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bhbhbhhh t1_j3wp531 wrote

Reply to comment by Darko33 in "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Leguin affected me like few books have done by feanor_imc

I swear Reddit thinks everyone other than King and Rowling is unknown.

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Darko33 t1_j3wqdoa wrote

I work a white-collar job with loads of college-educated folks who read a lot in their free time, and have only been met with blank stares just about every time I have ever recommended her. It baffles me, too.

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Dopey-NipNips t1_j3y6fv8 wrote

People that read f&sf are weird

I don't know anybody who reads what I'm into. Most men I know read non fiction and women read literature, chick lit, self help

Everybody reads mysteries nobody reads fiction about post apocalyptic America.

That's my experience anyway and I ask everybody what they read

I go in 5 or 6 different houses a day and I always look for the book shelf. Nobody has anything good

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Chathtiu t1_j424jo4 wrote

I pretty much exclusively read spec fiction and nonfiction. Regular fiction and mysteries bore me to tears. There’s nothing there to titillate the mind and make me think and re-think new concepts.

I cut my teeth on Dune and Ceasar’s Column. As I matured, my tastes transitioned to The Sheep Look Up and The Culture series. In my teens, I had an entire 2 year stint where I exclusively read nuclear apocalypse fiction (Level 7 is by far my favorite in that category full of standouts). Right now, I’m taking a palate cleaner by reading Mark Kurlansky. I just finished Salt; A World History and will be moving onto The Last Fish Tale.

After that, it’s back into Scifi with Beacon 23 by Hugh Howey. I read the Ancillary series and An Empire Called Memory duology not too long ago. Based on them, I’m thinking about digging into language-oriented scifi, if that’s even a sub genre.

I’m 30f and my wife is the polar opposite. She is exclusively chick lit and Christmas lit. She loves having the post-read discussions, though, as I talk through whatever new and interesting concept from my latest read. We had a great talk about languages without gendered pronouns not too long ago.

I’ll gladly send some recommendations your way.

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Chathtiu t1_j424zoc wrote

> I swear Reddit thinks everyone other than King and Rowling is unknown.

While Guin is one of the great scifi authors, scifi is often considered a niche genre and she is an older author. Finding Guin in a modern bookstore can be a challenge.

Even finding the scifi section of any big box bookstore can be a challenge. It’s certainly the smallest section in Barnes and Noble, and has to share with high fantasy….which in turn is being overtaken by D&D and other table top gaming supplies.

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