[mikef65]

Agree. The series early on spends effort describing the orbital mechanics required for intersystem navigation as well as great battle sequences.

Originally Posted by blueash

Old Man's War
Honor Harrington series

[sharonl7340]

Roger Zelazny when Gravity Falls

[arbajeda]

Everything by Robert Heinlein, especially the Lazarus Long series.

Lazarus Long - Wikipedia

[roscoguy]

I don't read a lot of science fiction these days, but I ran across the Murderbot series by Martha Wells a couple years ago and thought they were worth reading.

Joe Haldeman was one of my very favorite SF authors and I especially liked his earlier works such as Mindbridge, The Forever War & All My Sins Remembered. I've read each of these several times over the decades. Another reread favorite is Mayflies by Kevin O'Donnell Jr.

[kschwi]

Originally Posted by PatShan

Lightning by Dean Koontz

I'll second Lightning as well as the Martian mentioned above.

Other great time travel books include
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Time and Again by Jack Finney

[Ski Bum]

The Expanse. Books are even better than the TV show. There are 14 books, I think, now.

The Expanse is a series of science fiction novels by James S. A. Corey, the joint pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. The first novel, Leviathan Wakes, was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2012. The complete series was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2017

[Julijac]

Originally Posted by Davonu

I just need a sci fi fix. Something involving space travel would be good, but any sci fi topic is good as long as it's a good read! If if was the first book of a good series that would be extra good!

I like GA Aiken Dragon Kin series. It has everything you could want from a series, action, adventure, romance, comedy, and the list goes on. I love all the characters from the series. The family is hilarious, especially Gwenvael.

Patricis Briggs is another good author with a few series out there. Good luck finding some good authors. I’m currently looking for some new ones myself…but not necessarily in sci-fi.

[Santiagogirl]

Tales of Verdant by Doc Honour (a Villager) & the sequel Not Liké Us. Available on Amazon. Space travel, dystopian future, adventure. Really good read. Hope to see more in the series in future

[kada328]

Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells

[MacScuba]

Another vote for Neil Stephenson. Seven Eves (Earth in the future), The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.(time travel), Fall; Or, Dodge in Hell (Uploading your brain), Termination Shock (an attempt to end global warming).
And of course, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I recommend audiobooks for Neil. They are long and detailed.
Also google "Mother Earth Motherboard". Neil wrote a fascinating and detailed article about laying undersea cable and early days of connecting countries with internet. A true story, not fiction.

[Robojo]

Originally Posted by Davonu

I just need a sci fi fix. Something involving space travel would be good, but any sci fi topic is good as long as it's a good read! If if was the first book of a good series that would be extra good!

MARTHA WELLS did a series and one is called Fugitive Telemetry.

Also

OBSERVER by Robert Lanza and Nancy Kress

[DeborahK]

My current favorite series is The Frontier Saga by Ryk Brown. Author is aiming for 5 connected series with 15 episodes each and is currently in Series 3, Ep 10. Check it out here: The Frontiers Saga Official Website |

[David_H]

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

A very long series with several books in the Enderverse.

[Dusty_Star]

Cloud Cukoo Land, Anthony Doer

[philoret]

Series by C.J.Cherryh: Foreigner etc. Start beginning.