Sci-Fi

Odyssey One Books in Order: How to read Evan Currie’s series?

Fabien
April 13, 2023May 18, 2023

By the author of the Hayden War series.

What is the Odyssey One series about?

Coming from the Canadian author Evan Currie, the Odyssey One series is a military science fiction saga completed with tie-in series and one-shot tie-in novels.

The story began when Captain Eric Weston and the crew of the NAC Odyssey are launched on a mission destined to make history: Going where no man has gone before. What they found in a new and hostile universe.

Human’s first interstellar ship involved Earth in a centuries-long forgotten war against the Drasin alien Empire.

John Scalzi Books in Order (Old Man’s War, Lock In, Dispatcher, Kaiju Preservation Society)

Fabien
April 10, 2023May 12, 2023

All of John Scalzi’s books!

Who is John Scalzi?

John Scalzi II is an American best-selling author who’s writing science fiction novels – and the popular blog Whatever. He publish his first novel, “Agent to the Stars,” on his website in 1999, but found success a few years later with Old Man’s War, a military science fiction book, and its sequels.

As he extended the Old Man’s War universe, John Scalzi wrote more series like the Lock In series, The Interdependency series, and more, but also stand-alone novels, and non-fiction books.

He also worked as a creative consultant on the science-fiction television show Stargate Universe, was the writer for the 2015 mobile device video game by Industrial Toys, called Midnight Star, and wrote a weekly column on science fiction/fantasy films for AMCTV.com.

Lauren Oliver Books in Order (Delirium, Curiosity House, Replica)

Fabien
February 17, 2023May 11, 2023

All of Lauren Oliver’s Books in Order!

Who is Lauren Oliver?

Lauren Oliver is an American author known for her work in the young adult sci-fi genre with the Delirium trilogy, but also for her book Panic which became an Amazon TV show, or Before I Fall, which became a movie with Zoey Deutch in 2017.

She attended NYU’s MFA program in creative writing while working at Penguin Books, in a young adult division called Razorbill. It was during that time that she started work on her own novel “Before I Fall.” She left in 2009 to become a full-time writer.

Lauren Oliver also wrote the Replica duology and, with H C Chester, she co-wrote the middle-grade fantasy series Curiosity House – in the vein of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events -, and more recently, she published The Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street.

Gene Wolfe Books in Order (including the Solar Cycle Reading Order)

Fabien
January 20, 2023February 22, 2023

All of Gene Wolfe’s Books!

Who was Gene Wolfe?

Gene Rodman Wolfe (1931-2019) was a prolific American science fiction and fantasy writer, a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame (like Frank Herbert or Octavia Butler) known for his short stories and his award-winning novels

In fact, Wolfe is best known for his Book of the New Sun series which formed the first part of his “Solar Cycle”–like The Book of the Long Sun and The Book of the Short Sun. He also wrote The Soldier of the Mist series, The Wizard Knight series.

Reading Gene Wolfe is an experience as Neil Gaiman’s described it, he even gave some recommendations for a better reading experience.

The Culture Reading Order: How to read Iain M. Banks’s Series?

Fabien
January 3, 2023December 17, 2022

A Classic Sci-Fi series!

What is The Culture series about?

The Culture series is a science fiction series written by Scottish author Iain M. Banks that was published between 1987 and 2012.

It is a space opera with a focus on the human and political aspects of its universe. Banks describes The Culture as “an expression of the idea that the nature of space itself determines the type of civilizations which will thrive there.”

More precisely, The Culture is a group-civilization formed from multiple humanoid species that established a loose federation approximately nine thousand years before the story of the series begins. You can learn a lot more about it in the notes written by Banks.

The Culture series comprises nine novels and one short story collection. Even a reference is occasionally made to the events of previous novels, each novel of The Culture series is a self-contained story with new characters.

Rho Agenda Books in Order: How to read Richard Phillips’s series?

Fabien
December 5, 2022May 28, 2023

Space Invaders of a new Kind.

What is the Rho Agenda series about?

Written by Richard Phillips, a West Point Class of 79 grad with a masters in nuclear physics who spent several years performing research at Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories for the U.S. military before launching his writing career, the Rho Agenda is a science fiction series.

The series introduced us to the Rho Project, a top-secret research dedicated to reverse engineering technology from an Alien ship that fell from the New Mexico sky in 1948. When a second ship is found, everything changes. A trio of students is thrust into a violent world of secrets and corruption, becoming reluctant soldiers in a war destined to alter what it means to be human.

The Rho Agenda Series is divided into three trilogies that were not published in chronological order. You can follow the order you prefer.

William Gibson Books in Order (The Sprawl trilogy and more)

Fabien
September 16, 2022May 2, 2023

All of William Gibson’s Books in Order!

Who is William Gibson?

William Gibson is an award-winning American-Canadian writer and essayist who is known as a pioneer in the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk.

He started his writing career in the late 1970s, focusing on exploring the effects of technology on humans which led him to coin the term “cyberspace” in his short story “Burning Chrome,” published in 1982. He himself popularized the concept with his debut novel, Neuromancer, in 1984.

William Gibson wrote around a dozen novels, even more short stories, a lot of articles in major publications, and collaborated on other artistic projects–he co-wrote episodes of The X-Files… Speaking of television, Amazon has developed a series based on the novel The Peripheral.

The Giver Books in Order: How to read Lois Lowry’s dystopian series?

Carole
August 10, 2022May 15, 2023

A dystopian world in the vein of 1984 and Brave New World, but for a younger public.

What is The Giver Quartet about?

Written by American writer Lois Lowry, The Giver Quartet is a young adult series consisting of four novels. The story takes place in what appears to be a utopian society but is really a dystopia.

Pain or suffering have been eradicated from this world, there are no worries any more as the philosophy “Sameness”, which eliminate wants or needs from human existence, has been installed and has strived.

The Giver is the alias of the Receiver of Memory, a man who has to bear the memories of the past the community turned away from. Described as an aging Elder, he is one of the most important figures in this society, due to his responsibilities, but holds almost no power.

When the story begins, the young Jonas has been chosen to be the new Receiver of Memory, and he discovers that his community is deprived of color, music, and more.

Today, The Giver — the first book in the series — is often considered a modern classic. It won the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold more than 10 million copies. It also has been adapted into a movie starring Jeff Bridges and Brenton Thwaites and has inspired a musical and an opera.

Jeremy Logan Books in Order: How to read Lincoln Child’s Series?

Fabien
August 9, 2022May 26, 2023

By the co-author of the Pendergast Series.

What is the Jeremy Logan series about?

Coming from Lincoln Child, best-selling American author of techno-thriller (and horror novels) and frequent collaborator of Douglas Preston, the Jeremy Logan series is in the vein of The X-Files.

This series of science-fiction thrillers featured Dr. Jeremy Logan, a private investigator and Yale professor of medieval history who’s known for being an “enigmalogist” (a person investigating the unexplained).

That’s why he often takes on cases that fall outside the bounds of what we would call the “conventional”. Logan explores irregular murders, scientific anomalies, or suspected brushes with the paranormal.