combined are my favorite sci-fi books
I agree. These two books are an anomaly. I've never read anything else like them.
I just finished Dragon's Egg earlier today... I really enjoyed it!
I read The Humans by your recommendation last year and it was so good!
I love your recommendations!!
Loved the audiobooks of the Sleeping Giants trilogy, especially book 1. I did enjoy the other two books...but I do know (and agree) to the character you refer to. 🙁
Dragon's Egg is one of the loveliest books I've ever read
I don't know why, but I like the color similarity between An Absolutely Remarkable Thing and The Three Body Problem and the fact they are randomly close when you put them on the shelf.
I loved the ending in Children of Time
The Humans sounds really good. I have been wanting to pick it up and it seems just like a really great book. Children of Time is another one I have been wanting to pick up because a lot of people I know really love it.
I absolutely love the andromeda strain 😍
Yesssss👏 so excited for this video
The Humans is my favourite book. It just fit that it was the perfect subject for me (my master's thesis was kind of related to the Riemann hypothesis) and at the perfect time (when I was going through a hard time, Matt Haig supposedly outlined it during a breakdown when he was trying to understand what it meant to be human). Just a rare occurrence of something that fit so well.
It’s the kind of book that you are a better person for having read.
I've been looking forward to this video for such a long time! I love your videos and love hearing about your book thoughts! =D
I want to try a bunch of these! Spin was pretty mind blowing 😄😄😄
The 6 I've read, Humans, Children of Time, Andromeda Strain, Sleeping Giants, Rendezvous with Rama, and the Sphere I've loved and I have several others on my tbr
Sphere is SO GOOD, I really love Michael Crichton
the three body problem was the first book I actually read in my own time. such a good book.
Sleeping giants audiobook is seriously amazing. It’s a full cast and a great production. Would definitely recommend the first one as an audiobook.
I hope you finished "Fire upon the deep", it's a very interesting first contact scenario. Here are two other recommendations: Greg Bear "The forge of god" and Ian Banks "The player of games".
You should read Adrian Tchaikowsky’s fantasy series. The first one is the Tiger and the Wolf. I started it (didnt finish cause reasons) but I liked it and would be interested in your opinions of it 😄
I read "Andromeda Strain" in 1974, Subscribed.
I think Steve is officially your CZcams channel mascot 🤣
I just read Sleeping Giants this month! It’s so great!
thumbs up for the "Spin"
I picked up The Humans just this morning. I haven't read sci-fi before so it seemed like the best one based on your recommendation. Plus it has a dog :)
It’s such a wonderful book.
this makes me more excited to read more sci fi 😌
One that I liked quite a bit is "Urn Burial" by Robert Westall and published in 1987. He originally wrote it as a short story under the same title but a few years later expanded it to a full novel. Not a long book, it's under 250 pages. If you decide to read it you might need to get it from your library and even then you might need to request an Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Of course I would love to hear your thoughts about it if you do read it. This is a good choice for a SciFi beginner.
All great books! My first contact faves are Bindsight by Peter Watts, and Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds. Blindsight has the most "alien" aliens in all of the sci-fi I've read, but the book is very science heavy and the narrator is someone who has had half of their brain removed. It can be a bit hard to read because of this and because of how science heavy it is, but the utter strangeness of it all is wonderful.
The humans was fantastic! One of my absolute favourite books. It’s also interesting when you take into account that the alien character was inspired by the authors experience with mental illness
Tchaikovsky's CoT and its sequel are FANTASTIC. His book, Shards of Earth, is also excellent.
The Mote in Gods Eye is by many considered the best first contact novel ever written. It _is_ older, but you had quite a few others that were old - definitely worth reading, especially because the aliens are really alien. 'tis a hard sci-fi book with some military and space opera thrown in, and apparently some feel that it is patriachial (true, but there is a reason). It gets better and better and better - even after several rereads :)
It’s a great book!
I upvote sci-fi content faster than Steve nabs those peanuts!
Another science-heavy first-contact story with aliens and a heavy dose of unwholesome nihilism is Blindsight (the limegreen outlined book to Em's left). Definitely focuses more on its ideas than on characterization though so it might not come off as the most engaging story but I think the payoff is more than worth it. Plus a bonus, not much of a spoiler since it's mentioned straight away on the first page of chapter 1...
there are vampires in the story if they're your jam!
I knew I had forgotten some lol!!
Salvation by PF Hamilton is also a good sci-fi pick! It's a far future society that already has alien contact, but in the first book there's a team of specialists from different backgrounds going to analyze a mystery ship found in a planet (including a hidden alien). Multiple timelines and stories that don't seem to be at all related... until they are! There's also an accompanying space atmospheric soundtrack that you can listen to while you read the book; it's a very fun and eerie addition
I'm looking for more that are like Hamiltons books. I think they are all great
I have only just started watching your channel, so I don't know if you ever came across books of Philip Dick. They are the old, intense sci-fi and mind-blow kind of stories. I red them in my childchood and really loved most of them. They are a very specific type, so if you don't want to begin with very weird ones I would reccomend 'A maze of death', 'Ubik' (they both take place in weird worlds where nothing is certain and have crazy twists at the end) or the classic - 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'. 😃
This video made me realize that 70% of my tbr shelves consist of books mentioned in this video ie Emily what have you done to me?
Curious is snowglobe Emily going to have something for Fourth of July to wear too? And I love the humans! I need to find a copy to own.
