Time for one of my favorite topics – underrated science fiction and fantasy!
I also did two videos about underrated/overlooked SFF for last year’s babbles
Overlooked Fantasy: https://youtu.be/_S40UwLGCWI
Overlooked Science Fiction: https://youtu.be/rGNTvQRAWtY
BooktubeSFF Awards Goodreads Group
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/163712-booktubesff-awards
The Tumblr page
http://booktubesffawards.tumblr.com/
THINGS MENTIONED
Gene Mapper by Taiyo Fujii (trans. Jim Hubbert)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23492374-gene-mapper
Powers by Ursula Le Guin
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68020.Powers
Review: https://youtu.be/_0xERZspkjA
Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18143945-europe-in-autumn
Review: https://youtu.be/3T89FQQ6T_Q
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/836964.China_Mountain_Zhang
Review/Gush: https://youtu.be/bO_hJjufYgI
Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28673059-dreamsnake
Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96284.Remnant_Population
The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18810934-the-falling-woman
The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25330014-the-winged-histories
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Excellent choices! I’m always happy to recommend some underrated classics. See if you can find “The Genocidal Healer” by James White. White was a pacifist, and interested in creating exciting SF that didn’t rely on violence as a plot device…so he created a space hospital. He’s also renowned for his believably alien characters. TGH was the first book I read with an alien protagonist and it’s great fun. There’s also GOJIRO by Mark Jacobson, a sorta spoof of Godzilla movies, about two mutants (one a human survivor of Hiroshima, the other a giant fire breathing lizard) who come together to form a weird “atomic” family of outcasts. Very much in the vein of novels by Kurt Vonnegut or Pynchon, but with more giant monsters.
Those books all sound awesome!
Your review of Dream Snake made me thing about Monica Furlong’s Wise Child. I loved that novel. I’m definitely going to give Dream Snake a read.
Great Video. You always give me great suggestions. I have been so busy I haven’t read anything for enjoyment in weeks. Going to jump into Binti this weekend. Can’t wait.
You’re so well spoken! A few of these I’ve read and a few are new but I need to bump Dreamsnake up in my TBR after your recommendation. I also really enjoyed your description of China Mountain Zhang. It’s easy to get behind the revolutionary, but you lose a lot of the world and the way everyday people live when you view a plot through that lens. Great recommendations!
Vonda Mcintyer and Elizabeth Moon – two of my favorites. I agree. Try “War for the Oaks” by Elizabeth Moon for a great urban read.
Such a great video! I haven’t read any of these, apart from Europe in Autumn, and my wishlist is groaning now. 🙂 I have A Stranger in Olondria on my shelf but I haven’t got around to it yet. I absolutely need to change that this year. I think my top underrated book would have to be the Kit Whitfield I mentioned in my last video, In Great Waters.
infodumpy lol
Will obviously second Dreamsnake as I remember really liking the main character. I need to go read Gene mapper to my wishlist (I remember it being on there but for some reason I took it out 🙁 )
You first brought the fractured Europe series to my attention, I’ve enjoyed the whole series,. thanks!
I was looking forward to this video, knew you’d choose an interesting selection. I’ve read China Mountain Zhang as of last week and like the sound of all the other seven. My awards project will make a few of them automatic reads, like they were for you. Your enthusiasm is, as always, really nice to see and infectious, in a good way of course. I’m now debating on whether to do this myself, which books to choose will be interesting.
You speak very well, and you talked me into reading Dreamsnake. Thank you – a hidden gem!
There’s no way I can ignore these recommendations.
Gene Mapper is like Jurassic Park, but with rice.
Thank you I enjoyed very much your reviews and will try to find these books in my library!
My wallet doesn’t like this video. (I really should utilize my local libraries, but it is sometimes difficult to get to them.) I have already bought China Mountain Zhang because of your previous review.
The cover of The Falling Woman is gorgeous.
My favorites that don’t get much hype are the Wool series by Hugh Howey and Waypoint Kangaroo by Curtis C. Chen. I enjoyed them both very much.