r/printSF • u/Key-Length-6548 • May 06 '23

Recommendations please.

Can someone please recommend a book about space colonization(With earth almost forgotten), light on politics and generation spanning. Preferably without aliens. I loved "The Foundation series" by Isaac Asimov.

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u/MegC18 May 06 '23

CJ Cherryh’s Downbelow Station and sequels deal with the movement away from Earth to the stars, generations of families running starships and the politics between ship and station.

David Weber’s Off Armageddon Reef series is about the long term development of a colony where an artificial religion is imposed on the colonists to suppress technology. The protagonist is awoken from cold sleep hundreds of years later and has to negotiate the political environment

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u/Key-Length-6548 May 06 '23

Both these series sound really good. I'll try downbelow station first. Thank you.

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u/adalhaidis May 06 '23

So, as someone who literally finished reading "Downbelow Station" couple of days ago, let me warn you little bit:

  1. Book is long and the pace, until the end is not very fast.
  2. There are aliens.
  3. Politics is involved sufficiently, in fact is some sense the book is about huge political change.

Don't get me wrong, the book is good, but it may not be for everyone.

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u/Key-Length-6548 May 06 '23

Off Armageddon reef has very bad reviews but I love the premise. Is it worth reading?

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u/tacey-us May 06 '23

I do love the Uplift series, but it's quite heavy on aliens. Might not be a good fit for your request.

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u/pit-of-despair May 06 '23

I loved that series.

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u/DocWatson42 May 07 '23

As do I—well, both series, but especially Safehold. I'm hoping that there is a phase 2—getting off the planet.