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Little Fuzzy (Fuzzy Sapiens #1) by H. Beam Piper
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The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1) by John Scalzi
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@BookishDrummer 2 года назад

I’m also guessing…you cannot lie? 🤣

@thelasthandbook6704 2 года назад

all you other readers can't deny (?)

@epiphoney 2 года назад

Her anaconda don't want none unless you've got big books hun.

@epiphoney 2 года назад

Peter F. Hamilton's Pandora's Star is big if you want big, plus it's part one of two, Judas Unchained. Or even bigger The Night's Dawn trilogy, which is 3 big books.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Yes he definitely delivers the big books

@epiphoney 2 года назад

@@TheShadesofOrange Someone commented to me on goodreads: "Man does he love describing buildings and city layouts! I feel he is a frustrated architect/city planner at heart."

@misterbum1 Год назад

Amazon has this one for free -The Greatest Works of H. Beam Piper - 35 Titles in One Edition: Dystopian Novels, Sci-Fi Books & Supernatural Stories: Terro-Human Future History, Little Fuzzy… Kindle Edition

@superkitten7560 2 года назад

I love big books! I'm reading Shogun: The Epic Novel of Japan (on my phone to prevent me from browsing social media) and it's 1,100+ pages long....and that's only book one! This dude really went for the magnum opus card lol

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Ooh wow that is impressive

@bookssongsandothermagic 2 года назад

Another great video. Nice seeing Fuzzy Nation - I have only read Scalzi's "remake" but I do want to check out the original. I'm trying to read bigger books this year too, but with just a slight increase rather than a big focus (partly because I want to read more classics too and many of them are quite short....)

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Good luck to both of us picking up bigger books this year!

@FrostaWingsIt 2 года назад

Love this video! I won’t lie, I’m intimidated by chunky books - I’m not very patient when I’m into a book and my heart can’t take having to wait! And thanks for the earworm! I have been singing the verse since yesterday as your video title! I don’t think I’ll get go back! Hahhaha

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Haha I couldn't help but bad a nod to that classic song 😄

@marcyreads 2 года назад

Ooh XX sounds so good! I love big books so this video is for me 😍😂

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Oh then it's perfect!

@khomo12 Год назад

Spending more time in the axiom universe...YES! 👍The alien stars...are going on my tbr📚🚀

@TheShadesofOrange Год назад

Glad you also love the Axiom universe!

@TuftyMcTavish 2 года назад

📚 I too decided to read chonkier books this year! So I dropped my GR Reading Challenge goal to reduce the stress. Because of delving into BookTube this holiday I now have an enormous number of Fantasy chonkers on my TBR which are just daunting otherwise. Thanks, BookTube! 😆

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Good luck to both of us! And I think it's smart to take the pressure off with a manageable reading goal

@rocsimmons8535 Год назад

Thank you!

@MB-qv4zo 2 года назад

I enjoy your reviews 👍😊

@PieGuyBill 2 года назад

Hi Rachel, I'm a fairly new subscriber..love your reviews. Just wanted to comment on big books. I read a lot of them. I read mostly horror and my favorite book is "The Witching Hour" by Anne Rice. It is about 1000 pages. Never get tired of reading due to length because I love her writing style..I have read it 3 times.. Reading style to me is as important as the story. It just seems that most of the books I like happen to be big.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Thank you and I appreciate the recommendation. Embarrassingly I haven't read any Rice yet

@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber Год назад

I loved The Witching Hour and many other Anne Rice books. She has fallen under the radar, but she's a brilliant writer.

@chrisconnors7418 2 года назад

I have the starless crown in audio from the library. May not listen to it though given your review and Thomas’ (SFF180) review. And I’m enjoying the audio for book 7 now of The Expanse so don’t want to switch from those. In previous books I noticed the audio does not contain some of the scenes that are in the written books. A good 800+ page book is Robots of Gotham. I think you’d like that. It’s a standalone but there’s enough material to make you want a follow up.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Yes Robots of Gotham is on my big book list because of you. And yeah sadly Thomas and I didn't like that one. We grumbled about it behind the scenes when we were reading it

@riva7rau 2 года назад

Another Neal Stephenson book I enjoyed is Seveneves. The paperback is 880 pages, a certain amount of hard astrophysics, big ideas, etc. Might also be a bit too long, but then the last section of the book somewhat ties everything together. I loved Cryptonomicon, though I also thought it fell off a bit in the ending. Regardless, it's still one of my all-time favorite stories, and was my initial introduction to Stephenson's work.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Oh yes I really liked Seveneves. Probably my favourite book by him at the moment

