/lit/ - Any comfy space books - Literature

Anonymous

12/09/25(Tue)00:09:02 No.24936258

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Any comfy space books

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)00:12:47 No.24936260

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)00:12:47 No.24936260

>>24936258
Scifi is without exception, awful.
It is the one genera where videogames, television and movies actually exceed /lit/.

Some faggot is going to disagree with me and post literal marketing material (that you pay for) designed to sell dolls to men.

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)00:58:32 No.24936323

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)00:58:32 No.24936323

>>24936260
Heinlen?

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)01:00:56 No.24936329

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)01:00:56 No.24936329

>>24936260
Not true, but I'm not spoon-feeding you.

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)01:04:15 No.24936336

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)01:04:15 No.24936336

>>24936258
Way Station, Simak

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)02:16:18 No.24936471

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)02:16:18 No.24936471

>>24936258
Not literally in space, but space travel is very important:
Way Station by Clifford D. Simak

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)02:32:34 No.24936509

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)02:32:34 No.24936509

>>24936258
Children of Time

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)04:47:41 No.24936691

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)04:47:41 No.24936691

>>24936258
Hg Wells, first men on the moon, unironically

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)10:22:55 No.24937152

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)10:22:55 No.24937152

For outer wilds I would recommend the short story "the last question" specifically.

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)11:16:57 No.24937236

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)11:16:57 No.24937236

>>24936260
Agreed

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)11:22:56 No.24937246

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)11:22:56 No.24937246

>>24936323
Most of the scifi lovers OTB have read all 2000 of the WH 40k books and SW, both of which are plainly marketing slop.
There have been 400 SW books, all of which are set in (THE ENTIRE GALAXY) yet which are never more than one degree of separation away from a SINGLE FAMILY.

Why is this the case?

Because Lucas wanted to sell more dolls to men, and had already streamlined production on Skywalker family dolls.

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)11:42:17 No.24937276

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)11:42:17 No.24937276

>>24936260
I like Lem.

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)11:48:18 No.24937285

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)11:48:18 No.24937285

>>24937276
I've only read one Lem, Fiasco, and it was so terrible that I never intend to read another one of his novels. And seeing Solaris only recommended by slavophiles and pseuds certainly hasn't made me want to change my position on this.

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)12:39:45 No.24937350

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)12:39:45 No.24937350

>>24937246
Okay but what does that have to do with Heinlen?

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)13:17:45 No.24937411

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)13:17:45 No.24937411

>>24937246
I don't think there's nearly as much overlap between "traditional" scifi readers and the people who read those media tie-in series as you might think. (Fantasy readers on the other hand...)

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)13:25:43 No.24937424

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)13:25:43 No.24937424

>>24936336
Simak is definitely the best for comfy sci-fi. Way Station is a personal favorite of mine, too.

For comfy and mournful, I'd also check out Kornbluth."That Share of the Glory" is particularly good.

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)13:28:06 No.24937434

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)13:28:06 No.24937434

>>24936258
Jack Vance's Demon Princes
GRRM's Thousand Worlds

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)14:08:27 No.24937515

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)14:08:27 No.24937515

>>24936329
You can't. Grow up manchild.

Anonymous
12/09/25(Tue)14:21:43 No.24937543

Anonymous 12/09/25(Tue)14:21:43 No.24937543

>>24936258
I read Project Hail Mary recently based on the recommendation of some normie friends and it was easily one of the worst books I've ever read.

Anonymous
12/10/25(Wed)01:34:54 No.24939244

Anonymous 12/10/25(Wed)01:34:54 No.24939244

>>24937285
Filtered desu