Looking For a New Genre To Read

[SylviaRosemond]

Greetings All,

 

I'm currently looking for a new genre of fiction to get into. I absolutely love spy thrillers, however, a majority of them have the same concept. The spy/assassin gets into doing what he/she does, because of some past tragedy. All the spy novels seem to follow the same concept, just different characters. Right now, unless it's spy history/biography, then I'm not reading it.   

 

I've tried to get into space opera/fantasy, but, I struggled with it. I always tend to find the space opera that's always military space opera. I've read a little Lost Fleet but couldn't finish it. I prefer watching space-opera/fantasy than reading it. If you can recommend a good non-military space opera that's easy to get into, doesn't take itself too seriously, and overall a fun read, then lets hear it. 

 

Sticking with the thriller, can anyone recommend an "every man" type thriller? Maybe one where the MC isn't a black ops/solider that can handle himself, maybe the average person is wrapped up in a government conspiracy.

 

 

 

 

[bobblybear]

The only space opera I have read is Pandora's Star by Peter F Hamilton. I don't think I'd classify it as non-military though, and it's probably a more serious than fun read. All that aside though, I did enjoy it a lot.

[More reading time required]

Toby Frost's Space Captain Smith series is a good read.

 

I'm not sure if it's technically a space opera, but it's set in space & is rather amusing. I suppose it's in a similar vein to hitchhiker's guide, so it depends how much of a comedy type book you want to read.

 

Something more serious than those, but well worth a look is Stephen Donaldson's The Gap series. The story you think you're reading in the first volume gets completely turned on its head in the subsequent books.

[Predrag]

Hi,

 

You are looking for:"Maybe one where the MC isn't a black ops/solider that can handle himself, maybe the average person is wrapped up in a government conspiracy."

 

I read yesterday a book Avenger by Dusko Duric but it is only available on Kindle amazon store 

I find it total refreshing to normal writing. It has a lead character Miroslav who is ex soldier and now leader of secret organization but has normal problems and he isn't a superhero. If this  helps.

[JudyM]

I have absolutely no idea what the genre space opera/fantasy is all about. Can someone give me a brief description?

[Ricky55]

Try Cold Hands by John Niven superb book IMO.

[timebug]

How about the Stainless Steel Rat series by Harry Harrison,for a

non-military sci-fi series? Military involment IS there but kept to a

minimum really!

[Raven]

Have you tried any of Iain M Banks novels? I would recommend The Player of Games as a good starting point; non-military space opera.

[pontalba]

Perhaps The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North would fill the bill.  There is some spy action, with sci-fi thrown in, or Touch by the same author.  Great concept.