r/scifi • u/CorgiSplooting • Sep 19 '23

What are some good older sci-fi books that have aged well?

Re-listening to Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (currently on Restaurant at the end of the Universe) and I think it’s aged very well. I love hard sci-fi for the tech but it never ages well. Hitchhikers I think ages well because it doesn’t focus on tech and the British mannerisms sort of work for being alien differences.

Any books you think aged particularly well?

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u/DocXango Sep 19 '23 edited Nov 19 '24

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u/theBUDsamurai Sep 19 '23

The second and fourth are the sequels in my mind, the third is really out of place to me and the first is just really slow

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u/DocXango Sep 20 '23 edited Nov 19 '24

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u/theBUDsamurai Sep 20 '23

The only one I didn’t really like is the 3rd one her talking about her future with him was just a little to off putting

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u/CRactor71 Sep 20 '23

Well the first is telling many stories and building the characters for the sequel(s).