Recs if you like Starship Troopers...

Crimes committed by movie studios against amazing books. “The book walked, so these movies could trip and fall down the stairs” - JadeLovesBooks ✨

A list of all the novels which won the Best Novel category of the Hugo Awards. To be nominated for this award a story must be 40,000 words or more and written in or translated to English and it must be either a science fiction or fantasy story. This list should be in descending order (most recent winners first while earlier winners are further down.

A list of (thankfully) fictional books featuring giant arthropods - from uplifted arachnids and ancient hive minds to the oversized insects of our nightmares! Always taking recommendations (for my nightmare fuel)! (p.s. for actual education content, please see @The_BookishBug)

“the universe is what we make of it. it’s up to you to decide what part you will play.”

space opera focuses on interstellar travel and epic adventures, often with larger-than-life characters, dramatic plots, and an optimistic tone. originally coined in the 1940s as an insult, it has since grown into a vibrant and expansive subgenre.

Botanical horror is great and all, but have you ever thought about all the horrors scuttling beneath the leaves?

Horror that features bugs (insects and arachnids - argue about whether shellfish should be involved in the comments) as a major antagonist.

This is for the classics, the old and new, the lesser known books, the short stories and the translated speculative fiction. Sci-fi could be argued to be one of the best and most expansive genres out there - it’s just a matter of finding the right book for you.

If there is a series, I will only be putting the first book unless they are unrelated.

Winners of the Hugo Award for Best Novel of science fiction/fantasy

The most comprehensive list of award winning sci-fi and fantasy novels. The books on this list have won either 1 or multiple awards out of the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus Sci-Fi, Locus Fantasy, goodreads Choice Fantasy, or goodreads Science Fiction Awards.

all books that have been adapted to another medium. mostly film and TV but other adaptations might get mixed in.

With bone-piercing bolts and mechanically enhanced strength, meat and metal convene in these books as our iron-bound protagonists engage in the next step in the evolution of battle.

This list includes novels, short stories, and mangas whose central plot features Powered Armor (including magically enhanced armor), Mechs, or more generally protagonists who have undergone any sort of marrying of metal and flesh.

Recommendations welcome! General rule: they have to battle.

A collection of alien invasion sci-fi.

Books that have formed the foundation of science fiction

Every book that has been adapted into a movie covered by the Blank Check podcast

books mentioned or referenced in The Outer Worlds video game, listed in descending order by publication year. credit to Reddit user MatthewMMorrow for compiling a list.

My recommended science fiction stories (stand-alone and series) that I think are worth giving a go.

Science fiction books in english published between 1950 and 1959.

The full title is the List of Indispensable Science Fiction for the Compleat Gentleman.... this is a list I found online in 2020 which I did not finish after having a bad time with H.G. Wells, but I'm ready to dip my toe back in. If anyome else wouod like to be a compleat gentleman (gender neutral) with me, come along :)