@DuckRon626 2 года назад

My favorite 500+ page SF novel,is Dune by Frank Herbert. Not sure how many of the Dune hronicles are 500+ pages, but, Dune certainly is. Actually, Dune is my favorite SF novel no matter the length.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Yes read Dune last year but still need to read the sequels

@JasonsWeirdReads 2 года назад

Great list and an honourable challenge to read thicker books. I might do something similar one of these years as thick books intimate me. Did you listen to The Dandelion Dynasty Series on audiobook at all? If so, are they well narrated? I ask because Michael Kramer does the narration and he can be hit or miss with me.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

I had to read them phsysically because I HATE his narration. (I know everyone loves him so I'm surprised you also find him hit or miss.) But yeah I actively avoid all his audiobooks

@JasonsWeirdReads 2 года назад

@@TheShadesofOrange we’re definitely in the minority on that. 🤣 I’m not very keen on his narration, especially after the wheel of time books. He might get better in a different story, but I doubt it. He character voices can be really annoying.

@marcusmusings 2 года назад

yeah, Neil Stephenson has a lot to say, that's for sure. The sequel to D.O.DO. came out last year, The Master of Revels, which was only written by Galland, because I think Stephenson was busy writing his stand alone book. I highly recommend the sequel. I will def try out xx

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Good to know about the sequel!

@walksuphills 2 года назад

The War of the Flowers by Tad Williams is a nice chunky fantasy novel where someone from our reality is transported into the land of the fae and gets caught up in intrigue between warring factions. Tad Williams is known for long series books, but this is a stand alone and a really satisfying self contained story. Even if it is long enough to be a trilogy.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Thanks for the recs. I need to read more Tad Williams

@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber Год назад

I'm with you on War of The Flowers. It's at the top of my re-read list.

@alynam82 2 года назад

I'm super intimidated by Neal Stephenson, and the only way I can see myself approaching his work would be with his historical fiction (Quicksilver books). Though Rise/Fall sounds interesting, I should look into that one. XX seems like something I'd like. In fact, I'm currently reading Night Film 🎥 🎞, just started on Monday, and I'm really enjoying it. It's the first multimedia novel for me, that I can recall. House of Leaves seemed a bit much to me, and I quit on it a few years ago. Great list!! I love big books, so this captured my attention

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Yeah if you like Night Film you should definitely check out XX, it's tripy

@g.salencar8675 2 года назад

Right now I'm reading Dreamsongs by George R.R. Martin. It's a collection of his short stories and novellas, and so far it's been pretty interesting to know more about him and read his earlier works. I mean, it's not a novel, but it's a big book and there's a plethora of stories ranging from fantasy to sci-fi to horror and in between

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Ooh that's awesome. I love the Song of Ice and Fire books

@g.salencar8675 2 года назад

@@TheShadesofOrange me too. In fact it was the series that inspired me to become a writer, so I'm kinda biased for Martin, but his earlier stories are pretty good

@SufficientlyAdvancedLena 2 года назад

uhhh I still need to read XX , it's been sitting on my shelves since it came out 😅 Also The Collapsing Empire was great! I really need to continue reading the series (I'll be cautious with the final book) I think The Veiled Throne feels quite meandering because it was suposed to be only one book with Speaking Bones

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Ooo I'd love to see what you think of XX... and yes I'm sure you're right about The Dandelion Dynasty... so anxious for book 4

@redfoot2 2 года назад

Someone already mentioned Peter F. Hamilton who I would have recommended for giant tomes. But another one almost topping out at 800 pages is A Deepness in the Sky, which is the prequel (written after) to A Fire Upon the Deep. Someone people prefer it to AFUTD and it actually has a higher Goodreads rating. For hard SF AFUTD is superior but the characters in Deepness are really, really fantastic

@chrisconnors7418 2 года назад

Oh, nice! I hadn't heard of the prequel. I'll check it out.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Definitely want to get to those!

