Frivolous, Empty, and Perfectly Delightful

Re:Frivolous, Empty, and Perfectly Delightful by howlingfantods on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @06:55AM (#16627395)

Perhaps irrelevant to Wodehouse (who writes farce), but I'm a big fan of 'frivolous, empty, and perfectly delightful' popular sci-fi and fantasy novels, especially if they go multiple books! Sometimes you want an escape from the human condition. Good examples include Mistborn, Farseer, Belgariad (especially), the Martian, Ready Player One (although this was a bit shallow, even for me).

If anyone has other recommendations, would be much obliged.

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Re:Frivolous, Empty, and Perfectly Delightful by asicsp on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @07:15AM (#16627513)

If you are looking for silly and satire (kind of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), you should read Discworld (41 books, can be read as standalones) - Mort is good starting point

Another recommendation is Howl's Moving Castle (has two follow ups, which are okayish)

you've read Mistborn, are you aware of Cosmere - https://www.reddit.com/r/cosmere/wiki/order

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Re:Frivolous, Empty, and Perfectly Delightful by criddell on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @07:47AM (#16627674)

I enjoyed Artemis by Andy Weir. If you liked The Martian, you will probably like Artemis.

Hugh Howey's Wool series was a lot of fun to read.

I also have enjoyed all of Daniel Suarez' books, especially Daemon.

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Re:Frivolous, Empty, and Perfectly Delightful by chrisweekly on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @08:20AM (#16627853)

The Expanse series (7 books, by James Corey) is an entertaining escape.

Ann Lecke's "Ancillary*" trilogy was in a similar vein.

Pierce Brown's "Red Rising" series is also recommended.

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Re:Frivolous, Empty, and Perfectly Delightful by ianmcgowan on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @01:21PM (#16630571)

I'm with you on sometimes wanting to just rip through a book, not having deep thoughts, but just turning page after page to find out what comes next.

Really enjoyed the Bobiverse series: http://dennisetaylor.org/. Reminded me a little of Greg Egan, but with a lot less maths and a lot more humour. Helps that the hero is a programmer ;_)

Also the Brilliance trilogy by Markus Sakey. Very entertaining..

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Re:Frivolous, Empty, and Perfectly Delightful by walljm on Friday March 23, 2018 @02:25PM (#16661142)

I really liked those novels also. I listened to them via audible and they were lovely.

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Re:Frivolous, Empty, and Perfectly Delightful by richardhod on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @07:16AM (#16627521)

You may well enjoy the Laundry series by Charles Stross

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Re:Frivolous, Empty, and Perfectly Delightful by zaphar on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @10:55AM (#16629073)

If you enjoy the Laundry series you may also enjoy the Nightside series by Simon Greene. Actually pretty much anything by Simon Greene.

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Re:Frivolous, Empty, and Perfectly Delightful by montrose on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @07:15AM (#16627517)

I was trying to guess what this article might be about (since the server seems to be melting and I can't see it), and Wodehouse was my first guess. I think he would like that.

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Re:Frivolous, Empty, and Perfectly Delightful by kieckerjan on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @07:46AM (#16627669)

Although it probably is not intended for this use, I enjoy A.E. Van Vogt's work that way.

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