OMG!! Solaris ❤ Hello from Poland ❤
Peter F Hamilton, Writer of big scary books. Yes he is, I recomend reading him via kindle that way you cant see how many trees gave their lives for your entertainment. Also Pandoras Star definatly about 1st contact and not fiddling with things you dont understand an extremely good book. The 2nd in the series is called Judas Unchained.
Have you read Arthur C Clarke's "Childhoods End"? A first and last contact book, with a horrific 50 year generational tale.
What was it Clarke said? "Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying"
A book which haunts me still.
Another good duopoly is Greg Bear's "Forge of God" & "Anvil of Stars", first contact....bad stuff happens!!
I have Children of Ruin TBR, currently reading Stephen King's The Institute. My TBR approaches 90 or so...no chance at my speed of 12-15 books a year, I don't know how you manage to hit the 100 mark, dear Emily!!
Lovely content, as usual!!
Tony
I was not ready for The Sparrow. I couldn't finish, it was so heavy for me . I want to go back to finish it when I'm ready for the feels. Definitely A Little Life but with aliens.
I read The Humans just after to balance out my emotional state and I loved it!!!
You're looking at an insightful article. A matching book is suggested for more in-depth understanding. "Galaxies United" by Olivia Whitestone
I see the famous green and black spine that belongs to the book Blindsight by Peter W.
READ PANDORA'S STAR or better yet listen to audio book it's amazing , but will also have to read or listen to Judas Unchained the 2nd half the audio books are fantastic!
Thank you for showing me Children of Time, It was an amazing read and im almost scared to real Children of Ruin just because of how good the ending was. But eh my curiosity requires me to read it
any good aquarium books in 2020 /2021 whhich is the best?
Yesss this is what I needed. I love what I've read with this trope so far and I can't wait to read more like it, thank you so much! (also I would pronounce Mote as Maute or Mode but with a 't' but I'm not a native speaker so you should probably not listen to me)
Im currently on Book 3 of Nathan Hystad's The Bridge Sequence!! Planning to start his 18+ First Contact book series 'The Survivors' 👏👏
How did you like the droplet scene in The Dark Forrest?
Recommend The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. A quick short story collection
Have you done a list with classic Sci Fi?
Like Asimov, Bradbury, Orwell, Vonnegut and others.
I love this channel. She is pretty but I'd watch out for the smart ones -- nothing but trouble.
Here are my favorite novels (and one art book):
- Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
- The Very Best of the Best by Gardner Dozois
- Great Fighter Jets of the Galaxy 1 by Tim Gibson
Thx for your rec.s
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In the balance And a world of difference by harry turtledove are both about first contact.
I can see how you might not like the military ones because from my experience they can be fun but they aren't very complex. A lot of deus ex machina occurs in the plots. I'm hoping that old man's war series is different because that comes recommended and I will start that sometime.
I'm almost done with The Three Body Problem and I like it, The Dark Forest has been delivered yesterday so I can read on immediately 😁 (you forgot The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham great first contact novel and you never even get to see the aliens)
A call to arms by Alan Dean Foster. First contact but heavy military sci fi
Rendezvous with Rama was more of a “prequel.” Rama II, Garden of Rama and Rama Revealed are the REAL story and remain my absolute favorite series of Sci-Fi books to date. I believe they FAR surpass the Space Odyssey series that Arthur C. Clarke is more known for. I also believe the Rama series (and you can skip Rendezvous with Rama if you want) is a must read for anyone who loves first contact sci-fi. I know you kind of thought Rendezvous with Rama was weird, but seriously, do yourself a favor: read Rama II. I think you will find that the entire story across all three books will stick in your mind for a long time after. It was that good.
Mote in Gods Eye is an outstanding first contact book.
This is generally considered to be the best first contact novel ever written.
Omg, it isn't creepy uncle noises, you're making the squirrel noises, or at least the noises you make when you feed Steve the peanuts. 🤣 You must really like that book lol.
Emily, did you ever read any of the Red Rising series ?
Emily! *Pandora's Star*! Please finish it! The sequel (*Judas Unchained*) is even better. But a recent one you will love if you like Hank Greens: *Axiom's End* by Lindsay Ellis, also a First contact. Thanks for the video!
The 2nd book in Sleeping Giants trilogy was actually my favorite, but yeah, I wish I had skipped the last one. I think that they changed the narrator of that one character in the last audiobook, though?
This is all I ever wanted!!!!
Is sphere and sphered the same story?
Maybe you can do a video of the books you started but still have to finish?
Pandora's Star, Judas Unchained, and the Void trilogy are my favorite in the genre. Definitely worth reading - you just have to get through the slow start. It's not "first contact" though (humans had already met some harmless aliens), but it's the first contact with hostile aliens.
+1 Pandora's Star, great but wordy.
If you like spider civilizations, then definitely A Fire Upon the Deep. Really awesome, but pretty long.
"Sphere" was about a large, super-advanced alien probe that came to Earth to determine if mankind would eventually advance enough to be a threat to the probe's creators. The probe was sentient, telepathic, and could somehow make things happen. It is implied that there are countless such probes throughout the galaxy. "The Mote in God's Eye" is widely considered to be the best first contact novel ever written. I was completely transfixed - I couldn't put it down.
I hope you got "The Mote in God's Eye" read. It is, in my opinion, one of the best first contact books out there. There's a sequel, "The Gripping Hand," but it is not so good.
It warms my heart that someone else loves The Arrival movie as much as me