@andysimmons2648 2 года назад

I have to take my hat off to you. I’m a slow reader and it would take me years to get through the books you discussed in this video. I’m two books into the Collapsing Empire series and am really enjoying it. I do see what you mean about the first book being the best; hopefully the third will impress me more than you. As for long books, being a slow reader I generally go for mid level ones but I thoroughly loved the Dragonbone Chair series by Tad Williams. If you haven’t read it, it’s worth a read. I think its the best fantasy series I’ve read. I love Tolkien but prefer Tad Williams’ writing.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Thanks Yeah I've had a lot of reading time lately so I thought it was a good opportunity to tackle the bigger books on my tbr

@Oilbleak5453 2 года назад

Nicole Galland’s sequel to The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (called Master of Revels) came out in February of 2021. It picks up right where the first book leaves off and it’s a touch bit shorter so you might enjoy that one more than the first.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Good to know... I was curious if I should continue

@jonribeiro266 2 года назад

I'm always hesitant with big books, but I do run into a lot more books leaving me wanting more, so maybe it's time to swim to that deep end of the pool

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Haha do it!

@peterlightning9235 2 года назад

At some point you have to cover a book by Scott Sigler. Like INFECTED, EARTHCORE, ACESTOR, or NOCTURNAL. He writes Horror Sci Fi. It's a genre that I absolutely love. P.S. I've been listening to Seveneves due to your recommendation. I'm liking it a lot. Thanks.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

So glad you're enjoying Seveneves... and yes I seriously should read some Scott Sigler

@chrisconnors7418 2 года назад

A couple of months ago I may have mentioned a 5-star book I had read a few decades ago (Memoirs of an Invisible Man). I reread it yesterday. I now wish to completely retract that recommendation. It has not aged well--to put it extremely mildly--and I'm embarrassed I once thought it was good. There are some good parts, but the bad parts had me skipping entire pages, and the first few chapters.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Oh too bad!

@fiberartsyreads 2 года назад

🚀🚀 I want to get to The Alien Stars soon

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Ooh yes! You've finished the whole trilogy so you should check it out

@missep1830 2 года назад

YESSSS I loved the wrong stars and the sequels!!!

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@UncleMonk23 2 года назад

I Love big books and actively search them out… They are easier to find in the fantasy genre than the SciFi genre but those usually tend to be longer series and that’s also something I actively seek out as well…The horror genre is not littered with many really big books other than Stephen King or long series either for that matter but I also read as many of them as I can find but it’s just there haven’t been to many contemporary long horror novels or series released in the last 10 years but would love some titles if you know of some…I haven’t heard of XX and it has me intrigued and I do plan on picking it up… I like Neal Stephenson but his style is an acquired taste and doesn’t always appeal to everyone… Kevin J Anderson is a mystery to me…I guess I just don’t get it when it comes to his popularity…I don’t see where it comes from…I see him as his very best books are 3 ⭐️ so that’s average at best and most I find and put in the 1-2 ⭐️ range… The Star Wars books he wrote are considered the worst in the series and his co authoring of Dune is well the worst of that series too…I have stopped even trying to read his books anymore..But thank you for the XX recommendation and keep up the good works 👍🏻

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Ooo I love that you actively seek out big books. I hope you enjoy XX. And I know what you mean about Anderson. I know to avoid his Dune books and I've also heard that his Jedi Search books are absolutely terrible. Why is he popular?

@UncleMonk23 2 года назад

@@TheShadesofOrange Anderson has published over 140 books, over 50 of which have been on US and international bestseller lists, and he has sold more than 23 million books in print worldwide in 30 languages…Based on what I have read I sure don’t understand it…Kudos to him on his success but it sure as Hell is a mystery to me as to why…He must have a great publicist…😂 I enjoy your channel keep up the good works

@axtell500 2 года назад

Yes I agree with you on Cryptonomicon it was a tough read, if it wasnt for his style of writing which I enjoyed I probably wouldnt have finished it. I prefered the threads during World War 2. The modern part not so much - how can you make business meeting exciting 🙂

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Haha it had such cool ideas... but I just felt it was drawn out

@ashokindigo886 2 года назад

Most Books by Neal Stephenson - Seveneves 880 pages, Anathem 1083 pages, Reamde 1055, Cryptonomicon 1168 pages., Termination shock 716 pages

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Yes Stephenson is definitely the way to go for big books

@LizardQueen_99 2 года назад

👌

@indridcold4982 2 года назад

I'm sure you've seen this rec, and I know your history with Stephen King is hit-and-miss, but I have to recommend The Stand here. I'd call it distopian, which I personally think of as a subgenre to scifi, and it's my personal favorite of his. Very engaging characters.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Yeah yes I'm nervous to try that one because it's King and I don't typically love post apocalyptic fiction 😬

@TerpDerp 2 года назад

I read the Stand by King and Swan Song by Robert McCamon. Both were excellent. I personally preferred Swan Song.

