An impending existential crisis for me is that I’m almost done with all Terry Pratchett novels. Are there any other sprawling satire/comedy sci-fi/fantasy universes I’ve missed? I’m not a fan of high gravitas epic drama shit.
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Fwiw, and may be no help but my current plan is to alternate between binge-reading Pratchett and binge-reading Banks forever, in between everything else.
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This isn’t in-genre, but the Master and Commander series is 20 books of essentially Austen-on-sea. It’s funny and absorbing, makes you care about the characters, and is generally delightful.
Perhaps too much talk of foremast futtock-shrouds for some, but it wears it lightly.
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You do have to let yourself in for O'Brian's very, very thorough knowledge of 19th century life at sea. Slightly less technical (but still good fun and Napoleonic Wars-based) are Bernard Cornwall's "Sharpe" series.
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Julian May’s series is fantastic
Intervention (The Saga of Pliocene Exile) amazon.com/dp/B0065L9H9I/
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Sureely there must be something in this list of 100 best fantasy series
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Dennis Taylor’s Bobiverse series is mostly light hearted but quiet good sci-fi with no space magic involved
We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse, Book 1 amazon.com/dp/B01L082SCI/
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