I read the "Red Rising" series not too long ago. It's a really great setting where there is a caste system and it takes a lot of inspiration from various sources. It's a really good blend of futuristic sci-fi/sci-fantasy mixed with historical inspirations like ancient Rome and Egypt.
You basically have this demigod race of "golds" that are essentially Space Marines without the armor, and then you have different colors of castes (pinks are prostitutes, reds are miners, blues are pilots, etc.) and it takes place in our solar system so it's familiar, but also really far out there, too, because there's oceans on Venus and farms on Io and so on.
Starts off like Hunger Games but goes full-blown Warhammer 40K by the second or third book and it's fun the whole way through.
@DEVILinIRON said:
I think the Star Trek universe has always been pretty cool. A year ago I bought all three of the Dragonlance omnibuses having read all those books contained therein as a teenager. I beat Heroes of the Lance back in the day. Also read some Forgotten Realms books about the Harpers. So it was cool to see them in the Baldur's Gate games.
Yeah it's always seemed like one of the more optimistic takes on sci-fi, and arguably one of the more grounded (at least in that the sci-fantasy aspects are less and the more sci-fi parts are at least based on theories).
I'm not too familiar with it but I did watch TNG when I was a kid and some other shows. I think if I had to live in a sci-fi universe, Star Trek would be it. Humanity really seems to have figure itself out, I love it. Love the movie where they go back in time and meet the inventor of the warp drive.
@ratchetclank92 said:
...and more recently just got super into the Warhammer universe. The amount of lore and history behind it is overwhelming, but after reading the Horus Heresy I have to say Warhammer may be my favorite setting/universe when it comes to sci fi and fantasy...
So you would recommend that series? I love WH40K and have done some deep dives in terms of research but I've yet to take the plunge on reading any books lol. Isn't the Horus Heresy a really long series?
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