I just finished A Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Very engrossing this story of first contact with aliens. Well paced. The foreshadowing and the reveals are mastered to perfection. Ashame that there is only one woman in the novel and that she is an emotional bleading heart. A true classic none the less. So captivating.
Now I'll start A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller. Another sci-fi classic.
Trilogies and sequels turn me off. By principale I try to stick to just the first tomes of series. Trilogies and sequels are too much a cash grab nowadays. Stories do not need to be stretched that much (with exceptions). Often the best part is there in the first tome anyway, and I'm not disappointed witht the rest of the novels who often aren't as good as the firstone.I really enjoyed Mote. It does have a sequel, but while a solid story doesn't have the same scope of world building.
Now I'll start A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller. Another sci-fi classic.
Trilogies and sequels turn me off. By principale I try to stick to just the first tomes of series. Trilogies and sequels are too much a cash grab nowadays. Stories do not need to be stretched that much (with exceptions). Often the best part is there in the first tome anyway, and I'm not disappointed witht the rest of the novels who often aren't as good as the firstone.
Sequel written 20 years after the original (like the sequel to Mote) turn me off even more, as they are even more of a cash grab rather than inspired work.