Hello! I'm Rachel. Welcome to my Booktube Channel: TheShadesofOrange.
I am a Canadian Booktuber & Book Reviewer who reads Horror, Thrillers, True Crime, Science Fiction & Fantasy.
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this might be a tough nut to crack but I'm curious if anyone's got any suggestions for stories like Farscape! I just finished the show for the first time and adored it to bits, especially in regards to The Hensen Company's additions to the overall tone
i always love your recommendations for subgenres you don't enjoy that much, because the recs usually have that "off the beaten path" vibe i really like! 🧛🩸
How is Fractured Dark when compared to Velocity Weapon? I read Velocity Weapon and really enjoyed it for what it is. I am getting the feeling Fractured Dark maybe not as good?
Oh I should have be more clear in the video. My middle-ling feelings was consistent throughout. All three books got 3.5 Stars. I wasn't personally super engrossed by book 1 but still would recommend them for an easy sci fi read
One thing I enjoyed about The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet is the aliens seem /really/ alien -- not just humans with stuff glued to their foreheads or a normal human characteristic taken to extreme (cough, Star Trek, cough). Also, the crew had a great chemistry.
HI, I think I liked the Megan O'Keefe series a bit more than you did. I thought it was all about identity crisis, class identity in the first book, other people's distrust of newly established identities in the second book, and the main characters forced to question their own identities in the third. Probably not the greatest books of the year, but I agree that they're well worth reading. As for Adrian Tchaikovsky, his output and the high quality thereof are approaching ridiculous. I'm not sure I can think of anyone who could match it, maybe C.J. Cherryh in her prime. Haven't read Saturation Point yet, but I just finished Alien Clay, and that just might be his best yet.
Thank you, thank you! Im here for the scfi. You have such good recs- I love the breakdown too. I'm fairly new to your channel and dont read much fantasy but was wondering if you've covered Monster Fiction?
I’m a big Adrian Tchaikovsky fan and pretty much read anything he releases. He’s so prolific though that it can be hard to keep up haha. Currently reading Exodus by Peter F. Hamilton, a 900-page hard sci-fi epic. Something you might like?
Pokémon is serious business. Also RPGs are amazing, but as a working adult with multiple hobbies it's difficult keeping on top of it. My favorite game of all time is Mass Effect and I do play it every now and then, but I haven't started something new in a long time...
"The Zone" in Saturation Point made me thing of _Roadside Picnic_ by the Stugatsky brothers, a real masterpiece. In that book The Zone is a region visited by aliens and littered with dangerous discarded tech and damaged space-time. Have you read any China Mieville? I'd suggest City and the City, a murder mystery set in a place where two cities occupy the same place and the citizens of a city are trained to not see anyone from the other city.
Much like The Dying Earth and Book of the New Sun, The Starbridge Chronicles by Paul Park has a future(?) that is in regression. The Borrible Trilogy by Michael Larabeiti is something I recommend people read just to have done so.
Sebastien de Castell's Greatcoats series: I loved it. I couldn't stop reading it, with all the swashbuckling and dueling, funny dialogue, and serious themes.
I thought Station Eleven was good, but not great. I wanted to see this theater group actually traveling from town to town and meeting the townspeople and really performing different Shakespearean plays in this post-apocalyptic world. There was not as much of that as I hoped.
The detailed duels and brotherhood of The Greatcoats made that series a favorite of mine. Station Eleven sounds interesting and one I'll be reading soon. Ive really enjoyed a lot of sci-fi titles this year. Thanks. 🛸🤺
I think I want to check "You sexy thing", "Saturation point" and "Traitor's blade". I've read "Three Musketeers" as a kid, it's fun adventure novel but as times goes by, and "Club Dumas" happened on the way I tend to cheer for Milady more and more.
Jack Vance is already on my 2025 list. Primarily because of Dying Earth's hard magic system that influenced D&D. Also i would definitely recommend the d'Artagnan romances. Dumas witty dialogue and banter is amazing. And his books read fast.
Have I recommended the Foreigner series by C. J. Cherryh and The Vorkosigan Saga by Louis McMaster Bujold to you before? They are much more about relationships set in Sci-fi settings, but are some of my favorites when I just want to appreciate an enjoyable read! 😊
I have A Dowry of Blood and Certain Dark Things. I believe I had them last year and didn't get around to them. Im going to make Certain Dark Things a priority. Thank you! 🎃
As a major science fiction and fantasy reader, I would recommend reading The Three Musketeers, read it last year and I've now read all five musketeer novels, also Steven Brust an amazing fantasy writer is a big Alexandre Dumas fan.
I am such a fan of the Expanse books. Maybe I'll try this one. But I'm also thinking of starting the Honor Harrington books. Thanks for all the great content.
Gotta seriously check out this Adrian tchavosky guy. Apparently he’s not just another ordinary space opera author like the ones I’m pretty much used to by now. Be well.⚛️❤
Definitely check out Saturation Point. Sounds like a good start with Tchaikovsky. I agree that Annihilation, which I just read, was underwhelming. Good enough to continue the series but I thought the movie was more entertaining.
@@TheShadesofOrange it definitely picks up at the end but it was a slog through the first half. I’m about to start the second book. Did you read the whole series? The ratings seem to get better with the next two books. I realized he just put out a fourth book this month!
