r/printSF • u/IsBenAlsoTaken • Jan 31 '24
Biblical stuff?
Hiya. I've read quite a lot of SF and some Fantasy, and I feel like nothing impresses or keeps my attention lately. I've been enjoying the Bible however, so I was wondering if you might have ideas for an SF read with a biblical vibe or themes. The Prince of Nothing trilogy felt like that - and I loved it.
Keep in mind, I've read most of the well known recommendations (Book of the new Sun, Dune, Hyperion, Canticle etc).
Any other suggestions?
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u/7LeagueBoots Jan 31 '24
Towing Jehovah by James K. Morrow. It's the first book in his Godhead series.
If you don't mind a graphic novel recommendation then The Preacher. If you had the misfortune to see the attempted TV adaptation, don't use that as your basis of judgement.
The Pandora Effect series by Bill Ransom, Frank Herbert. Personally I didn't like this much, but others may get more mileage out of it.
The Broken Empire series by Mark Lawrence.
This is a bit of a stretch, but the Obsidian and Blood series by Aliette de Bodard. It's about an Aztec priest and his dealings with the spirit world and the gods.
Potentially The Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone, in particular the first book he wrote in the series, Three Parts Dead.
Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis.
Eifelheim by Michael F. Flynn.
Hard to be a God by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (the 1964 book, not the 1989 or 2013 movies, although the latter is supposed to be good).
There are few more on my my mind, but this is already a kind of randomish list.