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Any recommendations for a sci-fi book which would be easy for someone not used to the genre to get into? It's a genre that i'm very sceptical about as I feel as if it kinda overlaps with dystopian (which I cannot stand lol) but I would like to give i
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Recommendations
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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Pretty short, and funny.
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
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Easily approachable sf of the space opera sub-genre.
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Dune (Dune #1)
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This might be a good entry point into the genre from a fantasy-reading background as it has a plot that could easily be from a high fantasy novel (young man finds out he has special powers, goes on the run when his home is attacked by family enemies, joins up with secretive warrior society, becomes a leader, starts a rebellion) but in a sci-fi setting. It also has interesting worldbuilding but doesn't get too bogged down in detailed exposition.
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Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
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Alternate history sci-fi, about a very different World War 1 where the Allies use engineered animals for war and the Central Powers use walking tanks and lightning cannons.
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