@lda1737 2 года назад

👍

@aliciacampos5789 2 года назад

👍🏽

@gon8go 2 года назад

I wonder sometimes if its marketing pushing the trend for modern SFF books to be overlong. Many times when I read a book that's over 700 pages it seems like there was a great 400 page novel in it dragged down with padding and irrelevant sub plots.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Yeah I am finding that some of these books could be shorter

@tawallah77 2 года назад

I have the same issue with Stephenson, he is brilliant with great concepts but the books could end sooner. But there must be something, because I still want to read his works. As already mentioned Peter F Hamilton has big books. But there is the issue of male gaze in his books. I always see those gripes even from male readers.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Yes! With shorter books, they would all probably be favourites

@JashanaC 2 года назад

🐣

@flippydippy3054 2 года назад

I don't love Wil Wheaton's narration in general so I hope John Scalzi's book holds up.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Gasp! That is a rather Unpopular Opinion!

@leetracey9152 2 года назад

Like you I came to Little Fuzzy via the Scalzi book, and though it was over a decade ago I do remember enjoying both. Stephenson is not a writer I enjoy as the one book of his I have read and only because it won either the Hugo or the Nebula) in addition to wandering off plot to give us some piece of science knowledge that is seemingly there to show us how clever he is - or something. Very much like umberto eco. And then to top it all off I didn't think Stephenson stuck his landing after all of that. Read the Interdependency trilogy last year and enjoyed it a lot- but it is Scalzi so why wouldn't I? 😉 As you are also a fan of Him in general I have not long finished The Androids Dream, whose story is set in motion by one of the funniest assassinations you will ever read. RE Anderson I hate when I get authors like him who are basically mediocre but I can't walk away until I know the outcome😠 Looking to expand your chunky sf reading I would highly recommend Gary Gibson's debut, Dakota Merrick trilogy (stealing Light, The Nova War and Empire of Light) about 600 odd pages each and well paced.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Thanks for the recs! And yes Andersons books were so mediocre but I just kept reading...

@rivendellstarlight 2 года назад

Super agree on Neal Stephenson! I read Seven Eves recently and though I liked the concept and was impressed by the hard sci-fi, it was wayyyy too detailed and persnickety, it really needed some serious editing because the pacing was horrendous due to the oversharing of technological details.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Yes with editing down, I feel like his books with all be 5 star reads for me

@shawnturpin197 2 года назад

Came here to make the obvious joke but everyone beat me to it. Dammit! Great video though.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Haha yes so good 🤣

@zubaerchaudhari8267 2 года назад

Hey

@thecryptile 2 года назад

If you haven't read The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe yet, you're missing out!

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Oh yes I have rest the four main books

@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber Год назад

Swan Song by Robert McCammon is vastly superior to The Stand which started great and went nowhere. So far everybody who read both prefer Swan Song.🚀

@jamesbaird1342 2 года назад

🐱🐧

@Jzscrstsprstr 2 года назад

Heh, big books are not for me. I think you left out the "no" in Cryptonomicon (like Lovecraft's Necronomicon)

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Lol yeah I did a million "takes" and eventually just gave up 😄

@aaronsmylie3317 2 года назад

: )

@vinsanity982 2 года назад

they say big books have big covers

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣

@jfvirey 2 года назад

You wouldn't have picked up XX if it wasn't XXL.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

😄

@LiteratureScienceAlliance 2 года назад

Bummer that both you and Bethany struggled with the starless crown, I was looking forward to it if the buzz was good but based off both your reviews probably going to pass

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Yeah I can't see you loving it either

@toddbutler3341 2 года назад

Do you have the ability to tell falsehoods?

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

@toddbutler3341 2 года назад

@@TheShadesofOrange You like big books, can you tell falsehoods? Can you tell lies? Because I like big things and cannot lie.

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

@@toddbutler3341LOL! You are too clever for me

@holydissolution85 2 года назад

I severly disliked Kevin J Anderson....I imagined him like Grima Wormtongue , whispering in Brian Herbert's ear : " Listen to me....we're gonna destroy your daddy's legacy together....join the dark side...."....and then recently I heard something about him by way of Brandon Sanderson : Kevin J goes on this long hikes in mountains and has a voice to text machine with him, and he writes/speaks his books while hiking......What a great way to live and work ! He can" t be all that bad...

@TheShadesofOrange 2 года назад

Haha yeah I know to steer clear of his Dune sequels